Morning Briefing: Baseball Hall of Fame Directors Cancel 2020 Ceremony

Good Morning Mets fans! We received promising news yesterday as Senior Major League Baseball officials told Fox Business they are almost near certain there will be baseball played in 2020 despite the details still being discussed, per Charles Gasparino of Fox Business.

Gasparino went on to report that the league is keeping a close eye on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plan to re-open the city to time it up with home games for the Mets and Yankees.

League officials are mulling the possibility of a three-division league organized by region/coast to cut down travel. For the Mets, their opponents would potentially include the Yankees, Rays, Red Sox, Nationals, Phillies, Pirates, Orioles, Blue Jays, and Marlins.

While there were rumors swirling that the minor league season was on the verge of being canceled, Jeff Passan of ESPN came to the rescue to shoot down those reports as untrue.

Wednesday was an active day for news in the baseball world so let’s check out what else went on surrounding the Mets and the rest of Major League Baseball as we hopefully inch closer to the start of the season.

Latest Mets News

Pete Alonso continues to lobby for the Mets to bring back their black uniforms, story by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.

“The Captain,” David Wright joined Steve Gelbs, Dominic Smith, and J.D. Davis on The Cookie Club podcast.

Mets longtime play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen celebrated his 62nd birthday on Wednesday. (Tweet per SNY.)

On this date in 1996, John Franco picked up his 300th career save becoming the first left-handed closer in the history of baseball to accomplish this feat. (Tweet from the Mets official account.)

The Mets are still evaluating their ticket policy and will have an answer in the coming days. (Tweet from Mike Puma of The New York Post.)

The MLB The Show Players League set its playoff lineup, which begins on May 1. Jeff McNeil will face off against the Orioles’ Dwight Smith Jr. in the first round.

Latest MLB News

Florida’s governor believes baseball is on its way back and thinks there’s a chance that fans could be present by June or July.

On MSNBC, super agent Scott Boras says it’s time for people to go back to work and it’s time for baseball to return, story by SNY.

The soon-to-be 48-year-old Manny Ramirez told The Tawain Times that he is looking to play in the Taiwan League this year, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.

Derek Jeter and the rest of this year’s Hall of Fame inductees will have to wait until summer 2021 for their Cooperstown ceremonies. Story by Kevin Kernan of The New York Post.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum organization released a statement with details regarding their decision to cancel this year’s ceremony.

Big news for college baseball players as the NCAA will reportedly allow their players to receive compensation for personal appearances, social media and business opportunities, along with third-party endorsements starting in 2021-2022, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.

FantasyPros gives their advice on when to cut ties with a struggling player in fantasy baseball.