Coronavirus and the 2020 Season (Season Postponed, pg3)

[ghostrunner]

Haha

[Jocephus]

Scott Boras is talking about rectal thermometers, pancakes, and chickens
By Craig CalcaterraJun 17, 2020, 11:35 AM EDT

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/06/17/sc ... -chickens/

[sighyoung]

Scott Boras is talking about rectal thermometers, pancakes, and chickens
By Craig CalcaterraJun 17, 2020, 11:35 AM EDT

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/06/17/sc ... -chickens/

Is that the new band name for Lady Antebellum?

[Jocephus]

Report: Albert Pujols paying Angels' Dominican team staff members

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/293 ... ff-members

[Jocephus]

Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports that five Phillies players and three staff members at the team's spring training facility in Clearwater, FL have tested positive for COVID-19.

Salisbury adds that none of the eight infected have been hospitalized and the virus "appears to be under control in all of them." The Phillies have confirmed the report, adding that there are an additional 12 staff members and 20 players awaiting their test results (eight staff members have tested negative). This is the first known outbreak at a baseball team's facility, although realistically there are sure to be more, if there aren't already. It's a reminder that, even if MLB and the MLBPA bridge the gap on financial issues, there are major health hurdles in starting and completing a season.
Source: NBC Sports Philadelphia
Jun 19, 2020, 9:32 AM ET

[heyzeus]

I'm holding on to the pipe dream of a season, but it's definitely a pipe dream.

[mikechamp]

I'm really not trying to crush heyzeus's dream, but he might need his pipe after learning that...

Blue Jays Shut Down Spring Facility

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.

Scott Mitchell of TSN tweets that about 20 players have been working out at the Jays’ spring facility, including about 10 players who are on the 40-man roster. Passan adds, however, that multiple players have yet to even be tested at all — despite GM Ross Atkins telling him the team has been “overly precautious with testing.” Should reopening the Dunedin facilities untenable, that’d create problems for the Jays even if a 2020 season can come together. As Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith points out, Dunedin has been a fallback option in the event that government regulations prevent the Jays from hosting games at Toronto’s Rogers Centre.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/ ... ility.html

[Jocephus]

twitter is saying phillies, blue jays, someone on SF 49'ers, tampa bay bucs coach, tampa bay lightning and toronto maple leafs have at least 1 positive test

[cardinalkarp]

IT'S OVER

[Jocephus]

Jared Diamond and Ben Cohen of the Wall Street Journal report that MLB officials are "revisiting a long-abandoned 'bubble' plan" for the 2020 season after multiple COVID-19 diagnoses among the league ranks.

Beyond the current coronavirus scares at the Florida facilities of the Phillies and Blue Jays, 11 total players from seven different teams have tested positive for COVID-19 since June 5, per the Wall Street Journal. The recent uptick in diagnoses -- not just among Major League Baseball personnel, but around the United States -- has thrown a wrench into the idea of staging a baseball season with teams situated in their home cities. Southern California is apparently under consideration as a hub.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Jun 19, 2020, 5:13 PM ET