{"id":17900,"date":"2020-06-30T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T05:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/most-intriguing-non-coronavirus-storylines-of-mlb-summer-camp\/"},"modified":"2020-06-30T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T05:14:00","slug":"most-intriguing-non-coronavirus-storylines-of-mlb-summer-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/most-intriguing-non-coronavirus-storylines-of-mlb-summer-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"#Most intriguing non-coronavirus storylines of MLB summer camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Most intriguing non-coronavirus storylines of MLB summer camp<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        June 30, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 1:14am         <\/p>\n<div>\n                        With Major League Baseball set to resume practice (not begin <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s, as originally hoped) on July Fourth weekend, we hold these truths to be self-evident:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s summer camp, lower-case S and C, not spring training 2.0 or MLB\u2019s official, marketed \u201cSummer Camp.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Mike Leake, Joe Ross, Ian Desmond and Ryan Zimmerman\u2019s opt-outs confirm that defections are a real issue.<\/li>\n<li>Coronavirus tops all 30 teams\u2019 list of concerns. The rest constitutes small potatoes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yet we all could use some small potatoes \u2014 or some taters, to use old-school baseball slang \u2014 in our lives, right? In order for this baseball season to work, you must still care about the people and the storylines beyond the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> challenges that we all have faced and will continue to face.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the people and storylines that will intrigue you the most as baseball ramps up for 2020 again, New York bias free of charge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The Astros.<\/strong> There\u2019s no tactful way to point out that the Astros benefit far more than any Earthian sports entity from the absence of both paying fans and up-close <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> coverage (we\u2019ll be in the press box, conducting interviews via Zoom). After getting barraged with expletives and scrutiny in original spring training by virtue of their comic-book level corruption at sign-stealing, they\u2019ll prepare to defend their American League title in blissful silence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Aaron Judge.<\/strong> Is he ready or not? His February and March turned sideways with the revelation that he suffered a stress fracture to his right rib last September. Intermittent progress reports, including one by him to Sports Illustrated, have been vague. It\u2019ll be very helpful to see him in person while also confirming whether Judge\u2019s teammates Aaron Hicks, James Paxton and Giancarlo Stanton, none of whom would\u2019ve been good to go for an March 26 Opening Day, have sufficiently healed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Yoenis Cespdes.<\/strong> Is he ready or not? General manager Brodie Van Wagenen said Monday that his client-turned-employee \u201cshould be closer to being game ready than when we saw him last in March,\u201d which sets the bar low. What a boon that would be for this win-now group, that has seen an original spring-training storyline \u2014 \u201cHow will they squeeze six starting pitchers into five spots?\u201d \u2014 dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear with Noah Syndergaard\u2019s Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15911853\"><img alt=\"Yoenis Cespedes\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"662\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Yoenis Cespedes<\/span><span>Anthony J. Causi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>4. Shohei Ohtani.<\/strong> He appears ready to rejoin the Angels as a two-way threat, his October 2018 TJ surgery sufficiently in the past. Could he push baseball past its self-inflicted damage the way Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa did in 1998? He\u2019s that special a player to validate the question, if not guarantee the answer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Didi Gregorius.<\/strong> In 33 Grapefruit League plate appearances, the Yankee-turned-Phillie slashed .111\/.273\/.111. Will he look more like his old self now? His manager Joe Girardi needs that to be the case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Wander Franco and Jarred Kelenic.<\/strong> Two of the game\u2019s top prospects will participate in summer camp. Will either Franco, a 19-year-old Rays shortstop, or Kelenic, a 20-year-old Mariners outfielder whom the Mets traded to Seattle, leave enough of an impression to get a call to the big leagues later this season? You can\u2019t rule out anything amidst a pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Ready for the sprint.<\/strong> A 60-game season increases the importance of staying healthy these next few weeks. No longer can a club shrug off, say, a groin or oblique injury that will sideline a key player for a relatively short term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. More bunting practice?<\/strong> As extra innings will begin with a runner on second base, teams\u2019 fundamentals turn more vital. Teams surely will spend time discussing their overtime strategies and mentalities<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. What\u2019s the mood in the clubhouse?<\/strong> Every inexperienced or overmatched reporter asks this of a manager before a big playoff game and gets eye rolls. Now, however, it feels like a legitimate query. Are players ready to put the ugliness of their negotiations with the owners behind them and embrace the uniqueness of this campaign? 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