MLB 2019 Off Season Thread - The Dodgers Choked. Again

[Cail]

Atlanta signing Yasiel Puig

[Cail]

10 umps have opted out

[Xno Kappa]

Unfortunately Joe West is not one of them.

[Melena]

COVID refuses to turn face. It went tweener taking out Boris and the President of Brazil, but couldn't pull the trigger on a full face turn.

[Cail]

Puig got the 'rona

[archibaldcrane]

Puig got the 'rona

Lol he just fuckin signed

How are you going to sign a guy for a 60 game season without getting a negative COVID-19 test first

[Cail]

Lol he just fuckin signed

How are you going to sign a guy for a 60 game season without getting a negative COVID-19 test first

Sources told ESPN earlier this week that Puig, a free agent, had agreed to a deal with the Braves. However, the deal had been contingent on Puig testing negative, so that agreement is now off and he remains a free agent, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports.

Sounds likes hes still a FA now

[archibaldcrane]

Ohshi

Corowned

[Xno Kappa]

Wow

[Melena]

Polanco also has the rona.

[Outlaw]

There is going to be Baseball on TV tomorrow! Yankees at Mets at 7:00pm EST on ESPN2.

[Cail]

Blue Jays not allowed to play games in Canada

The Blue Jays have been denied approval by the Canadian government to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The federal government has denied the request, an official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Saturday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak ahead of the announcement.

The team had been given clearance by city and provincial governments to play regular-season games at Rogers Centre and was awaiting approval from Canada's federal government.

MLB needed an exemption to a requirement that anyone entering Canada for nonessential reasons must self-isolate for 14 days. The U.S.-Canada border remains closed to nonessential travel until at least Aug. 21.

Allowing games in Toronto would have meant frequent back-and-forth travel to the U.S., where COVID-19 cases are surging. Canada has flattened the epidemic curve.

[archibaldcrane]

Uh...

Seems like a problem

[Cail]

Yea, that seems like a huge problem

[archibaldcrane]

Going to have to scramble for a stateside field to play on with lodging.

I suppose without fans any AAA field would do but wow

[Cail]

Hartford could work. AA, but its right near Boston/NYC which is a bunch of their games. You're next to an airport for travel. Not sure what other east coast baseball stadiums would work

[archibaldcrane]

The Blue Jays AAA team is in Buffalo, feels like the most obvious solution.

[Melena]

The giants have a nice minor league field in santa Clara, but not sure if the bay area is a good option right now.

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[archibaldcrane]

The giants have a nice minor league field in santa Clara, but not sure if the bay area is a good option right now.

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They are in the East lol

[Cail]

The Blue Jays AAA team is in Buffalo, feels like the most obvious solution.

Then I bet thats where they go