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Clark shared his views of how baseball is
addressing its situation with respect to the ongoing coronavirus
pandemic during an interview with ESPN's Marly Rivera on
Tuesday.
"We want to play. As players, we want to play," Clark said. "As
these ideas find their way into mainstream media, there are some
ideas that seem to make sense, there are others that don't track
very well. All of them are being viewed against the backdrop of
getting back on the field and affording our guys an opportunity
to do what they love to do."
Multiple ideas have been mentioned over the past few weeks,
however Clark cautioned that none of them have been formally
presented to the players by the owners or Major League Baseball.
"Despite all that has been floated and all the rhetoric that is
out there, we have not received anything formal that details an
actual plan," Clark said.
The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal reported last month that Major
League Baseball could hold a rescheduled Opening Day between
mid-June and July 4 and play at least 80 games this season. He
also cited sources in his report as saying the league "could
open in 10 to 12 states, or in as many as 20 home parks."
ESPN's Jeff Passan reported another option last month in which
all 30 teams would be stationed in Arizona, with Chase Field,
spring training complexes and college stadiums serving as sites
for as many as 15 games per day.
The season had been scheduled to start March 26 but was delayed
indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic.
--Field Level Media
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