Just nine days into playing baseball amid a pandemic, Major League Baseball is beginning to accept the possibility that not all teams will play the full complement of 60 games in 66 days. Playoff spots could be decided by winning percentage over an unlike number of games, provided teams reach a threshold minimum.
What is that minimum? Like every business plan these days, from pizza parlors to nail salons to MLB, COVID-19 will help determine that. Setting a threshold now of minimum games makes no sense given the fluid nature of the virus and how it might further influence the schedule, but that determination could be made in September.