A growing number of players have chosen to stay out of the 2020 MLB season. Ryan Zimmerman and Joe Ross of the current World Series champion, Washington Nationals, Mike Leake of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Ian Desmond of the Rockies of Colorado, they are choosing not to worry about the …
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Rockies outfielder Ian Desmond used a long and candid Instagram post to announce that he was choosing not to restart MLB. The outfielder who became the fourth MLB player to skip the 2020 season on Monday, cited feeling uncomfortable with the risks surrounding the coronavirus and the need to be …
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Correction: An official from the MLB main office clarified that MLB teams must give their consent to allow a current MiLB player to play in independent baseball. Even with the minor league season still in limbo, prospects left out of their team’s player pool still have a path to development …
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Ian Desmond will choose not to play this season, the Colorado Rockies outfielder announced Monday. “The COVID-19 pandemic has made this baseball season one that is a risk I’m not comfortable with,” he wrote at the end of a long Instagram post that touched on race and opportunities for youth …
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2:12 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Near Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK – In the first three years of his contract with the New York Mets, outfielder Yoenis Cespedes played only in 119 games, and only 38 since 2017, but the team remains optimistic …
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