Texas Rangers Spring Training 2020

[DT LUNA]

there is light at the end of the tunnel

 

[Kelleyman]

FG gives very little chance for our Little Rangers

 

[saddles]

MLB players, team employees part of virus study

Glad to see they are ramping up these antibody tests.

 

[saddles]

FG gives very little chance for our Little Rangers

I hope there is very little chance of this format actually seeing the light of day.

 

[Kelleyman]

I hope there is very little chance of this format actually seeing the light of day.

Well I just hope we see baseball although many will not consider it legit, fans or no fans in attendance.

Big drawback to me would be late games in AZ.

I think there is a bit of posturing from MLB about things needing to be 100% safe. We will never have that and although I am social distancing, business will open sooner than we think IMO

 

[DT LUNA]

Ca.and NY governors saying large groups such as sports and concerts will not be allowed for one more year. Will be interesting to see how all this plays out. We may not see a ball game for a long time.

 

[saddles]

Ca.and NY governors saying large groups such as sports and concerts will not be allowed for one more year. Will be interesting to see how all this plays out. We may not see a ball game for a long time.

Their teams will have to temporarily relocate.

 

[saddles]

Top 52 Prospects: Texas Rangers

Fangraphs seems to enjoy seeing how different they can be. I have met a few people like that.

 

[saddles]

It will be a very odd draft, but hopefully not this odd.

 

[DT LUNA]

Their teams will have to temporarily relocate.

I do not think it will be that simple. Can easily see Rangers NY Astros Cleveland Detroit etc in the same category. That will require massive re-scheduling which I believe will lead to many more complications.

 

[saddles]

I do not think it will be that simple. Can easily see Rangers NY Astros Cleveland Detroit etc in the same category. That will require massive re-scheduling which I believe will lead to many more complications.

They have already discussed playing in Florida and Arizona so the NY and Cali teams can play in one of those states. I don't think very many other teams would need to relocate if they could play in empty big league parks for the first part of the season. Just wishful thinking at this point.

 

[DT LUNA]

They have already discussed playing in Florida and Arizona so the NY and Cali teams can play in one of those states. I don't think very many other teams would need to relocate if they could play in empty big league parks for the first part of the season. Just wishful thinking at this point.

It depends on what the virus does. Any state could easily make the same decision depending how bad the situation becomes. Let's hope that doesn't happen.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

As far as I am concerned if we cannot play ball in the stadiums we should be playing them I really do not care about their being a season. That is hard for me to say as a devout baseball fan but I don't want to put together some nonsense.

 

[DT LUNA]

As far as I am concerned if we cannot play ball in the stadiums we should be playing them I really do not care about their being a season. That is hard for me to say as a devout baseball fan but I don't want to put together some nonsense.

Feeling pretty much the same.. Take care friend.

 

[Nightcrawler]

As far as I am concerned if we cannot play ball in the stadiums we should be playing them I really do not care about their being a season. That is hard for me to say as a devout baseball fan but I don't want to put together some nonsense.

team wasn’t going to be good this year anyway.

no skin off my back.

 

[saddles]

I think the NFL teams in NY and California will have to play outside of their states as well. The politicians in those states will drag this out for most of this year if not all of it. So, I am thinking either way baseball decides, baseball won't be played in NY or California.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

B

Feeling pretty much the same.. Take care friend.

Back at you DT. Stay safe.

 

[jta4437]

I am ready for baseball to return as well as a lot of other things. Although, I am not a fan of the idea of playing regular season games in empty spring training facilities in Arizona.

I would just as soon see them return to ST sometime in mid May and then starting the regular season in June, in big league ballparks. If they aren't ready for fans until late June that is fine. They can play 2 or 3 weeks without fans if need be.

It doesn't matter to me as I'd be watching the games on my TV anyway, pandemic or not, I think people need the sports as a distraction, location doesn't really matter at this point provided that its a good field with facilities for the players

 

[scotsman1948]

Their teams will have to temporarily relocate.

just play the season without them

 

[Kelleyman]

It doesn't matter to me as I'd be watching the games on my TV anyway, pandemic or not, I think people need the sports as a distraction, location doesn't really matter at this point provided that its a good field with facilities for the players

Personally I agree but there are so many moving parts it may prove difficult to decide.

Different states different restrictions as mentioned
Pay for players if shortened.
Players with families if relocated.
Revenue issues for owners
Fans or no fans
TV contracts still in effect and for how much.
Insurance/legal issues if player gets virus.
More tweaks to service time if something changes

Plus the obvious- testing for all in stadium.

So many parties and so little time to make a decision