2023 MLB Season ⚾

[JGibson]

This is the thread for the happenings of the 2023 MLB season, from the Cooperstown Ballot on to the World Series. The Houston Astros are your World Series Champions. Scott Rolen was the only one to get inducted into the Cooperstown via the BBWAA ballot. Fred McGriff also got inducted via the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot.

 

Also, during spring training, the 2023 World Baseball Classic will be held. It was delayed from 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States are your defending champions.

 

The 2022 season was the first to have the NL adopt the DH on a permanent basis, after temporarily adopting it during the COVID-shortened 2020 season. This past season featured an expanded playoffs, where 6 teams per league make it in (3 division winners + 3 wild cards) for a total of 12 teams. That meant that the game 163 tiebreakers are extinct.

 

The upcoming 2023 season will feature some big rule changes, including the banning of the shift, introduction of the pitch clock (15 seconds with bases empty, 20 seconds with at least one runner on base), a limit of 2 disengagements (aka pickoff attempts) without penalty per plate appearance, and a balanced schedule where every team plays everybody at least one series a season, akin to the NHL.

 

 

 

 

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Depth Charts, via MLB

 

 

2022 Standings

American League   AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road (2) New York Yankees 99 63 0.611 — 57–24 42–39 (4) Toronto Blue Jays 92 70 0.568 7 47–34 45–36 (6) Tampa Bay Rays 86 76 0.531 13 51–30 35–46 Baltimore Orioles 83 79 0.512 16 45–36 38–43 Boston Red Sox 78 84 0.481 21 43–38 35–46   AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road (3) Cleveland Guardians 92 70 0.568 — 46–35 46–35 Chicago White Sox 81 81 0.500 11 37–44 44–37 Minnesota Twins 78 84 0.481 14 46–35 32–49 Detroit Tigers 66 96 0.407 26 36–46 30–50 Kansas City Royals 65 97 0.401 27 39–42 26–55   AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road (1) Houston Astros 106 56 0.654 — 55–26 51–30 (5) Seattle Mariners 90 72 0.556 16 46–35 44–37 Los Angeles Angels 73 89 0.451 33 40–41 33–48 Texas Rangers 68 94 0.420 38 34–47 34–47 Oakland Athletics 60 102 0.370 46 29–51 31–51

National League   NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road (2) Atlanta Braves 101 61 0.623 — 55–26 46–35 (4) New York Mets 101 61 0.623 — 54–27 47–34 (6) Philadelphia Phillies 87 75 0.537 14 47–34 40–41 Miami Marlins 69 93 0.426 32 34–47 35–46 Washington Nationals 55 107 0.340 46 26–55 29–52   NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road (3) St. Louis Cardinals 93 69 0.574 — 53–28 40–41 Milwaukee Brewers 86 76 0.531 7 46–35 40–41 Chicago Cubs 74 88 0.457 19 37–44 37–44 Pittsburgh Pirates 62 100 0.383 31 34–47 28–53 Cincinnati Reds 62 100 0.383 31 33–48 29–52   NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road (1) Los Angeles Dodgers 111 51 0.685 — 57–24 54–27 (5) San Diego Padres 89 73 0.549 22 44–37 45–36 San Francisco Giants 81 81 0.500 30 44–37 37–44 Arizona Diamondbacks 74 88 0.457 37 40–41 34–47 Colorado Rockies 68 94 0.420 43 41–40 27–54

 

 

 

2022 Postseason

Wild Card Series (ALWCS, NLWCS)					Division Series (ALDS, NLDS)					Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS)					World Series
						1	Houston	3
	4	Toronto	0			5	Seattle	0
	5	Seattle	2			American League					1	Houston	4
											2	NY Yankees	0
						2	NY Yankees	3
	3	Cleveland	2			3	Cleveland	2
	6	Tampa Bay	0													AL1	Houston	4
																NL6	Philadelphia	2
						1	LA Dodgers	1
	4	NY Mets	1			5	San Diego	3
	5	San Diego	2			National League					5	San Diego	1
											6	Philadelphia	4
						2	Atlanta	1
	3	St. Louis	0			6	Philadelphia	3
	6	Philadelphia	2

 

 

 

2022 All-Star Game:

                                 1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    R    H    E
American League    0    0    0    3    0    0    0    0    0    3    8    1
National League      2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2    5    0

 

 

2022 MLB Draft (1st Round):

First round

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School / Team
1	Jackson Holliday	Baltimore Orioles	Shortstop	Stillwater High School (OK)
2	Druw Jones	Arizona Diamondbacks	Outfielder	Wesleyan School (GA)
3	Kumar Rocker	Texas Rangers	Pitcher	Tri-City ValleyCats (Frontier League)
4	Termarr Johnson	Pittsburgh Pirates	Shortstop	Mays High School (GA)
5	Elijah Green	Washington Nationals	Outfielder	IMG Academy (FL)
6	Jacob Berry	Miami Marlins	Outfielder	LSU
7	Cade Horton	Chicago Cubs	Pitcher	Oklahoma
8	Brooks Lee	Minnesota Twins	Third baseman	Cal Poly
9	Gavin Cross	Kansas City Royals	Outfielder	Virginia Tech
10	Gabriel Hughes	Colorado Rockies	Pitcher	Gonzaga
11	Kevin Parada	New York Mets[Compensation 1]	Catcher	Georgia Tech
12	Jace Jung	Detroit Tigers	Second baseman	Texas Tech
13	Zach Neto	Los Angeles Angels	Shortstop	Campbell
14	Jett Williams	New York Mets	Shortstop	Rockwall-Heath High School (TX)
15	Dylan Lesko	San Diego Padres	Pitcher	Buford High School (GA)
16	Chase DeLauter	Cleveland Guardians	Outfielder	James Madison
17	Justin Crawford	Philadelphia Phillies	Outfielder	Bishop Gorman High School (NV)
18	Cam Collier	Cincinnati Reds	Third baseman	Chipola College
19	Daniel Susac	Oakland Athletics	Catcher	Arizona
20	Owen Murphy	Atlanta Braves	Pitcher	Riverside Brookfield High School (IL)
21	Cole Young	Seattle Mariners	Shortstop	North Allegheny High School (PA)
22	Cooper Hjerpe	St. Louis Cardinals	Pitcher	Oregon State
23	Brandon Barriera	Toronto Blue Jays	Pitcher	American Heritage School (FL)
24	Mikey Romero	Boston Red Sox	Shortstop	Orange Lutheran High School (CA)
25	Spencer Jones	New York Yankees	Outfielder	Vanderbilt
26	Noah Schultz	Chicago White Sox	Pitcher	Oswego East High School (IL)
27	Eric Brown	Milwaukee Brewers	Shortstop	Coastal Carolina
28	Drew Gilbert	Houston Astros	Outfielder	Tennessee
29	Xavier Isaac	Tampa Bay Rays	First baseman	East Forsyth High School (NC)
30	Reggie Crawford	San Francisco Giants	Pitcher / First baseman	UConn

Compensatory round

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
31	Sterlin Thompson	Colorado Rockies[Compensation 2]	Outfielder	Florida
32	Sal Stewart	Cincinnati Reds[Compensation 3]	Third baseman	Westminster Christian School (FL)

Competitive Balance Round A

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
33	Dylan Beavers	Baltimore Orioles	Outfielder	California
34	Landon Sims	Arizona Diamondbacks	Pitcher	Mississippi State
35	JR Ritchie	Atlanta Braves[Trades 1]	Pitcher	Bainbridge High School (WA)
36	Thomas Harrington	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pitcher	Campbell
37	Justin Campbell	Cleveland Guardians	Pitcher	Oklahoma State
38	Jordan Beck	Colorado Rockies	Outfielder	Tennessee
39	Robby Snelling	San Diego Padres	Pitcher	Robert McQueen High School (NV)

 

 

 

2022 Thread:

 

 

 

[JGibson]

2023 BBWAA ballot update: Scott Rolen barely cleared the 75% mark for induction, and Todd Helton came close. Jeff Kent gets kicked off after 10 years eligible, and his fate lies in the Contemporary Era Committee.

 

 

 

[pride4jc1222]

We’re going to have a normal spring training for the first time since 2019. The last 3 years were altered by the pandemic and lockout.

[JGibson]

1 hour ago, pride4jc1222 said:

We’re going to have a normal spring training for the first time since 2019. The last 3 years were altered by the pandemic and lockout.

There's the issue of the World Baseball Classic this year, which was delayed 2 years due to COVID. Next year would be the first normal spring training without any distractions.