Could America's Pastime be the first in line for a post-outbreak comeback? According, in very large part, to ESPN's Jeff Passan, there appears to be a strong chance that's a yes.

Major League Baseball and the MLBPA are in the midst of ironing out a plan that could, in fact, result in the 'best case' mid-May return that was floated by the league at the time of its postponement.

I’d rather baseball come up with some sort of tournament or some home run derby-esque forms of play than try to squeeze a legitimate season in under these circumstances.

— KFC (@KFCBarstool) April 7, 2020

In what would, in essence, amount to an extended Cactus League sans fans, all 30 teams would head to Phoenix, Ariz., where players, coaches and essential personnel would live in "relative" isolation, while playing games at Chase Field and the surrounding spring training parks.

The plan is contingent on a streamlined COVID-19 testing process and would likely come with a number of quirks, including an electronic strike zone, and seven-inning games.

Most sports fans in the U.S. would likely embrace baseball's return, in whatever format the league and health officials deem necessary — but not everyone is in agreement.

MLB plans to put a couple of thousand people in a sealed environment for several months to play something unrecognizable as baseball; federal officials like the plan https://t.co/xIvlnMN4hZ

— Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) April 7, 2020

The MLB season was originally postponed on March 12 — just two weeks before the end of spring training.

Read the full ESPN story here.