Donny Breek awoke in his room at the Minnesota Twins Player Development Academy around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, a late hour that would have felt like a rare luxury just last week, when spring training was still on and early workouts were daily.
Now, camp is closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. All minor-league players have been sent home—all, that is, but Breek, who is from the Netherlands, and a handful of others. This tiny set of mostly foreign players have been moved to the Twins’ Academy in Fort Myers, Fla. They cannot travel home; they are not able to hold workouts; they cannot play baseball.