then coronavirus happened, 2020 baseball

Scary moment in last night’s A’s game. You never want to see a fan get hurt and I really hope he’s ok 🙏 pic.twitter.com/KFbmwbSKau

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) August 21, 2020

entire NYM-NYY series postponed

that’s ok we’re out of players anyway

Cleveland looks downright scary in a short series... currently 20-1 odds to win WS.

In Milwaukee, 45 minutes from Kenosha, Brewers pitcher Devin Williams @DTrainn_23 just scratched BLM into the pitcher's mound and then struck out the Reds in order. Powerful stuff. @Jomboy_ pic.twitter.com/khsHqutwbM

— Tony Imbimbo (@CTonyI) August 25, 2020

well here we are at the halfway mark and haha it feels like the season just started amirite!

fangraphs has seven AL teams at over 95% to make the playoffs; toronto is the eighth at 62%. poor mike trout

NL is more wide open, with dodgers/cubs/padres/braves over 90%. everyone else except the pirates has at least a 23% shot

Clevinger will start tomorrow

maybe the most heads up play I've ever seen

meant to paste this lol

Did...did Kole Calhoun just intentionally use his head to block a throw??? pic.twitter.com/H0bWoafUUF

— Danny Vietti (@DannyVietti) August 25, 2020

socrates brito's brother has died from covid

stunned and gratified that the brewers (and reds) struck tonight, but i'm kinda worried about what comes next. i mean, police brutality and racism aren't likely to be any better tomorrow night

mariners vs padres postponed as well

There are serious issues in this country. For me, and for many of my teammates, the injustices, violence, death and systemic racism is deeply personal. This is impacting not only my community, but very directly my family and friends. Our team voted unanimously not to play tonight

— Dee Gordon (@FlashGJr) August 26, 2020

taijuan walker to the blue jays for a ptbnl

This answer from Rob Manfred kind of tells you everything.

(I too watch baseball all year eagerly waiting for that look of glee on the face of a lucky owner.) https://t.co/e9jAB091hG pic.twitter.com/3BlgJNJ5n8

— eric nusbaum (@ericnus) August 27, 2020

jesus christ

Here's video of Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen discussing a plan in which he says MLB wanted the Mets to take the field, leave it and return an hour later. Van Wagenen is critical of the idea and commissioner Rob Manfred, saying: "He just doesn’t get it." (Video via @NickCocco18) pic.twitter.com/46Z9neVkJt

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 27, 2020

what a fucking creep!

*manfred, to be clear

Milwaukee should’ve called off today’s game too

they should strike til manfred resigns

At this point, I just don't care anymore. They should shut it all down and try again next year.

At this point Manfred is about to the point they are making people long for Bud Selig.

i would kill to have bud back at this point

Both father and son misspelling their general manager’s first name is just cold. https://t.co/6x6Us8QkKo

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 28, 2020

wainwright throws a complete game (2 ER, both on a HR) on his 39th birthday.

Positive COVID test in the Oakland organization.

no new a's positives

padres trade for clevinger, let's goooo!!

Clevinger, Greg Allen and PTBN to Padres; Quantrill, Arias, Cantillo, Hedges, Naylor and Miller to Indians.

it sure does seem like the padres make more giant trades per capita than most

five trades involving 24 players in the last 48 hours

also their fifth trade with the indians in the last 25 months

16 playoff teams this season and the only deal the pirates could make was unloading jarrod dyson for (the right to spend) international signing bonus money

toddfather back to the mets tho

impeach the pirates ownership team

The Marlins ramped up their efforts to make the postseason on Monday by swinging two separate trades while the club faced the Mets at Citi Field.

The Marlins made a big move to upgrade their offense by acquiring D-backs outfielder Starling Marte in exchange for left-hander Caleb Smith, righty Humberto Mejía and a player to be named later, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand.

After the fifth inning, second baseman Jonathan Villar was lifted for a pinch-hitter and spoke briefly with manager Don Mattingly. MLB.com confirmed the 29-year-old has been traded to the Blue Jays as part of a separate deal. According to MLB Network insider Jon Heyman, Griffin Conine is part of the return in that deal. Conine is the son of “Mr. Marlin” Jeff Conine. A second-round Draft pick in 2018, Conine hit .283/.371/.576 with 22 home runs in Low-A last season for the Blue Jays.

Neither trade has been confirmed by the club.

PROPOSED MIAMI-ARIZONA TRADE DEAL
Marlins would get: OF Starling Marte
D-backs would get: LHP Caleb Smith, RHP Humberto Mejía, PTBNL

PROPOSED MIAMI-TORONTO TRADE DEAL
Marlins would get: OF Grffin Conine
Blue Jays would get: IF Jonathan Villar

I’m glad to have him in Toronto, but why would the marlins ship him out if they’re trying to contend?!

i'm not sure how seriously they're trying to contend -- they're not very good and their current playoff chances are around 30%. anyway villar's a pending free agent, hasn't been that great, and the money they'll save helps offset getting marte, who is better and has a team option for 2021

I’m surprised they were willing to part with Smith if that’s the case.

lol the jays already dfa'd vogelbach

2 G, 0-for-4, 2 K, 1 BB, -0.1 bWAR. rip

Maybe the ptbnl the jays game up for him, will wind up being him.

the rockies have allowed 49 runs in the last 30 innings

nick madrigal has been exactly the player that was promised: 39 PAs, 16 singles, 0 doubles, 0 triples, 0 home runs, 1 walk

<3

Ian Happ fouled a ball off his own face.

nick madrigal has been exactly the player that was promised: 39 PAs, 16 singles, 0 doubles, 0 triples, 0 home runs, 1 walk

― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Friday, September 4, 2020 9:28 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

and then there's DJ Stewart

32 PAs, 0 singles, 0 doubles, 0 triples, 3 home runs, 9 walks

.150/.433/.600

this is pretty decent: https://www.mlb.com/video

𝚂𝚊𝚗 𝙳𝚒𝚎𝚐𝚘: There’s a party deck full of mannequins. It is ... something. pic.twitter.com/Bax294MfyH

— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) September 8, 2020

https://i.redd.it/ojfcusngj0m51.jpg

The bases were loaded, too, and the batter before had walked a run in. Intense!

this is why the games are all 3+ hours. one can only imagine what manfred's solution will be

Oakland Alameda Coliseum September 9, 2020 10:54am @Athletics #nofilter pic.twitter.com/4TlFspPTGT

— Dave Kaval (@DaveKaval) September 9, 2020