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<div dir="auto">Neutral to mildly negative on extra keepers.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Frank Luby via Announce <announce@usml.net> </div><div>Date: 8/3/20 9:19 AM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: USML Announcements <announce@usml.net> </div><div>Cc: Frank Luby <zachfehsvater@yahoo.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] 2020 </div><div><br></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="ydp1699e0efyahoo-style-wrap"><div></div>
<div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">Hi everyone,</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">Prompted by Andy's mail: I also agree that we should MLB be the guide. If they complete a season and call it official, so should we. Likewise, it seems that they are going to make all reasonable efforts to complete the season.</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">If the season is cancelled, I think the approach Jeff suggested (which I wholeheartedly support) is that we choose keepers from the 2020 rosters with the same contract status. An FA, Y2 etc. in 2020 keeps the same contract status at the same salary in 2021.</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">The rationale for a few more keepers is simple: preserving some integrity of the 2020 rosters and the planning behind them.</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">I think many if not all of us plan our draft days and construct our rosters on the assumption that FA's will roll off the books, that some beans will graduate (or fade), and we take some risks on other players. That's why we have a keeper league to begin with. If we are taking steps to preserve 2020 if the season is cancelled, we should allow teams to keep a few extra players.</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">Having said that, I agree with Andy in hoping the point is moot.</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">- Frank</div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, August 3, 2020, 8:59:01 AM CDT, Andy Klein <anrklein@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp717c1316yiv7160670140"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>I was away when the conversation started, but agree with Buddha that if MLB completes the season, ours should count as a regular campaign with all contracts moving along as normal. We have done that with other odd seasons (like strike years), though admittedly, nothing is like this one.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I am inclined toward Jeff's view that if the season is cancelled, we choose keepers from our current (2020) rosters when we draft for 2021. Unclear if this means that contracts roll forward a year, and don't really have a strong opinion on that. Frank had suggested increasing the number of keepers. Interested in his view of why ... though hoping it will all be moot.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I'm actually more optimistic today than I was last week that they will play out the season. The outbreaks seem to be contained to teams where players broke protocol, and nothing suggests they are passing the virus to one another on the field. I also read that, overall, MLB has administered 11,000+ tests with only about 30 positives. Surely they can figure out how to make it work at that level. Seems they'll have to add a few weeks to the regular season in October to even out the number of games played, keep rosters expanded, and prepare for the possibility of ending the season for a team or two (like MLS did). But there is a lot of money at stake. Plus the Cubs are 7-2. So let's play on, damn it! <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>-Andy<br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div id="ydp717c1316yiv7160670140yqt58929" class="ydp717c1316yiv7160670140yqt8492416156"><div class="ydp717c1316yiv7160670140gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp717c1316yiv7160670140gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 9:41 AM Bill Strotman via Announce <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:announce@usml.net" shape="rect">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp717c1316yiv7160670140gmail_quote">What did we decide ?? Did we?? <br clear="none">
Does the AL have to complete their season for ours to be official??<br clear="none">
Does our season end if/when Rob Manfred calls it a day and we use those standings?<br clear="none">
Will we roll rosters and contracts now no matter what ??<br clear="none">
We should make a determination as it matters RE:Trades<br clear="none">
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