The Official 2020 Major League Baseball Season Updates Thread

[bloodbrother]

MLB using expanded playoffs so they can finally market their best player on the big stage!

[Angels in 2030]

Our only chance....can they make it 20 teams? lol

[Chuck]

 

[beatlesrule]

3:27pm: ESPN’s Buster Olney reports that the top two teams in each division will qualify for the postseason under this format. The seventh and eighth teams in each league will be chosen based on the best overall records of the remaining teams. The Athletic’s Jayson Stark adds that all three first-round games of a series would be played at the higher seed’s home park, thus eliminating the need for a travel day.

3:00pm: Just hours before the first pitch of the 2020 season, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have reached an agreement on an expanded postseason field. ESPN’s Marly Rivera reports that the union has agreed to the proposal, which now needs only to be ratified by the owners. Joel Sherman of the New York Post suggests that will indeed happen (Twitter link), and USA Today’s Bob Nightengale tweets that there’ll be 16 teams as well as a best-of-three first round series (rather than a sudden-death Wild Card setting). The agreement covers only the 2020 season, per both Rivera and Sherman.

[m0nkey]

Juan Soto got COVID, looking forward to seeing the Nationals win the East now because it’s baseball

[Lou]

Mets vs Braves

Another NL thriller.

[Revad]

But opening day is better than sex.  I mean with another person not just in the bunk.

[Lou]

Remember when people wanted to trade for Matthew Boyd?

[Biergott]

Hilarious.  The piped in “crowd” noise at Blue Jays @ Rays is louder than a normal home game.
 

but damn is it awesome to have a form of baseball back!!!!

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Biergott said:

Hilarious.  The piped in “crowd” noise at Blue Jays @ Rays is louder than a normal home game.
 

but damn is it awesome to have a form of baseball back!!!!

Ha. I was thinking the same thing.

[Lou]

I'm pretty sure Fat Vladdy got fatter. 

[mmc]

 

[Vlad27Trout27]

Everyone's Favortie Trade Piece, Matthew Byod gave up 4 runs in 5 inning against the Reds.....totally worth Marsh 

[Revad]

But Ryu looks really good- if we could have had him and Rendon both with the expanded playoffs....

[m0nkey]

I thought I would miss crowd noise but it's kind of cool hearing the guys in the dugout react to everything

[Taylor]

Boyd is the No. 6 starting pitcher on fantasy team. Good thing DeGrom had a great start to balance it out.

[mmc]

First no-no alert of the season, German Marquez has no hit the Rangers through 6.  Hope he is a trade target for us this season.

[Lou]

Harper is 0-3 with 2 Ks

[mmc]

Baltimore getting smacked by Boston 13-2 in 7th.

[bloodbrother]

Former Angel Ross Stripling with 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 K

[fan_since79]

17 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Former Angel Ross Stripling with 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 K

F'n Arte.

[mmc]

 

[bloodbrother]

Angels may have dodged a bullet in not trading for Kluber

 

[Taylor]

45 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Angels may have dodged a bullet in not trading for Kluber

 

Dangit, he's on my fantasy team.

[mmc]

It's so easy to see why Rays executives keep getting poached.  The amount of depth they have at the major league level for how little they spend on their roster is astounding.  Not to mention having a top 5 prospect pool in the league as well.