MLB in 2021

[seawolf17]

Oh, I forgot about the automatic intentional walk. I'm sort of okay with that; it's minimal impact, really, but I guess I'd put it between the DH and the seven-inning games.

[Edgy MD]

Players have to be designated "hitter" or "pitcher" now (with the exception of two-way guys like Ohtani and the guy from the Reds), and "hitters" can only pitch in extra innings if there's nobody left. Totally dumb.

"Nobody left," meaning ... I have to use tomorrow's starter before I can use J.D. Davis?

[smg58]

=Fman99 post_id=55772 time=1612883836 user_id=86]Going on record as hating the 7 inning DH

[Benjamin Grimm]

https://www.kcci.com/article/mlb-players-to-wear-electronic-tracers-or-face-discipline/35461012MLB players to wear electronic tracers or face discipline



This report comes from a TV station in Des Moines, Iowa.

Major League Baseball players, on-field staff and non-playing personnel who require access to them at ballparks must wear electronic tracing wristbands from the start of spring training and face discipline for violations

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I think this particular rule is going to be ignored by many players:

Players, on-field staff and non-playing personnel who require access to them may not during spring training, the season or the postseason go to indoor restaurants, bars, fitness centers, casinos or any indoor gathering of 10 or more people.

[seawolf17]

The fuck?!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I know! It's hard to believe (and I'm not sure I do) that the MLBPA agreed to this.

[LWFS]

With all due respect to Des Moines... call me when Dubuque or Davenport confirm this codicil

[Edgy MD]

Yesterday saw the invocation of a new rule for Spring Training games that allows a manager to pull the plug on an inning if his pitcher throws 20 or more pitches.



Cancel culture!

[MFS62]

=LWFS post_id=55916 time=1612988309 user_id=84]
With all due respect to Des Moines... call me when Dubuque or Davenport confirm this codicil

[Edgy MD]

According to Jeff Passan, a source has told ESPN (and it has https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30992048/alternate-developmental-sites-return-mlb-teams-2021-aaa-season-gets-delayed-least-one-month-sources-saysubsequently been confirmed) that the AAA season will be delayed by a month, with players initially reporting to our 2020 friends, the alternate training sites. This is to allay concerns about players coming from camp and instantly jumping into travel without a quarantine period first, or something like that.



The season will extend into September to make up for lost time.

[Frayed Knot]

From the, 'Why didn't one of us think of this?' file, Phil Mushnick is referring to the designated man on 2nd/extra inning runner as the 'Manfred Man'

[seawolf17]

That's brilliant.

[MFS62]

=seawolf17 post_id=60250 time=1617999319 user_id=91]
That's brilliant.

[Frayed Knot]

Could be either.

Readers send in stuff all time to him (I've done so) and he always credits those if/when he uses a line sent in. Not sure if this is the first time he's used this particular phrase.

[Edgy MD]

It turns out that GCL is being replaced by the so-called Complex League. I guess the old name is outmoded as this group will be expanded to include complexes from both of Florida's coasts.



The Mets will be fielding two teams in this league, which will essentially replace the 35 jobs lost with the elimination of Kingsport. Although it's not clear if one of the teams will be represent slightly higher-level group.



The other half of the missing jobs went along with the elimination of the New York Penn League. That's where the players with a meaningful amount of college experience tended to make their first stop, so it'll be interesting to see where those players get assigned. I guess they'll go to the St. Lucie complex one way or another.



Fun Fact: Two squads at one level out of one location means two staffs. It means two managers, two pitching coaches, etc.



And it means two bench coaches. And those two coaches will be Ender Chavez and Endy Chavez.

[batmagadanleadoff]

My hunch is that Sandy isn't going anywhere.

[Frayed Knot]

It's just occurred to me that, aside from the Mets (57 games played coming into tonight), every team in MLB has already played more games in 2021 than they did all last season.

And it still seems to me that this season is just getting going. I mean, we still have 16 games left to play against the Nats.

[stevejrogers]

Frayed Knot wrote: It's just occurred to me that, aside from the Mets (57 games played coming into tonight), every team in MLB has already played more games in 2021 than they did all last season. And it still seems to me that this season is just getting going. I mean, we still have 16 games left to play against the Nats.

To be honest, while I do heed the idea of “it gets late early” some years, and maybe it's a byproduct of being a Ranger and Knick fan that follows both of their leagues' postseasons that go deep into June, mid-June always seemed still early-ish in a given season.