The Astros are supposed to take on the Mariners at home on July 24th to open up the 2020 season. As we have seen over the past couple weeks of Summer Camp, MLB has its hands full trying to keep pace with the testing needs for baseball. Yesterday, James Click announced that the Astros will play two exhibition games at Kauffman Stadium before opening the season. This will be the first time they will travel as a team since returning from the Covid-19 shutdown.
But, that wasn’t the biggest news of the day.