Around camps in Florida and Arizona, baseball teams are beginning to confront the growing threat of the coronavirus. Incremental measures have included discouraging high-fives, pre-signed cards and balls being tossed to fans from a safe distance, bulletins around clubhouses reminding players and personnel to wash their hands and stay home if feeling under the weather.
For the most part, beyond acknowledging these accommodations, baseball players seem largely unconcerned about the impact the coronavirus and its resulting COVID-19 disease will have on their daily lives. As young, healthy men with abundant access to medical professionals, they’re unlikely to get sick or have severe symptoms if they do.