Major League Baseball will not require minor-league players to be vaccinated in the upcoming season, a reversal from plans originally reported by Yahoo Sports in October.
Since then, vaccine mandates have come under legal fire across the country. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked a rule introduced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that would have required large companies to mandate vaccines or weekly testing for workers. In response, OSHA withdrew the rule, leaving employers “subject to a patchwork of state and local laws on COVID-19 workplace safety, with places like New York City requiring vaccine mandates and other governments banning them,” as the New York Times wrote.