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Astros News
- Notes from camp include Verlander and Greinke throwing bullpens while James Click hunts for exhibition game opponents (Sports Radio 610)
- The Astros’ rotation is a bit of a question mark at the moment as two of five possible members have yet to report (Astros.com)
- Ryan Pressly feels confident that MLB can get its act together on COVID testing (Sports Radio 610)
- Dustin Garneau is figuring out how to safely communicate while maintaining social distancing on the ball field (Astros.com)
- Cy Sneed’s wife has crafted him a voluminous custom mask for both health and beard purposes (Twitter - Mark Berman)
- Astros groundskeeper Willie Berry is celebrating his 50th year as an employee for the team (Twitter - Mark Berman)
Around the League
- Some established players have opted out of 2020 knowing that their roster spot is secure, but that move isn’t so easy for pending free agents (The Athletic, $$$)
- A’s pitcher Jake Diekman is not 100% sure that there will be a 2020 season (AP News)
- What might help is an independent company running the COVID tests and providing more transparency (Sports Illustrated)
- Former Astros farmhand Seth Beer is among the latest batch of players to test positive for COVID-19 (MLB Trade rumors)
- Here are 7 predictions for what might be a pretty wild MLB season (MLB.com)
- Nashville might be the location of MLB’s next franchise and it could be the first majority black-owned team to boot (USA Today)
- Shohei Ohtani’s control looked off yesterday as he walked 8 players during an intrasquad game (ESPN)
- How do MLB’s newest ballparks stand up to the classics? (Bleacher Report)