JUPITER, Fla. — As this week’s one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic's derailment of 2020 spring training approaches, Major League Baseball continues to toggle.
The league has moments that show how it adapted impressively to move forward during such an unpredictable time. The league has other moments that make you wonder if some involved have learned anything at all.
On Friday, for example, it was impossible to overlook the efficiency with which Grapefruit League teams steered around the quarantining of multiple Astros pitchers who were flagged for further evaluation following a potential exposure to the virus. Protocols that have improved over time allowed the non-quarantined Astros to play in a game against the Marlins that same night. The Cardinals, who had played the Astros the night before, and the Nationals, who share their spring home with the Astros, continued as well.
