Strong Belief that MLB Will Suspend Spring Training, Perhaps as Soon as Today

MLB has a conference call scheduled soon, but the belief is that baseball will choose to suspend Spring Training starting as soon as Thursday.

A conference call among Major League Baseball owners is scheduled soon. With the mass cancellations of sporting events around the country, MLB is facing enormous pressure to follow suit. While nothing is official, baseball is expected to have an announcement at some point soon.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 12, 2020

There is a feeling of inevitability among executives that Major League Baseball will be suspending spring training as soon as today, sources tell ESPN.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 12, 2020

Regardless of where you land on what CONVID-19 is, the uncertainty of what the world is dealing with makes these precautions, necessary. Right now I completely expect the MLB season to start late and expect there to be a shortened season.

After a conference call among owners this afternoon, Major League Baseball is expected to suspend spring training. The league likely will delay the beginning of the regular season as well. At this point, it's a formality that ownership-level sources expect to happen.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 12, 2020

While real baseball doesn’t begin until March 26th, and there is time to become better prepared, I do not see the teams playing in empty stadiums and I don’t see putting 20,000-60,000 in one place as a good idea right now.

Max Scherzer when asked about athletes in other sports contracting coronavirus: " I think we’d be kind of naive to think that there’s not one player in any one of the camps across MLB right now that has not contracted it yet."

— Jesse Dougherty (@dougherty_jesse) March 12, 2020

Prepare yourself, folks. Wash your hands. Be cautious to do so when in public. Stay away from common areas. If you do, wash your hands. I am at a Starbucks right now, if you add cream to your cup, don’t put your lid on the shelf next to the sugars and cream. Just be smart, drink water, and if you aren’t feeling well go to the doctor.

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