The Official 2024 Major League Baseball Thread

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

On 4/24/2024 at 4:17 PM, Taylor said:

The message: "The Angels suck and aren't going anywhere this season. But it could have been worse."

The Trashstros could be winning.  Red, gold, green.

[jsnpritchett]

 

[m0nkey]

They were down 2-1 against Baltimore in the 9th but pulled out a win.

 

They are now ahead of the Angels in the standings

[PattyD22]

I’m watching the Cards/Mets game right now and Sonny Gray is pitching.

He has pitched 21 innings so far this year.

He has allowed 1 ER in 21 innings, has 27 strikeouts and 1 walk so far this year.

Cards are getting their money’s worth so far this early part of the season.

[jsnpritchett]

On 4/20/2024 at 5:11 PM, m0nkey said:

Mookie Betts is hitting .356/.473/.644/1.117 and right behind him is Shohei Ohtani hitting .359/.419/.630/1.049

 

The dodgers have lost 7 of their last 9 and are 12-11 so far to start the year. 

 

[Blarg]

Fuck the Dodgers. 

[jsnpritchett]

Marlins were up 7-0 on the Nationals after two innings today--and now they're losing 12-9 in the 8th.  They are so bad.

[m0nkey]

On 4/26/2024 at 9:35 PM, m0nkey said:

They were down 2-1 against Baltimore in the 9th but pulled out a win.

 

They are now ahead of the Angels in the standings

They did it again against Baltimore, they were down 6-5 in the 9th but scored 2 against Kimbrel and won 7-6

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

Marlins were up 7-0 on the Nationals after two innings today--and now they're losing 12-9 in the 8th.  They are so bad.

They're so awful, they got swept by the Angels.

[m0nkey]

The White Sox entered the weekend 3-22. They are now 6-22 after sweeping the rays. 
 

That’s baseball, I suppose

[Tank]

MLB to make adjustments in uniforms before the start of next season.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40046470/mlb-modify-uniforms-player-complaints-per-memo

 

[jsnpritchett]

Excerpts:

"Marsh had an idea Philadelphia would give him a purpose in the weeks after the 2022 World Series. He was a meaningful piece of something special.

With purpose, he found a routine that eluded him in Anaheim.

“Every day doesn’t feel different now,” Marsh said. “And that just comes with experience. I don’t have a lot of it, but I have a little bit. Just knowing that I’m supposed to be here. In the most humble way, knowing I’m supposed to be on the field with these guys. I’m not showing up to the field, like, ‘Oh, if I play bad, am I going to get benched for a week?’ That kind of thing. And I had that feeling in Anaheim a little bit.

“But God works in mysterious ways, man. I feel like this changed me as a player. As a person. My whole outlook on baseball and life coming over to Philly has been for the better.”

...

"Marsh has solidified his spot in the majors, even as a conversation the Angels had two years ago persists. They were not certain Marsh would hit lefty pitching. The Phillies traded a good prospect (Logan O’Hoppe) who has since become the Angels’ starting catcher because they viewed Marsh as a future everyday outfielder.

He’s not there yet.

“I’m showing up to the yard knowing what I’m going to get,” said Marsh, who is hitting .291/.333/.547 this season. “In Anaheim, it was a little different situation. We weren’t winning as much as we were here. Here, we have a plan. A process. We know who’s hitting. We know who’s going to play.”

The Phillies faced 11 lefty starters in their first 26 games. That ranked third-most in the majors. Marsh started four of those 11 games, a slight increase from a season ago. In 2023, Marsh started only 15 of the Phillies’ 51 games versus lefty starters.

They’ll face two Angels lefties as Marsh returns to Anaheim. He’ll probably play Tuesday against Tyler Anderson but not Wednesday against Patrick Sandoval.

“You pick the left-handed pitchers that you think they’ll have the most success against,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said last week. He added: “There’s nothing wrong with giving a guy a couple of days off.”

The Angels version of Marsh might have let doubt creep into his mind. But he knows where he stands with the Phillies. “He’s just this really good athlete,” Bohm said, “who wanted to get better every day.” The Phillies expect to play him more against lefties this summer."

 

 

[Lhalo]

8 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Here, we have a plan. A process. We know who’s hitting. We know who’s going to play.”

What a concept.

[Angels 1961]

Angels plan is nothing 

[Chuck]

@m0nkey

[m0nkey]

2 minutes ago, Chuck said:

@m0nkey

Going tomorrow and thought about going today but wussed out

[Inside Pitch]

On 4/27/2024 at 6:08 PM, jsnpritchett said:

 

They must be playing tier 11 teams.

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Blarg]

They will fix him!

[mmc]

 

[T.G.]

54 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

How does a MLB player with that much service time get sent down?  How is that even possible?  I'm guessing he went voluntarily?  Strange.

[m0nkey]

12 minutes ago, T.G. said:

How does a MLB player with that much service time get sent down?  How is that even possible?  I'm guessing he went voluntarily?  Strange.

Yes he agreed to it

[jsnpritchett]

10 minutes ago, T.G. said:

How does a MLB player with that much service time get sent down?  How is that even possible?  I'm guessing he went voluntarily?  Strange.

The tweet says "both sides decided," so, yes, he went voluntarily.  After five years of MLB service time, a player has the right to refuse an option/assignment, so in this case, he obviously sees some value in doing it to help him get back on track.

[m0nkey]

21 hours ago, m0nkey said:

Going tomorrow and thought about going today but wussed out

Should've gone yesterday to see Trout

[Angelsjunky]

On 4/24/2024 at 7:17 PM, Taylor said:

The message: "The Angels suck and aren't going anywhere this season. But it could have been worse."