We all know about the "Arizona Plan" and "Grapefruit and Cactus League Plan" that aim to salvage the 2020 MLB season. But another one has reportedly been thrown into the mix.
Let's call this one the "Texas Plan," as it is one that has teams "stationed in one of three hubs: Florida, Arizona or Texas," according to CBS Sports' R.J. Anderson.
The reasoning behind this plan would be that all three states have stadiums to play in with retractable roofs. Because of that, multiple games could be played in a single day. Also, there are multiple major league and minor league facilities that can be divvied up among the franchises.
It's unknown how the teams would be broken up in this plan, but with 30 teams, the math would suggest 10 teams in each division.
Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke publicly about his support of sports returning this year, saying "there's a way of doing that" during an appearance on Good Morning America.
"Nobody comes to the stadiums," Fauci said, talking about fans. "Put (athletes) in big hotels, wherever you want to play. Keep them very well-surveilled, but have them tested like every week and make sure they don't wind up infecting each other or their families and just let them play the season out."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds the same idea as Fauci.
"I said, why can't we talk a baseball season with nobody in the stands? Why can't you play the game with the players?" Cuomo said he told Mets COO Jeff Wilpon. "I think it would be good for the country. I think it would be good for people to have something to watch and do. To fight cabin fever. I think it's something I'm going to pursue."
Of the three plans, SNY's Andy Martino reported last week that the Arizona Plan continued to be worked on. It includes all teams heading to Arizona, which has multiple spring training facilities and Chase Field all within close proximity of each other to allow multiple games per day.
However, there has been push back from MLB players like Mike Trout, who worry about being away from their families for a long period of time during this isolated season.
MLB comissioner Rob Manfred spoke last week as well, stating the league's safety is the top priority at the moment. So the season can wait.
"The only real decision that we have made, the only real plan that we have is that baseball is not going to return until the public health situation has improved to the point that we're comfortable, that we can play games in a manner that's safe for our players, our employees, our fans, and in a way that will not impact the public health situation adversely," Manfred said.
With all of this in mind, add another plan to the discussion -- one that continues to go on as the coronavirus pandemic does the same.