MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[1060Ivy]

Hey, there’s still hope that Cubs won’t pay luxury tax - or have a chance at playoffs - in 2020

[funkster]

We're all over Jason Kipnis.

[Butcher]

Freaking Dodgers, man.

[rok]

Can't wait for them to lose another WS.

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

From purely a baseball fan perspective, watching Betts and Bellinger in the same lineup will be fun.

 

Until they biff it in the playoffs.

[rok]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/stat...4086065152

[Brock]

I mean, it is one of his most reasonable tweets.

[rok]

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/12...0283828224

[rok]

Strange night in Tinseltown.



https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status...4874226688

[rok]

This sounds really dumb.



https://nypost.com/2020/02/10/mlb-plotti...-tv-twist/

[Butcher]

I get trying to figure out ways to improve the game -- being adaptable is a good thing. But I feel like every rule change and adjustment they've made has not only been the wrong decision, but also accomplishes the exact opposite of what was intended.

[rok]

Why bother with a 162 game season if 14 teams are just going to walk into the playoffs? Are we going to keep playing games into November or even worse, start the season in mid-March? This reduces the importance of the regular season.

[Butcher]

Why bother with a 162 game season if 14 teams are just going to walk into the playoffs? Are we going to keep playing games into November or even worse, start the season in mid-March? This reduces the importance of the regular season.

 

Yup. Makes no sense unless they shorten the regular season (which I would honestly be fine with)...

[rok]

Me too. Even going back to 154 games seems too high. I kind of wish we had something closer to the NPB, where they play 146 games with every Monday off.

[1060Ivy]

Agree that season could easily be shortened to 154 games but why would ownership give up the revenue from the extra games?