Steinbrenner Field in 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
No matter how ugly these negotiations get, there’s one thing MLB owners, the MLBPA and the Yankees can’t control: COVID-19.
If MLB and the MLBPA are able to work out their differences (or at least come to an understanding about them) in the coming days, the New York Yankees will escape Florida for the Bronx in order to take part in a second Spring Training.
This reactionary move was 100% necessary after a rapid uptick in positive coronavirus tests in the state of Florida, with no mechanism for slowing them down.