2024 MLB Thread; RIP Willie Mays & Pete Rose. Dodgers win #8!

[getback]

pitcher must face 3 batter minimum should be interesting

Advantage to the team at bat. If they put in a righty reliever, just throw in 2-3 lefty PH

No more cat and mouse.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

I enjoy the first month and a half of baseball then I pickup interest in September.

If you have 1 surprise team this year, who would it be?

I would say Toronto. Not saying they contend but I wouldn't be shocked if they ended with a .500 record.

 

[getback]

If you have 1 surprise team this year, who would it be?

Cincinnati or the White Sox.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

Cincinnati or the White Sox.

If they had Kopech(sp?) healthy, I would agree with you.

 

[D StaXX]

Mookie looks good in Dodger blue.

 

[macbk]

Dawg.....

 

[getback]

Didn't impact the game

Having the answers to the math test doesn't impact my grade either then.

 

[JCMojica24]

Any open spots?

I’ll get back to you. Gonna check with all the guys in the league from last year first.

 

[bishopstrongbow]

If they had Kopech(sp?) healthy, I would agree with you.

He's on track to be back with the big league club in June. He's back to baseball activities but they are going to use the first few months of the season to let him build his arm strength back up in the minors so he wont break camp with us. Hopefully there are no setbacks.

Also, Jim Crane is a ******* joke.

 

[nick.]

They should just stop talking. Very Trump-esque comments.

 

[D StaXX]

**** the Astros as a staff, organization, and as a mother****ing crew.

 

[do work son]

jim crane out here looking foolish smh. this "public apology" wasn't necessary. this is just making it worse.

 

[bishopstrongbow]

This **** is embarrassing. Literally embarrassing. I'd be embarrassed to be a fan of them crooks.

 

[DsLee]

Astros had time to prep this damn thing and they make it even worst. I'm sure Jim Crane knew, like Luhnow and all the managers/players knew. They can't strip the title because tons of legal things will pop up, but Rob/MLB needs to grow some and just say the Astros title from 2017 will officially be acknowledged as tainted due to the sign-stealing/relaying violations.

 

[bishopstrongbow]

Should give them a 2 year postseason ban tbh.

 

[アミーゴ]

JCMojica24 what we looking like for a draft date?

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

DCAllAfrican



Thoughts on what Jim Crane said?

 

[Hahahaha]

He said a couple weeks ago that he and the team would address it after the way Bregman and Altuve handled it. He definitely handled it, ****in moron.

Then we got numbers, video and pics of the buzzards and ****.

Hinch didn't say no, we didn't use it.

The A's manager said it yesterday that they told MLB that Houston was cheating and they did nothing.

A lot of players spoke out against baseball and Houston yesterday and it'll probably get worse.

Real real bad look for Rob and the baseball. He really mishandled this. Hope he gets fired for this **** show.

 

[D StaXX]

Manfred definitely needs to be let go. He dropped the ball big time, multiple times at that.
Get rid of him.

 

[アミーゴ]

So over this topic

Let’s start some predictions

AL East - Tampa
Central - Twins
West - Astros
WC - Yankees
WC - Angels

NL East - Braves
Central - Brewers
West - Doyers
WC - Phillies
WC - D’Backs

WS - Twins vs Doyers
Doyers WS Champs

 

[cedric ceballos]

The owner being defiant about it is dumb to me. Even if he truly feels that way. Baseball is a sport where the players tend to police themselves. Crane running his mouth talking out of pocket is essentially writing checks his players are likely going to have to cash in the form of getting drilled and beaned and other retaliation methods.

 

[JCMojica24]

JCMojica24 what we looking like for a draft date?

I gotta sit down and see what dates could work.

 

[do work son]

Astros had time to prep this damn thing and they make it even worst. I'm sure Jim Crane knew, like Luhnow and all the managers/players knew. They can't strip the title because tons of legal things will pop up, but Rob/MLB needs to grow some and just say the Astros title from 2017 will officially be acknowledged as tainted due to the sign-stealing/relaying violations.

with the amount of lawsuits being thrown out there, i didn't expect them to say anything close to an admission.

Should give them a 2 year postseason ban tbh.

literally no precedent to do so, probably a huge violation of the CBA, and would result in way more headaches than the MLB is willing to take on.

Manfred definitely needs to be let go. He dropped the ball big time, multiple times at that.
Get rid of him.

manfred works for the owners. if they wanted to remove him, they would. manfred, the owners, the league all want to cover this up and move on. the more info that comes out makes it look worse. even recently with musgrove saying beltran was the guy in charge, to reports surfacing that the yankees were doing it in 2015. they want this stuff over and done with.

 

[dland24]

So over this topic

We would all be over it too if Major League Baseball handed out some reasonable/logical punishments.

 

[dland24]

with the amount of lawsuits being thrown out there, i didn't expect them to say anything close to an admission.

Wait, what? Everyone is admitting it. "Our opinion is it didnt impact the game." How is that not admitting it? What about "The whole Astros feel bad about what happened in 2017." Or "I am really sorry about the choices made by my team, this organization, and by me."

Not sure how you can see what happened with these interviews and say that you didnt expect anything close to an admission, when an admission is exactly what is happening now.