Bobthe4th

I assume you’ve never used YouTube before? 95% of the videos have click bait titles.

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Would be ironic if their internet is through Rogers!

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Yeah, to get upset at the Washington name change you'd have to be a real piece of s***.

Man City's 2 year European ban overturned. Massive news - I thought it might be delayed like the various transfer bans, but it's clear we'll now never see a team like them or PSG banned from Europe because of breaking money regulations. Fully expect them to now drop £100m on a CB or 2.

TBF Gurriel was so bad at the start of last season he was sent to AAA and came back a completely different player, so it's a too early to cement his place in the future dynasty IMO. I've always liked him though so let's hope he continues to contribute!

A big year for Tellez and Gurriel for diferent reasons. Tellez's last chance to stick (he's out of options next year) and can Gurriel follow up his breakthrough?

You're reading too much into it. The front office warned Vlad that he needed to be in better shape if he wanted to stick at 3rd. He's still fat, so he is now at 1B. If he keeps overeating he'll be a full time DH at 25.

After Puig got into a bar brawl a few years ago this was in the media: "He is the worst person I've ever seen in this game," one ex-Dodger who believes Puig is beyond redemption said flatly. "Ever."

Anyone know when that is? All I can find is that their latest 5 year extension expired in 2019, but obviously they must have signed another deal.

Buck is 71, bit surprising that it's Pat sitting out and not him, but I'm not complaining!

The closest sport is cricket where the batsman needs a very refined technique and an amateur would normally be badly exposed if thrown straight into top level competition. But then there's no fixed contract and service time nonsense so you do sometimes see the very best prospects skipping the usual pathway - something it'd be great to see more of in baseball. Really, really hope the next CBA addresses service time in a sensible way.

Norwich relegated. They've been absolutely pathetic since the return from lockdown.

Yeah but the justification for the taxi squad travelling with the team is to quickly be able to add someone to the match day 26+, and to avoid the usual dash to an airport for call ups on away trips. Surely it makes sense to have it at least 5 players on it as unlike a normal injury, the chance of multiple players going down at once is higher. 3 just seems such an arbitary number. TBF maybe if more than a couple of players on a team go down, the plan would be to delay games a day or two anyway.

I don't really understand why the taxi squad is limited to 3 players. It's not like they are missing out on minor league games, and surely if a MLB player tests positive it's likely that often it'll be more than one on the same team.

60-man player pools The 60-man list is a pool of players from which teams may select players to add to their 40-man rosters or their major league rosters. A player must be on the 60-man list to be added to the roster, although there is nothing really preventing a team from adding a player to the rosters as long as there is a spot available. Removing a player from the 60-man list has consequences, just as it does with the 40-man roster. Once a player is removed from the 60-man list, he can not be added back to that team’s list during the season. He can be added to another team’s list. Non-40-man-roster players may be removed by trade, release, placement on the COVID-19 related injured list, or placement on the suspended list (by the club), military, voluntarily retired, restricted, disqualified or ineligible lists. So, the top prospects on the 60-man lists are there for the season. Players on the 60-man list will receive minor league salaries. Players in the minor leagues not on the 60-man lists will receive $400 per week through at least the end of August for most clubs. Players on a 40-man roster may be designated for assignment and removed by clearing waivers. Taxi Squads Teams will be able to take three players from their 60-man lists who are not on the major league roster with them on road trips. One must be a catcher, who may serve as a bullpen catcher during major league games at home or away. These players are not eligible to play in major league games without being added to the major league roster. Taxi Squad players will not be paid MLB salary or accrue service time, but they will receive the major league allowance of $108.50 per day along with their minor league salary. The most likely use of the taxi squads is to bring a pitcher or a utility player who is ready to play should another player test positive for coronavirus. Traveling with the major league team avoids having to take a commercial flight to join the club. Major league rosters The MLB season will begin with 30 players on the major league roster. That will be reduced to 28 players after two weeks, and cut to 26 players after four weeks. So, instead of September call-ups, this season we will have rosters for the final month that are smaller than for the rest of the season. Teams may add a 27th player in the event of a doubleheader, but no twin bills are planned thus far.

Interesting - IMO definitely not for pitchers, you want them working on developing their pitches in games, but for batters why not? Perhaps for IFAs and 1st round picks your first year is spent with the MLB team then 2nd year you start at AA.