Last week, MLB and the players association reached an agreement on service time in 2020 should there be no baseball played at all. Regardless of how long or short of a season (if there is one at all), each player will be granted service time this season. That is big for players playing in the final year of their contacts this season. One Yankees player who will have his contract expire following the season is left-handed pitcher James Paxton.
The Big Maple was not going to start the season on the roster as he recently started a throwing program as he works his way back from offseason back surgery.