Marlins ( and now Phillies) season(s) on pause, O's to host Yankees on Wednesday and Thursday

[interloper]

1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

All you need is 9 to play. Active roster is a max not a minimum. I wonder if we will be seeing some games with <25 players on the active roster. 

Realistically, hard to imagine Marlins playing within the next 10 days. Glad I don't have any of those guys on my fantasy team. 

 

MLBPA would have a field day with that one. 

[orioles119]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

K, this is interesting, please explain.

Only 9 on the field at a time.

[Ruzious]

10 guys getting it from 1 team... Isn't that an indication that they're doing something wrong?  If you say it's not, then maybe it's time to shut down the season.  How is it no one or the other?

[esmd]

Just now, orioles119 said:

Only 9 on the field at a time.

Pitching changes?  Injury during a game requiring a substitution?  You'd need at least 12-13 players going into a game, and that's probably not even enough.

[OriolesMagic83]

5 minutes ago, drjohnnyfeva said:

...even with a deep cleaning, gotta wonder how anxious the Yankees are to go into Philly.  Maybe quarantining the visitor's clubhouse and using another area of the stadium as a team area.  This could get really messy.

Covid 19 is pretty much an airborne disease.  The chances of catching it by contact are minimal.

[esmd]

Just now, Ruzious said:

10 guys getting it from 1 team... Isn't that an indication that they're doing something wrong?  If you say it's not, then maybe it's time to shut down the season.  How is it no one or the other?

Fair question.

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, orioles119 said:

Only 9 on the field at a time.

Correct.  So...what happens if your starting pitcher is going to be at 75 pitches through 5 innings, you've got 10+ guys that are out for Covid and there are less than 26 guys on your active roster?  Is this the type of baseball you want?  

[Aristotelian]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

K, this is interesting, please explain.

Nine positions. Fielders can pitch. Actually, our youth league only requires 8 to avoid a forfeit. 

[orioles119]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Correct.  So...what happens if your starting pitcher is going to be at 75 pitches through 5 innings, you've got 10+ guys that are out for Covid and there are less than 26 guys on your active roster?  Is this the type of baseball you want?  

No, but it may be the type of baseball we have to have in order to have a season.

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, orioles119 said:

How cavalier of you... such talk belongs in March/April/May.

Pot, meet kettle.  How cavalier of you.

I mean, I get it if a middle infielder with .3 WAR gets it and dies, no one cares.  But God forbid someone like Trout, Bellinger or Acuna gets it and dies.  I mean, would it be worth it then?

[esmd]

Just now, orioles119 said:

No, but it may be the type of baseball we have to have in order to have a season.

If that's the best they can do, then there's no reason to even have a season.  Might as well just put us out there.

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, orioles119 said:

No, but it may be the type of baseball we have to have in order to have a season.

I guess you need baseball that badly for some reason.  I really don't.  Made it this far this year without it, could keep going just fine.

[Redskins Rick]

Season might be over.

I dont suspect many fans had the Orioles finishing above .500

 

[Aristotelian]

3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Correct.  So...what happens if your starting pitcher is going to be at 75 pitches through 5 innings, you've got 10+ guys that are out for Covid and there are less than 26 guys on your active roster?  Is this the type of baseball you want?  

No, I'm kidding around.

[orioles119]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

I guess you need baseball that badly for some reason.  I really don't.  Made it this far this year without it, could keep going just fine.

You do you... I am still looking forward to the season.