Five key questions as we near the opening of what promises to be the weirdest season in Major League Baseball history:
1. Will MLB be able to pull off a 60-game season, plus playoffs, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic?
It depends on who you ask.
One prominent agent told me that the players are taking the virus very seriously, but he still fears that if more big-name players test positive or if more stars opt out, it could all fall apart “like a house of cards.”
Not quite two weeks ago, longtime ESPN baseball writer Buster Olney put the probability of the season starting at a mere 5%.