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2020 Regular Season Thread

jack presley

A few months later than we all hoped but the regular season kicks off in Washington tonight (weather permitting) so here's a thread for all things MLB for the next 60 games. Enjoy the season.

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kmart6

It's this kind sh1t in baseball that I find pathetic. Get the batter out and then you won't have to worry about him hitting a grand slam.

jack presley

Deleted User wrote: »

Dodgers look to be building some momentum at the moment which is great to see.

Definitely seems to be some interesting side plots so far this season.
Mike Trout having Dad Power
Red Sox having lost 10 in a row to the Yankees
Fernando Tatis of the Padres looking like he might be the next big thing

Definitely a bit of fun in this abbreviated season

This made me laugh.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29685137/padres-fernando-tatis-jr-angers-rangers-late-grand-slam-rout

[Deleted User]

Dodgers look to be building some momentum at the moment which is great to see.

Definitely seems to be some interesting side plots so far this season.
Mike Trout having Dad Power
Red Sox having lost 10 in a row to the Yankees
Fernando Tatis of the Padres looking like he might be the next big thing

Definitely a bit of fun in this abbreviated season

jack presley

Doodah7 wrote: »

Time for the Cards to be dropped for this season. No real way they can make up their backlog unless they are going to play 7-inning double headers every day to the end of the season. Should be a 4-team NL Central Division.

Of course I say this as a Cubs fan!

It seems the most they're aiming for the Cardinals is 58 games. That's without any rain postponements or any more Covid outbreaks so probably a bit optimistic.

https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1294320440194871297

jack presley

Nice video of the transformation of the Buffalo site getting MLB ready.

https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1293245858708967424

Doodah7

Time for the Cards to be dropped for this season. No real way they can make up their backlog unless they are going to play 7-inning double headers every day to the end of the season. Should be a 4-team NL Central Division.

Of course I say this as a Cubs fan!

circular flexing

Cardinals-Tigers doubleheader on Thursday is now off.

ShyMets

jack presley wrote: »

Marcus Stroman has opted out now.

Another BVW trade that has massively backfired. Basically 11 starts for 2 medium/high rated prospects. One of whom has already done pretty well for Toronto this season, albeit a small sample.

Another bites the dust. Cespedes was no great loss. But losing Storman is a disappointment. Fully fit he could have been very effective.

It will be interesting to see what can be pieced together now with the rotation

jack presley

Marcus Stroman has opted out now.

Another BVW trade that has massively backfired. Basically 11 starts for 2 medium/high rated prospects. One of whom has already done pretty well for Toronto this season, albeit a small sample.

jack presley

Coeus wrote: »

And the series...I think they need to start thinking about having the offending teams forfeit games. How many double headers can they realistically play in the few weeks remaining?

The Cardinals who have only played 5 games so far are off again Monday to Wednesday this week so by the time they play on Thursday (if that game goes ahead), the other teams will have played 18-20 games. There's no way they can make that many games up. Will it come down to winning percentages to decide playoff spots?

Coeus

jack presley wrote: »

Tonight's Cardinals game off as there has been another positive test.

And the series...I think they need to start thinking about having the offending teams forfeit games. How many double headers can they realistically play in the few weeks remaining?

The White Feather

This is really funny!

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jack presley

Tonight's Cardinals game off as there has been another positive test.

Igotadose

Phillies fans congregating just outside the ballpark and disrupting Yankees at-bats. Amusing.

https://nypost.com/2020/08/06/yankee-finally-had-enough-of-phillies-fans-air-horns-drum-line/

jack presley

Crazy for the Phillies.

https://twitter.com/MattGelb/status/1291488891879542785

jack presley

circular flexing wrote: »

I think if there's another outbreak on another team this weekend (and it doesn't matter which team) they'll shut it all down.

This doesn't look promising.

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1290011283387895809

ShyMets

jack presley wrote: »

Ah, he was great in 2015. Wouldn't have got the the World Series without him. He deserves some sort of pass for that.

But yeah, the rest........

Fair point. I'll give him 2015

jack presley

ShyMets wrote: »

So long Cespedes. I'd like to say it was memorable but by and large it wasn't

Ah, he was great in 2015. Wouldn't have got the the World Series without him. He deserves some sort of pass for that.

But yeah, the rest........

ShyMets

jack presley wrote: »

Being reported now that he's opted out of the 2020 season. Would have been nice if he had told someone though!

So long Cespedes. I'd like to say it was memorable but by and large it wasn't

jack presley

ShyMets wrote: »

Mets have announced that they don't any concerns for Cespedes safety. So in others words he just didn't bother to show up.

Being reported now that he's opted out of the 2020 season. Would have been nice if he had told someone though!

EDIT - Actually, knowing the Mets he probably did it all properly but the Mets messed up telling the right people and released that statement without checking

ShyMets

jack presley wrote: »

Strange that announced it before they could confirm he is safe and not lying in a ditch somewhere. But yeah, typical Mets.

Mets have announced that they don't any concerns for Cespedes safety. So in others words he just didn't bother to show up.

jack presley

circular flexing wrote: »

Apparently Cespedes is MIA for today’s game.

Strange that announced it before they could confirm he is safe and not lying in a ditch somewhere. But yeah, typical Mets.

circular flexing

Apparently Cespedes is MIA for today’s game.

circular flexing

I think if there's another outbreak on another team this weekend (and it doesn't matter which team) they'll shut it all down.

Itssoeasy

It seems the commissioner has told the leagues TV partners to be ready to find new content to fill their spots after this weekend if the league has to suspend. Now hopefully that's just a curtesy to them so if something does change they aren't left swinging in the wind.

jack presley

Deleted User wrote: »

What do people think, will this season get completed?
At the moment, I think the whole thing will collapse in another 2 or 3 weeks, and the season will be cancelled

I reckon they'll plow on through. Too much money at stake and Manfred hasn't handled anything well recently so I wouldn't have any faith in him pulling the plug if things do get worse.

I had to laugh at Manfred yesterday scolding the players like school children and threatening to shut it all down if they don't behave. I know the Marlin breakout was probably caused by players acting the b0ll0x but the league needed to take control of that situation much earlier and shut them down from playing.

As I'm typing, my Twitter feed is saying that 4 more Cardinals have tested positive so that double header today probably doesn't look likely.

The Cardinals are probably in the middle tier of teams when it comes to shutting down the league. The Marlins, no one cares about, The Cardinals, maybe there's an issue. Yankees, Dodgers or Cubs get a breakout, then the season's in trouble.

[Deleted User]

What do people think, will this season get completed?
At the moment, I think the whole thing will collapse in another 2 or 3 weeks, and the season will be cancelled

jack presley

Nice to have some baseball to post about as opposed to Covid stuff. What a throw by Betts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grFyRkJjZ5M

jack presley

I know desperate times call for desperate measures and they probably have no other choice but the season’s becoming more farcical by the day with 7 inning doubleheaders and man on 2nd in the 10th.

Cardinals have infected players now too so their game v the Brewers off tonight now as well.

kmart6

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1288988393192460290?s=19
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1288990503497867267?s=19