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

Just to get annoyingly technical (unless this has changed), it was always 3.1 PA per team game played--so if your team lost a couple of games to weather, your floor would drop accordingly. And if they add an 0-for-however-many-PA-you're-short and you still have the highest BA, you win.

"You're right--that's annoyingly technical."

“You won’t believe how annoyingly technical this ILB gets, and that’s ok.”

In a strange coincidence, not one of these guys is on my fantasy team:

https://i.postimg.cc/z3Zt47xh/ballot.jpg

Probably my least defensible pick: Mountcastle over Josh Naylor. Not a big Naylor fan, even though he is Canadian.

AL first base is not a great position right now--there was a time when that was filled with MVP candidates.

Naylor for me in the absence of better (but less healthy) candidates. Though his season hasn’t lived up to his 2023 yet. Kyle Tucker is injured btw.

Edwin Diaz has received a 10-game suspension. He is allowed to appeal.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) June 24, 2024

Feel perfectly stupid for leaving Soto off. One of those things where I quickly skimmed the list, picked out Judge, Kwan, and Tucker right away, and said "That was easy." I'll vote again, removing Tucker (not because of the injury, though; I vote for who I think should start, whether they can or not).

CLE are #1 in W% (51-26) & #26th in payroll.

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

― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, April 25, 2024 6:01 AM (two months ago)

It took almost half the season but the Astros are now @ .500

guess who else is now @ .500 :-)

whoa and look who we’re playing next. thunderdome .500 - two teams enter one team leaves

What an awful prick.

Interesting timing for this right before tonight’s game. pic.twitter.com/x9gcBTqY89

— Bird’s Eye View - O's Pod ⚾️ 🎙️ (@BirdsEyeViewBal) June 27, 2024

Stunting like he's Aragorn, and this guy doesn't even have the strength required to lay off enough mid pitches to draw walks.

well i for one am impressed that someone of hays’ beliefs and profile is coming out so vocally around the issue of wearing protection during anal sex

Honestly the Mets clear every other team when it comes to Pride. Always multiple players wearing the shirts and Lindor leads by example.

Celebrating Pride 🏳️‍🌈 pic.twitter.com/wsobs33uDS

— New York Mets (@Mets) June 28, 2024

this rockies-white sox matchup is #elite

dakota hudson (2-10, 5.63) vs. drew thorpe (1-1, 5.02, fourth career start)

andrew benintendi (.199/.245/.308) batting second for the sox

tbf the only chicago starter with an OBP over .300 is tommy pham (.340) and he's leading off

classic matchup between the the stoppable force and the moveable object; anything could happen

Mitch Garver was catching for the Mariners today with Cal Raleigh DHing and Garver got hbp and had to leave the game. That meant Raleigh had to move to catcher, meaning the pitcher (Luis Castillo) entered the batting order.

A few nuggets on Luis Castillo’s at-bat, via @alexmayer34...

• It’s the first plate appearance by a Mariners pitcher since Chris Flexen on Sept. 5, 2021, at Arizona
• It’s the first plate appearance by a pitcher at T-Mobile Park since Oakland's Jason Hammel on Sept. 12, 2014 pic.twitter.com/FGihhJSv3s

— Daniel Kramer (@DKramer_) June 30, 2024

Luis Castillo's full at bat pic.twitter.com/gSnr0ixveR

— Cam 🔱 (@Camd3n_10) June 30, 2024

Didn't catch up with the whole Stroman/Torres/Judge thing from yesterday until today. Curious as to what mookieproof thought about that.

i am completely unaware of it

Okay. There are clips on YouTube if you search "Stroman Judge."