"According to multiple agents representing minor league
players, they were informally advised Wednesday that there would not be a
regular minor league season in 2020. Instead, Major League Baseball
will expand rosters for a condensed big league season. There will,
however, be a subsequent developmental league, training and potentially
playing games out of spring training facilities.
According to two players associated with those agents, they expect to be playing baseball sooner rather than later.
“Expecting to report in the next three weeks,” one source said via text message. “We’re expecting the season to start in June.”
UPDATE: major League Baseball issued a statement today:
The Seattle Mariners website I quoted yesterday has changed its headline and lead sentence slightly to clarify:
Update, 4:42 PM: The headline and language of this story have been adjusted slightly to reflect that no official “message” has been distributed by the league; rather, the sources consulted in this story were informally advised that there would be no regular MiLB season in 2020 and that an alternate plan would be put in place. MLB and MiLB have not confirmed that the season is canceled, and likely would not do so until a firm plan is in place and ready to be put into action.
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