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Both players and owners want changes in MLB’s 2020 health and safety proposal

Major League Baseball owners presented a 67-page health and safety proposal to players earlier this week. A financial proposal was expected to go to players Friday.

There’s a lot to unpack with all of this. First, Andy McCullough and Marc Carig of The Athletic spoke to a number of health experts. They found many in agreement that no matter how careful MLB and players are, there will wind up being COVID-19 infections:

“Let’s face it: Infections are going to happen,” said Dr. Neel Gandhi, a professor of epidemiology and infectious disease at Emory University.