December 18, 2020
As Major League Baseball prepares for 2021, teams are bracing for another season of COVID-19 related financial problems. There will undoubtedly be a smaller-than-usual capacity of fans at ballparks nationwide, and depending on the municipality, there might not be fans at all. Teams are hoping 2021 is not as bad as 2020. According to an analysis by the Tampa Bay Business Journal, the New York Yankees missed over $437 million in expected income. Near the bottom of the list, the Tampa Bay Rays lost only $67 million in expected income.
But the pandemic affected the Rays in additional ways, some of which could impair the ability of the team to stay in Tampa Bay. As the Rays recently appeared in the World Series, it is important to explore how the pandemic could impact the long-term sustainability of baseball in Tampa Bay.
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MILWAUKEE In 1982, Ned Yost slugged the biggest home run by a backup in Brewers history. Ten days later, another backup, Mark Brouhard, started and delivered three hits to help the Brewers to their only World Series to date.
How did both players wind up in Milwaukee? Via the Rule 5 Draft.
The annual event, staged in recent years on the final day of baseball’s Winter Meetings, offers opportunity for Minor Leaguers on the cusp of the big leagues. If left unprotected by their clubs nowadays, a player must be added to the 40-man roster after four seasons if he signed at 19 or older, or after five seasons if he signed at 18 or younger such players can be selected for a $100,000 fee and essentially must stick in the Major Leagues for the entire following season or be offered back for half of the original fee.
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MILWAUKEE In 1982, Ned Yost slugged the biggest home run by a backup in Brewers history. Ten days later, another backup, Mark Brouhard, started and delivered three hits to help the Brewers to their only World Series to date.
How did both players wind up in Milwaukee? Via the Rule 5 Draft.
The annual event, staged in recent years on the final day of baseball’s Winter Meetings, offers opportunity for Minor Leaguers on the cusp of the big leagues. If left unprotected by their clubs nowadays, a player must be added to the 40-man roster after four seasons if he signed at 19 or older, or after five seasons if he signed at 18 or younger such players can be selected for a $100,000 fee and essentially must stick in the Major Leagues for the entire following season or be offered back for half of the original fee.