With live sports on pause due to COVID-19, former MLB player and 2018 Philadelphia Phillie Trevor Plouffe has sent exciting shock waves through the sports world late Monday evening.
Plouffe tweeted that Major League Baseball is will resume Spring Training on June 10th and begin the 2020 season on July 1st.
Want some good baseball news??I just heard from multiple sources that on June 10th, Spring Training 2 will start. July 1st will be Opening Day and all teams will be playing at their home ballparks.We'll be discussing it in full on the next @TalkinBaseball_
— Trevor Plouffe (@trevorplouffe) May 4, 2020This has not yet been confirmed by Major League Baseball, but it certainly is a reasonable possibility.
Plouffe also tweeted that teams will play in their home ballparks. This is particularly noteworthy because earlier reports indicated that a plan for the 2020 season could be to have all teams play in Arizona, potentially keeping them from their families, something baseball's best player and NJ native Mike Trout was not a fan of.
Update: Phillies manager Joe Girardi, speaking with Angelo Cataldi and the 94WIP Morning Show on Tuesday, says he has "heard chatter" about a July 1st start date.
