In a non-pandemic world, we’d be running through the third month of the regular season. But we do live in the same world that has been hit hard by COVID-19. Because of that and unproductive negotiations between baseball players and owners, there has not even been a single minute of meaningful MLB action.
Commissioner Rob Manfred said last week that he was 100% sure that there will be baseball in 2020. We were all relieved to hear that, but the truth is an eventual season will probably be shorter than ever. Combined with the presumed cancellation of minor league games, that leaves the Marlins with tons of questions about how to balance playing time between veterans and top prospects.