The Official 2020 Major League Baseball Season Updates Thread

[Lou]

Angel Hernandez being Angel Hernandez

https://nypost.com/2020/06/08/notorious-umpire-angel-hernandez-in-more-trouble-with-mlb/amp/

[beatlesrule]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/several-players-staff-have-reportedly-tested-positive-for-coronavirus.html

Several Major League Baseball players and staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, according to an MLB letter obtained by the Associated Press (Twitter link via Jonathan Lemire of the AP). This comes on the heels of a weekend report which stated that a player and a pitching coach had tested positive for the coronavirus.

[beatlesrule]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/phillies-coronavirus-outbreak-five-players-three-staff.html

Five players and three staffers at the Phillies’ Spring Training complex in Clearwater, Fla., have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days, Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports reports. None of the cases have required hospitalization to this point, although the rapid manner in which the outbreak spread through camp even without a full roster and staff present, certainly illustrates the risks and complications that could arise even if MLB and the Players Association are actually able to hammer out an agreement. Notably, Salisbury adds that a “significant number of team personnel” are still waiting on results, so further positive tests are possible.

[halomatt]

49 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/phillies-coronavirus-outbreak-five-players-three-staff.html

Five players and three staffers at the Phillies’ Spring Training complex in Clearwater, Fla., have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days, Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports reports. None of the cases have required hospitalization to this point, although the rapid manner in which the outbreak spread through camp even without a full roster and staff present, certainly illustrates the risks and complications that could arise even if MLB and the Players Association are actually able to hammer out an agreement. Notably, Salisbury adds that a “significant number of team personnel” are still waiting on results, so further positive tests are possible.

This reminds me of our middle school administrative meeting yesterday about what it looks like to open school in August.  Like baseball, it's gonna be a shit show, and will be shut down again.

[Angels in 2030]

Not a good day so far today for sports and group gatherings in general.

[beatlesrule]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/blue-jays-shut-down-spring-facility.html

The Blue Jays have shut down their Spring Training facility in Dunedin, Fla. after a player displayed symptoms of COVID-19, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports (Twitter thread). There’s no positive test yet, but Passan notes that the player in question is on Toronto’s 40-man roster and had recently spent time with players in the Phillies’ system. The Jays’ Dunedin complex is just six miles from the Phillies’ spring facility in Clearwater, where eight people — five players and three staffers — have tested positive for the coronavirus over the past three days. Another 32 tests of Phillies players and personnel are still pending results.

[beatlesrule]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/giants-close-spring-facility-over-covid-concerns.html

The Giants are the latest MLB team to shutter a Spring Training facility due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports on Twitter that the organization is taking the precaution while awaiting test results.

[fan_since79]

An unnamed San Francisco 49ers player has tested positive for COVID.

Also, PGA Tour golfer Nick Watney tested positive and withdrew today from the RBC Heritage.

Forget about sports this year? Seems more like it.

 

[PattyD22]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29336227/21-clemson-football-players-positive-covid-19-latest-testing

And now there is this.  As a college football fan, this really sucks.  

As a sports fan, this really sucks.  After hearing about the teams shutting their spring training facilities down, and with this news from Clemson, my hope for team sports in 2020 is dwindling down.

2020 blows ass.

Edited June 19, 2020 by PattyD22

[Angels in 2030]

Bad day getting worse for 2020 sports 

[jsnpritchett]

 

[beatlesrule]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/astros-report-covid-infection-rangers-close-spring-facility.html

As Texas reports a growing barrage of coronavirus infections, its two MLB franchises each were in the news in relation to the virus. Fortunately, in both cases it seems there’s no particular cause for alarm.

Astros GM James Click said today that the team had a player at the team’s spring facility in West Palm Beach, Florida test positive for COVID-19. (Via MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart, on Twitter.) The player is said to be doing just fine at the moment.

[beatlesrule]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/mlb-may-close-spring-camps-to-establish-new-protocols.html

9:32pm: This policy is going into effect immediately, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today (via Twitter). No players or staff members will be allowed into spring facilities until they have had a coronavirus test come back negative.

[Angel Oracle]

Hasn’t every athlete testing positive these past 3+ months recovered just fine?

[HaloBronco]

Yes, every one of them have recovered.

Unless you are elderly or have an underlying health condition your going to survive this.

People die from the flu too. 

You shouldn't ride in a car either, that kills a lot of people every year.   

Don't understand all the panic.

[Stradling]

 

[ScottT]

#whenandwhere

[Stradling]

#negotiation

 

[Chuck]

Victor Rojas lets ESPN's Linda Cohn have it. 

[yk9001]

Victor clapping back on Linda Cohn.

Best thing out of this dreary year.

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Victor clapping back on Linda Cohn.

Best thing out of this dreary year.

That was so damn Trouty.

[Angel Oracle]

The main issues then regarding playing in empty stadiums would seem to not be the players themselves, but instead contact with the older managers/coaches, pregnant women (like Mrs. Trout), and those with underlying conditions.   It's still a tough road to navigate, but not as dire as some would say. 

[Chuck]

 

[yk9001]

37 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

The main issues then regarding playing in empty stadiums would seem to not be the players themselves, but instead contact with the older managers/coaches, pregnant women (like Mrs. Trout), and those with underlying conditions.   It's still a tough road to navigate, but not as dire as some would say. 

The guy whose area of expertise is professional wrestling and Long Beach State athletics knows the intricacies of the virus

[Angel Oracle]

31 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

The guy whose area of expertise is professional wrestling and Long Beach State athletics knows the intricacies of the virus

Just sayin, since none of the players affected have seemingly been hospitalized.     And as I said, the other issues are still there (older managers/coaches, at risk pregnant wives, and those with underlying conditions).