The coronavirus has touched Major League Baseball in unprecedented ways. The season has been postponed indefinitely, with rosters now frozen until spring training can begin again. Players want to play, with talks surrounding how late the season would be able to begin in order to get a full slate of action onto the calendar. Fans want something to distract from the constant barrage of depressing statistics and being locked down in their homes.
Yet, those worries pale in comparison to the human toll that the epidemic has taken. Friends and loved ones are falling ill, fighting a battle on an uncertain playing field.