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Springfield Cardinals: ESPN insider doubts there will be Minor League Baseball this year

According to a report from one of baseball's top insiders, the Minor League Baseball season is unlikely to happen in 2020.

And that would mean no Springfield Cardinals season this year.

ESPN baseball insider Jeff Passan wrote on Monday that there probably won't be a minor league baseball season due to the coronavirus pandemic.

While he wrote that there will be a Major League Baseball season this year, he said there are complications behind having a MiLB season.

"Games in cities around the country? No." Passan wrote. "There is nothing official, no announcement, probably not one until MLB finalizes its plan, but the difficulty in wrangling it, and where it stands on the priority list, simply doesn't compute.