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Major League Baseball announced a flurry of rule changes coming to the league next season that should drastically change the way the sport is played. The league proposed three different rule changes to the recently constructed Joint Competition Committee. This committee consists of four active players, six league-appointed members and one umpire. Larger Bases The…
There was no deal made between MLB and MLBPA on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Tuesday’s deadline passed and the players rejected the league’s final proposal. The result of this is some regular-season games being canceled. Will there be baseball this year? The Deal The original deadline was set to be on Monday, but was…
The 2020 season brought unprecedented rule changes, the most puzzling among them being the “extra inning runner.” Ostensibly in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and speed up play, commissioner Rob Manfred decreed that once a game progressed into extras, a runner would be placed at second to begin the inning. Manfred’s blatantly…
Another second baseman will hit the free agency market this offseason. Longtime Cardinal Kolten Wong was informed earlier in the week that St. Louis will choose not to pick up his one-year option for 2021. That decision was announced in a Wednesday press conference headed by President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak. “I told [Wong]…
Oh dear, this isn’t good. On Thursday, the Cleveland Indians placed lockdown reliever Brad Hand on outright waivers. Hand had a team option for $10 million on his current contract, which is a more than reasonable price tag for a pitcher of Hand’s caliber. Why would the Indians place an essential part of their bullpen,…
The commissioner of baseball is at it again, threatening to tinker with the very fabric of a centuries-old game. Earlier in the week, Rob Manfred mentioned the likelihood of this year’s rule changes extending into next season. Put simply, the chances are high. “People were wildly unenthusiastic about the changes,” Manfred is quoted as saying.…
Coming into the 2020 MLB season, fans knew they would deal with unprecedented developments. First, there was no agreement about what players should be paid. MLB lost more than a month of the season trying to cross this hurdle. Then, the Marlins and Cardinals both shut down because of COVID-19 outbreaks. Players chose to opt-out…
MLB’s reopening did not go as planned, to say the least. Within the first week of the season, the Miami Marlins announced that 18 members of the organization tested positive for coronavirus. Monday’s game between the Marlins and Orioles was postponed, as was the two-game series between the Yankees and Phillies. The Yankees would have…
Cancellation of MiLB season After months of anticipation and stress, Minor Leaguers have gotten the news that they likely knew was coming but didn’t want to face: Their season is officially canceled. The Minor League’s season has been a mess over the past season, and many players were stuck with nowhere to go. Many of…
Baseball is back. Months of grueling negotiations between Major League Baseball and the Players Association have come to an end. Players will report to training camps by this Friday, July 3. This all comes after player representatives voted on Monday against MLB’s final proposal for a season. Instead, Commissioner Rob Manfred has mandated a 60-game…
Baseball is back…but is that a good thing? At long last, much to the delight of baseball fans, Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, has announced that baseball is returning, in a shortened 60 game format that will begin on July 24, and run until October. The season will also operate at a…
During a year in society where no one knows who should take the blame, one thing is clear. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is baseball’s biggest enemy in 2020. The ‘ Yankees Letter ‘ The latest piece of evidence against the commissioner came on Saturday morning. A U.S. District Court judge ordered a 2017 letter between Manfred…
Major League Baseball came down hard on Astros’ management for their roles in cheating by using technology to steal signs. The same was not the case for players, which led to some questions. Now Wall Street Journal’s Jared Diamond is reporting that MLB has given players immunity. One reason for immunity is that the players…
Welcome back to The Game Haus’s ongoing look at what would happen if some poor, misbegotten general manager had to build an entire Major League Baseball team out of the free agents left on the market in mid-January. You’ve already found position players, and now you’re gonna need to go scrounge up some pitching. An…
Congratulations, reader! You’ve just been hired to be the new GM of MLB’s newest expansion team, the Bozeman Xtreme! Major League Baseball has finally stopped beating around the bush with this whole expansion thing and brought another team into the league (the paperwork for the Charlotte Marauders is still under review but should be finalized…
It seems the time has come. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in an interview that automated strike zones may appear in some Minor League stadiums in 2020. According to The Athletic, who cited an MLB Network interview, Manfred believes if the technology can be upgraded sufficiently, then in-game testing can begin. SportTechie relayed how the…
After the success of the 2019 London Series, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred stated recently “I would like to have sustained play in Europe”. The London Series will return next year with the NL Central rivals Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals also playing at London Stadium. Manfred is “interested in having play in other cities…
A reoccurring question in baseball that is being raised more and more frequently is: Should the National League adopt a Designated Hitter? A few writers from the Game Haus got together to discuss their opinions. The Discussion Absolutely not. Being able to watch a pitcher come through in the clutch and dash opponents fans hopes…
Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball made strides towards bringing down game time this week. Some of the rules put in place include only six mound visits a game, shortening time between innings, timing pitching changes and monitoring instant replays more closely. Trouble finding common ground What is interesting about the current process is that…
Something special happened on Sunday night in Houston. Game five of the World Series was one of the most memorable sporting events in recent memory. After game two in Los Angeles, many thought that it would be the pinnacle of the series. In the year of the home run though, nothing is safe. Home runs…
