As the world continues to deal with the coronavirus, the New York Yankees and players try to stay ready for an eventual start of the baseball season. With each day that passes, it seems that that possible start will be later and later. If the launch is postponed, enough MLB may have to make the difficult decision of canceling the season altogether.
With each day, new restrictions pop up around the country. Yesterday the city of Toronto, Canada, home of the Blue Jays mandated that there be no city-led public gatherings until June 30th. When more severe steps are taken, many areas follow suit. On Facebook, I was criticized when I said several weeks ago that the season might not start until July 4th. Now, that seems like wishful thinking.
“I think this is a chance for central baseball to come up with some really creative stuff that will be accepted — even by the old guard of people who don’t want change — because of the circumstance,†Leiter told The Post. “This is a very unique situation and we need to bring fans back. Let’s be creative here.â€
The immediate problem that faces New York Yankees and MLB right now, is that no real plans can be made until they know when public gatherings will be allowed by the CDC. Once they have an idea when that will be, they can investigate the options. How short the season will be, how it will be played, the use of shortened inning doubleheaders, and even if there will be a baseball season at all.
“If I were playing right now, it’s a matter of getting teams to start playing again so we all could start getting paid,†Leiter said. “Do I want to sit in Port St. Lucie for a few weeks? No. Let’s get going. Maybe they don’t even have to go down there, just go to your big-league stadium. Do intrasquad games and let’s go.â€
In the recent MLB and players association deal, each of the 30 major league teams will set aside $170 million dollars to pay their players during the MLB shutdown. Those monies will be distributed according to each player’s pay scale.
MLB announced on Tuesday that teams will be paying minor leaguers $400 per week until May 31 or until the minor league season starts, whichever comes first. This agreement replaces the original one that provided pay through April 8th. There is a chance that minor league games will start sooner than the major league games and will likely start with no fans in the stands.
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This post was published on 2020-04-01 07:24