If Major League Baseball and its players can agree to a return during the global health crisis, the way teams play and prepare will be completely transformed by the pandemic.
The league delivered its first full safety and health proposal to players, detailing many of the protocols the league wants in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
The Athletic obtained a copy of the MLB's proposal and summarized the new guidelines and prohibitions, which include social-distancing rules in the dugout and locker room, a coronavirus testing plan that calls for multiple (though, notably _ not daily) COVID-19 tests a week for on-field personnel, and travel, transit and lifestyle precautions when teams are outside the ballpark and on the road.
The MLBPA will have the opportunity to negotiate and counter on the specifics, which the Daily News has highlighted below:
