Major League Baseball camp and proposal to postpone opening one month US multiple media

The Major League Baseball Organization has presented to the players' association a plan to postpone the camp and the opening of the season by about one month each, according to several American media outlets.

The Major League Baseball will start camp in mid-February, and this season is scheduled to start on April 1, but several American media such as the Associated Press reported on the 31st that the Major League Baseball Organization will start the camp and the season will start. I told the players that I had proposed to the players' association to postpone each of them for about one month.

According to this, the camp in will be on March 22nd and the opening will be on April 28th, and the number of games will be reduced from 162 games for each team to 154 games.

It also means that the number of teams participating in the playoffs will be increased from the usual 10 teams to 14 teams, and that the National League will also adopt a designated hitter system following last season.

On the other hand, the player's annual salary will not be reduced according to the number of games, but will be paid in full.

The Major League Baseball season was shortened to 60 games as a result of the camp being suspended in mid-March due to the influence of the new Coronavirus last season, and then the conflict between the Major League Baseball Organization and the players' association continued mainly over the player's reward. It started in late July.

Regarding the proposal of the Major League Baseball, several American media have reported that "the players' association will refuse on the day when the response is due", and it is possible that the composition of the conflict will continue in the future as in last season Also points out.

According to a summary by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the number of new infections with the new corona is declining in the United States, but the campsite Florida has an average of about 10,500 people over the past week, and Arizona has about about 10,500. The high standard of 5,500 people continues.