While MLB Network’s Jon Heyman calls today (June 1) as the “soft deadline” for MLB owners and players to come together on what it will take to play in 2020, there is not a lot of wiggle room in terms of the calendar and what must be done in order for the Colorado Rockies and the other 29 teams to return to the diamond.
If a regular season is truly to begin around July 4 and finish around the start of October, Heyman believes things must be settled in the June 5-8 time frame. That would allow teams to have a form of spring training and adjust to what will be some new rules in terms of slowing the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.