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How will a shortened season affect the Orioles? Here are the biggest takeaways from MLB’s 60-game plan.

After weeks of contentious negotiations over the economics of baseball returning from its lengthy shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, a shortened season is on the way.

Players are expected to report July 1 for a spring training-like camp, with Opening Day set for July 23 or 24 to begin a 60-game regular season that will start without fans in stadiums.

The arrangement, which was finalized Tuesday night with the players’ approval of health and safety protocols as COVID-19 cases spike in parts of the country, includes 60 games in 66 days after the two sides couldn’t agree to financial terms on a longer season.