Official *MLB Season Delayed* Thread

[Ken]

If you take Wheeler's best season out, he only has one season over 2.5 fWAR. If you take Bauer's best season out, he has 3 more. Just because 2018 was an outlier doesn't mean it doesn't count at all--he did actually perform that well in 2018---it just means that you don't expect a repeat of it. I use 2.5 fWAR as my cutoff because that an above is generally worth the cost of an accepted qualifying offer under the current market rates. Now, what those will be next year is more or less impossible to tell.

By bWAR, Bauer has been worth 2.5 WAR just twice in his 6 seasons. Without that 1 outlier season he really isn't worth a QO.

[cavebird]

By bWAR, Bauer has been worth 2.5 WAR just twice in his 6 seasons. Without that 1 outlier season he really isn't worth a QO.

I guess that depends on whether you prefer bWAR or fWAR then. I tend to prefer fWAR, but it can be tricky with pitchers. That all being said, Wheeler was apparently not just worth a QO, he was also worth a $100 million+ contract, so Bauer would not need to be as good to be worth a QO. At least in a normal year---and this year is anything but.

[Sour Masher]

He is a risk, but 2018 did happen and with his upside, I think he is worth the risk. Only his eccentricities and the headaches he might cause would give pause imo. That or he totally poops the bed in 2020.

[Judge Jude]

Bob Nightengale:

#MLB and the #MLBPA continue to exchange ideas with the health and safety protocols. There are no major snags. The union already informed MLB that it plans to play, and be in spring training camps by July 1 with a 60-game season starting July 24-26 weekend.

https://twitter.com/BNightengale/sta...43632540364800

[Sour Masher]

My league has decided to play, though some want to freeze contracts to get an extra year out of them we will not do that. Astrick year or not, we are gonna play it and crown a champ. This year will count like all others. What are others doing?

[Ken]

My league has decided to play, though some want to freeze contracts to get an extra year out of them we will not do that. Astrick year or not, we are gonna play it and crown a champ. This year will count like all others. What are others doing?

My opinion is that if a prize is awarded the contracts have to move forward.

[Judge Jude]

so many possibilities.

you could allow players to be frozen for 2021 - but only if you don't freeze them for 2020, for example. lots of strategy there.

or, if this becomes difficult, you could compromise and allow, say, each owner to keep up to three players in 2021 at the same 2020 contract they were frozen at.

[revo]

My opinion is that if a prize is awarded the contracts have to move forward.

Yup.

We're moving forward in all of my leagues.

[rhd]

Not moving forward in my league. We're doing a special, one-time redraft just for this year and next year, we're continuing like 2020 never happened.

[Pauly]

so is it safe to start talking about baseball around here yet? If it is, let me go on record that Ken haaaaates Trevor Bauer

[cavebird]

My opinion is that if a prize is awarded the contracts have to move forward.

I agree. You can't let someone win, then reset it.

[cool hand]

Not moving forward in my league. We're doing a special, one-time redraft just for this year and next year, we're continuing like 2020 never happened.

Contemplating this. My league has not drafted yet, and we are convening on Friday via Zoom to determine what the course of action will be, and whether or not we'll hold a live auction. Curious to hear other league's solutions. I think the greatest likelihood is that we will just play '20 out like a normal season, with some minor rules tweaks.

[Judge Jude]

Jayson Stark
@jaysonst
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1h
More adjusted rules:
*To be eligible for postseason, players must be added to big-league roster by 9/15
*Season will start with 30-man rosters. Down to 28 after 2 weeks, 26 after 4 weeks.
*Pitchers/catchers report to camp first, then position players.


Jayson Stark
@jaysonst
There will be a trade deadline this season, sources say. It will be Aug. 31.
7:23 PM · Jun 23, 2020

[Erik]

My league has decided to play, though some want to freeze contracts to get an extra year out of them we will not do that. Astrick year or not, we are gonna play it and crown a champ. This year will count like all others. What are others doing?

We're deciding between freezing rosters for 2021 and just doing a one-off redraft this year, or not doing anything at all. There has been no interest in treating this like a normal year. We don't have long-term contracts (to keep someone, you give them a 50% raise, and decisions on that go year to year), so no one is getting screwed in that regard.

[Judge Jude]

I think the redraft 'parallel universe' concept really works for those who don't want to deal with 2020 otherwise.

still some camaraderie, which is great, and important for league stability.