With so many unsigned free agents, the Major League Baseball Players Association organized a makeshift spring training and a pair of exhibition games against a Japanese baseball team, Japan Railway East, with Thursday’s contest live streamed for fans and scouts to watch.
The players’ workouts have been held at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., which organized the streaming through its regular partner, StreamSports, and broadcast the game over its YouTube channel with three camera angles and basic scoring graphics. The game was open to MLB officials and scouts but not the general public.