If the season becomes about the best 40 players instead of the best 25, there may be a new favorite in the AL East.My friend who often gets second hand early MLB scoops says “Season starts 7/1, tons of double headers, only arguments remaining are around service, 100+ games played and so forth, destinations still unknown.”
They may change the divisions also, but NY has plenty of depth too.If the season becomes about the best 40 players instead of the best 25, there may be a new favorite in the AL East.
If there are tons of doubleheaders, they'll get plenty of work. Not as much as a typical AA/AAA obviously, but some.How do the extra kids on the roster get reps in if there’s no AA or AAA? Seems like the backup players who would otherwise be in the minors would rust quickly unless they figure out daily side scrimmages or something.
I don't know, sounds fun as hell. Like designing a real-life fantasy league, with rosters, divisions, and schedule.Dunno, glad I'm not the one making the road map for this.
I’m in the same boat as you in terms of the amount of mental energy going to baseball these days, but will be an interesting topic once we have the parameters of roster size/flexibility, how many doubleheaders, etc. I’ll start the thread when a plan is finalized.They may change the divisions also, but NY has plenty of depth too.
I’m not thinking about baseball much these days until there’s an actual plan in place for return, but if you want to do a thread comparing who would be helped more by a 40 man active roster, TB or NY, we could do that. Maybe even go 50 deep?
Actually after I posted, I saw that Mike Axisa did a projected 50 man roster in his Patreon newsletter a few weeks ago. The even trickier thing is that teams like NY and TB carry players on the 40 man who they need to protect but who are at least a few years away, so what happens with them? Does this speed up Wander's timetable? Dude needs his $300M ASAP.I’m in the same boat as you in terms of the amount of mental energy going to baseball these days, but will be an interesting topic once we have the parameters of roster size/flexibility, how many doubleheaders, etc. I’ll start the thread when a plan is finalized.
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Want some good baseball news?? I just heard from multiple sources that on June 10th, Spring Training 2 will start. July 1st will be Opening Day and all teams will be playing at their home ballparks. We’ll be discussing it in full on the next @TalkinBaseball_
Everything is still somewhat in flux still but what I've seen is that they plan to constantly test and if someone tests positive, they of course get treated/quarantined but since everyone around them is being tested constantly, there hopefully wouldn't be a ripple effect.I'd still like to know what the plan is for dealing with a player who tests positive. I imagine Korea and other places have already worked through those issues, so there's a precedent at least.
It almost has to be both, since there is no guarantee that all teams would be allowed to play at home.Just need clarification on the home ballpark issue. Are teams playing in their MLB ballparks or spring training?
Well, you can call and ask for it. I was refunded the full amount.Does anyone know whether we can expect any sort of refund on the MLB.tv subscription.
Eh. I’m fine with letting fights go, so long as they’re actual brawls and not 60-man huddles that drift slowly around the infield.
It would be cool if the rosters were expanded to 26 players so a guy that can't really pitch, hit or field, but that is good with his fists, could join the team. The umps could let them go at it for a few minutes, break it up and send them to penalty boxes installed at the end of each dugout.Eh. I’m fine with letting fights go, so long as they’re actual brawls and not 60-man huddles that drift slowly around the infield.
Give me Rheal Cormier manhandling Jim Thome any day of the week. Same for Joe Kelly slugging Yankees, Robin Ventura getting pummeled, and that late-90s O’s-Yankees brawl.
Heavily fine the crybaby stuff, or the downright asshole moves, like when Albert Belle clocked Fernando Vina. Sometimes though, a good brawl is cathartic. Especially if someone like Brett Gardner or Luke Voit is on the receiving end of it.
OK. 27 players then.They already increased the rosters to 26 well before the season was suspended