You can’t spell ‘no big contracts’ without RSN: 2024 regular MLB season thread!

Tim Anderson’s lack of power last season was pretty bad; however he was hitting for extra bases towards the end of his spring training and hopefully his health/personal circs etc mean he’s back being good at the plate?

Tim Anderson with an RBI double in his first Marlins at-bat! pic.twitter.com/gef7fy7lHV

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) March 28, 2024

The lefty-lefty matchup in Tigers-White Sox is too good. Tarik Skubal is him, sadly.

Framber Valdez walking the bases loaded and hbping two runs in is too funny.

I shouldn’t cos they’re playing the Giants but Tatis going first to third is electric! What a player.

i still kind of can’t believe how trash the uniforms are, it’s very obvious on today’s hi-def sets

hader’s not bad huh

filthy

i think he missed the tag but there’s no angle that shows it

Astros have a good pen but their rotation isn’t it

Wow even the road greys look awful

pic.twitter.com/KxbHCCfLwm

— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) March 28, 2024

yanks actually went to a new away uniform look for the first time since 1971 or something they were saying on the broadcast. don’t think the sweat stains were part of the plan tho lol

90% of the league is very large men who sweat a lot, what’s their plan for when someone inevitably shows something they shouldn’t

This runner’s lane stuff is dogshit

(xposts) How can you not post this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYFbknzeVNM

Abbot kinda getting booed in TX

xp I thought about it but I thought someone else would!

That was actually directed at myself; what I meant was, you can't talk about the Yankees and uniforms and sweating and not have me post that. I'm helpless.

I actually saw that episode for the first time recently (I’ve only watched Seinfeld episodes here and there, I’m married to someone who’s like “why haven’t you watched Seinfeld yet”, trust me I know)

Justin Steele left the game after this play. pic.twitter.com/hK0ROAFPaS

— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) March 29, 2024

The matching clip, from earlier in the episode, explains the great "All of a sudden there's a problem with Tartabull's swing" line. (I know, I know--enough already, season's started.)

Hey talk away! Anyway your fave Adolis just homered

An ALL TIME pimp job from Adolis García. pic.twitter.com/8HWVBM20cs

— Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) March 29, 2024

For .3 seconds I was confused at why he was acting like he just hit a lazy pop fly after the ball came off that bat like that, then it all made sense at .4 seconds

Rocktober cannot come soon enough.

(this game is not in Denver)

16 runs. Wow.

Omg wtf rockies

Kinda funny of them to commit to the bit of being the Rockies right from the first game of the season. Gotta respect it

Hold up they batted through the order.... TWICE?

Luv u Dylan moore

Dbacks heard clemenza talking smack about their run differential last season and got straight to work

Tyler O’Neill breaking the home run record is unreal, only player to homer in five consecutive Opening Days. Clemenza, you may remember that he’s Canadian!

Tyler O'Neill is the first player in MLB history to homer in five straight #OpeningDay games! pic.twitter.com/qOwIKjvYZA

— MLB (@MLB) March 29, 2024

Alex Cora got a loud chuckle when he explained why it's Tyler O'Neill over Wilyer Abreu in RF tonight:

“I got a five-game losing streak on Opening Day, and he has a four-game home-run streak (on Opening Days) so, analytics.”

— Gabrielle Starr (@gfstarr1) March 29, 2024

I’m watching the Braves-Phillies game and laughing at the Phillies commentators who are unashamed about pulling for their own team

Jarred Kelenic’s at the plate and they’re talking about the Mariners and Braves trying to fix his batting stance.

Commenter 1: So they said his hands stayed low and they (Braves hitting coach) are trying to get him to keep his hands up?

Commenter 2, disgusted: Well you’d THINK that would be the correct way to do it if you’d ever hit a BASEBALL in your life but some of these so-called EXPERTS say different

Fairly sure Bryce Harper’s walk up song is Look What You Made Me Do - the man is a born reality star

Seymour Wiener is the Mets Veteran of the Game. Baseball is so back pic.twitter.com/jNGoCRvuYi

— Dylan Hornik (@_Hornik_) March 29, 2024

btw from last night:

https://i.imgur.com/iuThpEy.jpeg

Astros outhitting the yankees 13-8 and still losing was a thing

Adam “Daddy” Duvall coming off the bench to drive in two runs and tie the game with a single…he’s him.

Also, there was a bench clearing brawl I missed in the Mets game cos I’m watching this one:

Rhys Hoskins. Always a Phillie. pic.twitter.com/hFloEHDdub

— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) March 29, 2024

The benches clear between the Mets and Brewers after Jeff McNeil takes exception to a hard slide into second base from Rhys Hoskins pic.twitter.com/NN4ee8ea0Y

— SNY (@SNYtv) March 29, 2024

best bullpen is baseball* not looking so bestly...

*https://www.mlb.com/news/best-mlb-bullpens-2024

Faced with protecting a 2 lead, the PHI bullpen gives up 9 runs in the 7th/8th (including letting ATL bat around ++), I've forgotten how loud the PHI fans can get even against their own team.

i was getting some crackerjacks when it happened. ran back over as fast i could

https://i.postimg.cc/vBmdqvvV/IMG-7996.jpg

I’m watching this game and the eighth inning was just relentless. What a waste of six shutout innings.

xp people are saying the slide was legit but didn’t Chase Utley break someone’s leg that way? I assume that’s their problem with it, he was a mile out

not just anybodys leg, ruben tejada! mets dont have a good history with people sliding into second

They take a lot of unnecessary knocks

This Mets hit by pitch statcast graphic is hilarious pic.twitter.com/79atGS7oWx

— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) September 9, 2023

i can understand why mcneil is upset, but that is a legal slide by the letter of the law. mcneil has to step to the side or he's gonna get hit every time

utley really went out of his way -- although still within reach of the bag -- to hit tejada. hoskins just went through the bag without veering

i gotta say that was one of the slower dugout clears i’ve seen. i had time to select a tip and make it over before the bullpen fully emptied

Mets offense in midseason form, I see.

mookieproof: Hoskins went heat-seeking mode spikes-up into McNeil's right ankle, totally unnecessary.

It wasn't an utley slide, but it was 100% cynical. Late as you could be while still staying in the letter of the law. No harm no fould and seeing McNeil's temper is always good TV so I'm not fussed either way

oh i'm not saying it was *necessary*

hoskins was obviously trying to break up the double play; it was a late and hard slide. but also he did it within the letter of the law and every middle infielder of the last 100 years would tell mcneil to step aside and never put your plant foot *there*

possibly it should be banned! but it hasn't been