Talk:2020 Major League Baseball season

Wait for official announcement
I feel like groundhog day has come a little early. As has been discussed on the 2020 NFL season talk page, new coaches/managers should not be added until the are officially announced by the team, as unofficial agreements have been known to fall through (See Josh McDaniels re: Colts). has been involved with this on the NFL side as well. Jdavi333 (talk) 03:25, 30 January 2020 (UTC)


 * I removed unsourced information that's all I did today on here never mentioned about Baker's hiring being official. Kinda left that alone for a while now. TheBigMan720 (talk) 03:46, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Possible new schedules
I think we should just delete that whole part about all the half-baked plans that went nowhere. In the grand scheme of things, it's simply not important enough to have in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IndelibleAppleJuice (talk • contribs) 17:20, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Honestly you may be right--BaseFree (talk) 17:23, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'm gonna wait a few more days to see if anyone thinks otherwise.--IndelibleAppleJuice (talk) 20:22, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd be somewhat in favor of keeping it. Our readers might be interested in the different ideas, some of them pretty wild, that were seriously discussed.  — Mudwater (Talk) 00:57, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * And what about the individual teams’ tables of original schedules? Since most of the schedules will probably be complete overhauls of the last two months, I think as dropdowns they won’t impede much. It’s not like they’re complete duplications either, since only the last week of July, and all of August and September will be necessary. And we don’t need to cut corners on page size either.--BaseFree (talk) 01:19, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * That sounds good to me. Some of our readers will want to see the original schedules.  And as you say, it's not like we're going to run out of space.  — Mudwater (Talk) 13:52, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

All-Star game
Just in the last few minutes, I saw, in this article, All-Star cancellation. This has only happened once previously, in 1945. Carlm0404 (talk) 00:26, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Mlb.com also has this for runner-on-2nd-to-start-extra-half-inning
I found on that site "However, if the player in the batting order immediately preceding that half-inning’s leadoff hitter is the pitcher, the runner placed on second base may be the player preceding the pitcher in the batting order." What does the creator of this wikipedia article have to say about that? The NL is using DH this year, but the DH rule allows for cases where the pitcher can be in the batting order. Carlm0404 (talk) 23:39, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't know what the question is. There is no contradiction.--Anaxagoras13 (talk) 09:03, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

1-8 4-5 2-7 3-6 order v.s 1-8 4-5 3-6 2-7 order
1-8 4-5 2-7 3-6 order is more logical. If No. 2 meet No. 3 in Division Series, No. 2 should be placed in the upper box. Sawol (talk) 16:55, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Precedent has been set in decades of NBA Playoffs brackets to list the 3-seed above the 2-seed. The NBA system is the closest example to the this season's MLB system because both use an 8-team straight-bracket format in each conference.  And even MLB itself lists the 3-seed first on its official media as shown here.  Frank Anchor Talk 17:27, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

National League Standings
Washington Nationals should be ahead of the NY Mets in the NL East standings based on their head to head record. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:D18D:DE01:78E3:ABF6:D542:332A (talk) 09:23, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * See the MLB site--Anaxagoras13 (talk) 21:01, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Tie-breaking procedures are for teams that reach the post season. --Spiffy sperry (talk) 20:13, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

so what determines the rankings of two tied teams on equal win/loss percentage who haven't qualified for the postseason? Note that https://www.mlb.com/nationals/standings shows Washington 4th and Mets 5th. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:D18D:DE01:BDA3:6CAF:DA26:12C (talk) 11:23, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Article is missing the main point
This article does not say the most striking thing about the 2020 season - that all games were played in empty stadiums with no fans in attendance. The article does describe that at one point as the owners' proposal, but the article never says that it happened. If you were to describe the 2020 MLB season in one sentence, obviously that fact would be in it. But here are pages and pages, charts and charts, on the 2020 season, but this most significant, obvious, unusual, and distinctive aspect of it (together with the low number of games) is left out. Please add it, in both the lede and the body. Thanks! Sullidav (talk) 03:31, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Were there any other canceled MLB games that could have had a bearing on the playoffs?
If the Tigers won both of the canceled games to the Cardinals, the seeding would have been different. The Giants would have been the #1 seed in 2003 if they won the canceled game vs the Mets. I am wondering if there were any other canceled MLB games that could have had a bearing on the playoffs. 66.181.118.116 (talk) 21:50, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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