Game Off (MLB suspended indefinitely)

[Irrelevant Dude]

Gov. Whitmer announced Michigan to stay home until April 13th, other States are following or have followed suit, think we have to prepare ourselves for the very real possibility the MLB season is done. If anything, we might have a super small sized version of the season. Should this be the case, Fall sports are to be impacted in a big way.

I hate to be pessimistic, but until there is a vaccine available, I just don't see this going away. Hopefully the outbreaks can be managed once the initial surge has passed, but then there will likely be an extended period where certain areas go in and out of isolation. It is hard to imagine putting 40,000 people in a stadium together until next year at the earliest...

[Bertz]

Gov. Whitmer announced Michigan to stay home until April 13th, other States are following or have followed suit, think we have to prepare ourselves for the very real possibility the MLB season is done. If anything, we might have a super small sized version of the season. Should this be the case, Fall sports are to be impacted in a big way.

I hate to be pessimistic, but until there is a vaccine available, I just don't see this going away. Hopefully the outbreaks can be managed once the initial surge has passed, but then there will likely be an extended period where certain areas go in and out of isolation. It is hard to imagine putting 40,000 people in a stadium together until next year at the earliest...

 

Yeah, I wonder if we'll see an empty stadium solution as a way to get the season started sooner. Teams beginning to derive the majority of their revenue from TV contracts instead of tickets has had almost universally negative consequences, but maybe this is the positive?

[Irrelevant Dude]

Gov. Whitmer announced Michigan to stay home until April 13th, other States are following or have followed suit, think we have to prepare ourselves for the very real possibility the MLB season is done. If anything, we might have a super small sized version of the season. Should this be the case, Fall sports are to be impacted in a big way.

I hate to be pessimistic, but until there is a vaccine available, I just don't see this going away. Hopefully the outbreaks can be managed once the initial surge has passed, but then there will likely be an extended period where certain areas go in and out of isolation. It is hard to imagine putting 40,000 people in a stadium together until next year at the earliest...

 

Yeah, I wonder if we'll see an empty stadium solution as a way to get the season started sooner. Teams beginning to derive the majority of their revenue from TV contracts instead of tickets has had almost universally negative consequences, but maybe this is the positive?

And then what happens when a single player tests positive and the entire schedule is thrown into chaos? There really are no easy answers.

[ChiCubsFan]

So when the rest of the country returns to work you don’t think Professional sports players will? I certainly don’t think it’ll be right away and very likely without fans in attendance, but I would be surprised if there isn’t an MLB season come July or so.

[Irrelevant Dude]

So when the rest of the country returns to work you don’t think Professional sports players will? I certainly don’t think it’ll be right away and very likely without fans in attendance, but I would be surprised if there isn’t an MLB season come July or so.

I think they would try, but seriously, what happens when just one player tests positive and that puts an entire team into isolation for a week or more?

[ChiCubsFan]

I’m HOPING testing will be much more readily available by summer with a much faster turnaround time on results. Though I don’t know how long after incubation before the test comes back positive. It’s definitely tricky and a great question. I’m still waiting to see how my work handles a positive test. At this point we have a few out as presumptive positive, but with limited testing available, they have not had severe enough symptoms to get approved to be tested. And the rest of us still have to work until we develop symptoms basically.

[Bertz]

 

Primary beat guy for the Marlins FWIW

[Clem Fandango]

Is his column called "Mish on Fish"?

[Bertz]

Is his column called "Mish on Fish"?

 

I believe, no joke, he has a radio show called "Swings and Mishes"

[Clem Fandango]

Is his column called "Mish on Fish"?

 

I believe, no joke, he has a radio show called "Swings and Mishes"

 

Leslie Knope: "Swing and a Mish: This Mish talks Big Fish with the King Tuna in Town, Derek Jeter!"

[Regular Show]

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MLB and the MLBPA have worked toward a potential agreement over the past 10 days, acknowledging the inevitability of a shortened season that both parties hope would begin by early June and would guarantee players a prorated salary that would depend on the number of games played, sources said. Multiple players told ESPN they are willing to play a significant number of doubleheaders -- as many as two per week -- to make up for lost games and try to get as close to a full 162-game schedule as possible.

 

I don't like the idea of scheduled doubleheaders every week and trying to cram as many games as possible in as short a time frame as possible. That's going to lead to injuries and lesser performance and more variance.

 

I think extending the season into October and then playing playoff games starting in November in neutral sites with indoor parks is the way to go. It would shorten the next offseason and FA period, but that seems like the best way to makeup lost games and revenue for MLB.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I don't like the idea of scheduled doubleheaders every week and trying to cram as many games as possible in as short a time frame as possible. That's going to lead to injuries and lesser performance and more variance.

 

Injuries? Probably, that's likely the tradeoff for having something resembling a fulfilling season given the circumstances

 

Lesser performance? It would affect everyone equally so even if hitters are less sharp and pitchers lose some velo, I don't think most would really notice. It's not going to be like the difference between the NBA and high school or even college basketball if that does show up.

 

More variance? Sounds awesome for what is already going to be an asterisk of a season anyway.

[Brian]

** obvious disclaimer who cares about something stupid like the Cubs paying the luxury tax at a time like this, but we do have to talk about something non-virus **

 

If they prorate the salaries does the luxury tax also get prorated down? They're so close probably almost any number of games under 162 gets them under unless also prorated.

[Regular Show]

https://mobile.twitter.com/keithlaw/status/1243340232117846017

Man, if the season somehow got cancelled that would make the Mookie Betts trade look especially bad (for LAD).

 

I believe most people inside MLB and among the players thinks there will be a season, albeit shortened and delayed. I seriously doubt MLB would agree to this if there was a strong chance of the season getting fully canceled.

[Bertz]

** obvious disclaimer who cares about something stupid like the Cubs paying the luxury tax at a time like this, but we do have to talk about something non-virus **

 

If they prorate the salaries does the luxury tax also get prorated down? They're so close probably almost any number of games under 162 gets them under unless also prorated.

 

 

I take that to mean that the LT situation is unchanged, basically pretending that every player is making what they would have made in a normal season.

[Bertz]

[Cubswin11]

Descalso and Almora still shouldn’t make the roster

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See you in 2021

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I welcome baseball being back because it will mean our country, hopefully, has turned the corner.

 

But is it OK that I won't care about what happens this season because it will sort of be a sham one? I just won't really recognize the World Series winner the way I normally would.

 

Please feel free to trash my thoughts. Either way, keep being safe.

[Cubswin11]

I welcome baseball being back because it will mean our country, hopefully, has turned the corner.

 

But is it OK that I won't care about what happens this season because it will sort of be a sham one? I just won't really recognize the World Series winner the way I normally would.

 

Please feel free to trash my thoughts. Either way, keep being safe.

We only recognize the World Series normally if we win, if it’s someone else it’s a sham and doesn’t count.

[Regular Show]

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[Irrelevant Dude]

See you in 2021

So, Easter Sunday should be good right?

[Brian707]

Easter 2021

[Irrelevant Dude]

The lack of baseball started to hit me today for the first time. With it being a relatively nice, sunny Sunday, I got outside and did a bit of cleaning and yardwork while the kids played in the front yard. It was the type of day where I would typically have radio on, listening to an afternoon Cubs game. This will likely be the first of many such days where everything "seems" normal in my little bubble, but obviously it isn't.

 

All my summer routines are going to be completely different. Cubs radio broadcasts normally play in the background for much of my summer and it is going to be weird to possibly have an entire season without any baseball. I have resigned myself to the fact that any baseball in 2020 is highly unlikely, but until today I hadn't really processed what that would be like.

 

All the usual disclaimers apply - There are more important things than baseball, etc. I get all that and fully understand, but it isn't going to make me miss it any less.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Weird, I got out in the yard with the dogs and some beers and didn’t think about baseball once. It was a good day.