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Delayed Opening Day Only the Start of Coronavirus Fallout for MLB

Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Exactly what the future of the coming baseball season looks like remains difficult to ascertain through the daily fog and rapidly shifting landscape of life during a pandemic. But one thing becoming increasingly clear is this: Baseball's tentative plans to start the season on a two-week delay of its original March 26 start date appear unrealistic. It's simple math, which became clear when Major League Baseball formally, finally, announced early Friday evening that spring training was suspended.

Players could elect to return home, remain in their spring training cities or return to their club's home city.