If MLB’s plans go well — and there’s no guarantee this will happen — teams will begin playing a 60-game 2020 season on July 23 or 24, depending on team.
How will the schedule look? Here’s an article by Bob Nightengale in USA Today that explains a bit. Now, let me say right here — Nightengale’s articles are often riven with errors and other things that call their facts into question. But in this article he quotes an actual MLB executive, Chris Marinak, MLB’s executive vice president for strategy, technology and innovation. Marinak is responsible for scheduling, so let’s hear his words:
“Oh my God, it’s been a long road,’’ Marinak told USA TODAY Sports.