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Do you think the players that are opting out are going home and climbing under their beds? Of course not. They are just as likely, if not more so, going home and getting it at the grocery store or from a neighbor or from the postman who sneezes on their mail, etc. etc. The numbers are high...

Probably the end of his career then

2020: MLB's 60 game love riot

2020: Taking the CHOP to Seattle

I showed up for the Murder Hornets and all I got was this lousy Pandemic

I wonder what happens to those veterans signed to minor league contracts? Alonso, Culberson, Hernandez, Ortega, Rusin, Solarte and Tomlin for the Braves. Also, what about late FA signees? I could see some potential value at the right price for Zobrist, Wright, Russell, Puig, Martin, Harvey...

I guess LA will be #fortheLofit

The wrist reminds me of Rick Sutcliffe of the Cubs but he was a Righty. Maybe Kent Merker?

I think it's another $750K + the 5% added to slot

Belliard

developmental issues are shared by all clubs. Teams with bad farms don't care. Teams with ok farms don't worry because everyone else is in the same boat. Teams with close players, but deficient ML clubs may see this as a way to legit keep guys down to gain another year of control while they sort...

ISWYD Of course, no one predicted a pandemic. I did predict that it was likely that the Braves would lose a season or more of Freeman's value before his contract was up. I was thinking it likely would be injury.

Not so. Teams who are rebuilding and/or have bad contracts see this as a way to mitigate past mistakes. Look at Detroit. They aren't competing under any circumstances. They have a couple of horrific contracts in Cabrera and Zimmerman that skipping 2020 helps fix, at least somewhat. Their best...

Off days? Travel Days? Double headers (after all, if there are no fans...)? Regionalized schedule? Day games? Night games? Roster size? IL rules? etc. etc.

I think for both sides it's less about what happens now and more about what happens for the next CBA. I don't think either side considers this to be the one-off situation that it truly is.

Manfred was a lawyer working as an agent. Different masters when he moved to ownership. Never understood who thought that was a good idea.

Players didn't blink. Agreement in March gave the commissioner power to implement a season. Owners have said all they could do was a 50 game season if full prorated salaries are given - in other words, 50 full game checks for 50 full games instead of the guaranteed 70% of prorated for 72 games...

I'm talking strategy not tactics. I'm suggesting that the Braves would like to have him but only at an extreme slot discount. If they don't get that, then they would be comfortable punting the pick until next year when they have better scouting and likely a deeper pool. I may be wrong in...

Could be a play to underslot the max amount. If he doesn't take it, you get another pick next year. If he does, you get good value and have a possibility to turn a 3 into a 2, a 4 into a 3 and a 5 into a 4.

If Bitsko makes it to the Braves, why not throw as much of the draft pool is necessary to get him. Sure, they would be giving up 3,4,5 BUT those guys are going to have greater than usual uncertainty anyway. If you really like a guy....