Just three days into Spring Training 2.0, several players openly wonder how the season can possibly work and whether they’re crazy for even trying?
Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY
MLB announces league-wide coronavirus test results: 31 players positive for COVID-19
In total, MLB collected 3,185 samples and had 38 positives for COVID-19. Seven were staff members, according to the league.
With pregnant wife, Angels star Mike Trout unsure if he’ll play in 2020: ‘Playing it by ear’
Mike Trout, the three-time MVP, is wary about starting the 2020 season with his wife expecting their first baby in August.
60 games in 66 days: How MLB’s shortened 2020 schedule came together
Chris Marinak, an MLB executive, created a 60-game schedule for the 2020 season. Never before has one been formulated this close to Opening Day.
MLB safety protocols include interesting rules: No licking hands, no spitting, no showers
Major league players received a 108-page Operations Manual with specific health guidelines to follow for the 2020 season.
Commissioner Rob Manfred has decided to schedule 60-game 2020 MLB season
Commissioner Rob Manfred will schedule a 60-game 2020 MLB season, starting in late July, after the MLBPA rejected the league’s latest proposal.
Positive COVID-19 tests create urgency in MLB’s 2020 negotiations
If the two sides can’t reach a deal in the next few days, commissioner Rob Manfred is expected to simply mandate a season of 54-60 games.
MLB closing all spring training facilities in Arizona and Florida to curb coronavirus spread
MLB has ordered all spring training facilities to undergo a deep clean and will require players and staff to undergo testing before admittance again.
MLB players make a 70-game offer and the owners aren’t happy about it
Baseball’s players association made a new offer on Thursday, asking for a 70-game season rather than the 60 suggest by the league in its previous offer.
‘Jointly developed framework’: MLB offers new 60-game proposal to players with full prorated salaries
This is the first time the owners have agree to pay full prorated salaries, a stance the union never wavered during negotiations.