[USML Announce] 2020

Mon Aug 3 10:47:01 EDT 2020

If we finish the season, there's no reason to push out the contracts. We've had multiple shortened seasons over the years (previously due to labor issues) and we've never modified the contracts.  This is no different. MarkSent via the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Bill Strotman via Announce <announce at usml.net> Date: 8/3/20  9:37 AM  (GMT-06:00) To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net> Cc: Bill Strotman <bbuddhas at aol.com> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] 2020 So it seems a consensus builds that unless MLB crowns s champ we will not.  I agree we keep the keepers at 9+3.    And to be uniform if the season is cancelled or makes it to completion I think we roll contracts.     Otherwise you don’t know what you’re trading away or trading for ??Sent from my iPhoneOn Aug 3, 2020, at 9:31 AM, Blocker, Mark B. via Announce <announce at usml.net> wrote:

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I agree with Buddha we should decide on the rules soon, because it does impact team that want to dump for 2020 (parting with cheap FAs is less attractive if they can potentially be retained for
 2021).

Also, while I hear Frank’s point, I am opposed to expanding the number of keepers if the season is cancelled.  Our 9+3 is plenty.

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Subject: Re: [USML Announce] 2020

Hi everyone,

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.

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.

The rationale for a few more keepers is simple: preserving some integrity of the 2020 rosters and the planning behind them.

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.

Having said that, I agree with Andy in hoping the point is moot.

- Frank

On Monday, August 3, 2020, 8:59:01 AM CDT, Andy Klein <anrklein at gmail.com> wrote:

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.

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.

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! 

-Andy

On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 9:41 AM Bill Strotman via Announce <announce at usml.net>
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What did we decide ??  Did we??   
Does the AL have to complete their season for ours to be official??
Does our season end if/when Rob Manfred calls it a day and we use those standings?
Will we roll rosters and contracts now no matter what ??
We should make a determination as it matters RE:Trades

Buddha

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