ESPN's Jeff Passan writes 'there will be MLB in 2020' amid coronavirus pandemic

A prominent MLB insider gave baseball fans desperate to see the 2020 season get underway amid the coronavirus pandemic some good news on Monday, even if that news came with more questions than answers.

ESPN's Jeff Passan wrote that there will be something resembling an MLB season in 2020:

Yes, will. Over the past two weeks, as states have begun to plan their reopenings, nearly everyone along the decision-making continuum -- league officials, players, union leaders, owners, doctors, politicians, TV power brokers, team executives -- has grown increasingly optimistic that there will be baseball this year.

The virus outbreak halted sports competitions around the world more than a month ago. Like the NBA and NHL, MLB remains on an indefinite hiatus. The league and MLB Players Association haven't yet agreed upon a plan to revisit spring training schedules or start a season.

Nevertheless, Passan presented some positives and hope. The negatives? Passan adds that nothing is certain as of the final Monday of April regarding big league baseball. Ideas involving quarantining players and other team personnel away from families for months drew negative feedback from stars such as Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, Los Angeles Angels slugger Mike Trout and Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw earlier this month.

Perhaps a 60-day tournament to determine a World Series winner -- something mentioned by Passan -- would appeal to individuals who otherwise would prefer to sit a shortened 2020 season out rather than risk playing during a potential second coronavirus wave.

As Passan wrote, MLB players who haven't yet cashed-in on significant paydays want to take the field this summer, in part, because "they've got bills to pay and skills to hone."

I hope so.. we need some action.

I’ve been saying July regular season games for weeks

Most don't have symptoms and a 99.5% survival rate or even higher... time to start transitioning back to living life

Good news

No chance players, coaches, hotel staff, etc are going to stay holed up in a hotel for 4-5 months.

Plus first guy that gets sick and they have to shut the whole thing down.

And lol at testing players twice a week while everyone else can’t get one unless they have a doctors note.

0.0% chance of a season under these circumstances

Just flush all sports down the drain

If you can't do it properly and full on, you can't do it

Mlb will be playing by June. First sport to start back up

MLB is done until 2021 unless, as the writer suggested, they do some kind of short tournament-style thing, which would be absolute garbage.

not sure logisitically how you do have any team sport right now

Amazing that pro wrestling can do this without any interruptions, but all the major sports can't figure it out.

Most referees are over 40 years old that's vulnerable to the virus that makes it difficult to start a season in any sport.

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0.0% chance of a season under these circumstances

We need to pin this post.

With all the reopening being done around the country, media in full-blown "panic-mode" ramping up the negatives!

When it starts up, it wont last long becuz a player will come up with the virus!! Dont tie your money up in props!!