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“I’ve really enjoyed watch-

ing [Wacha] pitch,” manager

Luis Rojas said. “I liked the

plane on his fastball and

touch on his changeup. It

looked like he was creating

so m e c o n t r a s t w i t h h i s

changeup, so when you get

velo, you get swings and

misses with your changeup

like he did and I think he was

pretty firm and had a good

angle at the plate.”

M

ajor League Base-

ball is preparing

for the possibility

of a shortened or

al t o g e t h e r

cancelled season due to the

co r o n a v i r u s p a n d e m i c.

Pitchers are expected to have

atough time adjusting to a

new schedule, so it’s benefi-

ci a l t h a t Wa c h a a l r e a d y

picked up on his previous

flaws and learned to trust his

mechanical changes.

Now he just needs to trans-

late those results into the

regular season.

THER KNOWS BEST!

from dad

Michael Wacha says he didn’t play much attention to analytics until his father started breaking down video of his starts from 2019 season. AP

Trump is speaking to ARod about how to respond to a pan-

demic rather than speaking to the Speaker of the House or

the Governor of Michigan. @emptywheel

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Trump consulted ARod about the coronavirus response. Next,

he's going to ask OJ for marriage advice. @lauriecrosswell

SHOOTING FROM THE LIP

Syndergaard hopes his return from surgery is more

like deGrom and less like Harvey

MIKE LUPICA, PAGES 62-63

“Each of the parties shall

work in good faith to as soon as

is practicable commence, play,

and complete the fullest 2020

championship season and

post-season that is economi-

cally feasible,” the agreement

says. There must be no legal

restrictions on mass gathering

and travel, and a determina-

tion play “does not pose an

unreasonable health and safe-

ty risk to players, staff or spec-

tators.”

MLB agreed with the union

to use “best efforts to play as

many games as possible, while

taking into account player

safety and health, reschedul-

ing needs, competitive consid-

erations, stadium availability,

and the economic feasibility of

various alternatives.”

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