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MLB 2022: Playing Ball, But Is Anyone Still Watching?

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Mets and Yankees who are unvaccinated cannot play in New York. This is on top of the border crossing mandate that will not allow unvaccinated players to go between Canada and the US and vice versa (Blue Jays are 100% which is why the rule effectively is only keeping American-based teams from Toronto). So right now Aaron Judge and other Yankees are currently unable to play in roughly 90/156 games on the schedule.
 
Unless they have a specific medical issue that keeps them from being vaccinated, I don't feel bad for them. I also never will feel bad for the Yankees in general.

A lot of hot stove updates:

Blue Jays - Matt Chapman (A's)
Mariners - E. Suarez, J. Winkler (Reds)
Cubs - S. Suzuki (JP)
Phillies - K. Schwarber (FA)
Yankees - A. Rizzo (FA)

I expect news anytime now on the A's pitchers (Montas, Manaea), as well as landing spots for Story, Freeman, Correa, and old man Greinke.
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
Mets and Yankees who are unvaccinated cannot play in New York. This is on top of the border crossing mandate that will not allow unvaccinated players to go between Canada and the US and vice versa (Blue Jays are 100% which is why the rule effectively is only keeping American-based teams from Toronto). So right now Aaron Judge and other Yankees are currently unable to play in roughly 90/156 games on the schedule.
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Mets players last year topped out at 55% vaxxed.

Are we really 156? Not 162? Not 154?
 
I thought they were doing all 162.

I wish they had taken this opportunity to knock back to 154 permanently. If not far fewer.

A 100-game season would have such higher quality.
 
Rockies giving a 30yo K. Bryant 7-years with full no-trade. Feels about 2-years too many.

Z. Greinke (FA) to the Royals for 1-year.
 
Kepler said:
I thought they were doing all 162.

I wish they had taken this opportunity to knock back to 154 permanently. If not far fewer.

A 100-game season would have such higher quality.
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Yeah, I got my email from the Red Sox that they were finalizing the schedule at 162 games. I checked my MLB app, where my tickets are and I seem to have tickets for Opening Day. My package is weekday games with the exception of Opening Day and Patriots Day. I'm hoping they don't take them away. I figured if those other games weren't going to be made up I would have a better shot at keeping them. I'll check in another day or so to see if they remain there. I already blocked off the day at work so I can go. **crossing fingers**
 
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Carlos Correa to the Twins. Three years, $105.3M.

That's... surprising.
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Next up we need a couple pitchers. That's a pretty big move. But if the choice was Story for 5 yrs or Correa for 3 at the same cost. They took the better player with the thought that neither would stay the full term maybe.
 
Scarlet said:
Yeah, I got my email from the Red Sox that they were finalizing the schedule at 162 games. I checked my MLB app, where my tickets are and I seem to have tickets for Opening Day. My package is weekday games with the exception of Opening Day and Patriots Day. I'm hoping they don't take them away. I figured if those other games weren't going to be made up I would have a better shot at keeping them. I'll check in another day or so to see if they remain there. I already blocked off the day at work so I can go. **crossing fingers**
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It looks like they added three days to the back end of the schedule and are adding three doubleheaders per team to make it up.

Also just read today that there will be more balanced scheduling starting next year. And they’ve gotten rid of the best tiebreaker in sports. No more Game 163s, it’ll all be decided by formulas now if there’s a tie.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
It looks like they added three days to the back end of the schedule and are adding three doubleheaders per team to make it up.

Also just read today that there will be more balanced scheduling starting next year. And they’ve gotten rid of the best tiebreaker in sports. No more Game 163s, it’ll all be decided by formulas now if there’s a tie.
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Are doubleheaders still 7 innings? Morally these are monstrous, but they are so much easier to take. (Maybe I'm just starting to hate baseball.)

Edit: I looked it up. DH are 9 again. They may dredge the ghost meatball up for longer games someday but for now thank god it's dead.
 
Kepler said:
Are doubleheaders still 7 innings? Morally these are monstrous, but they are so much easier to take. (Maybe I'm just starting to hate baseball.)

Edit: I looked it up. DH are 9 again. They may dredge the ghost meatball up for longer games someday but for now thank god it's dead.
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You'll be happy? sad? to hear MLB is considering bringing back a man on 2nd for extra innings at least to start the season. Due to the lockout compressing everything.
 
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You'll be happy? sad? to hear MLB is considering bringing back a man on 2nd for extra innings at least to start the season. Due to the lockout compressing everything.
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I'd rather they play the whole season with a 40-man roster than bring back that sacrilege.
 
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