After the pandemic wiped out the 2020 minor league season, we hoped that there would be no need to resort to the “Alternate Training Site” procedure that was in place last season. At first, the 2021 AAA season was scheduled to start on time on April 4th, with the other full-season minor league clubs to start a month later. Major league camps were restricted to 75 players at the complexes, and players not invited to that camp would not be allowed to report to minor league camp until March 31st, by which time the major league players had vacated the complex.