Buried in this long article by Bill Madden of the New York Daily News about baseball’s offseason and free agency for the 2021 season is this nugget about what’s possibly coming for Major League Baseball next spring:
As one club exec told me: “Even if there’s vaccines available next month, with all the COVID restrictions there’s no way we’re going to be able to have spring training in February and March.”
More likely, we’re looking at spring training in April and a regular “fannies in the seats” season beginning sometime in May — likely shortened to around 130 games, which will mean more lost revenue for the clubs.