Leagues around the world are trying to put a plan together to figure out their next steps, but it’s hard to come to an agreement on something when there’s still so many unanswered questions floating around.
The Major League Baseball season was supposed to begin just over a couple of weeks ago, but due to the coronavirus pandemic they’ve been on hold like every other league in North America. One plan the league had was to keep every team in Arizona and have them play as many games as possible in one state, but that’s not going to be happening anytime soon.
On Wednesday, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout joined NBC Sports to discuss MLB’s plan to get everyone to play in Arizona and admitted that it’s “pretty crazy”.
Here’s a transcription of Trout’s answer, courtesy of For The Win.
“I obviously want to play as fast as we can. Get to a city, maybe Arizona — they’re throwing out Florida. Being quarantined in a city … it would be difficult for some guys. What are you gonna do with family members? My wife is pregnant. What am I gonna do when she goes into labor? Am I going to have to quarantine for two weeks after I come back? Because obviously I can’t miss that birth of our first child. There’s a lot of red flags, a lot of questions. Obviously, we would have to agree on it as players. But I think the mentality is we want to get back as soon as we can, but obviously it’s gotta be realistic. We can’t be sitting in a hotel room, just going from the field to the hotel room and not being able to do anything. I think that’s pretty crazy.”
The league hasn’t ruled out moving games to Arizona. If that were to happen, all the games would take place at 10 spring training parks, two collegiate stadiums, and the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Chase Field, starting as early as May. The teams would basically be forced to live in a hotel and would also be tested regularly for the coronavirus.
