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

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

No time for that Kyle Farnsworth is a bodybuilder now

his title is Professor; show some respect

Brent Rooker - Oakland (sic) Athletics DH - 2 HRs in the 3rd inning.

the a's are about to be .500 after they finish murdering the phish today. I didn't think they'd be this competitive.

Fisher said win a ring and MAYBE I'll turn this car around

if the a's won, fisher would give them old-school pop-can tabs for rings

He’d probably ship all the players out for making him look bad

Noted #1 star of the Dodgers and epitome of the Baseball Body, Max Muncy with a 3hr night

DO IT MUNCE

Also for those unaware, Andy Pages has been the most entertaining player on the Dodgers since he was called up a week or so ago. He has a .338 average in 65 PA but with 0 walks, and an absolute disgust for balls thrown of the plate. Last night he walked off the braves in a 4 hit game after winning the award for “ball fouled off furthest from the plate in a game H.P. has watched”. Man absolutely REFUSES to be walked.

https://i.postimg.cc/52gDh90c/IMG-0497.jpg

Like look at pitch 7? Just disgusting

Probably only a couple of pitchers currently in the league I ever wish an actual shelling on (Chapman, Germán) and one of them (Clevinger) has given up 3 runs to Tampa after two innings and 46 pitches. Hoping for more of the same till he gets pulled.