.Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterOct 26, 2024, 08:38 PM ETCloseJesse signed up with ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com.LOS ANGELES-- Major League Baseball is actually wishing to recognize by Christmas time whether Tropicana Field will certainly be playable to begin the 2025 season after the roofing system was actually torn off through Cyclone Milton earlier this month.Speaking prior to Video game 2 of the Globe Set on Saturday, commissioner Rob Manfred said the process to identify whether timely fixings for the Tampa florida Gulf Rays' coliseum are possible is actually continuous." They are actually still in the damage-assessment method," Manfred pointed out. "They are actually attempting to find out just how poor the damages is actually that requires to get carried out, as well as certainly, it was actually certainly not merely the roofing." Manfred suggested there are several alternatives on call if Tropicana Area in St. Petersburg, Fla, isn't ready for Position Day. They include playing at a minors or spring season location, with a resource claiming Tampa bay, Dunedin and also Clearwater are actually amongst the possible nearby cities.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe New York Yankees' Single-A crew, the Tampa florida Tarpons, play in Tampa fl, but it is actually certainly not understood whether that will be actually the very likely home for the Rays. There are several various other minor league teams in the area, as well.Wherever the Rays participate in, the field and/or coliseum will likely need to have becoming serve 2 big time staffs." It starts along with the playing surface area as well as the security of the ballpark itself," MLB Players Affiliation manager director Tony Clark said Friday before Activity 1 of the Collection. "Making certain that you may get the job carried out that you need to get performed which the surface is reflective, and also the ballpark is actually reflective, of big league requirements." The league is actually actually changing yet another minor league park, in Sacramento, The golden state, to serve the Athletics while their brand-new stadium is being constructed in Sin city. The game is actually putting in a yard surface for much safer disorders due to the summer heat.As for the Rays, it is actually likewise achievable the MLB or Minors Baseball timetable may must be actually a little become accommodate a move to a different park, however the league possesses yet to make a decision a plan. That should come prior to the new year." There was actually damage inside, too, and our experts won't recognize specifically what is actually mosting likely to take place until they accomplish that method," Manfred mentioned.