JUPITER, Fla. — Paul DeJong, the hottest hitter in the Cardinals’ camp this spring before the Grapefruit League games were stopped, carried armfuls of equipment Monday morning, anticipating the announcement of Major League Baseball shuttering of camps entirely. As he loaded his car, DeJong said, “I think they’re being pre-cautious. Overly pre-cautious, which I understand.”
There were a couple of games of catch being conducted among pitchers but little work was engaged in by the players, who, at that point, were allowed to work out at their teams’ own facilities amid the coronavirus outbreak. .
That they probably won’t be able to any longer, said DeJong, “feels like a punishment.