Top 10 MLB players benefiting from coronavirus layoff, ranked
By Manny Gómez
Though it may be hard to see anything good coming of these difficult times, these 10 MLB players are set to benefit the most from the coronavirus layoff.
You couldn’t make the current state of the world up if you wanted to. In the span of two, maybe three weeks, the novel coronavirus has resulted in the United States going dark. Now, all major sports, including baseball, have shut their doors.
It’s not all bad, however. Some MLB players are really benefitting from the current coronavirus layoff, which brings us here.
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Before we break down the which players have gained the most from baseball’s hiatus, let’s talk about the only team in baseball who could not have asked for a better time from the regular, run of the mill action: the Houston Astros, who I’m ranking 10th on this list.
This offseason will forever be remembered as the one that took down one of these most dominating teams in decades. A team that in three consecutive seasons has won 100 or more games, has two AL pennant titles, and one World Series championship.
Now, all of that is in question after a die-hard fan revealed the intricate way the Astros stole-signs in real-time during the 2017 season. Then, an investigation led by MLB corroborated that fan’s findings and issued its suspensions.
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As a result, Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow lost their jobs. What’s more, New York Mets manager Carlos Beltran and Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora lost their jobs too.
You could argue that the Astros should be ranked #1 on this list because they most certainly have the most to gain from the coronavirus layoff, but I myself cheated in including them in this list when you consider that they’re not a single player.
How could I not list them though?
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