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Ronald Blum | Associated Press

MLB lockout could cost players $20.5 million per day

Once 15 days of the regular season are missed, the free-agent eligibility of some players would be delayed by one year. Shohei Ohtani, for example, would become a free agent in 2024 instead of 2023. | Nam Y. Huh/AP

JUPITER, Fla. — Sometime soon, lockout costs become real: Max Scherzer would forfeit $232,975 for each regular-season day lost, and Gerrit Cole $193,548.

Based on last year’s base salaries that totaled just over $3.8 billion, major league players would combine to lose $20.5 million for each day wiped off the 186-day regular-season schedule.

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