Report: MLB players, coaches view stay-at-home plan as most viable

Major League Baseball's current reported plan to start the delayed 2020 season in 10-12 states has become their most serious of those considered so far, sources told Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune on Monday.

Multiple players and coaches view the potential plan, which could allow games to be played in up to 20 home ballparks, as the most viable option simply because they have heard more about it through official channels, Acee reports.

The league's stay-at-home proposal reportedly includes having a second spring training in home cities.

The MLB would prefer to start the season on July 1, according to Acee, who adds that Aug. 1 has become the drop-dead date for a 100 games season so that the postseason wouldn't carry over past November. It is believed that the league doesn't want to host playoff games in December, because it could potentially impact the start of the 2021 season.

Other ideas that the league has reportedly discussed has included realigning the 30 clubs into three 10-team divisions based on geography, isolating all teams in Arizona, a tri-state format using stadiums in Arizona, Texas, and Florida, and realigning into 15-team leagues based on spring training locations.

Different stars such as Mike Trout and Clayton Kershaw have already voiced their displeasure with the idea of potentially having to leave their families at home to play games in isolation.

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