[2024] MLB Season Discussion Thread

[rktaker]

big signing late last night with Corbin signing with the diamondbacks also probably the biggest surprise that he went to Arizona I guess they didn’t learn from signing Jordan Montgomery last year . apparently the Blue Jays and Giants offered him more money but there is a bigger tax difference in Arizona. be also lives in Phoenix so being able to stay home during spring training and the regular season appealed to him more

 

[rktaker]

everyone knew how devastated he sounded after the Brewers got eliminated from the playoffs this sucks

 

[Jon]

everyone knew how devastated he sounded after the Brewers got eliminated from the playoffs this sucks

Man was still the best part of the Major League movies.

 

[A Fifth of a Million]

Man was still the best part of the Major League movies.

The movie without Bob Uecker

The movie with Bob Uecker

 

[rktaker]

there's a lot of discourse over in Mets fandom right now since reports have come out that Mets are looking to move on from Pete Alonso since they can't come up with a deal. Mets offered him 3 years/68-70 mil and Boras, Alonso's agent countered with 3 years/95 mil with opt outs which the Mets have seemed to reject. so now Mets fans are debating whether the mets should keep on trying to sign Pete or not with some people feel it would be a waste if he's not signed since the Mets got Soto.

I should remind everyone that 4 months ago Mets fans wanted Pete GONE. now all of the sudden the Mets are punting the season if they don't sign Pete. like what's gonna happen if the Mets sign Pete and he strikes out 225 times and hits 20 homers those same people gonna turn on him again?

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Alonso is why I dislike WAR and people's overrelance on a single stat.

Dude has a 2.6 WAR, which suggests he is a useful player. The only thing he does is hit homeruns, but he's a slugger who failed to slug 500 or better. The man doesn't get doubles. He had 146 hits, and only 65 were extra base hits. That's 44.5%.

Stanton, who had just a miserable season, had 97 hits and 47 were extra base hits. Good for 48.4%. Stanton had a better mash rate than Alonso.

Alonso also, doesn't steal bases, strikes out a ton, and doesn't walk enough for a slugger type hitter. He's also useless on defense. He has a nice -1.1 dWAR.

Alonso's stats were almost all career worst. You don't pay a man coming off a career worst season like that 31 million a year. Boras can fuck right off.

 

[MC74]

Roki Sasaki down to "two" teams. Dodgers & Toronto are the final two teams.

In other words, the Dodgers got him.

 

[Jon]

Roki Sasaki down to "two" teams. Dodgers & Toronto are the final two teams.

In other words, the Dodgers got him.

I'm so tired of the same 3-4 teams always getting players. So over it.

 

[rktaker]

I'm so tired of the same 3-4 teams always getting players. So over it.

if it makes you feel better if the Mets do in fact move on from Alonso he won't be going to NY, or LA. also you know what will solve the problem of the same 3-4 teams getting players? more owners spending money

 

[rktaker]

also in the case of Roki it's different because in international free agency you only have a certain amount of money you can spend to get someone

 

[Jon]

if it makes you feel better if the Mets do in fact move on from Alonso he won't be going to NY, or LA. also you know what will solve the problem of the same 3-4 teams getting players? more owners spending money

It's the luxury tax. Small market teams have zero incentive to spend when the big market teams spending pays them.

Look at the red sox. They are a big market team, spending like a small market team and making out for it. They have no incentive to spend, even if they "try" to.

 

[rktaker]

It's the luxury tax. Small market teams have zero incentive to spend when the big market teams spending pays them.

Look at the red sox. They are a big market team, spending like a small market team and making out for it. They have no incentive to spend, even if they "try" to.

well then that’s on the small market owners then. not on the owners that are actually spend spending money. hell Cohen is pretty much paying for the Athletics entire team and they’re doing nothing with it

 

[Jon]

well then that’s on the small market owners then. not on the owners that are actually spend spending money. hell Cohen is pretty much paying for the Athletics entire team and they’re doing nothing with it

It's still on the big market teams too. Without a hard cap, those guys can spend whatever they want (and can). Small market teams can't compete and the rosters show that. MLB has essentially become 5-6 teams and every other team is merely a minor league team for them.

Baseball HAS to have slipped under both football and basketball in the major 4 sports at this point. And I'd argue hockey has always been more entertaining. But its things like this that are why. If not for the TV deals signed many years ago, baseball would be in trouble.

 

[rktaker]

It's still on the big market teams too. Without a hard cap, those guys can spend whatever they want (and can). Small market teams can't compete and the rosters show that. MLB has essentially become 5-6 teams and every other team is merely a minor league team for them.

Baseball HAS to have slipped under both football and basketball in the major 4 sports at this point. And I'd argue hockey has always been more entertaining. But its things like this that are why. If not for the TV deals signed many years ago, baseball would be in trouble.

you say that but the world series two years ago was between Arizona and Texas they're not exactly big market powerhouses. also while Baseball isn't as popular as Football or Basketball anymore Viewership is growing again and they just had their most watched world series in a long time. ( which I admit is good for the sport even if I hate the two teams that were in it)

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[shortkut]

you say that but the world series two years ago was between Arizona and Texas they're not exactly big market powerhouses. also while Baseball isn't as popular as Football or Basketball anymore Viewership is growing again and they just had their most watched world series in a long time. ( which I admit is good for the sport even if I hate the two teams that were in it)

MLB Finishes 2024 Season With Highest Attendance in Seven Years

NATIONAL VIEWERSHIP INCREASES ACROSS MLB TV PARTNERS Double Digit Growth in 18-34 Audience Achieved by ESPN, FS1 and MLB Network MLB.TV SETS NEW RECORD FOR STREAMING MINUTES WATCHED 28 Most-Watched Games on MLB.TV Have Occurred Since New Rules Were Instituted Mets Postseason Clincher Ranks as...

www.mlb.com

Baseball is a regional sport

 

[rktaker]

Baseball is a regional sport

ok doesn't change that audience for it is growing regardless

 

[rktaker]

well it’s official Roki is going to the Dodgers on a minor league contract so making league minimum for the next 3 years