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

Astros' preaseason (3/19/24) odds* to win the WS: 7-1 (3rd only to LAD 3.2-1 & ATL 4.5-1)

They are currently 7-18, in last place in the ALW, 3 games behind LAA & 2 games behind OAK.

* #freeippei

it gets late early out here

coming into today's game, the white sox, in 24 games, had had 11 plate appearances with the bases loaded, in which they went 1-for-10 with a sac fly, resulting in two runs

i didn't look up everyone else's splits, but:
PIT: 36 PA, 7-for-30, 4 BB, 2 SF, 25 R
TOR: 23 PA, 6-for-16, 3 BB, 4 SF, 26 R
OAK: 11 PA, 1-for-8, 3 BB, 0 SF, 6 R

overall the league is hitting .248/.295/.405 with the bases loaded and producing one run per 1.37 PA

it gets late early out here

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, April 25, 2024 6:30 AM (ten hours ago)

TH: "Astros have lost 5 straight, 8 of their last 9, and 9 of their last 11 and here's why that's a good thing!"

no i mean it is genuinely late, for the astros! a run that bad leaves you very little room for error

I can tell you why it's a good thing

it’s not as sweet as the dodgers or Yankees going 7-18, that’s for sure

Do y'all understand the current Super 2 rules? I'm trying to figure out when prospects might be called up this year, but it seems like there's no set date and a lot depends on minor league service time.

think it's averaged out between all the players that get called up? something like that?

“Super Two” players, or the two-year class

“Super Two” players are those with service time among the top 22 percentile of those who’ve been in the league between two and three years. This often includes players with at least 130 days of service time, but not quite at 172 days, though it varies from year to year. If a player is determined to have Super Two status, they are eligible for arbitration after two years instead of the standard three. Super Two players, though, do not reach free agency any earlier. They are arbitration-eligible for four years instead of the standard three.

This offseason’s cutoff for Super Two arbitration eligibility has been set at two years and 118 days of service time, as Ronald Blum of the Associated Press reported on Friday. That is down from last winter’s cutoff, which was two years and 128 days.

Does "172 days" mean "172 games played in the majors" or "172 days on a roster"?

172 days on the roster or IL.

Tommy Pham said money was the tiebreaker in picking the White Sox over the Padres rather than opportunity, saying he wanted San Diego’s offer to account for higher taxes.

He said he lost weight and is looking forward to playing CF.

— James Fegan (@JRFegan) April 26, 2024

must not be doing too well in vegas

They are better off without him

Thank fuck

As @ChrisCotillo and @CraigMish reported, the Sox are acquiring 1B Garrett Cooper from the Cubs. Sox are sending cash to the Cubs.

— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) April 27, 2024

This HOU @ COL game (in CDMX which has even higher elevation than Denver!) is pretty great.

Elevation:
Coors Field = 5200'
Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium = 7250' 😳😳😳

did they bring the humidor?

white sox extra innings walk-off win!

TWO IS A STREAK

jesus christ stop putting bednar out there

managed to save a three-run lead, god bless

Fuck you, j/k but it did come against My team

What a bullshit call

This was *not* called interference on Aaron Judge. pic.twitter.com/NCFGKCzq7l

— Hunter Baumgardt (@hunterbonair) April 28, 2024

Watching some of the Giants Pirates game & laughing at the SF fan who’s near one of the broadcast mics, like a third rowdy commentator in the box with Kruk & Kuip.

Tyler Fitzgerald steps to the plate
YOU GOT IT, TYLER BABY

Jung Hoo Lee refuses to swing at an outside pitch
GREAT EYE, BABY!

But! There’s also a Pirates fan near a mic, who keeps shouting LET’S GO PIRATES and calling UNDOOOOOO at strike calls. Amazing they haven’t muted them or moved away.

i can see underwear through these red sox uniforms

also what are the chances there are two asian americans both named connor in the mlb right now

nice walk off

other notable gen-z names AAPI edition:

Corbin (Carroll, half-taiwanese)
Kolten (Wong, hawaiian, chinese, filipino, and portuguese)
Keston (Hiura, half chinese, half japanese)

src: https://japanball.com/asian-americans-in-baseball-mlb-players-coaches-and-executives/

xp Connor Wong is the handsomest and also maybe my favourite on this team atm. I saw him get two hits in a game I was at, it ruled

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vance_Worley

Travis Ishikawa mentioned!

xp #vanimal

my better half found this and snagged it for me:

https://i.postimg.cc/BQBWcJqT/IMG-1172.jpg

some more cool history and photos here https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/chinese-baseball/

https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/chinese-baseball/#jp-carousel-14595

Imanaga’s little side glance to his interpreter at David Cone calling him “Imaga-san” amused me

https://streamable.com/ol0g6k

love this picture of the hovering glove of the Cardinals’ Michael Siani as he tried to catch yesterday’s walk off home run by the Mets Mark Vientos

https://ibb.co/3cYQBWP

That was an exciting walk-off - and happy for the Mets & Vientos

the twins lucky sausage is the most exciting storyline in the mlb right now

Yes!

https://www.mlb.com/news/lucky-summer-sausage-keys-twins-seven-game-win-streak

Fwiw before I looked it up I had never heard the term “summer sausage”.

Always shocked to find the power relationship between MLB and BEES(!) leans towards the bees.

Now that I think of it, there’s not many human institutions that can’t be overpowered with a swarm of bees. Need to get my bee guy to congress, stat

Dodgers commentators speculating perhaps the Dbacks planted the bees to shake up their losing streak. I’m buying it

Nice finds 龜

xps to 龜!

MLB is proud to celebrate Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and the many contributors to our great game from the AAPI community. #AAPIHeritageMonth pic.twitter.com/qOsEAzacOp

— MLB (@MLB) May 1, 2024

Yamamoto got his ERA to a number starting with 2 as of today, and without that disaster in Korea it's a number starting with 1. That $325 mil starting to look a little less foolish. The dark void I used to feel in my stomach whenever he gave up a hit has gone. Man is looking far more locked in and like a real ace. Now rocking 4 shutouts in 7 starts

Soler power

Jorge Soler annihilated his bat after hitting a laser right at Rafael Devers 😬 pic.twitter.com/1gsRruvMZC

— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) May 2, 2024

Lawrence pitched a perfect ninth for the Rockies, then strikes out the first batter he faces in the 10th and is pulled. But there's an automatic runner on second, and so Lawrence gets the loss after the next reliever blows it. Such a bizarre rule!

i hate it