Major League Baseball confirms delay to start of season amid coronavirus

by: Staff | newsweb@everythinglubbock.com

Posted: Mar 12, 2020 / 12:27 PM CDT

Updated: Mar 12, 2020 / 02:24 PM CDT

On Thursday, Major League Baseball confirmed in a statement on Twitter that it will be suspending spring training and delaying the start of the regular season by at least two weeks due to the national emergency created by the coronavirus.

According to their statement, they will continue to evaluate information leading up to the start of the season. They said they are preparing a variety of contingency plans regarding the 2020 regular season schedule.

This was originally reported by ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan. In a tweet, he said this was decided on a conference call among owners on Thursday afternoon.

After a conference call among owners this afternoon, Major League Baseball is expected to suspend spring training. The league likely will delay the beginning of the regular season as well. At this point, it's a formality that ownership-level sources expect to happen.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 12, 2020