Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday 7/7/20
7 July 2020 Sports
Major League Baseball released its revised 2020 schedule on Monday and the Milwaukee Brewers will open up against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Friday, July 24th at 6:10 p.m. The Brewers will face the Cubs at 12 p.m. the next day, Saturday July 25th. The St. Louis Cardinals will come to Milwaukee for the Brewers’ home opener on Friday, July 31st. That game will be at 1:10 p.m. Milwaukee will end the season in St. Louis, part of a 7-game road trip.
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Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell says shortstop Luis Urias and pitcher Angel Perdomo tested positive for COVID-19 before the intake process. Counsell says neither player is showing symptoms. This marks the second setback for Urias since the Brewers acquired him from San Diego in November. Urias, who is expected to compete with incumbent Orlando Arcia for the starting shortstop job, underwent surgery in January to repair a broken bone in his left hand. Major League Baseball and the players’ association announced Friday that 31 players and seven staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during intake for the resumption of training, a rate of 1.2%. Teams resumed workouts Friday for the first time since the coronavirus interrupted spring training on March 12, two weeks before the season was to start. The Washington Nationals canceled Monday morning’s team workout because of COVID-19 testing delays. Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said Major League Baseball “needs to work quickly to resolve issues with their process and their lab. Otherwise, summer camp and the 2020 season are at risk.”
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Andy Blake hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 9th to help the Green Bay Booyah defeat the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders 5-4. Brady West and Alec Burns hit home runs for Green Bay. Tim Elko hit a solo shot for the Dock Spiders for his second home run of the season The Dock Spiders were down 4-3 in the top of the 9th but were able to tie it on a RBI single. Fond du Lac is now 3-2 and hosts Rockford on Tuesday. Green Bay moves to 2-4 and will play in La Crosse against the Loggers.
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The Chiefs and Super Bowl MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes have reached agreement on a 10-year contract extension that ties him to Kansas City through the 2031 season. The team made the announcement Monday.
League sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that the deal is worth $450 million over the 10-year period and could be worth up to $503 million. The extension includes a $140 million injury guarantee, as well as a no-trade clause. It also includes the ability for Mahomes to have outs if certain “guaranteed mechanisms” aren’t exercised, a source told Schefter. The Chiefs picked up Mahomes’ fifth-year option for the 2021 season in April, putting him under contract for the next two seasons. Mahomes had two years and $27.6 million left on his deal — $2.8 million this year and $24.8 million in 2021. The 10-year extension puts him under contract with the Chiefs for the next 12 seasons.
Mahomes will receive $83 million-plus in signing bonuses from 2021 to ’23 ($21.7 million in ’21, $27.4 million in ’22, $34 million-plus in ’23). Those first three years are fully guaranteed, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The Chiefs added $25 million in incentives over 10 years for Mahomes. Starting in 2022 and for 10 years running, Mahomes will have a $1.25 million incentive for winning the AFC Championship Game and a $1.25 million incentive for winning NFL MVP. With his landmark payout over the next 12 seasons, Mahomes will have the richest valued contract in American professional sports.
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