JGibson Posted January 11 Posted January 11 This is the thread for the happenings of the 2024 MLB season, from the Cooperstown Ballot on to the World Series. The Texas Rangers won their 1st ever World Series Pennant. This upcoming season will be the last season the A's play in Oakland, as they are set to relocate to Las Vegas. This upcoming season will continue to have the RSN crisis unfold that began last season, especially with the Bally RSNs. A couple of key rule changes will take effect for next year: mound visits will be cut to 4, the runners' lane on the first base side will be widened to include the fair ball side of the foul line. The pitch clock time is being further modified when runners on base, reduced to 18 from 20 seconds. USEFUL WEBSITES Official Website of Major League Baseball [English] Official Website of Major League Baseball [Spanish] MLB Trade Rumors FanGraphs (analysis + historical data) Baseball-Reference (historical data) Cot's Baseball Contracts (contract data) Baseball Prospectus (analysis) ESPN Beyond The Box Score (analysis) Roster Resource, via FanGraphs (transactions) Depth Charts, via MLB 2023 Standings American League AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road (1) Baltimore Orioles 101 61 0.623 — 49–32 52–29 (4) Tampa Bay Rays 99 63 0.611 2 53–28 46–35 (6) Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 0.549 12 43–38 46–35 New York Yankees 82 80 0.506 19 42–39 40–41 Boston Red Sox 78 84 0.481 23 39–42 39–42 AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road (3) Minnesota Twins 87 75 0.537 — 47–34 40–41 Detroit Tigers 78 84 0.481 9 37–44 41–40 Cleveland Guardians 76 86 0.469 11 42–39 34–47 Chicago White Sox 61 101 0.377 26 31–50 30–51 Kansas City Royals 56 106 0.346 31 33–48 23–58 AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road (2) Houston Astros 90 72 0.556 — 39–42 51–30 (5) Texas Rangers 90 72 0.556 — 50–31 40–41 Seattle Mariners 88 74 0.543 2 45–36 43–38 Los Angeles Angels 73 89 0.451 17 38–43 35–46 Oakland Athletics 50 112 0.309 40 26–55 24–57 National League NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road (1) Atlanta Braves 104 58 0.642 — 52–29 52–29 (4) Philadelphia Phillies 90 72 0.556 14 49–32 41–40 (5) Miami Marlins 84 78 0.519 20 46–35 38–43 New York Mets 75 87 0.463 29 43–38 32–49 Washington Nationals 71 91 0.438 33 34–47 37–44 NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road (3) Milwaukee Brewers 92 70 0.568 — 49–32 43–38 Chicago Cubs 83 79 0.512 9 45–36 38–43 Cincinnati Reds 82 80 0.506 10 38–43 44–37 Pittsburgh Pirates 76 86 0.469 16 39–42 37–44 St. Louis Cardinals 71 91 0.438 21 35–46 36–45 NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road (2) Los Angeles Dodgers 100 62 0.617 — 53–28 47–34 (6) Arizona Diamondbacks 84 78 0.519 16 43–38 41–40 San Diego Padres 82 80 0.506 18 44–37 38–43 San Francisco Giants 79 83 0.488 21 45–36 34–47 Colorado Rockies 59 103 0.364 41 37–44 22–59 2023 Postseason Wild Card Series (ALWCS, NLWCS) Division Series (ALDS, NLDS) Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) World Series 1 Baltimore 0 4 Tampa Bay 0 5 Texas 3 5 Texas 2 American League 5 Texas 4 2 Houston 3 2 Houston 3 3 Minnesota 2 3 Minnesota 1 6 Toronto 0 AL5 Texas 4 NL6 Arizona 1 1 Atlanta 1 4 Philadelphia 2 4 Philadelphia 3 5 Miami 0 National League 4 Philadelphia 3 6 Arizona 4 2 LA Dodgers 0 3 Milwaukee 0 6 Arizona 3 6 Arizona 2 2023 All-Star Game: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | R H E National League 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 | 3 9 0 American League 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2 7 1 2023 MLB Draft (1st Round): First round Pick Player Team Position School 1 Paul Skenes Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher LSU 2 Dylan Crews Washington Nationals Outfielder LSU 3 Max Clark Detroit Tigers Outfielder Franklin Community High School (IN) 4 Wyatt Langford Texas Rangers Outfielder Florida 5 Walker Jenkins Minnesota Twins Outfielder South Brunswick High School (NC) 6 Jacob Wilson Oakland Athletics Shortstop Grand Canyon 7 Rhett Lowder Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Wake Forest 8 Blake Mitchell Kansas City Royals Catcher Sinton High School (TX) 9 Chase Dollander Colorado Rockies Pitcher Tennessee 10 Noble Meyer Miami Marlins Pitcher Jesuit High School (OR) 11 Nolan Schanuel Los Angeles Angels First baseman Florida Atlantic 12 Tommy Troy Arizona Diamondbacks Shortstop Stanford 13 Matt Shaw Chicago Cubs Shortstop Maryland 14 Kyle Teel Boston Red Sox Catcher Virginia 15 Jacob Gonzalez Chicago White Sox Shortstop Ole Miss 16 Bryce Eldridge San Francisco Giants Two-way player James Madison High School (VA) 17 Enrique Bradfield Baltimore Orioles Outfielder Vanderbilt 18 Brock Wilken Milwaukee Brewers Third baseman Wake Forest 19 Brayden Taylor Tampa Bay Rays Shortstop TCU 20 Arjun Nimmala Toronto Blue Jays Shortstop Strawberry Crest High School (FL) 21 Chase Davis St. Louis Cardinals Outfielder Arizona 22 Colt Emerson Seattle Mariners Shortstop John Glenn High School (OH) 23 Ralphy Velazquez Cleveland Guardians Catcher Huntington Beach High School (CA) 24 Hurston Waldrep Atlanta Braves Pitcher Florida 25 Dillon Head San Diego Padres Outfielder Homewood-Flossmoor High School (IL) 26 George Lombard Jr. New York Yankees Shortstop Gulliver Preparatory School (FL) 27 Aidan Miller Philadelphia Phillies Shortstop J. 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Mitchell High School (FL) 28 Brice Matthews Houston Astros Shortstop Nebraska Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick Pick Player Team Position School 29 Jonny Farmelo Seattle Mariners[Incentive 1] Outfielder Westfield High School (VA) Competitive Balance Round A Pick Player Team Position School 30 Tai Peete Seattle Mariners Shortstop Trinity Christian School (GA) 31 Adrian Santana Tampa Bay Rays Shortstop Doral Academy Preparatory School (FL) 32 Colin Houck New York Mets Shortstop Parkview High School (GA) 33 Josh Knoth Milwaukee Brewers Pitcher Patchogue-Medford High School (NY) 34 Charlee Soto Minnesota Twins Pitcher Reborn Christian Academy (FL) 35 Thomas White Miami Marlins Pitcher Phillips Academy (MA) 36 Kendall George Los Angeles Dodgers Outfielder Atascocita High School (TX) 37 Kevin McGonigle Detroit Tigers Shortstop Bonner & Prendergast Catholic High School (PA) 38 Ty Floyd Cincinnati Reds Pitcher LSU 39 Myles Naylor Oakland Athletics Third baseman St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School (ON) 2023 Thread:
LanaDelSex Posted January 11 Posted January 11 has MLB found a temporary stadium for the A’s to play in while the new stadium is being built?
JGibson Posted January 14 Author Posted January 14 On 1/11/2024 at 5:16 AM, LanaDelSex said: has MLB found a temporary stadium for the A’s to play in while the new stadium is being built? Not yet. This upcoming season is likely the last in Oakland.
JGibson Posted January 23 Author Posted January 23 The 2024 Baseball Hall Of Fame results are now in: Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer all will be inducted this year in Cooperstown. Billy Wagner, in his 2nd-to-last year eligible, barely missed out on making it. Gary Sheffield ends his BBWAA eligibility with 63.9%, setting himself up for a chance to make it in via a committee. Andruw Jones got 61.6% and Carlos Beltrán got 57.1%, as both could stand to make further gains in future ballots. Chase Utley, Torii Hunter, Francisco Rodríguez, Mark Buehrle, and David Wright all gain another year on the ballot. Bartolo Colón and José Bautista won't appear on any future ballot with their sub-5% performance. #HOF2024
JGibson Posted February 10 Author Posted February 10 Corey Kluber, who won 2 Cy Youngs and threw a no-no, is retiring. MLB.com: Quote After 13 seasons in the big leagues, Corey Kluber is retiring. The two-time Cy Young winner took to Instagram on Friday afternoon to post his retirement announcement. He thanked everyone who has helped him during this journey in five paragraphs, but when he got to the end of his note, he left the door open to remain in baseball in another way.
discreetinside Posted April 8 Posted April 8 The way the see through pants was all of my TikTok timeline right now despite it happened back in February
JGibson Posted May 11 Author Posted May 11 Heads need to roll at Busch Stadium, as the Cardinals lose again for the 6th game in a row.
JGibson Posted May 28 Author Posted May 28 Happy that Ángel Hernández is finally retiring as an ump in the MLB.
JGibson Posted May 30 Author Posted May 30 Major League Baseball is recognizing the stats of 7 different Negro Leagues between 1920 and 1948 into the record book. This comes almost four years after the league announced that the leagues would be classified as Major Leagues. The seven leagues are as follows: • Negro National League (I) (1920–1931) • Eastern Colored League (1923–1928) • American Negro League (1929) • East-West League (1932) • Negro Southern League (1932) • Negro National League (II) (1933–1948) • Negro American League (1937–1948) Anthony Castrovince at MLB.com: Quote Major League Baseball's embrace of the Negro Leagues is now recognized in the record book, resulting in new-look leaderboards fronted in several prominent places by Hall of Famer Josh Gibson and an overdue appreciation of many other Black stars. Following the 2020 announcement that seven different Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 would be recognized as Major Leagues, MLB announced Wednesday that it has followed the recommendations of the independent Negro League Statistical Review Committee in absorbing the available Negro Leagues numbers into the official historical record.
JGibson Posted June 5 Author Posted June 5 5 MLB players were handed down suspensions for violating league rules regarding gambling, and Tucupita Marcano got handed a permanent ban from the league and the other 4 players got a one-year ban (Kelly, Groome, Rodríguez, Saalfrank). MLB.com: Quote Major League Baseball placed Padres infielder/outfielder Tucupita Marcano on the permanently ineligible list Tuesday for violating the league's sports betting rules and policies. Four other players received one-year suspensions for other gambling-related violations. Athletics right-handed pitcher Michael Kelly received a one-year suspension, as did Minor Leaguers Jay Groome (Padres left-handed pitcher), José Rodríguez (Phillies infielder) and Andrew Saalfrank (D-backs left-handed pitcher). The five players were disciplined for unrelated violations of the league's gambling policy following investigations by MLB's Department of Investigations.
pride4jc1222 Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Willie Mays, the greatest player ever passes away at age 93:
JGibson Posted July 17 Author Posted July 17 Teoscar Hernández won the 2024 Home Run Derby, beating Bobby Witt Jr. The AL beat the NL 5-3 in the All-Star Game.
JGibson Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 White Sox finally ended their 21-game losing streak a few days ago.
JGibson Posted August 30 Author Posted August 30 The 28-man roster part of the season is fast approaching. Still wish it would be 32-man (15 pitchers max).
JGibson Posted September 21 Author Posted September 21 Dodgers DH Shohei Ohtani became the first major leaguer to have a 50/50 season. That's 50 HRs and 50 SBs.
JGibson Posted September 28 Author Posted September 28 With the Chicago White Sox losing to the Detroit Tigers 4-1, the Pale Hose have broken the record for most losses in an MLB season with 121 and the Tigers clinch a playoff spot in the process.
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