MLB 2019-2020 Offseason Thread

[RoHitman Reigns]

Angels fire visiting clubhouse manager for aiding opposing pitchers. Investigation confirmed he was giving opposing pitchers ball doctoring substances

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

This is hilarious.

 

[Meacon Keaton]

I friggin’ love Freddie Freeman. By all accounts he’s one of the nicest guys in baseball. Felt for him when he said “I haven’t struck out all spring and here I am now with Chipper watching”  

[gunnar hendershow]

Can they do that for every baseball game forever? That was so much fun. Obviously if a player doesn't want to go for it don't make him but putting mics on some guys during a game will be fun for everyone.

[gunnar hendershow]

Trey Mancini has left spring training for a non-baseball procedure. No real details yet but some of the language around his absence from Brandon Hyde has been worrisome.

[The Buscher]

I try not to put any stock into spring results for guys who know they’ll be on the team...but the Mets are hinging a lot of this year on the bullpen, specifically Edwin Diaz and Jeurys Familia bouncing back after the awful seasons they had last year so they should’ve been coming to camp with something to prove.  Both guys look like absolute shit still.

[Lint]

[GhostMachine]

The only team that's never been to the World Series.

 

[The Buscher]

Normally I'm all happy that it's only two weeks til Opening Day...but it's clear as day now that it's not going to be happening as normal.

The only question now, and the decision MLB is likely working on right now, is how to handle this.  Relocating games?  Empty stadium games?  Just straight up cancel part of the season?

I can see everything being shut down for a month.  In mid-April or so they'll go back to camp for a few weeks of Spring Training games in empty stadiums to gear everyone back up and then the season starts in May.

[gunnar hendershow]

I suspect the plan is going to be delaying the season until May. I think NHL announces they'll suspend the season today, NCAA probably postpones March Madness and all other tournaments and cancels spring sports seasons, then MLB goes "oh guess it's our turn?"

It'll leave Vince McMahon as the only holdout.

[Maxx]

3 hours ago, damsher hatfield said:

I suspect the plan is going to be delaying the season until May. I think NHL announces they'll suspend the season today, NCAA probably postpones March Madness and all other tournaments and cancels spring sports seasons, then MLB goes "oh guess it's our turn?"

It'll leave Vince McMahon as the only holdout.

 

[ThrillhouseMAX]

 

It it would really be the most Mets thing ever if they managed to get coronavirus, too

[The Buscher]

Spring training suspended and regular season delayed by at least two weeks.

Presumably...this would mean they anticipate spring training resuming in two weeks and the season then starts after then.  But two weeks sounds generous since a lot of cities and states are banning public gatherings for a month.  And the longer the delay, the more time they'll have to give teams to essentially do Spring Training Part 2.

If first pitch of Opening Day happens before May I'd be surprised.

[Maxx]

World Series in December, fun!

[Meacon Keaton]

Christmas baseball is all I’ve ever wanted.

[The Buscher]

If/when they reduce the schedule I wonder if they're just going to pick the existing schedule up from whenever they start, or if they're gonna try to re-balance.  Maybe hack off most of the stupid interleague play games.

[gunnar hendershow]

Very excited for MLB to try and still fit in 162 regular season games.

Just now, B-li Manning said:

If/when they reduce the schedule I wonder if they're just going to pick the existing schedule up from whenever they start, or if they're gonna try to re-balance.  Maybe hack off most of the stupid interleague play games.

This is honestly the route to go. Just take out interleague and maybe reduce a bunch of 4-game series to 3-games. They, however, will not go this route.

[Meacon Keaton]

I just hope we still play the Orioles 18-times.

[The Buscher]

Umpire Angel Hernandez waved to beat writers on the way out of the Yankee complex and said "see you in June!"

I now feel better about the situation since he's wrong literally all the time.

[The Buscher]

Trey Mancini has colon cancer and had to have a malignant tumor surgically removed.