SARASOTA, FLORIDA — The will-they, won’t-they nature of the return of minor league baseball games has been a constant headache for teams over the past year, and ESPN’s report that alternate training sites near a club’s home stadium will replace the planned start of the Triple-A season in April is only the latest blow.
According to ESPN, the league’s safety concerns mean that instead of sending players to Triple-A to start games April 6, teams will again operate alternate sites for at least a month to better keep players who will be in the major league fold in the league’s coronavirus protocols.