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Hey it's way past time to post our opinions on the great How Many Games Will the Indians Win in 2020 question. A particularly tough call this season it appears. I need to spend time thinking of my answer but should be ready in a couple days after serious analysis

Emanuel Clase was just handed an 80 game suspension for performance enhancers

Clase ain't so classy.

which could mean he misses game next season if they don't play 80 this year. We're up to game 34 already scheduled yesterday. No way will they be ready to play before June 1. And I can't imagine that they schedule a lot of empty-stadium doubleheaders. 80 games could just about cover the whole of summer 2020. And I had thought that he'd be recovered and ready to pitch as of the delayed Day 1

Wondering when the test was done that caught him.

He was hurt in ST(supposedly) and was projected to be out 6-8 weeks. Wonder if he just started juicing to try to recover quicker? Maybe he was a juicer when he was with Texas.

Keith Britton @KeithBritton86
@keithlaw on @BullandFox on #Indians - Lindor: "What I've actually heard...they would like to pay him, but he won't even entertain contract extension offers. Absolutely his right to do that. They've tried to have those conversations...there just hasn't been a negotiation at all"

Have been directed to a few free sites with recorded broadcasts of ball games from 1934 through the 70s or maybe 80s. listened to Tigers beat the Orioles on last game of the 1963 season with my favorite announcer Ernie Harwell calling the final half of the game. Tigers were using some of the kids they had just brought up from the minors, Bill Freehan, Dick McAuliffe, Don Wert, Willie Horton; Denny McLain pitched the whole game walking 7 and striking out 10. Must have thrown 150 pitches. The only Indans game I located at quick check had the other team's announcers.

Checking baseball reference, Denny was 19 years old, making his 3rd appearance. No pitch count recorded.

I dont' read the politics folder because I don't know what to know your politics and maybe get mad at some of you. Since we're here to discuss baseball why include a politics folder? How about a folder on recipes, personal finance, jokes, classical literature.

HEY! Classical literature- I'm in!

You start up a folder on pop up picture books and I’ll join!

Jim Bowden ranks Roberto Perez #5 overall catcher in MLB

5. Roberto Pérez, Cleveland Indians
Age: 21 B: R T: R Height: 5-11 Weight: 220

2019 Stats:
Slash line: .239/.321/.452 HR: 24 RBI: 63 SB: 0 WAR: 4.0 OPS+: 99

Statcast:
Avg. Exit Velo: 87.0 Hard Hit%: 39.7 wOBA: .297 xwOBA: .306 Barrel%: 8.3
Fld%: .997 DRS: 30 Framing: 9.6 CS%: 41

Career accomplishments: Gold Glove; led the league in caught stealing.

Trending: Upward

Peréz won his first Gold Glove for catchers this past season thanks to 30 defensive runs saved and a league-leading 41 percent caught-stealing rate. His elite ability to call a game, pitch framing and blocking are also special traits. His framing was in the 85th percentile of catchers and his pop time to second base was in the 77th percentile.

Offensively, he made some serious strides last season in terms of power, bringing his BP power into games as he slugged a career-high 24 home runs with 63 runs batted in. He was in the 76th percentile in barrel percentage and 65th percentile in hard-hit percentage. However, he’s never going to hit for a high average or get on base much more than 32 percent because of his holes at the plate.

A Gold Glove catcher with 24-home run power is enough to make the top five in my catcher rankings this year.

are we taking predictions for the Number of Games the Indians the Indians Will Play in 2020

71-80 ____
61-70 ____
51-60 ____
41-50 ____
31-40 ____
21-30 ____
11-20 ____
1-10 ____
NONE _____

You should add ANY to the list

I'm leaning to NONE. Although perhaps all teams will immediately qualify and head to the post season and then play an NCAA-tournament style post season maybe double elimination or something like that. And the final 4 perhaps would then play best of seven. Some teams would be gone after 2 games for the year; the final 2 would maybe get a couple dozen.

They could send the MLB teams down to Disney World and they could take the field after the NBA championship ends. And when baseball is over a month or so later the NBA could start up again.

But for this fan, if there's no minor league baseball, which seems most likely, there's nothing to be interested in.