Major League Baseball owners voted unanimously to proceed with the 2020 MLB season. Here's what you need to know:
- Number of games: 60
- Spring Training 2.0: Should start in about a week—the commissioner has asked about July 1—as players will need to travel to their home cities if they aren't in them already
- Opening Day: Around July 24
- Number of playoff teams: 10
- Salary structure: Full pro rata, which for 60 games means that players will earn around 37% of their full-season salary as long as the truncated schedule is completed
- Health-and-safety protocol:
- Certain things will be banned including: high fives, fist bumps, hugs, spitting, chewing of tobacco or sunflower seeds
- There will be a minimal distance between baserunners, fielders, coaches and umpires on the field and that will be encouraged as much as possible
- Players will be screened for temperature multiple times per day and tested for coronavirus multiple times per week
- Anyone testing positive will be immediately quarantined. Two negative tests will be required for a possible return.
