There will officially be baseball in 2020.
The Major League Baseball Players' Association and league owners agreed to a deal on health and safety protocols Tuesday night, ensuring there will be a 60-game MLB regular season, per ESPN's Karl Ravech.
The MLBPA confirmed a deal was done with a statement on Twitter.
All remaining issues have been resolved and Players are reporting to training camps.
— MLBPA Communications (@MLBPA_News) June 24, 2020All players have been asked to stagger their report dates to spring training in order to avoid everyone arriving at once, but must arrive by July 1, according RADIO.COM's MLB insider Bob Nightengale.
Spring training will begin July 3 while the season will begin July 24 and run until Sept. 27 and include 40 divisional games and 20 interleague games with their geographic counterpart.
Nightengale added that the deal includes all players the ability to opt out of the season and still be paid service time. This is different from previously where it was only high-risk players.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred also released a statement:
"Major League Baseball is thrilled to announce the 2020 season is on the horizon," he said. "We have provided the Players Association with a schedule of 60 games and are excited to provide our great fans with Baseball again soon."
