The Miami Marlins have had 17 members of their organization test positive for COVID-19 and had people wondering if the MLB season was in jeopardy after just a few games being played. The MLB announced on Tuesday that all of the Marlins’ games through Sunday would be postponed and that they will be reshuffling the …
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The wait is over! Some of us (me) thought this MLB season was never going to happen after the pissing contest with MLB and the MLB Players union went on for what felt like years. This is going to be a season like we have never seen before, a season in which we wont actually …
Well…the day before the season begins with Yankees vs Nationals and then the Giants going down to Los Angeles there is huge news out of Dodger Stadium and isn’t surprising.
In just a few short days, Major League Baseball will be beginning their season, becoming the first of the four major American sports to resume play amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. While many sports fans rejoice that there will finally be sports to watch, the experience will be very different for both the players and the fans. Starting with the obvious, it is going to be a shortened season with just 60 games being played. In addition to the shorter season, there will likely be no fans for the entirety of the season. Changes in schedule and viewership are just the tip of the iceberg in what will be the most bizarre season of baseball thus far. But while it may be the most bizarre season, it is also the most important season the MLB has ever played.
The New York Yankees will be the heavy favorites in the AL East after signing Gerrit Cole to a nine-year, $324 million deal in the winter. On the other end of the spectrum, the Red Sox lost their top four starters from last season. Ace Chris Sale is out for the year recovering from Tommy John surgery, their #2 starter David Price was traded to the Dodgers, Rick Porcello walked in free agency and Eduardo Rodriguez is now on the Injured List with COVID-19.
