Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

MLB has ordered all spring training facilities to undergo a deep clean and will require players and staff to undergo testing before admittance again.

As MLB and players struggle to reach deal for 2020 season, many around baseball are concerned about the impact Scott Boras is having on negotiations.

Baseball’s players association made a new offer on Thursday, asking for a 70-game season rather than the 60 suggest by the league in its previous offer.

MLB and players are optimistic they can reach a deal to save the 2020 season, but continue to argue about how many games will be played.

MLB’s owners and players association are at an impasse as both sides try to negotiate a 2020 season.

It’s quite clear after 10 weeks of futile negotiations the owners have no choice but to agree with the players union: Negotiations are over.

After rejecting MLB’s latest offer, the union now is simply waiting for the commissioner to impose a short season, perhaps as few as 50 games.

ESPN documentary “Imperfect: The Roy Halladay Story” describes Halladay’s drug addiction that few knew about before he died in a plane crash in 2017.

MLB owners approved a revenue-sharing agreement that could help bring baseball back in July, but the proposal is expected to be rejected by players.

Derek Jeter, Larry Walker and Class of 2020 will be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in July 2021, along with that year’s class.