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Rays News
- MLB official statement:
Statement from Major League Baseball: pic.twitter.com/0bWS5VTRPu
— MLB (@MLB) March 12, 2020
- The Last Day of Baseball - Emma Baccellieri, Sports Illustrated: “On Thursday afternoon, Tampa Bay outfielder Randy Arozarena tested the limits of the term “defensive indifference.”. Emma brilliantly sums up the final day of baseball (for now).
- Perhaps the last Rays until ?
A view of what might be the last #Rays game for a while pic.twitter.com/eF7pdKTKG9
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 12, 2020
- Unknown when baseball will resume:
Statement from Minor League Baseball ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/H4RlAyPxxw
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) March 12, 2020
Plan for now is to still attempt a 162-game season, but obviously that will depend on MLB getting started back up by April 9.
— Greg Johns (@GregJohnsMLB) March 12, 2020
- Rays official statement:
A statement from the Tampa Bay Rays. pic.twitter.com/xyNpqI8lhk
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) March 12, 2020
- David Price on the suspension of Spring Training and potential delay of Opening Day:
For anyone questioning MLB's potentially suspending spring training, I'll refer to David Price as he walked into the Dodgers' facility about an hour ago: "It's gotta happen. This is so much bigger than sports. I've got two kids."
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 12, 2020
That feeling is shared by many, many in the game.
- Chris Archer spoke to the media as well:
More from Archer: "We know that [COVID-19] doesn’t affect younger people as much, but we all have parents. We all have people who are our elders that we come in contact with every day. The last thing we want to do is be a carrier and cause something fatal.”
— Adam Berry (@adamdberry) March 12, 2020
- More Rays reactions:
#Rays McKay said lots of players talking about NBA cancellations and #coronavirus precautions but there’s only so much that can be done: “You can’t go out and play in a haz mat suit.”
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 12, 2020
Since the season is getting pushed back i hope we get some type of pay, ya boy is tryna move outta his moms house lol.
— Ryan Sherriff (@KingSherriff) March 12, 2020
#Rays Neander also said that all the team will do tomorrow is have a meeting and then they’ll be off. No media, family or friends are allowed in the facility.
— Juan Toribio (@juanctoribio) March 12, 2020
- Players might still be staying in Spring Training sites, working out, potentially sim games and training during this time:
Hear that MLB will ask players to stay at spring sites where they have access to team medical personnel, can continue to work out and will not be fanning out across the country. But players can go as they please.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) March 12, 2020
- Mayor Castor on upcoming events in Tampa:
Mayor @JaneCastor is addressing event concerns right now. ALL events that are in the county this weekend will be cancelled. When it comes to @WWE — they are not taking the steps to cancel it right now because it is weeks away. They may reconvene closer to the event @10NewsWTSP pic.twitter.com/qSo25yHBSh
— Angelina Salcedo (@AngelinaWTSP) March 12, 2020
- Congrats FSU, I guess?
Most awkward thing I’ve seen, but #FSU is officially the ACC Champions. pic.twitter.com/tEjTpZRSYg
— Ariya Massoudi (@AriyaMassoudi) March 12, 2020
- Kiley McDaniel’s American League team-by-team top prospect rankings - Kiley McDaniel, ESPN: More details from Kiley on all the best AL Prospects, which means lots of Rays info and praise too.
- Who is Josh Kalk? To appreciate Twins’ pitching architect, ask everyone but him - Dan Hayes, The Athletic: Great profile of a former top Rays analyst, one of the pioneers of modern pitching analytics.
Around the League
- Chicago team owners agree to cancel home games or play without fans until May 1 - Tim Stebbins, NBC Sports Chicago: After the Governor of Illinois requested no large events or gatherings until May 1st (at the earliest), the Chicago sports teams have agreed.
- Grass Rays among teams pulling all scouts and staff members from the road:
Reading that the Vikings, Eagles, Saints, Chiefs, Bucs, Redskins, Jets and Giants have told their staff members to halt all travel. I imagine we’ll likely see most and probably all NFL teams do the same over the course of today.
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) March 12, 2020
- EXCLUSIVE: Uni Watch Has First Look at Bucs’ New Uniforms - Paul Lukas, Uni Watch: From what is described (and the rendering) it seems a return to the Super Bowl era glory is in store for the Bucs uniforms.
- Donovan Mitchell’s dad, who works for Mets, recently attended Knicks-Jazz game - Joel Sherman: It’s always the Mets.
- NHL also announced they have suspended their season:
BREAKING: The NHL has suspended the 2019/20 season.
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) March 12, 2020
MORE: https://t.co/OUzx3DwOp8 pic.twitter.com/6me6wE6Jmh
- NCAA cancels winter AND spring championships (no March Madness this year):
NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships: https://t.co/p4vCzvzmvo pic.twitter.com/yqAHak4HO5
— Inside the NCAA (@InsidetheNCAA) March 12, 2020
- XFL first season back comes to an abrupt end:
XFL statementhttps://t.co/MbuHgUmzmZ pic.twitter.com/PIZLOl1fld
— XFL (@xfl2020) March 12, 2020
- Former Bucs RB Michael Pittman:
Former Bucs RB Michael Pittman is asking for prayers right now. With his blessing, I am posting that a family member of his contracted the coronavirus, has been in the hospital since last Thursday and is now in a coma and in critical condition. He said they need a miracle.
— JennaLaineESPN (@JennaLaineESPN) March 12, 2020
- An Unprecedented Reality: Coronavirus Pandemic Forces Us To Face a Time Without Sports - J.J. Cooper, Baseball America: Very good read from JJ on just a shocking past few days, and the weeks to come.