Major League Baseball is on an indefinite hiatus as much of the country shuts down in order to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19’s spread in the US. Exactly when everything will come back online can’t be accurately predicted just yet, but MLB players and team staff were allowed to head home or back to their clubs’ cities as spring training camps were officially shut down Friday.
While most of the Cubs’ coaching staff took advantage of the shore leave, many of the players were expected to remain in the Mesa area through March to work out and fulfill the remainder of their spring rental agreements.