David Ross reacts to coronavirus pandemic, how Cubs are approaching season

Circumstances around COVID-19 are escalating by the hour, but Cubs manager David Ross is doing his best to keep a level head during the crisis.

Ross called the situation alarming while speaking to reporters in Arizona on Thursday. He added that the Cubs are operating under a “business as usual” mindset and are controlling what they control until told otherwise by Major League Baseball.

Cubs manager David Ross, on coronavirus situation:

"It's a little alarming, I guess, when you start thinking on a mass scale that we're talking about. ... You've got to kind of do business as usual until you hear something from Major League Baseball."
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) March 12, 2020

Ross has been happy w/ players' approach to daily work amidst everything:

"All the speculation, we can drive ourself crazy about that. Controlling what we can control is a message I've been pounding since I've gotten here. So this is just another situation and instance of that."
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) March 12, 2020

It looks like MLB will step in with an official decree in the very near future. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that the league is expected to suspend all spring training action and delay the start of the regular season.

After a conference call among owners this afternoon, Major League Baseball is expected to suspend spring training. The league likely will delay the beginning of the regular season as well. At this point, it's a formality that ownership-level sources expect to happen.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 12, 2020

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