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"When we met with our guys the biggest question they had for us was, 'What happens if I test positive on the road?'"

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Teams in the AL West and NL West recently participated in a COVID-19 conference call led by Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels, sources confirmed to The Athletic. On the call were general managers, assistant general managers, athletic trainers, traveling secretaries, and doctors from the Mariners, Angels, Rangers, Astros, A's, Dodgers, Giants, Padres, Rockies and Diamondbacks. Porter said the general consensus of the call was that if a player tested positive for the coronavirus on the road and had to be left behind in quarantine, the home team in that market would take care of the player and treat him as "one of their own." This would include facilitating potential medical care and doctor visits and working with MLB to administer regular COVID-19 tests until that player tested negative twice.

Each Western division team has put together a list of local resources for visiting players including the contact information of members of their medical staff, popular restaurants that deliver, and nearby hospitals that are treating COVID-19 patients.

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MLB's instant replay and Statcast technologies have undergone comprehensive refreshes for the first time, which should narrow the time of each replay challenge and result in enhanced broadcasting experiences for viewers. For example, with the new data collection by Sony Hawk-Eye cameras and storage on Google Cloud, pitch locations can be tracked to an accuracy of one-tenth of an inch.

Jason Gaedtke, MLB's chief technology officer, said Hawk-Eye incorporates LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology, similar to the type used in autonomous vehicles. The position and movements of everyone on the field -- from pitchers to baserunners to umpires -- will be updated 30 times per second at 18 different data points on each person.

Teams -- and fans -- have never had so much information about what's happening at each fraction of a second during every play. "We have to provide very high reliability, very high accuracy, in order to support the game," Gaedtke said.

Williams unveiled a number of advancements geared toward tech-savvy fans. On Sept. 3, the league plans to launch MLB FilmRoom at MLB.com, with a catalog of more than 3 million videos that users can curate into personalized playlists and post to social media.

MLB's vast database includes pitch-by-pitch videos from the 2018 and '19 seasons, along with decades of popular clips. Because MLB.com's video trove is open already, video-related visits to MLB.com increased 105 percent in the first phase of the rollout earlier this year -- even without new games occurring.

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In one fascinating way, fans are about to enjoy a perspective they've never had before: Ryan Zander, MLB's vice president, broadcast products & services, said the Statcast data and LIDAR scans allow for broadcast enhancements showing the virtual representation of a key moment from the perspective of a defensive player -- or even the baseball itself.

Baseball's technological advancements will have direct effects on players, managers and coaches during games. The reimagined instant replay system incorporates feeds from 48 channels -- an increase from 18 in the prior system -- including the direct collection of images from high-frame-rate cameras. With the improved technology, managers have 20 seconds to decide whether to challenge a play, down from 30 seconds last year.

Social distancing considerations have prompted MLB to prohibit video viewing at clubhouse computer terminals. Instead, players and coaches will have access to iPads with video loaded before games. The iPads -- which are not connected to the internet -- will be assigned on a personal basis or sanitized between uses if they are shared.

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Ag_07 said:

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Sassy Lance is back!!!

https://instagr.am/p/CC5_4_xAqf4

*Swipe right for a highlight video

And is today's game on TV anywhere?

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bearkatag15 said:

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No Tucker in either exhibition game starting lineup... Even after he got a hit last night. Anything to that?

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Farmer1906 said:

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I'm reading into it. He clearly not taking Reddick's spot at this point.

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mathguy86 said:

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Not having Alvarez and Urquidy for the season would have a greater impact than not having Cole. Not having Alvarez alone would be a bigger impact.

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gougler08 said:

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mathguy86 said:

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Not having Alvarez and Urquidy for the season would have a greater impact than not having Cole. Not having Alvarez alone would be a bigger impact.

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I could see Urquidy missing a lot of time since he's a pitcher, but Alvarez should basically be ready to go a few days after he's cleared right?

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CFTXAG10 said:

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A gold 20 would look really nice above that 17, just sayin'......

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