It’s clear that the coronavirus pandemic altered many things in the world, in the country, and most specifically, in baseball and the way teams approach certain things, scenarios and events. The New York Yankees, for example, would have talent evaluators visit dozens of diamonds across America to see for themselves the available material.
However, the Yankees and other teams had to do many of these things digitally this time around. Around February and March, when the virus was reaching global status, traveling was severely limited and this, no doubt, affected scouting.
The MLB season was postponed, the MILB season is still in limbo (chances of it going through are slim to none) and the draft was shortened.