MLB Hot Stove 2019-20

[jficke13]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29553630/mlb-postpones-all-marlins-games-sunday

All Marlins games postponed through Sunday.

[Elonsmusk]

.... so... don't watch?

I don't - at least not until the Championship Series begin/World Series.  Since there is so little being discussed here at present, thought I'd chime in.  Times change.  Things need to evolve.  Baseball has essentially stood still, while other leagues are continuously evaluating, tweaking, and IMO, improving the product.

[Pakuni]

Looks like Joe Kelly somehow became the first player punished by MLB in connection with the Astros sign-stealing scheme.

[Jockey]

Looks like Joe Kelly somehow became the first player punished by MLB in connection with the Astros sign-stealing scheme.

Well done.

[Jockey]

Kyle Hendricks might be the most overrated pitcher in baseball.

[wadesworld]

Kyle Hendricks might be the most overrated pitcher in baseball.

Nah, that's Yu.

[JWags85]

Kyle Hendricks might be the most overrated pitcher in baseball.

Based on what? Seems like a hot take from a bad pair of innings. Where was this when he threw a 3 hit gem on Friday? He’s properly rated. He’s always been a very consistent 2/3 with crafty stuff who won’t overpower you. Dude has a 3.00 career ERA and that’s including a pair of back to back “rough” years by his standards, which still were sub 3.50

No arguments about Yu. Always want your high paid ace to be rattled pregame if it’s too windy or sunny

[Jockey]

Based on what? Seems like a hot take from a bad pair of innings. Where was this when he threw a 3 hit gem on Friday? He’s properly rated. He’s always been a very consistent 2/3 with crafty stuff who won’t overpower you. Dude has a 3.00 career ERA and that’s including a pair of back to back “rough” years by his standards, which still were sub 3.50

No arguments about Yu. Always want your high paid ace to be rattled pregame if it’s too windy or sunny

It’s a joke, Wags.

Some Cubs fan said last week that he might be the most underrated pitcher in baseball after he beat the Brewers.

[JWags85]

Welp, missed that. Fair play, well done

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Phillies weekend series with the Jays now postponed.

[Jockey]

Since everything is crazy in 2020.....

Edwin Ríos, last night, became the 1st leadoff hitter in an inning to ever hit a 2-run HR.

[Jockey]

Is Cleveland the team to beat in the AL Central. If Carrasco stays healthy, they may have the best top 4 starters in baseball.

[MUfan12]

Cards bringing the COVID into our fair city. Game postponed tonight.

[#UnleashSean]

4 teams now with positive cases. This seasons not going to last 2 more weeks is it?

[cheebs09]

One more reason to dislike the Cardinals.

Unless there’s a bubble, I don’t see sports working this summer. Unless you are willing to live with a bunch of positive tests.

[MUBurrow]

Damn. Was fun while it lasted, but this is hard enough to do with the bubbles.  Without one, its just not going to work.  I saw today that the protocol for Trout was that while he's on the paternity list, so long as he gets tested every other day, he hac rejoin the team without any quarantine or delay. That kind of protocol just isn't going to cut it.

[MUBurrow]

Unless there’s a bubble, I don’t see sports working this summer. Unless you are willing to live with a bunch of positive tests.

I think MLB will prove a great example of a cognitive dissonance we have broadly about controlling this illness.  They expanded the rosters and introduced the taxi squads on the assumption that, in addition to playing more games in fewer days so needing access to more players, there would be some positive tests that might require teams to reach deeper into their system.

But the problem is that by the time you have positive tests, you've probably already lost contain on spread within the team, and likely the team they last played.  So MLB had a contingency for something which, if it came to pass, was going to ruin the whole enterprise anyway.  Its not like MLB's plan seemed totally unreasonable to me, so I'm just armchair QB-ing, but its an important data point, at least for other sports leagues.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

4 teams now with positive cases. This seasons not going to last 2 more weeks is it?

2 more weeks?  I would be surprised if it lasts the weekend.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

I think MLB will prove a great example of a cognitive dissonance we have broadly about controlling this illness.

100% this.  The fact that we still have college ADs and NFL teams debating stadium capacity shows that they are woefully behind the learning curve.  Still. 

[Uncle Rico]

100% this.  The fact that we still have college ADs and NFL teams debating stadium capacity shows that they are woefully behind the learning curve.  Still.

Nebraska’s AD was talking full capacity yesterday

[GB Warrior]

Wouldn't have happened if the Cards followed the unwritten rules

Also, bump:

I think this is all going to fail spectacularly in all sports and demonstrate exactly how extensively our governments mismanaged this

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

And this is the group of people that we think are going to be able to stage college basketball games this winter? 

[Mr. Nielsen]

Maybe MLB needs to look at the Milwaukee Milkman. They are rolling along fine. Players are testing negative.

[wadesworld]

I don’t know how they haven’t figured this out yet. Just stop testing.

[Hards Alumni]

Maybe MLB needs to look at the Milwaukee Milkman. They are rolling along fine. Players are testing negative.

The only thing those two things have in common is that they play baseball.