The Official 2020 Major League Baseball Season Updates Thread

[fan_since79]

It might be good to play the games there as heat is thought to kill the virus.

Lots of room in El Dorado Park for a stadium. We could still have baseball next year! 

[ScottT]

It is crazy to think the season.... hopefully.... will start next week.  What a crazy four months

[Inside Pitch]

Domingo German claims to have decided to retire from baseball. 

He was going to miss all of this season and the first 21 of 2021 due to his 81 game suspension for domestic violence.   

Trippy decision.

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Domingo German claims to have decided to retire from baseball. 

He was going to miss all of this season and the first 21 of 2021 due to his 81 game suspension for domestic violence.   

Trippy decision.

I have my money on “lost in translation”

[Tank]

54 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Domingo German claims to have decided to retire from baseball. 

He was going to miss all of this season and the first 21 of 2021 due to his 81 game suspension for domestic violence.   

Trippy decision.

this sets him up perfectly for a comeback in june of 2021.

[Inside Pitch]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

this sets him up perfectly for a comeback in june of 2021.

Man, I checked out his page to see what he had actually said.  Seemed like he was posting and deleting things as he went.  Seems a tad unstable...   A lot of the comments in Spanish were basically calling him out for being a drama queen.I

You're probably right.

[Tank]

Yasiel Puig tested positive. He’s not going to sign with the Braves now though I’m not sure why.

[DMVol]

12 minutes ago, Tank said:

Yasiel Puig tested positive. He’s not going to sign with the Braves now though I’m not sure why.

Uh....because they don’t know when he’ll be available and it’s a short season? Just a guess....

[beatlesrule]

Anthony Rendon is day to day with oblique tightness.

[Claude]

Where are the Blue Jays going to play?

[Stradling]

So all of Canada hates baseball?

[fan_since79]

1 hour ago, beatlesrule said:

Anthony Rendon is day to day with oblique tightness.

See you in September, Anthony.

[failos]

1 hour ago, RendZone said:

Where are the Blue Jays going to play?

Buffalo, NY (not joking)

[DMVol]

4 minutes ago, failos said:

Buffalo, NY (not joking)

Where there AAA team is located... why not....

[Angel Oracle]

Buffalo gets MLB!

Well, for 30 home games anyway 

Sahlen Field capacity is 16,600.

Edited July 18, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Claude]

3 hours ago, Stradling said:

So all of Canada hates Covid-19?

Yes

[Chuck]

Guys baseball is back on the tube!

Yankees vs. Mets on ESPN 2 and the Pirates vs. Indians is on the MLB Network right now! 

[Inside Pitch]

18 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Seemed like he was posting and deleting things as he went.  Seems a tad unstable... 

And today he apologized for retiring calls it a mistake and whined about how tough a year it's been...   

[Tank]

10 hours ago, DMVol said:

Uh....because they don’t know when he’ll be available and it’s a short season? Just a guess....

that's what I get for posting before having my Mountain Dew.

[Slegnaac]

5 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Guys baseball is back on the tube!

Yankees vs. Mets on ESPN 2 and the Pirates vs. Indians is on the MLB Network right now! 

They did a good job with the crowd noise in the Pirates vs. Indians game.

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, Slegnaac said:

They did a good job with the crowd noise in the Pirates vs. Indians game.

Yeah, after the 1st inning I forgot that there was no fans in the stands. 

[ScottT]

Altuve, Bregman, and Springer all got hit by a pitch today.  Altuve  also took a tumble after he scored a run.  

[ScottT]

Altuve and Bregman HBP didn't look intentional.  Atluve even started to swing.  Just poor pitching inside.

[beatlesrule]

The Dodgers are in serious extension talks with Betts.

[beatlesrule]

The new portion of Betts’ contract, once finalized, will guarantee him around 12 years and $350MM on top of this year’s $27MM salary, per MLB Network’s Jon Heyman (Twitter link).