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Yankees: MLB Player ‘Opt-Outs’ for 2020 Season Explained

David Price, just after joining the Los Angeles Dodgers (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)

What does it mean when an MLB player opts out of the 2020 season?

We understand that the 2020 MLB season has been, and will be, confusing, for as long as it may last. Yankees fans are getting excited for intra-squad baseball under the lights in the Bronx on Monday night.

Meanwhile, teams like the Astros and Nationals cancelled Summer Camp on Monday because the league’s testers apparently traded their COVID-19 swabs for magic beans, and players like Kris Bryant have (rightfully) complained that they’re not being tested nearly enough.