But like everything else in the wolrd, things changed with the COVID-19 pandemic. MLB health and safety protocols enacted this spring will alter the way players train with stringent social distancing rules, mask-wearing regulations and smaller workout groups, just to name a few. A 108-page operations manual MLB issued also states players, on-field staff and nonplaying personnel with access to facilities may not venture to indoor restaurants, bars, fitness centers, casinos or any indoor gathering of 10 people or more. The manual also requires everyone to wear electronic wristbands for contract tracing.
Column: Can spring training still be fun — and filled with high jinks — for the Chicago Cubs and White Sox with COVID-19 protocols in place?
