MLB tells players at most 60 games; 50 or fewer possible

The players’ association was told by Major League Baseball on Friday that teams will not agree to more than 60 games in the pandemic-delayed season, leaving open the possibility of an even shorter schedule of perhaps 50 games or fewer. Complicating any possible resumption, Philadelphia and Toronto closed their training sites in Florida and San Francisco shut down its facility in Arizona following positive tests for COVID-19 or symptoms that could indicate the disease. Texas also shut its camp in Arizona, saying no players or staff had tested positive but that it wanted to expand its testing protocols.