MLB Restart: Everything You Need to Know About Spring Training 2.0

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🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Today is the day. After a more than a three month hiatus away from baseball, MLB players will report to their team facilities. There, they will first be tested for the coronavirus, as baseball makes its first steps toward playing a 2020 season. But questions remain about how the restart will play out. Considering baseball has eschewed the "bubble" plan to play in teams' home stadiums across the country, how are players working to prevent an outbreak? What will spring training 2.0 (a.k.a. "summer camp") look like? How will the necessary rule changes affect the product on the field? And what could bring it all to a screeching halt? Jesse Rogers provides the answers to these questions, and more. Then, Joon Lee explains that baseball's recent focus on analytics has also led to an increase in white male Ivy League graduates being hired in front offices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Strike three call.
0:10.4	And that's how we will leave you for the time being.
0:20.1	That was the last out between the Pirates and Blue Jays, way back on March 12th, right before the coronavirus shut down spring training.
0:30.4	So much about baseball, sports, and life in general has changed since then.
0:34.5	But now, possibly, if everything goes right,
0:39.4	we are inching towards something that approximates those pre-pandemic days,
0:43.2	at least in baseball anyways.
0:45.3	Today, with Major League players reporting to their team facilities,
0:49.2	ESPN's Jesse Rogers breaks down everything you need to know about spring training 2.0
0:53.5	and what is the plan to save
0:55.6	the 2020 season even as a chance. Hi, Meena Kimes. It's Wednesday, June 1st. This is ESPN Daily, presented
1:05.5	by Marathon. Jesse, the day is finally here.
1:14.6	Baseball players are reporting.
1:17.8	Play ball, Mina.
1:18.9	I mean, that's exactly what everyone is thinking.
1:21.9	We're finally at a place where we can start watching baseball instead of just talking about labor problems.
1:28.4	Jesse Rogers covers baseball for ESPN.
1:31.6	So Jesse, you've been covering MLB's attempt to get restarted since they shut down.
1:37.8	And today you've got this piece out on spring training 2.0 with David Schoenfield,
1:43.0	which you informed us they're calling summer camp.
1:46.2	It makes a lot of sense. That's intuitive. There's a lot to cover. So let's start here.
1:50.8	After weeks of contentious and ultimately failed negotiations between baseball and the Players Association,
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