Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron suspended 20 games, A’s OF Ramon Laureano suspended 6 games for roles in brawl
Cintron allegedly said something vile in Spanish about Laureano's mother.
Cintron allegedly said something vile in Spanish about Laureano's mother.
After outbreaks within the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals organizations, MLB may have no choice but to go with a bubble format for the postseason.
Just hours before the Washington Nationals take on the New York Yankees in the MLB season opener. Yikes.
The MLB playoff format reportedly could increase from 10 to 16 teams in 2020.
Steven Souza tweeted, "Can we bring back Bud Selig?"
The MLBPA has had enough of the negotiations, and MLB is expected to unilaterally impose a 48-game season.
"Things are really bad right now."
The plan would also feature "an expanded playoff format." Teams would only play opponents within their division.
"We can't be sitting in a hotel room, just going from the field to the hotel room and not being able to do anything. I think that's pretty crazy."- Mike Trout
Dodger Stadium is currently scheduled to host the 2020 MLB All-Star Game, but it's obviously hard to see that happening due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 MLB season isn't expected to begin until May at the earliest (if at all). Squeezing a 162-game season into the schedule doesn't seem feasible, and would likely lead to the postseason dragging into December.
There's a lot more to the backlash over the Astros' sign-stealing saga than "the way society has evolved," but that's how MLB commissioner Rob Manfred started an answer about it. He did apologize for calling the Commissioner's Trophy "a piece of metal," though.
Thank goodness someone is looking out for the Houston Astros.
The Wall Street Journal reported many new details of the Astros' sign-stealing saga, some of which contradicted information MLB previously released to the public. And Hinch's MLB Network interview saw quite the non-denial on 2019 buzzer allegations.