We'll have to wait a while longer to see baseball games being played.
Major League Baseball announced Thursday that Opening Day would be pushed back at least two weeks due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Spring training games also were canceled immediately in both the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues.
As the world focuses on much more pressing matters, the A's time in Arizona might soon be forgotten. With that said, the A's were winning a lot of games down there. In fact, prior to the cancelation, the team had the best record in the Cactus League.
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Yes, these games don't count, but the A's held a 14-8 spring training record before the new policy was put forth, good for a .636 winning percentage. They were in "first place" in the Cactus League, slightly ahead of the San Diego Padres (18-11 with a .621 winning percentage).
Spring games are a time for pitchers to master any specialty pitches they might have, or for hitters to get stronger and tighten anything that needs to be worked on as they slowly get back into game routines. We shouldn't take too much stock into the record. But it's always better to be winning games, right?
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With Opening Day being postponed, we will have to see just how much these numbers might percolate into the regular season, whenever it begins.