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I am guessing if the players show up for work the owners don't have a choice but to pay the players in full for the season. I am sure there was nothing in the CBA that the owners would have the right to cut the number of games in a season because no one is allowed to attend the games.

They may be putting the team in the best position to sell but that doesn't mean the Orioles will ever move. Oakland and Tampa will move before Baltimore because of their lack of new stadiums. The fact they haven't signed a lease may be in indicator they may sell the team. You wouldn't want to sattle a new owner with a lease they weren't happy with.

I think Ticketmaster has already talked about having fans that attend concerts will have to show they have been vaccinated or had a recent negative test to admit fans to a show. I know some people will have a negative reaction to this but I don't have a problem with it. If you don't want to get the vaccine you don't have to go to a crowded event. I will get the vaccine as soon as I can and wear my tag around my neck like my Golden Retriever If it allows me to attend a concert and a baseball game I'll do what I need to.

I agree with this. To bring it back to the original point it is going to take at least until March before you get through the first 3 categories. I hope it is sooner then that but if the owners are going to wait until the players can get vaccinated before they assemble teams for spring training then to me mid-April or May would be the soonest they could start spring training.

One thing is healthly young baseball players shouldn't be able to get vaccinated before everyday normal people have the vaccines available. That seems to me not likely to happen before late March or April at the earliest.

I think cities in the US have perception problems similar to Baltimore. Because of the positive urban renewal of most cities in the years at the end of the 20th century ball parks were built in downtown areas because that had become the in place to go. Many people worked downtown, many young people moved into cities, etc. The pandemic has changed how we work forever with so much more remote working. Fans that spend the most money for sports live outside the cities more and more again. Issues with business located in downtown areas is going to be a very long-term problem for many years to come. Not just for baseball teams.

Chris Davis is going to be on the roster the next two years but I doubt he gets much more of a chance to play or take time from other players. I suspect Brandon Hyde feels no obligation to play him any longer.

Oh we believe you would Tony. We all know Chris Davis is no Tony Pente!!

I agree until there is full or close to full attendance they have little incentive to play games. I agree it seems to be a pretty weak argument that the teams have against their insurance companies. It will be a decent excuse for them not to pay any big free agent contracts. Then the players will charge collusion. These two sides were heading for a very tough labor negotiation before Covid and the one side losing so much revenue isn't going to help these negotiations. We will be lucky to see a full 162 game season in 2023.

Yes they aren't going to play until there are fans in the stands. New York and California teams will be the last places to lift restrictions. I think May is optimistic. I am thinking sometime in June is more realistic.

Yes all of this is true and add in during the last year of his contract there is a strong possibility of a lockout/strike that may again reduce the number of games played. I hope that isn't the case but it sure looks like right now the two sides are very far apart from agreeing to a collective bargaining deal.

I was wrong. The part that Peter Angelos owned of the Baltimore Orioles would pass to her tax free. If the kids tried to take ownership or anyone else she would owe the tax.

If she bought the club with Peter as joint Tenants she would keep the team as the survival owner but I suspect that isn't the case and she would owe the taxes just like anyone else.

The Federal tax on the value of an estate is 40% of it's value. That is cash money they would have to pay. Just using a value of 1.6 billion of the Orioles that would be 640 billion in cash. I guess they can sell a large percentage of the Orioles to a minority owner to raise that money but anyone that would buy in would probably want a path to majority ownership. Kind of what Bishotti did with Modell and the Ravens.

It is well known that Peter Angelos has been lacking capacity to make decisions by himself for a while now. However many people live a long time with this condition. So none of us know.

I am surprised they would do that to but it will probably be at a discount because I think they know they are going to play less than a full season.

I think the owners are not going to commit to playing games until they know fans can attend. You have to figure that the teams in New York and California have the best attendance and that is where the local governments are going to be the slowest to allow fans to attend. I also think sports teams and concert venues may allow fans that have shown they have been vaccinated. We may all need to get a vaccinated tag just like my Golden Retriever. LOL. No the government can't mandate we become vaccinated but private business can. I wouldn't have a problem with it. I have spoken to several people who say they will never take a vaccine especially the first one and that is everyone's choice. If it gets me back the game and concert arena I am fine with it. Roch has mentioned in a couple articles that he keeps hearing a delay in the season etc. He is hearing it from someone in the know I am sure.

Ok I will pick in the AL Tampa, White Sox, Houston, and Cleveland NL Dodgers, Braves, Cubs, Padres, all Chaulk in NL

I thought that also but I also expect some kind of work stoppage the following year. I think the owners are going to dig in this time to get a salary cap. If that happens and they don't play 162 games that could be a significant savings on Davis's contract. I can see Davis spending most of the 2021 season on the DL and then see if what happens in 2022.

His signing bonus was $350,000.

Brandon Hyde just confirmed the starter in game 2 will be from Bowie. He said it will be announced tomorrow. Bruce Zimmerman seems to make sense to me. Hey a little more taste of the future.

Yes it will be interesting. I suspect baseball may have some kind of expanded Fall league possibly in a bubble to get some of these guys 5 or so more starts or more innings.

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2020/09/lineups-and-notes-on-rotation-armstrong-offense-and-more.html In Roch's article today Hyde says there could be a pitcher from Bowie coming to start one of the double header games tomorrow. Maybe has an opener or a more than that. I am thinking one of the younger guys could get a look. How does someone coming up now for the last 11 games or so affect their service time?

He is too good of both a talented hitter and fielder to write him off. Yes he has had more than his share of injuries but this last one he took a fastball of his ribs and they broke. I put that in the category of being unlucky more that being injury prone. If your rib is broken it is difficult to play.

Ok I along with most people here didn't think Cedric Mullins or DJ Stewart were long-term answers for the Orioles but I am not sure now. I thought Mullins was at best a 4th outfielder but at least against right-handed pitching he looks like he may be able to hit in the majors. Maybe he should re-think being a switch hitter but he has looked good for a decent stretch now. Same with DJ Stewart. Frobby said he was glad he was having a moment but that moment has had some length to it. I just like the fact that he can draw a walk. Maybe he is just like Nunez and he is very streaky but he just looks like he has figured a few things out.