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Josh

12:25

I 'Ctrl+F' the CBA for suspend, postpone, and cancel regarding the schedule, and found nothing, surprisingly.

ASManess

12:25

Thank you for infecting me with your friendship, Dan.

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

12:25

Rosenthal wrote about paying the players in this article about the league and COVID-19. No paywall. https://theathletic.com/1671443/2020/03/12/rosenthal-baseball-faces-ma...

Dan Szymborski

12:27

Sounds like the MLB/MLBPA did not plan for this specific issue

Jono

12:27

1996 Yankes won the world series with only two players north of 20 HRs on the season (Tino Martinez and Bernie Williams!). When's the next time that happens in baseball? ever?

Dan Szymborski

12:27

I was going to say 2015, but I forget about Kendrys

Though if there's two Kendrys, I'm not sure if it's not 11 HR per Kendry

Bighen

12:28

should the Mets have Matz in starting rotation just to make sure they have a lefty or is there really no benefit added there? I think he’s better than or beats out wacha so point might be moo(Joey tribiani) anyway.

Dan Szymborski

12:28

I think he's better than Wacha

12:28

I can't picture squeezing in another month's worth of games. The season already goes into November, and you'd start getting snow outs and the like. Plus you don't want Philly fans with snowballs.

Dan Szymborski

12:28

You could do playoffs in neutral warm-weather cities

It's not ideal, but it's possible

162 games

12:29

What do you prefer, postponing the opening day but keeping the same 162 games or just shortening the length of the season?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

I personally prefer 162 games because more baseball > less baseball, but I'm not in charge of anything

Greg

12:29

For fantasy purposes, if the season is shortened, should strategies remain the same, or should we target higher floor players?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

Not sure, I don't think it drastically changes things other than making the end results more volatile

Cove Dweller

12:32

If MLB suspends the season, would you anticipate the down time to affect players' performances negatively?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Not really

Beeks

12:32

How much of a chance do you think Yelich has of catching Robin Yount for most career WAR as a Brewers?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

Certainly under 50%

50 WAR is a lot

OddBall Herrera

12:34

"Dress like you would as if you were going somewhere" So pajamas then?

Insert Clever Name Here

12:35

Spring Training May be cancelled soon, per multiple sources.

12:35

Wait and see? I like see. I don't like wait. Wait bad. See good.

Slapshot

12:35

If MLB goes ahead and suspends spring training games today, how long do you think Opening Day would have to be postponed so players can get back into game shape?

Dan Szymborski

12:35

It's not really as much of a problem in 2020.

It's not 1930.

Price

12:36

re: neutral warm weather cities: Miami's stadium should be awfully available come October...

LScott

12:37

If the season is delayed, do you think spring training games will be extended to keep players fresh?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

Jiman Choi Fanatics

12:37

If the delayed season start happens, who would be the biggest winner/loser of this? Maybe Yankees could be a winner, right?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

I would imagine teams with deeper rosters

OddBall Herrera

12:37

Is MLB playing with fire not suspending operations in the face of a virus that is well documented as bat borne?

Cove Dweller

12:37

Passan & others are reporting that ST will be suspended today.

There is a feeling of inevitability among executives that Major League Baseball will be suspending spring training as soon as today, sources tell ESPN.

Dan Szymborski

12:37

Spring training is too long anyway, I feel

KuruptFM

12:37

Million dollar idea: Separate the divisions teams into neutral cities with baseball stadiums and have all the teams live together in compounds/mansions like reality TV. Teams still play each other so the season can start, they remain quarantined, and we get the MLB trash TV we've always wanted. Imagine the drama!!

12:38

if it comes to a point where games get cancelled, its not going to be just 1 or 2 months of games.

Dan Szymborski

12:38

I'm not sure I buy that logic.

There's a lot of money involved. They're not throwing in the towel easily.

12:39

They're not going to go "Oh well, no APril games, well, everyone just show up refreshed next year!"

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