There are more important concerns facing public health officials than deciding when it is safe to play baseball again. Lives are at stake. Nearly 75% of the country is under orders to stay at home. California recently surpassed 130 deaths as a result of COVID-19. Where baseball fits in this sobering landscape is difficult to place. However, Major League Baseball and the Players Association are at least working in the background to understand the implications of trying to play a season once it is deemed safe to play.
With so much uncertainty surrounding how teams would keep players healthy, and what they would do in the event that a player tested positive for the virus after a potential season had started, industry experts have expressed pessimism about the likelihood of playing any baseball in 2020, according to The Athletic.