SonofaRoache

No fans at the game anyway, so just adjust the schedule to accommodate bad weather.

Yeah everyone is panicking about the last stretch but the Twins last 4 series is just as tough as ours is. And we get them for 4 at home.

We have a top 5 weak SOS, the Twins series is in our favor from a location perspective, we have about 24 games against Tigers, Royals, and Pirates. We will be okay.

Most teams schedules are gonna look rough.

Yeah that is the point of taking two tests days apart. Just in case there is a false negative.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2892419-power-ranking-every-al-mvp-season-since-2000 https://www.mlb.com/news/21st-century-most-valuable-players-awards-ranked Both of these articles mention that AROID and Pedro are basically next in line. These aren't I articles I read, that one mentioned that Frank was 10th in WAR and just other stats that made me feel like maybe Frank wasn't as robbed as I once thought.

I don't remember exactly, but I think it was a spring MLB.com article about re-ranking MVP races. I'll see if I can find it.

Thanks. That means he will probably start 4 games this year. Rich Hill coming back will help them big time, but us getting a potential full year of Kopech (hopefully) and Rodon is just as good.

I would prefer this schedule if it evens out next year, which it should. Off topic, what is the status of the Twins 2and best pitcher Michael Pineda? Will he have to miss nearly this entire season since it is only 60 games?

The article I read explained things in depth and it made it sense. It should be retroactively given to Thomas because Giambi was a cheater, but the rules are the rules. Big Frank got the best award of them all by entering the Hall.

When looking inside the numbers in an advanced way, it was the right call. I was upset about this for 20 years until I read an article about that race and reranking the MVP voting for that season.

No fans will be at the games anyway. So the great crowds in Minny and Cleveland are neutralized in this scenario.

Yep. I think the offense in 2000 was our best ever, but no way were they going far with the pitching. It was unfortunate but we got our title 5 years later.

I would argue they were the greatest offense we've had. Especially after adding Charles Johnson.

Feels good that there is baseball again. I just hope this season has the feel of a season and will make for a fun summer. Good to hear Rodon is doing well.

Fun team to watch but in think most people knew that team wasn't gonna make a deep playoff run. That week against the Indians and Yankees was epic and one of my favorite Sox memories. Very fun year but their flame out in the first round is the reason they aren't fresh in everyone's mind. As it turned out though, that Mariners team was pretty good.

Yeah but could Hahn say he was healthy if he has coronavirus? I guess he could spin "healthy".

Ok so who is not at camp??

Not to mention all the money he could donate. Kopech does seem to be a free spirit and is capable of quitting, but I also think he likes his celebrity status.

This is the perfect way of putting it. Smaller leagues get one bid and it is not fair for the regular season champ not to get a bid. CBB needs a NCAA tourney because of the many different conferences and unbalanced schedules.

One parameter that would help our Sox is expanded post season. We are a fringe wild card team this season so hopefully they add a few more teams to it.

Let's say a 27-33 team gets in. The 5th place wild card would probably have 33 wins. Not that big of deal to me. I think the more important thing is giving fans hope and keeping them engaged. Also, if more teams have a legit shot to make the playoffs, we are gonna get much better baseball this season.

I opened this thread up in fear. Nothing to see here thank goodness.

Sometime this week with a hopefully expanded playoffs.

Why not do Sox vs Reds?