MLB discussing return in June with realinged league

[zack54attack]

MLB discussing plan to start season in late June, playing in home stadiums with realigned league

MLB is optimistic this week that it can start the 2020 season in late June, playing at least 100 regular-season games.

www.usatoday.com

Late June start with realigned divisions:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1255242291242991618

 

[Diehardfan]

MLB discussing plan to start season in late June, playing in home stadiums with realigned league

MLB is optimistic this week that it can start the 2020 season in late June, playing at least 100 regular-season games.

www.usatoday.com

Late June start with realigned divisions:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1255242291242991618

I actually like this idea. Ash can the DH and you finally have a MLB format that is equal. Play 8 vs everyone in your conference and 4 vs everyone else....152 games with a huge cut back in travel.

 

[Omeletpants]

Rather cancel the season than this abortion

 

[anotheridiot]

I dont understand why they want to do it in the home ballparks. What are they gonna do have people sit 6 feet away from eachother, thats what 2 empty seats. Do that to sell 12,000 tickets for 1000 each?

Makes sense to use the spring training facilities, quarantine, and let everyone watch on TV.

 

[beckdawg]

Atlanta being in the central rather than pittsburgh seems super fucking odd.

 

[ijustposthere]

Atlanta being in the central rather than pittsburgh seems super fucking odd.

Especially with the FL teams already in the east

 

[knoxville7]

Man, that central division would be pretty tough

 

[anotheridiot]

Anyone else watch the Korean baseball organization on ESPN. Play by play by webcam, (that for some reason stayed on screen all the time) no fans, crowd noise piped in, quite a few MLB players there. They say they will be airing 6 days a week just to get some live baseball.

 

[zack54attack]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1258863170376122372

 

[MDB111™]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1258863170376122372

What a time to be alive!

 

[SilenceS]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1259923474799304707

 

[zack54attack]

So we should know by Wednesday?

 

[PeterG]

Dont know if the players will approve that..

 

[NCChiFan]

Dont know if the players will approve that..

Just about to post this... Word is, players and salaries in the diminished 82 game season are being hashed out. Owners are not going to pay full season ride, players are balking a bit.

 

[SilenceS]

Just about to post this... Word is, players and salaries in the diminished 82 game season are being hashed out. Owners are not going to pay full season ride, players are balking a bit.

Players balking are the guys who have made a lot of money or still do. They aren’t thinking about the pre arbitration guys that don’t have the money for this. Teams are going to be financially strapped. This isn’t like basketball that played over 75% of the games or football that was in the off season. They are going to have to give to help the new generation

 

[Diehardfan]

Players balking are the guys who have made a lot of money or still do. They aren’t thinking about the pre arbitration guys that don’t have the money for this. Teams are going to be financially strapped. This isn’t like basketball that played over 75% of the games or football that was in the off season. They are going to have to give to help the new generation

Fat chance of that. MLB players are probably the greediest of all the major sports.

 

[MDB111™]

Players balking are the guys who have made a lot of money or still do. They aren’t thinking about the pre arbitration guys that don’t have the money for this. Teams are going to be financially strapped. This isn’t like basketball that played over 75% of the games or football that was in the off season. They are going to have to give to help the new generation

Sounds like MLB could use a stimulus check.

 

[SilenceS]

Ex-Yankees slugger Mark Teixeira says MLB players should accept owners' 2020 restart proposal

Teixeira thinks negotiations shouldn't be necessary

www.cbssports.com

I agree with this. Im not fully on board about the article but Tex makes a great point. Man, the world needs it and you arent thinking about a lot of younger players IMO. I could understand the health risk if you werent going to get the best healthcare in this country. People are going to have to go back to work at some point for pennies on the dollar compared to even arbitration guys. You want to tell the public that you dont to risk cause you got millions in the bank. They dont play. Baseball will die for a good 5 years.

 

[CSF77]

So if they go full time DH who gets the lionshare? I am guessing Steven Souza Jr. Post injury to keep his bat in there.

 

[anotheridiot]

biggest two face on this was Pritzker chastising the players who are supposedly fighting over pay over this. A governor who said sports will not start here again with out his approval, and saying the people "deserve their past time". ESPN noted the average Major league salary is 4.4 million, Pritzker is worth 3.4 billion. Last chicago update is restaurants might be able to open for limited people on June 26th.

The Arizona approval for sports is with no fans, the owners want to play with no fans in their stadiums to get the advertising dollars on their million dollar broadcasts. I still say the million dollar broadcasts still exist wherever they play, in spring training facilities or home parks.