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When baseball returns after its current delay, it will still take time for players to get ready for regular-season action.
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer explained that a "three-to-four week range would be absolute minimum in my mind" to get into playing shape, per Chris Bumbaca of USA Today.
He added: "It's tough to say because no one's ever gone through this before. None of the current players, for sure," Bauer said. "Again, I can speak for myself personally. I generally feel that I need three to four weeks to ramp up.