Setting up the rules for a baseball season seems somewhat important for teams’ ability to build a proper roster, no? Knowing how many players you’ll be able to carry, which positions they’ll be able to play, and how often you’ll be tasked with using them sure seems like a trio of important inputs for Major League Baseball’s 30 franchises, yet as the calendar turned to February - the same month where pitchers and catchers report to spring training facilities - those rules were still very much up in the air.
Finally, though, it appears the Commisioner’s office and the MLB Players Union have come to terms on how the 2021 season will operate, with obvious concerns about COVID-19 and its variants the primary driver of the decisions.