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Fantrax gives out red flags like candy though. Pretty much any minor sickness allows you to put someone on the reserve.

Testing sounds like a complete disaster. I'm not sure why anyone would want to play if it's going to be this bad and safety is at risk.

In that case Ian Desmond has a red flag too. I don't know, I would be surprised if they didn't give the players opting out red flags or inactive flags. Fantrax isn't that incompetent.

Players who opt out have red flags, just look at Joe Ross, Zimmerman, Mike Leake, etc.

Good podcast, guys. I was thoroughly disappointed when it was over.

also interesting

I must take this opportunity to welcome you to the board. Have you been reading for awhile before making an account?

10+ Dodgers have tested positive. Baseball is cancelled

Doesn't seem like there is a deadline. I imagine we will find out pretty quickly though, as players have to report to summer camp today/within the next few days. I think I also read that players could opt out midseason, but I could be wrong.

It works. You can search registered users by join date. 34 new accounts have registered for the board in 2020 - 10 have made posts. Doesn't include spam accounts which get deleted. For comparison, between January 1st 2019 and July 1st 2019 there were 93 new registered members, only 9 have made more than 50 posts to this day. I think about 6 of those 9 are fantasy members (ex: Ling, TheBadGuy etc) and the others are people who made new accounts (Dogg). 2016 during the same time from saw 800 new registered users! Abysmal decline, no matter what way you put it. It is time to bring the BJMB back to it's glory days.

I think this is the end of ConnorP. He never posts baseball related material anyway. This is probably the first time he's posted outside of the off-topic section in years.

People are always emailed when they are up, especially the ones who don't post. Maybe add Spanky on facebook and he can message you directly. See ya, connor. --- Good decision by the moderation team here. Hopefully we can start to see a resurgence in board activity and an influx of new posters, soon. I agree with BlueRocky, if you are a long-time lurker of the board but have never posted I would encourage you to sign up and join the discussion.

Holy s***! https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2020/06/30/andrew-toles-dodgers-homeless-mental-illness/3285031001/ Andrew Toles has been in at least 20 mental health facilities since 2019, his sister says, but he never stays long enough to get the help he needs. He usually stays a week, and then vanishes, moving onto the next city. The family was hoping with the latest arrest he would be kept in jail, perhaps as long as six weeks, providing enough time to get help. The family seeks legal guardianship, but are powerless to obtain it without his consent. Instead, an anonymous person posted the $500 bail, believing they were helping, but let him loose on the streets again. “This has been going on for the last year and a half,’’ Morgan said, “it’s just that this is the first time it has become public.’’ Just two weeks ago, a similar incident occurred in Kentucky. Toles even spent a month in prison in Hong Kong during the holidays. He was wandering the streets after losing his passport, and was arrested for stealing food at a gas station. He was released after Morgan Toles obtained help from the U.S. Embassy. Yet, when he returned to states, he disappeared again. “We just need to find him. We need to bring him home. But he keeps running. He’s in this state of paranoia. He’s running from people. He just keeps running like someone is after him. Toles, 28, symbolized one of baseball’s finest Cinderella stories when he was called up to the Dodgers in 2016. He was drafted in the third round by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2013, and became their minor-league player of the year. He later began behaving erratically, even threatening people, and was released in 2015. ...... It goes on even longer. This story is f***ing crazy. He has been diagnosed bipolar and schizo. The whole thing is a must read.

The most easily triggered player in baseball doesn't give a f*** about your opinion

Jays playerpool here Nonrosters: Ty Tice SWR Jake Petricka Nate Pearson Joey Murray Brian Moran Justin Miller Alek Manoah AJ Cole Caleb Joseph Alejandro Kirk Riley Adams Andy Burns Jordan Groshans Kevin Smith Ruben Tejada Forrest Wall

60-man player pools are to be submitted today. Will be interesting to see who the 20 non-roster players added are, as well as around the league

Looking forward to the inevitable Game 5 overtimes where teams are literally shooting on their own net to get a high pick. This is great!

This is so bad. SO BAD!

No, one of the teams who lose the qualifying rounds will get him. Kings will get Byfield, not bad.

Holy f***.

Also, the NHL is a joke. Teams will be tanking the play-in round to get a top 3 pick, lmao.

The Red Wings were one of the worst teams of all time and won't even get a top 3 pick.

Lmao Detroit

Holy s***!!!