{"id":4823,"date":"2020-07-07T04:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T04:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/blog\/baseball-is-back-schedule-locations-and-how-to-watch-mlbs-return\/"},"modified":"2020-07-07T04:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T04:24:00","slug":"baseball-is-back-schedule-locations-and-how-to-watch-mlbs-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/baseball-is-back-schedule-locations-and-how-to-watch-mlbs-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball is back: Schedule, locations and how to watch MLB’s return"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Baseball is back: Schedule, locations and how to watch MLB’s return<\/h2>\n

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After the coronavirus<\/span> postponed the start of the baseball season, and shut down nearly everything else, baseball is finally set to return with a 60 game season mandated by Commissioner Rob Manfred. Negotiations between the league and the MLB Players Association haven’t been pretty, with weeks of back-and-forth proposals that played out in the media without reaching a resolution before a season was finally imposed. Even now, a handful of players including the Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman have announced they’re sitting out the shortened season and more might follow.<\/p>\n

There is still a lot to be sorted before the first pitches are thrown, but here’s everything we know so far about the MLB’s eagerly awaited start.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\tWhen does the season resume?\u00a0 <\/h2>\n

The regular season will begin on July 23 or 24. The Yankees will be visiting the defending champion Nationals on July 23 at 7 p.m. ET\/4 p.m. PT in a prime time affair to open the season. The San Francisco Giants will visit the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second game of the opening night doubleheader at 10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The rest of the league will begin play on Friday, July 24 in a packed slate starting with the Atlanta Braves at the New York Mets at 4:10 p.m. ET\/1:10 p.m. PT.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CBS Sports has a breakdown on some of the highlights and dates to look forward to this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\tWhen is spring training?\u00a0 <\/h2>\n

Players reported to spring training on July 1 and teams will be “allowed to invite 60 players to big league camp, with only those players eligible to play during the season,” according to MLB.com. Active rosters will start at 30 players before dropping down to 28 players after two weeks and 26 players after four weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the recent rise in cases in Florida and Arizona, the traditional spring training locations, teams will instead prepare for the season in their home ballparks. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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