Mike Trout's Doubts About MLB Proposed Season Plan Are Completely Valid

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and the league's players union have been conceptualizing a blueprint that would see the 2020 regular season begin as soon as May. The proposal includes regulating the league to Arizona and/or Florida while isolating players and staff in hotels and testing them regularly for the coronavirus. Games would be played at Spring Training sites in the respective states.

That...doesn't sound ideal for anyone.

Well, one of the faces of the sport -- Los Angeles Angels superstar outfielder Mike Trout -- recently voiced his concerns about this audacious plan, and considering the current state of the nation, his doubts are entirely legitimate.

Trout's primary pointer centered on the access, or lack thereof, that he would have to his family. The three-time MVP's wife is presently pregnant and is set to give birth within the next few months. Why should he have to abandon his family and miss the birth of his first child just to be quarantined (which he's already doing with them) potentially thousands of miles away?

That's just Trout's predicament. Who knows what dilemmas this proposal would force upon other players, who will need to approve any plan before it is ratified.

Trout's comments aren't the ones of a privileged superstar. He wants to play as much as anybody. However, there are only certain lengths he will accept to see that happen. MLB's proposal, as innovative as it might seem, is pretty bizarre. And while experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci have deemed the theoretical plan safe for execution, it'll take a lot of sacrifice from the players to get over the final hurdle.

Just put yourself in Trout's shoes.