Earlier today, Major League Baseball announced that the 2020 regular season wouldn’t begin until “at least” April 9.
It might wind up later than that, given this news from Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker:
Presuming the Cubs and White Sox are among the teams who have agreed to this request from the governor, MLB probably couldn’t start its season before May 1. It seems likely other cities and states might follow this.
“As always, we await developments.”
One development from this afternoon comes from Mesa:
It’s just the workout facility that’s being cleaned:
Also important news regarding Cubs staff members:
Given all this, I suspect it’s going to be quite a while before baseball resumes in major-league cities.