Major League Baseball is bracing for the beginning of the 2020 season to be disrupted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported early Thursday morning.
According to Passan’s report, MLB is preparing for local governments to implement policies limiting the size of public gatherings or banning them altogether — the latter being on an indefinite basis.
High-level MLB executives are expected to discuss the league’s plan for the season on a phone call Friday, Passan said. One option is for teams to play regular season games at their spring training facilities.
This lines up with a Tuesday report from the Associated Press stating the league’s preference is to relocate games rather than cancel them.