Major League Baseball is in uncharted territory. For the first time that is not related to labor woes, the season is delayed, throwing the Oakland Athletics, and every other team, into a state of flux. Rosters are frozen, players are training on their own, and everyone is stuck in a holding pattern.
Given the situation, it is not a surprise that players expect the effects will be felt into the season. A’s utility man Chad Pinder is one of those expecting that the delay will make an impact upon the 2020 campaign, whenever it eventually begins.