Will The MLB Suspend The 2020 season

[Kimmi]

Baseball isn't going to die that soon. There'd have to be a complete economic catastrophe the likes of which modern man hasn't seen for baseball to vanish that quick. It may contract, but it's not going to just disappear.

 

This is my opinion as well.

[Thunder]

LOL But do you really know you were negative? Maybe you were positive and asymptomatic.

 

Glad your test came back negative.

 

I've had two negative tests in two weeks. You tell me

[mvp 78]

The following players are opting out:

 

Price

Leake

Zimmerman

Joe Ross

Ian Desmond

King Felix

 

Potentially:

Buster Posey

Mike Trout

[mvp 78]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/07/nationals-cancel-workouts-covid19-test-delays-mlb.html

 

Nationals cancelled today's workout since they still haven't received their COVID test results.

 

The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal tweeted that testers who were assigned to the Angels and two other, yet-unknown clubs simply didn’t show over the weekend.

 

LOL

 

@Britt_Ghiroli

Nats: Per MLB’s protocol, all players and staff were tested for Covid-19 on Friday, July 3rd. 72 hours later, we have yet to receive the results of those tests. We cannot have our players and staff work at risk. Therefore, we have cancelled our team workout this morning

Edited July 6, 2020 by mvp 78

[mvp 78]

@JeffPassan

After a positive coronavirus test among Toronto Blue Jays players, a number remained behind in Florida while the rest of the team traveled to Toronto for training camp, sources tell ESPN. The players will remain in Florida for a few days before they are cleared to go to Canada.

[mvp 78]

MLB to release regular season schedule at 6pm today, maybe, possibly, who knows...

[mvp 78]

@Joelsherman1

#Astros players and staff were just informed they will not work out today as they also await the results of their COVID-19 tests taken on Friday.

[mvp 78]

The following players are opting out:

 

Price

Leake

Zimmerman

Joe Ross

Ian Desmond

King Felix

 

Potentially:

Buster Posey

Mike Trout

 

The following players are opting out:

 

Price

Leake

Zimmerman

Joe Ross

Ian Desmond

King Felix

Nick Markakis

 

Potentially:

Buster Posey

Mike Trout

Zach Wheeler

Edited July 6, 2020 by mvp 78

[mvp 78]

Braves manager Brian Snitker made the announcement. The Braves had multiple positive COVID diagnoses already, including first baseman Freddie Freeman. In the end, Markakis presumably didn't think it was worth it, which should be completely understandable. According to David O'Brien of The Athletic, talking to Freeman on the phone had quite an impact on Markakis' decision.

[a700hitter]

If the biggest marque player, Trout drops out, will MLB pull the plug on the season?

[mvp 78]

If the biggest marque player, Trout drops out, will MLB pull the plug on the season?

 

I think it would take Trout plus a few more top of the line guys to both opt out and speak out before MLB pulls the plug. Trout is clearly the generational talent right now. Him opting out would be huge.

[mvp 78]

@ChrisCotillo

Re: testing difficulties...

 

One baseball source called me late last week and described entire testing process as a gigantic mess. Said players were concerned over large amount of false positives and that some were starting to seek independent tests away from team facilities.

 

I am completely shocked by this!

[Bellhorn04]

@chriscotillo

re: Testing difficulties...

 

One baseball source called me late last week and described entire testing process as a gigantic mess. Said players were concerned over large amount of false positives and that some were starting to seek independent tests away from team facilities.

 

i am completely shocked by this!

 

s.n.a.f.u.

[Thunder]

If the biggest marque player, Trout drops out, will MLB pull the plug on the season?

 

I was thinking the same thing. If LeBron opted out of the NBA restart, they would definitely pull the plug, especially since the Lakers have a good shot at winning a championship

[jad]

s.n.a.f.u.

 

Not so screwed up. It's a math problem: if you have a test that's roughly 95% accurate, and, say, 5% of the population tested is in fact positive, half the 'positives' you get will be false positives. But most of the negative tests will be accurate. Essentially, all positive tests need to be redone to eliminate or reduce this error.

[Kimmi]

@ChrisCotillo

Re: testing difficulties...

 

One baseball source called me late last week and described entire testing process as a gigantic mess. Said players were concerned over large amount of false positives and that some were starting to seek independent tests away from team facilities.

 

I am completely shocked by this!

 

MLB has found a way to create another cluster. Several teams have had to put a hold on their workouts because they have not received their test results. It's looking more and more like the season won't be able to get started.

[Thunder]

Red Sox Schedule:

Boston Red Sox Schedule | Boston Red Sox

WWW.MLB.COM

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The Official Site of Major League Baseball

 

 

We start at home for 3 with the Orioles. 3-0 start. Let's go!!!

[mvp 78]

Red Sox Schedule:

Boston Red Sox Schedule | Boston Red Sox

WWW.MLB.COM

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The Official Site of Major League Baseball

 

 

We start at home for 3 with the Orioles. 3-0 start. Let's go!!!

 

7 on the road against the Yankees, 3 at home. WTF?

[Thunder]

7 on the road against the Yankees, 3 at home. WTF?

 

Yeah, that's whack, but this is a wacky year and not having fans takes away a lot of the home field advantage, except when Voit, Stanton, or Judge gets jammed and hits a HR right over that RF porch

[Kimmi]

Red Sox Schedule:

Boston Red Sox Schedule | Boston Red Sox

WWW.MLB.COM

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The Official Site of Major League Baseball

 

 

We start at home for 3 with the Orioles. 3-0 start. Let's go!!!

 

Let's go!

[Kimmi]

7 on the road against the Yankees, 3 at home. WTF?

 

Yeah, I thought the exact same thing. The Sox have a tough schedule.

 

And oh, the Yankees are going down!

[Kimmi]

Red Sox Schedule:

Boston Red Sox Schedule | Boston Red Sox

WWW.MLB.COM

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The Official Site of Major League Baseball

 

 

We start at home for 3 with the Orioles. 3-0 start. Let's go!!!

 

In an effort to increase home viewership, the Sox are starting all night games at 7:30 instead of 7:10. Personally, I like the earlier start times, like 6:00 or 6:30. Once school starts back up, I'll have a hard time being able to finish games that start at 7:30.

[Thunder]

In an effort to increase home viewership, the Sox are starting all night games at 7:30 instead of 7:10. Personally, I like the earlier start times, like 6:00 or 6:30. Once school starts back up, I'll have a hard time being able to finish games that start at 7:30.

 

I have a hard time getting through most 7:00 games

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

In an effort to increase home viewership, the Sox are starting all night games at 7:30 instead of 7:10. Personally, I like the earlier start times, like 6:00 or 6:30. Once school starts back up, I'll have a hard time being able to finish games that start at 7:30.

 

Without researching, I'm wondering how the Red Sox and MLB think later games will lead to an increase in viewers? Games already run too late for kids to watch in their entirety, so I guess the Sox are just giving up on that segment of fans (you know, the future of fandom)? Political pundits may argue the MLB is just appealing to its base... except old white guys pass out earlier than everyone else.

[Kimmi]

I have a hard time getting through most 7:00 games

 

Haha. I hear you. My normal bed time during the school year is 10:00. Sometimes it's a struggle to make it until then. If I stay up much past 10:00, it plays on my mojo for the next day.

[Kimmi]

Without researching, I'm wondering how the Red Sox and MLB think later games will lead to an increase in viewers? Games already run too late for kids to watch in their entirety, so I guess the Sox are just giving up on that segment of fans (you know, the future of fandom)? Political pundits may argue the MLB is just appealing to its base... except old white guys pass out earlier than everyone else.

 

I figured that earlier games would be better as well, but supposedly they did the research. They said that if fans are eventually allowed back into games, they'll likely go back to 7:10 start times.

[Thunder]

Haha. I hear you. My normal bed time during the school year is 10:00. Sometimes it's a struggle to make it until then. If I stay up much past 10:00, it plays on my mojo for the next day.

 

Same here, but it's 10:30 for me. In the fall, I have to be up at 6:30 everyday for football practice. I guess one perk of potentially not having football this year is that I will get to watch the end of Red Sox games

[mvp 78]

In an effort to increase home viewership, the Sox are starting all night games at 7:30 instead of 7:10. Personally, I like the earlier start times, like 6:00 or 6:30. Once school starts back up, I'll have a hard time being able to finish games that start at 7:30.

 

God, no. This is the worst decision.

 

MLB should be staggering games 1pm, 4pm, 7pm, 10pm (PST games) for the whole season.

 

Pushing everything to 730 is so dumb. So most games won't end until after 1030? Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.

[mvp 78]

@lindseyadler

MLB considers Joe West a high-risk individual. He plans to return for this season despite that.

 

"I don’t believe in my heart that all these deaths have been from the coronavirus."

[Thunder]

@lindseyadler

MLB considers Joe West a high-risk individual. He plans to return for this season despite that.

 

"I don’t believe in my heart that all these deaths have been from the coronavirus."

 

Wouldn't be the same without him