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FILE - In this July 5, 2020, file photo, Boston Red Sox players sit apart for social distancing during baseball practice at Fenway Park in Boston. Public health experts have mixed feelings about baseball’s hopes to open its season July 23. There is optimism because of the nature of the sport itself, which produces less on-field risk than basketball, football or hockey. Then again, players and their families face a daunting task staying safe away from the ballpark, especially with teams traveling to and from hard-hit regions including Florida and Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Health experts optimistic for Major League Baseball’s start, but travel a concern

By Jake Seiner - Associated Press

MLB doubles camera angles for video reviews of umpires

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 5, 2020, file photo, Boston Red Sox players sit apart for social distancing during baseball practice at Fenway Park in Boston. Public health experts have mixed feelings about baseball’s hopes to open its season July 23. There is optimism because of the nature of the sport itself, which produces less on-field risk than basketball, football or hockey. Then again, players and their families face a daunting task staying safe away from the ballpark, especially with teams traveling to and from hard-hit regions including Florida and Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Play ball? Experts send mixed signals on MLB 60-game season

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

Photographers cover the game in an empty stadium during fourth-inning intrasquad baseball game action in Toronto, Friday, July 17, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

No Canada: Blue Jays barred from playing games in Toronto

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press

Philadelphia Phillies' Didi Gregorius celebrates without touching, while wearing a mask, his three-run homer with Rhys Hoskins during the first inning of an exhibition baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Saturday, July 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Dress rehearsal: MLB holds first COVID-era exhibitions

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

Miami Marlins' Adam Conley pitches during a baseball workout at Marlins Park, Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

MLB’s testing sweep brings some success but optics are issue

By DAVID BRANDT - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Vince Adamo, Chicago White Sox fan Gabby Adamo poses beside a statue of Frank Thomas at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. Adamo rooted for the White Sox throughout a three-year battle with leukemia. But she never got to attend an opening day game featuring her favorite team. Eight months after she died at the age of 22, her parents and the White Sox are doing what they can to rectify that. With no spectators permitted at stadiums due to the coronavirus pandemic, the White Sox are among the Major League Baseball teams giving fans the opportunity to fill some seats with their photographs on cutouts. So when the White Sox open July 24 against the Minnesota Twins, in the stands will be a cutout featuring a smiling Gabby Adamo wearing a White Sox jersey and cap. (Vince Adamo via AP)

Faces in the crowd: Cutouts provide virtual MLB audience

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

The Toronto Blue Jays take batting practice before an intrasquad baseball game in Toronto on Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Carlos Osorio/The Canadian Press via AP)

Blue Jays still waiting to hear if they can play in Toronto

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

In this July 11, 2017, file photo, former Major League Baseball player Alex Rodriguez reports from the field during the MLB baseball All-Star Game in Miami. Rodriguez, among four groups of bidders for a possible purchase of the New York Mets, called for baseball players to accept the type of revenue-sharing system that is tied to a salary cap and sparked quick opposition from the union. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) **FILE**

A-Rod, bidding for Mets, wants players to accept cap system

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

In this Oct. 7, 2015, file photo, Toronto Blue Jays Russell Martin, center, and Troy Tulowitzki, left, prepare to take batting practice during a team workout at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. All 30 Major League Baseball teams will train at their regular-season ballparks for the pandemic-shortened season after the Blue Jays received a Canadian federal government exemption on Thursday, July 2, 2020, to work out at Rogers Centre. Toronto will move camp from its spring training complex in Dunedin, Fla., where players reported for intake testing. The Blue Jays will create a quarantine environment at Rogers Centre and the adjoining Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel which overlooks the field. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP, File) **FILE**

Jays closer to home games approval; Canada OK needed

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

Boston Red Sox baseball players practice at Fenway Park, Thursday, July 16, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Ballparks to use crowd noise from video game during season

By JOE REEDY - Associated Press

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge follows through on a solo home run off James Paxton during an intrasquad game aWednesday, July 15, 2020, at Yankee Stadium in New Yo, Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez is behind the plate. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

AL East Preview Capsules

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Seattle Mariners' Zach DeLoach, left, watches as a pitch goes past and to catcher Tom Murphy as an umpire prepares to make a call during baseball practice Sunday, July 12, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

AP sources: About 10 MLB umpires opt out over virus concerns

By BEN WALKER - Associated Press

The Toronto Blue Jays play an intrasquad baseball game in Toronto, Friday, July 10, 2020. (Carlos Osorio/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian health official: Long home stretch might help Jays

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2017, file photo, the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers play in Game 2 of the baseball World Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. There is no Midsummer Classic in baseball this season. There has not even been a regular season game yet because of the coronavirus. Instead of MLB's best gathering this week at Dodger Stadium for the All-Star Game, players are at their home ballparks for summer camp to prepare for the start of the season July 23-24. (AP Photo/Tim Donnelly, File)

What Would Have Been: MLB All-Star Game and British Open

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

Milwaukee Brewers' Justin Grimm, Devin Williams and Josh Hader watch during a practice session Monday, July 13, 2020, at Miller Park in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Major league teams try to ramp up the competition in camp

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press

New York Yankees' Clint Frazier wears a face mask while batting during an intrasquad game in baseball summer training camp Sunday, July 12, 2020, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) **FILE**

Mask wearing not just limited to Major League Baseball clubhouses

By Joe Kay - Associated Press

New York Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames, left, and Aaron Judge, right, watch Clint Frazier bat in the cage during a summer training camp workout, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Dodgers closer Jansen encourages masks after positive test

By JOE KAY - Associated Press

Texas Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo chases a fly ball during a &quot;summer camp&quot; baseball practice inside Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Friday, July 10, 2020. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Texas slugger Gallo still isn’t sure if he had coronavirus

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

The Toronto Blue Jays play an intrasquad baseball game in Toronto on Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Carlos Osorio/The Canadian Press via AP)

Blue Jays player expresses concern about bubble isolation

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press