No one knows for certain when baseball will return, but it’s pretty clear at this point that the original hope for an April 9 Opening Day will be well in the rear view by the time the season actually gets started. While nothing can be shared publicly at this point, some within the game are setting Memorial Day weekend as an optimistic target. That’s going to mean making some pretty drastic changes to the schedule, even if some in the game are maintaining the wholly unrealistic notion of playing 162 games.
Officials from MLB and the players union met in Arizona last week to discuss several matters related to the 2020 season, since there will have to be agreements to any significant changes.