Despite Major League Baseball team owners using the prospect of staging games without fans in attendance as reason they could not agree to full prorated salaries for players, they retained the possibility to draw a gate as part of commissioner Rob Manfred imposing a season.
MLB is going to defer to local governments, and in the case of Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott recently said teams could allow up to 50% capacity. Abbott reiterated that stance even as the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and hospitalizations rise in his state.
Arizona and California are enduring similar spikes over recent weeks.