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

Nah I’m not disrespecting too hard, it was cute seeing all the kids in the crowds singing to it. It’s definitely for them!

It's better than the Beach boys song "here come the Cubs" (1987)

It makes Kokomo look like God Only Knows.

Things I hate to wake up in the middle of the night to read

Strider’s elbow was bothering him. He’ll get a MRI tomorrow

— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) April 6, 2024

Peeking at the savant data rn...

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?date=4/5/2024&gamePk=747143&chartType=pitch&legendType=pitchName&playerType=pitcher&inning=&count=&pitchHand=&batSide=&descFilter=&ptFilter=&resultFilter=&hf=pitchVelocity&sportId=1#747143

4SFB speed/inning:

1st: 96-98mph
2nd: 95-96mph
3rd: 93-96mph
4th: 94-96mph

His 4SFB career average = 98.3mph so yeah, see you in 2026 sweet prince.

Trevor Story landed badly on his glove shoulder, hoping nothing broken or torn. Injuries the worst part of the game.

This was cute

Beach ball don't lie pic.twitter.com/LZCbtlLrp9

— MLB (@MLB) April 6, 2024

Teoscar Hernandez has 14 RBI in 10 games. I'd normally just call that a fluke, but if he stays in the lineup and spends the year hitting behind Mookie/Freeman/Shoei and Will Smith, I wouldn't be shocked if he ends up knocking in 150.

https://x.com/soxnotes/status/1776661528210555367?s=46&t=rtT3cdbYeAygZueky17QvA

Last night, Kenley Jansen moved into 6th place on MLB’s all-time saves list.

He needs only 1 more to move into a tie for 5th.

1. Mariano Rivera 652
2. Trevor Hoffman 601
3. Lee Smith 478
4. Francisco Rodríguez 437
5. John Franco 424
6. KENLEY JANSEN 423
7. Billy Wagner 422

— J.P. Long (@SoxNotes) April 6, 2024

miss u bby

man, the marlins

wearing a pirates cap, i was hailed on the streets of brooklyn today with 'buccos off to a great start!'

They’re not wrong. Joey Bart homer!

joey bart as a pirate: 1.000/1.000/4.000

https://i.postimg.cc/BnCV6XQx/IMG-8723.jpg

yamamoto had another rough start to the game since about the fifth batter has more or less been mowing down the cubs. guys swing and miss on his fastball a lot and his breaking stuff is nasty

The shadows are definitely benefiting both pitchers; some uncharacteristically ugly hacks from good hitters esp in last few innings

^ I’ve revised this opinion after seeing the Cubs reliever waste Wicks good start. They should have left him in to get the third out!

This giveaway is happening today & they spent most of Ohtani’s at bat cutting to the crowd wearing these (Pat Hughes sweater day giveaway). There was an amazing twenty second shot of Pat Hughes putting a real Pat Hughes sweater on over his giveaway one.

Pat Hughes sweater day at Wrigley!! pic.twitter.com/ncl8igUfJa

— Adam Kinzer (@adamkinzer1) April 6, 2024

I'm working on a Saturday, boo me. Anyways, I turned on the Pirates game because of the Joey Bart talk in this thread. He has stuck out looking and then swinging at both at bats that I saw. Including bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th. Pirates fans chatting Joey, Joey as I was just laughing because he can't hit. That being said, I'm rooting for him but his new fans will find out soon enough. He might hit enough not to be cut but not much more than that.

stop jinxing joey bart bee ok

nooooooo doubt about it

I didn't jinx him as I wrote that after his strikeout in the 10th. 😀

They still won tho

xps Patrick Bailey didn’t exactly set the world alight with his bat last season either

Patrick Bailey is a much better catcher than Joey Bart, arguably sure. The Giants picked the right guy. It really was between Murphy and Bart which is yet to be determined.

I like Tom Murphy a lot. I don’t really get the inclination of fans to follow players who’ve been traded off the team and hope for them to fail. Mariners fans were gloating over Kelenic’s poor spring training. Unless the player leaves under a cloud it just seems unnecessary.

I said I'm rooting for Joey Bart, it's not me to wish ill well unless they become a Dodger.

Wacky Braves game, another big comeback after Max Fried gave up 6 in the first. Braves are up 9-8 in the 8th.

Okay, I'm going to indulge in one completely petty and nasty post for the year because this has been stored up for a while:

Haha Astros

HERE COME THE MARLINS

It’s great to see Luis Arraez start hitting again

https://media.tenor.com/AbX0VH8t1u4AAAAM/pittsburgh-pirates.gif

I wasn’t watching the Cubs-Dodgers game but wow Imanaga was cruising until the rain delay. Shame that’s probably him done now since he won’t get the win if they resume.

The Giants have played the Padres, Dodgers and the Padres again. The Padres are a really good team, hard to believe they couldn't put all together with Soto and Snall.

*it

Jackson Merrill had 4 hits in the game! Unreal.

I still don't understand what happened to the 2023 padres

they were choking dogs

they weren't clutch

heard there's a n*-h***** going on right now? 🤫

now a one-hitter 🤧

YOU

Joey Bart with another "Bart dart"! These pirates know how to hit

Oneil Cruz just hit into a triple play. Vid in a sec...

Lies!

nimmo breaks out of his slump in a big way!

Byron Buxton has an all time defensive play every game. Man is ridiculous

I don't know if I've ever seen someone make that play Alvarez just made - a wild pitch went by him ricocheted off the backstop back to him, then he threw out the guy running from first to second on the wild pitch.

Yeah that was sick

WELCOME BACK TO CENTER FIELD BYRON BUXTON

Baseball is better when Byron Buxton is playing Center Field
pic.twitter.com/j0MO7eHnHg

— Baseball Legends (@Leg_baseball) April 9, 2024

So close to a double play too

nimmo breaks out of his slump in a big way!

― 龜, Monday, April 8, 2024 8:50 PM (forty-three minutes ago)

Thanks braves!