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31 players and 7 staff members tested positive. Not sure how many from each club, but 19 clubs are affected. One player, DeLino DeShields, was identified and has mild symptoms.

The players and owners agreed on a 60 game season, to begin around July 23. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-announces-2020-regular-season Here are some of the key points: • Teams will open the season with a 30-man active roster; it will be reduced to 28 players after two weeks, then to 26 after...

Legendary Utah Jazz coach has died at age 78: https://sports.yahoo.com/longtime-utah-jazz-coach-jerry-sloan-dies-143625829.html?.tsrc=notification-brknews Condolences to family and friends.

It appears clubs will bring players either to their spring training sites or their home ballparks to get ready for a season. Starting date is early July and they will play 80-85 games with some 7-inning double header games scheduled (like minor league double headers). Not sure what happens to...

3 divisions in each Florida and Arizona, potentially. All teams will play their major league games at their spring training sites for at least a while.

He has a plan to play 162 games if the season starts June 1 or 144 if the season starts July 1. Playoffs would be played in warm-weather or domed stadia cities. Thoughts?

Hopefully he will be OK after his rehab in about 16 months or so.

From Ken Rosenthal: Not news that Red Sox fans wanted to hear, but he should be back in 2021.

When baseball comes back, the game will need to adjust a bit to the split spring training that they have had. Here are a few possible changes that I could see happening. 1. Expand rosters to 28 for the first month to allow another pitcher to be added to teams. 2. DH in the National League is...

I wish the young man the best. I guess the commissioner was right to shut spring training down when he did.

Due the Corona Virus. No end in sight at this time. No College Baseball, No High School Baseball. Draft? Unknown.

https://sports.yahoo.com/coronavirus-latest-how-the-global-health-scare-is-impacting-sports-231135518.html Many sporting events are being affected by this virus.

https://www.mlb.com/news/projecting-every-mlb-lineup-rotation

MLB is giving away $1MM to the person who guesses which players will lead the majors in certain categories -- homers, hits, pitching wins, pitching strikeouts, team wins, world series championships, MVPs, Cy Youngs, and All star games selected to. https://www.mlb.com/the-vault

Signed a contract keeping him in Milwaukee through the 2028 season -- $228MM total. Not an "albatross" contract. He wants to stay there and seems to be very happy.

With the commissioner's office putting teams on notice that they will not tolerate the Astros' hitters being thrown at, will the hitters have an advantage, knowing that most of the pitchers, especially the flame-throwing relievers, will pitch them on the outer third of the plate? Only a pitcher...

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/standings/ AL East Sim W Sim L Div % Playoff % Playoff % adj New York Yankees 99.0 63.0 89.1 97.5 94.0 Tampa Bay Rays 87.3 74.7 7.6 50.8 29.5 Boston Red Sox 84.5 77.5 3.2 28.5 15.4 Toronto Blue Jays 76.6 85.4 0.1 3.0 1.3 Baltimore Orioles 62.9...

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-considering-new-postseason-format Add 2 teams per league. Top seed in each league gets a 1st round bye and seeds 2-4 have a chance to pick their opponent from the 5-7 seeds. All first round games are played at the higher seed's home park. Comments?

THIRD BASEMEN 1) Alex Bregman, HOU (Last year, 5) 2) Anthony Rendon, LAA (4) 3) Nolan Arenado, COL (3) 4) Matt Chapman, OAK (7) 5) Jeff McNeil, NYM (not ranked) 6) Josh Donaldson, MIN (9) 7) Justin Turner, LAD (2) 8) Eugenio Suárez, CIN (10) 9) José Ramírez, CLE (1) 10) Manny Machado, SD (SS, 4)

RELIEF PITCHERS 1) Kirby Yates, SD (not ranked) 2) Aroldis Chapman, NYY (8) 3) Josh Hader, MIL (3) 4) Liam Hendriks, OAK (NR) 5) Ryan Pressly, HOU (NR) 6) Brandon Workman, BOS (NR) 7) Seth Lugo, NYM (NR) 8) Adam Ottavino, NYY (NR) 9) Taylor Rogers, MIN (NR) 10) Will Smith, ATL (NR)