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[BSLChrisStoner]

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[weird-O]

If they aren't able to have minor league seasons, it's absolutely going to prolong the rebuild. But players' safety should be the highest priority. Is it safe to assume pro athletes will be given some type of priority, once vaccine supplies get to the point where there are enough to inoculate the general public?  

[Mike B]

I think another lost minor league season hurts a lot of teams and prospects.  I think for a guy like Rutschman the service time concerns go away and we see him in Baltimore at some point this year.  You do not want guys like him, going 2 years without playing a game.

 

Pitchers present a real issue.  Not throwing real innings for 2 years present all kinds of ramp up problems.  Teams will want to limit innings in the first year or two back.  Young careers are being shortened and in some cases lost.

[Mike B]

I think they play minor league seasons this year.  Maybe half seasons but there will be games.

[NewMarketSean]

There absolutely should be games this year. There should have been a mini season last year too.

If youth leagues can play baseball so should pro players.

[Mike B]

There absolutely should be games this year. There should have been a mini season last year too.

If youth leagues can play baseball so should pro players.

I agree.  It feels like there is an end game on managements side.

[CantonJester]

If they aren't able to have minor league seasons, it's absolutely going to prolong the rebuild. But players' safety should be the highest priority. Is it safe to assume pro athletes will be given some type of priority, once vaccine supplies get to the point where there are enough to inoculate the general public?  

 

Why? Our lives are every bit as important as theirs are. 

[weird-O]

Why? Our lives are every bit as important as theirs are. 

Hey, way to take that ball and run really fast in the wrong direction. I didn't suggest that they SHOULD get preferential treatment. But if you don't think people have been, and will continue to receive, preferential treatment with vaccines, you are mistaken. 

[Old Man]

I think another lost minor league season hurts a lot of teams and prospects.  I think for a guy like Rutschman the service time concerns go away and we see him in Baltimore at some point this year.  You do not want guys like him, going 2 years without playing a game.

 

Pitchers present a real issue.  Not throwing real innings for 2 years present all kinds of ramp up problems.  Teams will want to limit innings in the first year or two back.  Young careers are being shortened and in some cases lost.

Back years ago, Sports Illustrated did a real story and indepth look at pitchers, who took time off, for WW2, etc. Came back with healthy arms and pitch for several years. Their opinion, was the "youth" arm of under 25 was still developing and that the curve ball was detrimental to the arm health.  They sited studies that said "xx" was the magic number, and anything over that before 25, the pitcher would be a wash out before they hit 30.

[CantonJester]

First, I didn't say you said they should. I simply pushed back on the notion you posited. OK? Let me answer your question. 

 

If they aren't able to have minor league seasons, it's absolutely going to prolong the rebuild. But players' safety should be the highest priority. Is it safe to assume pro athletes will be given some type of priority, once vaccine supplies get to the point where there are enough to inoculate the general public?  

 

Hell no. 

[BSLSteveBirrer]

One could argue that pro athletes and hollywood types should actually go at the end of the line.

 

1. Their industry has the financial means to facilitate quarantines, distancing measures, frequent testing etc.

2. They personally have the financial means to stay home if they choose and ride it out. They don't have to go to work. If they miss some paychecks they are in better position than us mere mortals.

 

Now I am not suggesting that's what should happen. But that would be a much more preferred option than having them get special upfront vaccinations.

 

Frankly, the way the states I am familiar with are all pretty much doing it the same way and they are all missing the boat. This is just so easy.

 

1. Develop the logic for the order your state decides to dole out the vaccines

2. Everyone who chooses to get vaccinated fills out the order.

3. The state puts everyone in their respective group. For instance, here in MS I fall into group 2 (over 65). Group 1 were front line workers.

4. A random number generator is used to assign each individual a number within their group. They get vaccinated in that order.

 

But instead most states are using some online registration for appointments. It works except that once the current allocation of vaccines are spoken for you can't get an appointment. So you have to check every day to see if they have opened up more appointments. I literally was getting online 3 or 4 times a day to run through the system to see if I could get an appointment. After 2 weeks of doing this I finally got in.

 

They just need to get us engineers to help them get their shit together....LOL

[weird-O]

First, I didn't say you said they should. I simply pushed back on the notion you posited. OK? Let me answer your question. 

 

 

Hell no. 

Just so I'm clear, you're saying you don't think pro athletes will be given vaccines after the folks in the at risk categories, but ahead of the general public? Because I disagree with that. I think they will, because there's a lot of money at stake. 

[ivanbalt]

Just so I'm clear, you're saying you don't think pro athletes will be given vaccines after the folks in the at risk categories, but ahead of the general public? Because I disagree with that. I think they will, because there's a lot of money at stake. 

Indeed, a lot of direct and indirect economics beyond the athletes/mgmt/ownership.