The 2020 season is scheduled to begin July 23, with most teams playing 60 games in 66 days, assuming COVID-19 issues don’t stop play.
Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY
To play or not to play: MLB players face tough decisions amid coronavirus surge
Just three days into Spring Training 2.0, several players openly wonder how the season can possibly work and whether they’re crazy for even trying?
With pregnant wife, Angels star Mike Trout unsure if he’ll play in 2020: ‘Playing it by ear’
Mike Trout, the three-time MVP, is wary about starting the 2020 season with his wife expecting their first baby in August.
MLB announces league-wide coronavirus test results: 31 players positive for COVID-19
In total, MLB collected 3,185 samples and had 38 positives for COVID-19. Seven were staff members, according to the league.
‘No idea what to expect’: All eyes on Major League Baseball as Spring Training 2.0 gets underway
This will be a training camp, played in every team’s home ballpark instead of their traditional spring-training facilities in Florida and Arizona.
Opinion: It’s time to remove J.G. Taylor Spink’s name off baseball writers’ award over his racist views
It’s time for the BBWAA to remove the name — J.G. Taylor Spink — associated with the greatest honor given annually to a baseball writer.
Minnesota Twins sideline two coaches because of COVID-19 concerns
Twins coaches Bob McClure and Bill Evers were prohibited from returning to camp because they are considered “high-risk” for COVID-19.
MLB plans its 60-game schedule: ‘Hopefully, we never have to do this again’
MLB executive Chris Marinak is working on the 60-game schedule for the 2020 season. Never before has one been formulated this close to Opening Day.
Commissioner Rob Manfred has decided to schedule 60-game 2020 MLB season
Commissioner Rob Manfred will schedule a 60-game 2020 MLB season, starting in late July, after the MLBPA rejected the league’s latest proposal.
MLB teams will now train at their home ballparks due to coronavirus concerns
With spring training sites in Florida and Arizona experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks, MLB teams will now shift their training to home ballparks.