'There needs to be assurances — not 90%; 100% — about health and safety for us and our families and everyone involved.' Ryan Zimmerman shares his biggest concerns about resuming competition in 2020.
. With baseball on hold during the coronavirus pandemic, Zimmerman is offering his thoughts — as told to AP Sports Writer Howard Fendrich — in a diary of sorts. In the eighth installment, Zimmerman discusses what his biggest concerns would be about resuming competition in 2020, starting with assurances about testing for COVID-19.
There need to be assurances — not 90%; 100% — about health and safety for us and our families and everyone involved. Not just the players, but also the field staff, the clubhouse staff, the stadium staff, security people. So to me, daily testing is what you have to have. When you’re walking into the stadium that day, you need to know for a fact that everyone around is negative.
Can I prepare properly before games? What happens if we’re playing so many time a week that guys who throw 95 mph are throwing 88 mph by September? Everyone says, "The managers will take care of players." When we’re playing four games in three days, Trea Turner and Juan Soto are going to play every single day, because there’s only 80 games and you’ve got to make the playoffs, because that’s where the money’s made.
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