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

i think you have to also factor in that the Cubs are being carried by their starting rotation so far this season - their bullpen has been bad, their offense and defense have been subpar, and they're still contenders. Javier Assad has a 1.49 ERA and somehow Jameson Taillon has a 2.20 ERA. Justin Steele's numbers aren't great but he hasn't been off the IL long.

In 1998, my first classroom ever, a grade 3 kid named Ranger Goyette told me that kids needed to feel the "flow of freedom." So I'm already a big Ranger Suárez fan.

if your team is in the NL East, ranger Suarez has been a constant fixture for the Phils for 5-6 years.

Ranger went undrafted in the ILB fantasy league which is a relatively deep league imho.

(xpost) I saw that when I checked his career log--even had a great swing year in 2021. Whenever I say I haven't heard of such-and-such, it always has more to do with my tunnel vision than the player in question.

We’re only two or so years removed from the Mets playing their divisional rivals like 18 times a year, so I got to know those lesser known team members pretty well. I’d end up saying things like “What do you mean people don’t know about Roman Quinn? I can’t get away from him.”

the Cubs are being carried by their starting rotation so far this season

except for kyle henricks, alas

Imanaga and Assad and pray for raincloud

Speaking of pleasantly suprsing elite pitching:

Chris Sale

Currently riding 20 straight scoreless innings + .86 WHIP + 2.22 ERA

Imanaga and Assad and pray for raincloud

Bee OK vs mookieproof for the next three days. Both club are treading water and pretty much have the same record going in. Was looking forward to Bart vs Bailey but that isn't happening.

Whose starting against Skenes? TBD on mlb.com

It should be Harrison.

Unless Snell goes instead but he is supposed to go Wednesday.

Is Bailey still on the concussion IL?

Yeah and I think it might be awhile until we see him again, unfortunately. Get well Patrick as your head health is too important to rush.

ugh looks like yamamoto won't be scheduled to pitch against the mets next week but maybe glasnow will?

That lineup is a joke though. Matt Chapman batting cleanup?!

xp I’m not gonna see Senga in London, am I

May 20: RHP Kodai Senga skips bullpen session
Scheduled to throw a bullpen on Sunday, Senga postponed it due to a bout of tightness he began feeling in his right triceps. The Mets don't consider the issue serious and expect Senga to throw a bullpen by the end of the week. But it represents yet another delay in the progression of Senga, who was originally diagnosed with a shoulder capsule strain in late February.

"We continue to deal with a unique athlete," manager Carlos Mendoza said Monday. "He just doesn't want to push it. Yesterday, he felt like it wasn't the day for him to get on the mound and let it all out. We just decided to be patient about it, and we'll continue to work with him."

Thanks Bee. Fingers crossed Snell for my watching joy.

Xxp Glasnow should start game 2 in that series. Don't sleep on Stone game 1 or Paxton game 3 either, they're both having great months.

I wouldn't bat Matt Chapman clean-up for my pickup softball team (if I had one, which I don't).

Oh yeah and Conforto is injured too along with Lee and Bailey.

i hope you get to see the troll! although i think he just started strength training on the thumb and will still be out for another month xp

Bee OK vs mookieproof

bad bullpen fite

and there was noooooooooooo doubt about it

Doval continuing where he left off last year sadly

There was no way the Giants were going to win this game. They haven't won more than two games in a row, they pushed it to four. No way they were going five.

i have never seen a more impressive way to rationalize blowing a four-run lead in the ninth <3

haha

In a season where everyone is talking about Ohtani & Betts, Kyle Tucker has quietly snuck past them to the top of the fWAR leaderboard (still waiting for BRef to update their data where he might sneak past Betts for the top bWAR spot).

The notorious slow-starter is already hitting .293/.425/.649, leading MLB in both HRs & BBs, his [Removed Illegal Link] is a sea of RED... except for 2 areas which exposes flaws of statcast:

Statcast rates Tucker 9/100 (!) in baserunning value & 30/100 in sprint speed which suggests Tucker is a liability on the basepaths.

Yet the opposite could not be more true. Tucker is #10 among MLB SB leaders with a perfect 100% SB%.

Illegal link: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/kyle-tucker-663656?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb

(still waiting for BRef to update their data where he might sneak past Betts for the top bWAR spot)

ok bref finally updated and Tucker is indeed #1 in both sites' WAR calcs.

Incidentally, Tucker already has two HOF'ers--Walker and Stargell--on his through-age-26 Similarity Score list.

the Royals are 31-19 and are looking to win their sixth straight game today, cole ragans has struck out 12 over 6 innings and had a no-hitter going through 5 2/3

I hate baseball

are you sure you don't just hate blake snell

or Scott "skip camp and hold out for more $$$, who cares if you suck until June" Boras?

oh shastapaws

Jared Jones is really special, I’d love to have seen him in person, but I respected mookie’s wishes 🙃

if only user (redacted) had done the same : /

They did come back after that Snell mess but tied going into the 10th. The Giants will find a to lose this.

chin up, the mets have hit 6 home runs in the last two games and still lost both. it could be worse.

I'm usually positive but this years team drives me nuts.

Thank God for Patrick Bailey!

suddenly you are leading

Are the Philthies for real? Or did I see someone post recently that they've had an unusually cush first 2 months schedule? [citation needed]

bad bullpen fite

― mookieproof, Tuesday, May 21, 2024 9:36 PM (yesterday)

Classic

Grand slam surely