~2024 MLB Thread~

[ELA]

I saw a movie just like that.

The movie was better

[FearlessF]

April 18, 1958: Before a crowd of 78,672 at the Coliseum, the Dodgers play their first game in Los Angeles and defeat the San Francisco Giants, 6-5:

[ELA]

And in "moves by owners who certainly aren't cheap", the Diamondbacks DFAd Bumgarner, and will have to eat the remaining $34 million on his contract.

[FearlessF]

Shohei Ohtani struck out the side on 12 pitches in the first inning Friday night, throwing sweepers that broke horizontally like Frisbees and punctuating them with a 98.7-mph fastball.

Ohtani struck out a season-high 11 and allowed two hits over seven innings, and fill-in catcher Chad Wallach hit a two-run homer in Los Angeles' 2-0 victory.

Ohtani has given up two runs and eight hits over 28 innings with 38 strikeouts while lowering his ERA to 0.64 — the lowest in franchise history through a pitcher's first five starts. Ohtani also extended his franchise record with his 12th consecutive start allowing two runs or fewer.

After issuing a leadoff walk in the sixth, Ohtani fanned six in a row to secure his major league-best 12th double-digit strikeout game since the start of 2022.

[OrangeAfroMan]

And in "moves by owners who certainly aren't cheap", the Diamondbacks DFAd Bumgarner, and will have to eat the remaining $34 million on his contract.

I have no idea what they expected when they signed him.  There were exactly zero data points suggesting it was a good idea.

[MarqHusker]

Brewers hosting 9 vs old AL mates including 6 vs ole AL east clubs.  Crew playing like those mid 80s clubs

[ELA]

I have no idea what they expected when they signed him.  There were exactly zero data points suggesting it was a good idea.

The athletic did a study of the 20 largest AAV pitching contracts of the past decade. And I was surprised that in general, it was about a 50-50 split as to whether they were team friendly or not. But the major caveat was that guys who came up young, and their big contract was not their first, but their second, like MadBum, were the terrible ones.  Scherzer was the only one that held up.  The guys on a more normal schedule, actually generally wound up deserving the deal

[MarqHusker]

that deal was very un-AZ like, had the stink of 'owner' wants a splashy signing.   having said that, pretty staggering drop from a really nice four ish year peak.

on the other hand, they ought to ship him and Brian McCann to a fun camp somewhere far away.

[Cincydawg]

[longhorn320]

Have they recovered from the Astros visit?

[Cincydawg]

I think so, I'm friends with two of those guys.

[OrangeAfroMan]

My autographed Steve Avery rookie card didn't pan out.....

[MarqHusker]

We should pair it up with my autographed baseball from Henry Blanco.

[Cincydawg]

Avery is a pretty cool dude.  He can't throw much any more of course.  

Two nights ago the Braves came back late to cover a 4 run deficit and win, last night they blew a 4-0 lead in the 9th.