The Official 2024 Major League Baseball Thread

[Vegas Halo Fan]

5 hours ago, Blarg said:

Fail, it should be a fish sandwich.

That would be like cannibalism.

[Stradling]

I’m all for versatility, but if you suck defensively as a catcher, which is your primary responsibility, then I’d rather find an actual catcher. 

[Tank]

14 hours ago, mmc said:

Rejected a $12 million PO, got a $4 million buyout but even if all his incentives hit he won’t be getting that $8 million he turned down back

plus he now has to play for the chisox.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Nice win for Reds last night. 

[nothing, Nothing]

17 hours ago, BTH said:

It only took 4 games for the Royals fans to realize how bad Renfroe is:

 

greatest horrible play ever? 

[nothing, Nothing]

Joey Bart had a great spring training. Most of the Giants youtube fan channels wanted him to get one final chance after what he did in spring.  

[mmc]

 

[Chuck]

Lol

Watch till the end..

 

[mmc]

 

[jsnpritchett]

Kyle Freeland gave up 7 runs and 10 baserunners in 3 1/3 IP against the Cubs tonight. He gave up 10 runs in 2 1/3 IP in his first start. 

[Inside Pitch]

26 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Kyle Freeland gave up 7 runs and 10 baserunners in 3 1/3 IP against the Cubs tonight. He gave up 10 runs in 2 1/3 IP in his first start. 

"Consistency is key"

[jsnpritchett]

7 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

"Consistency is key"

The good news is that he lowered his WHIP from 4.71 to 4.06 after tonight's start. 

[Chuck]

 

[mmc]

 

[Chuck]

Yikes! 

 

[Taylor]

36 minutes ago, Chuck said:

Yikes! 

 

Victimized?

[Chuck]

4 hours ago, Taylor said:

Victimized?

They never recovered after Ohtani was mistakenly on a plane to sign with the Blue Jays. 

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Redondo]

Royals at 2-4, Mets at 0-4 are above us. Go figure

 

25. Los Angeles Angels

Record: 4-2

Previous ranking: 24

Even though Mike Trout hit about five miles' worth of homers over the first week, perhaps the most encouraging development for the Halos during those games was that Nolan Schanuel went deep. Schanuel has elite on-base skills, but after he hit just a lone dinger during his 132 plate appearances in 2023, questions remained if he was going to hit for enough power as a corner player. One homer is just one homer, but it's a start. Schanuel is the kind of hitter who doesn't need to hit 30 bombs to be a plus offensive player -- 15 to 20 will do. Well, that's less than one per week over a full season, so he's ahead of pace so far in 2024. -- Doolittle

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39867050/mlb-2024-power-rankings-week-1-braves-dodgers-yankees-orioles-rangers

[jsnpritchett]

MLB Trade Rumors is finishing up their offseason in review articles.  They did the Angels today.  The poll at the end of the article is going really well for the Angels so far!  (I gave them a D.)

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/04/offseason-in-review-los-angeles-angels-13.html?utm_source=twitter

[HanfordGuy]

Pete Alonso doing a Vladdy impersonation…

 

[Inside Pitch]

3 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

MLB Trade Rumors is finishing up their offseason in review articles.  They did the Angels today.  The poll at the end of the article is going really well for the Angels so far!  (I gave them a D.)

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/04/offseason-in-review-los-angeles-angels-13.html?utm_source=twitter

F is for fantastic right?  People are silly.  

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

It could always be worse. We could be the Mets. 

[Redondo]

8 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

It could always be worse. We could be the Mets. 

Yes, but they are ranked above us in the latest ESPN power rankings

[m0nkey]

Uh oh