MLB 2024

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It's time again for Major League Baseball. :D

MLB 2024 spring training kicks off tomorrow (Thursday Feb 22) with the LA Dodgers vs San Diego Padres.

Not sure if Shohei Ohtani will be playing but he was taking batting practice a few days ago.

4 more games on Friday, as well as a couple of exhibition games....Northeastern Huskies vs Boston Red Sox, then Minnesota Golden Gophers vs Minnesota Twins

The Toronto Blue Jays and most other teams start their spring training games on Saturday Feb 24th.

Go Jays Go!

cheers
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Spring training ended yesterday which was enjoyable as one normally doesn't get to see the minor league top prospects from the A, A+, AA and AAA teams.

All the Toronto Blue Jay games were telecasted on Sports Network plus a few others games from the pineapple league, so it's been baseball almost everyday. The Jays didn't do great .443 (13 wins 17 loses) but as they say it's just the pre-season.

Some new players for the Jays, including Justin Turner and Isiah Kiner-Falfea but lost Whit Merrifield to Philly

The Baltimore Orioles were clearly the top MLB team with .793 (23 wins 6 loses), the Tigers & Red Sox finished well with .690 & .613

The LA Dodgers finished in top place the the NL with .667 (14 wins 7 loses) but we will see what happens with the Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal.

Pete Rose quote "Well, back in the 70s and 80s, I wish I'd had an interpreter. I'd be scot-free."

This is quite the blackeye for both the Dodgers and MLB....I would laugh if they suspend Ohtani but they likely won't.

The 2024 regular season starts Thursday March 28th
 
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ISK said:
Spring training ended yesterday which was enjoyable as one normally doesn't get to see the minor league top prospects from the A, A+, AA and AAA teams.

All the Toronto Blue Jay games were telecasted on Sports Network plus a few others games from the pineapple league, so it's been baseball almost everyday. The Jays didn't do great .443 (13 wins 17 loses) but as they say it's just the pre-season.

Some new players for the Jays, including Justin Turner and Isiah Kiner-Falfea but lost Whit Merrifield to Philly

The Baltimore Orioles were clearly the top MLB team with .793 (23 wins 6 loses), the Tigers & Red Sox finished well with .690 & .613

The LA Dodgers finished in top place the the NL with .667 (14 wins 7 loses) but we will see what happens with the Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal.

Pete Rose quote "Well, back in the 70s and 80s, I wish I'd had an interpreter. I'd be scot-free."

This is quite the blackeye for both the Dodgers and MLB....I would laugh if they suspend Ohtani but they likely won't.

The 2024 regular season starts Thursday March 28th
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Unless you are a Red Sox fan
Season doesn’t start till at least a year later
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Herb & Suds said:
Unless you are a Red Sox fan
Season doesn’t start till at least a year later
:oops:
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The Red Sox did well in spring training, and beat the 2023 World Series champions Texas Rangers twice (in Arlington) to wrap up the pre-season.

I think the Red Sox will do better this year than the previous years, but likely not enough to make the playoffs.
 
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Did anyone see the Rockies @ D-backs....16-1

The D-backs scored 14 runs in the 3rd inning, they set a record for runs scored on an opening day game
 
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ISK said:
The Red Sox did well in spring training, and beat the 2023 World Series champions Texas Rangers twice (in Arlington) to wrap up the pre-season.

I think the Red Sox will do better this year than the previous years, but likely not enough to make the playoffs.
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Yeah I didn’t see this start coming
 
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Yeah I didn’t see this start coming
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The Red Sox are in the toughest division in the MLB, and currently they are .543 which is quite respectable.....unlike the Blue Jays who are looking on the sad side at .457.

Surprising is the AL central, which all doing very good except for the hopeless White Sox
 
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Yea doubtful on the sweep(baseball politics) . Yea 100 not worried about Philly …Only worry is the management staff . The lack of rings at this point in time is deafening .
 
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Yea doubtful on the sweep(baseball politics) . Yea 100 not worried about Philly …Only worry is the management staff . The lack of rings at this point in time is deafening .
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Yankees won the game which was a very entertaining game....but the Mets beat Philly (in London UK) which was also an excellent game.

Then watched the Blue Jays beat the A's in Oakland...what a dreadful stadium, likely the worst baseball park in North America..... and the constant beating of a drum was almost as annoying as the car alarm that went off 20 times.

In ways I feel sorry for the folks in Oakland, losing both the Raiders and soon the A's, but they just couldn't/wouldn't get their shit together on building new stadiums for each team.
 
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When the Toronto Blue Jays play the Mariners in Seattle it's like no other game, as about 50% of the crowd are Canadians cheering for the Jays.

They call it the northern invasion, as about 18,000 to 20,000 western Canadian fans ascend upon Seattle to cheer for our "one nation" team.

Typically the home team has the overwhelming support of the fans but in this case the cheers are even louder for the Blue Jays as the Canadian fans are extremely pumped with the opportunity to watch the Jays in a live MLB game.

In the past, the Mariners have had more success in this battle but this year the Blue Jays won 2 of the 3 games and every game was won by a single run, so the entertainment value was high.

The Seattle fans may not enjoy this series but the front office, hotels & restaurants love the surge of business.
 
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The trade deadline has come and past, and what a hit the Blue Jays took as they now look like a AAA team.

They traded 4 pitchers: Yimi Garcia (to Seattle), Nate Pearson (to the Cubs), Yusei Kikuchi (to Houston) and Trevor Richards (to the Twins)

Also traded catcher Danny Jansen (to Boston), DH Justin Turner (to Seattle), outfielder Kevin Kiermier (to the Dodgers), but the worst of all was trading Isiah Kiner-Falefa (to Pittsburg).

IKF was having his very best year ever....it made no sense trading him as he's an absolute winner in my books.

So that's it for the Blue Jays for 2024 and I don't see 2025 looking any better.
 
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ISK said:
The trade deadline has come and past, and what a hit the Blue Jays took as they now look like a AAA team.

They traded 4 pitchers: Yimi Garcia (to Seattle), Nate Pearson (to the Cubs), Yusei Kikuchi (to Houston) and Trevor Richards (to the Twins)

Also traded catcher Danny Jansen (to Boston), DH Justin Turner (to Seattle), outfielder Kevin Kiermier (to the Dodgers), but the worst of all was trading Isiah Kiner-Falefa (to Pittsburg).

IKF was having his very best year ever....it made no sense trading him as he's an absolute winner in my books.

So that's it for the Blue Jays for 2024 and I don't see 2025 looking any better.
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Unless a bunch of the prospects they’ve gotten turn into gems.. Vladdy and Bo are both inconsistent and unreliable.. but ya, 2025 not looking good..

front office for the bjs sucks…..
 
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