In what is definitely a developing story, MLB held a conference call led by commissioner Rob Manfred and fell in line with the CDC recommendation of no group gatherings for eight weeks — and that includes shutting down spring training facilities.
Literally, this means there will be no baseball until Mother’s Day, May 10. But just as the notion of April 9 being a possible Opening Day this year (MLB’s original postponement plan) was pretty much just a placemarker/pipe dream, the same goes for this May 10 date.
If somehow May 10 was deemed a date where players could begin gathering and training together again — a BIG if — it’s hard to imagine a mini-spring training of workouts (at home stadiums, vs.