KrankinSox

The Kopech thing concerns me more than Moncada. Hoping everything is good with him.

The season is still 18 days away. I wont panic until it's time to panic. I think the data shows even if Yoan is positive, there's a high likelihood he'll return to normal life in very few days. Obviously, anything CAN happen, but it's not panic time yet.

Mass panic should not ensue after every positive test. Be calm. Be reasonable, people.

From a fan perspective, if he's gonna test positive, I'd rather have it happen now than during the season. Main concern for me is that Yoan gets healthy though, assuming our speculation is even true...

Sounds like Yoan might have the rona

Count me in.

Incorrect. 20 of our 60 games now are against the Royals and Tigers, or 1/3rd of the entire season. Regular year would have been 38/162, or 23%. This doesn't give us an advantage over twins or Indians, who play the same schedule. However, it is a factor in a potential wild card race vs. Teams from the east and west. The bottom of the east has the O's and Jays, while the bottom of the west has the M's. Advantage for the ALC teams as the Royals, Tigers are clearly two of the worst teams, along with probably the O's.

Is there any possibility the players and league could work out a deal in the next 30 days before the regular season starts? Or am I ridiculous for even asking this...

Yes, and those with known health issues are able to opt out and receive full pay. They can choose to put themselves at risk though.

Dude, try reading my post again and I'll give you a second chance to respond without being such a smart ass.

Anyway, let's let this thread go back to baseball. Save the corona talk for another thread. Really curious to see how Ricky handles a roster with a chance to win for basically the first time in his career. I think the sox can get really creative with their pitching staff, using "openers" and what not. How do we expect the 60 game schedule to be distributed? 10 games (5 home, 5 away) vs the 4 ALC teams = 40 games 4 games (2 home, 2 away) vs the 4 NLC teams = 20 games. That seems logical to me but I haven't seen anything from someone reputable on this.

And many of those people already had cancer, lung disease, asthma, obesity, the list goes on. They were not professional athletes. Anecdotally speaking, I haven't heard of any notable athletes who have even had hospital stays due to the virus. Dozens of athletes in the NBA, NFL, MLB, NCAA, Tennis, UFC, etc have had positive tests and I haven't read s single story about any of them fearing for their life, much less even feeling sick. A UFC fighter had trained for a fight, weighed in, and was ready to fight before realizing he was positive. LSU had 23 players test positive, I don't think any of them even knew they were sick.

According to the CDC, there are 821,000 people in the US between age 18-44 with a positive test. 2,479 of them have died. That equals a 0.3% death rate, or 99.7% survival rate. The vast majority of these deaths are due to underlying health issues. So you're likely talking about a survival rate of over 99.9% for those aged between 18-44, without underlying health issues. 30 teams with 40 man rosters, is 1,200 players. Statistically speaking, if all 1,200 players became infected, 1 would die. Assuming none had an underlying health issue, as those players are exempt from playing. That's if the ENTIRE league were infected.

This is not accurate. There are many other factors you aren't considering such as underlying health issues. Not to mention, there aren't many 69 year old MLB players.

The pitching decisions for 60 games in 61 days will be fascinating to watch. I think the Sox benefit from basically having 7 starters on the roster: Giolito, Kopech, Keuchel, Rodon, Lopez, Cease, and Gonzalez. With what also looks to be a strong backend of the bullpen, and a dangerous offense, I think the Sox are set up for success in this truncated season

Me first!

Agree. Only reason to turn this down is if they prefer a grievance.

Is this proven? How would you possibly know it leaves permanent damage when the virus is only a few months old?

Players wanted the imposed season so they can file a grievance. They view that as their best bet for a big payday.

Yeah, sure, if by "on the rise" you mean trending downward for 6 weeks....

Meet somewhere in the middle and get this deal done. Please.

No idea. If I had to guess, I'd say there will be an August 31st deadline. Complete guess though.

Nah, you're just an ass for free