MLB '24 Regular Season Thread

With the draft coming up I'm curious what to make of how MLB will "work" with the NIL a thing now. Will they have to raise their offers to players? Defer to the colleges and figure they can save a few backs (something MLB loves to do) and just continue focusing on college players who have a few years under their belt? If you are a player coming out of HS, you know what the market for your services is - Team A is offering X, can the college match it?

 

Are following runs earned if a HBP keeps an inning alive?

 

Yuppers.

 

The White Sox actually showed a pulse on offense and had decent starting pitching against the Cubs. Then the bullpen was called upon.

I believe that is now 16 losses in which the White Sox were ahead by two or more runs in the game. About one-third of their total (so far).

A new sign at Guaranteed Comiskey Park needs to read, “Abandon all hope ye who enter here.”

 

I want a documentary on the White Sox from 2021-2024. From the team that was supposed to own the American League for a decade to…this.

 

because of bonus pools, teams know what kids will sign for before the draft to work within the total allotment they have. It's why you'll see kids rated/ranked highly and its the fourth round and they are still on the board. Teams already know what will take and it's out of their range.

 

@Hermes … On the plus side, the other team I follow, the Mariners, certainly could make room for Luis Robert in their lineup.

 

Starring Kenny Williams as the Grim Reaper.

 

Yep. Teams aren't taking a high schooler in the first round (or even second round probably) if they don't know that they're going to sign them. Plus, high school pitchers would be unwise to go to college with the way coaches overuse them.

 

The White Sox really whiffed with their new announcer hire. He’s awful.

 

The Yankees and Phillies are both on pace to win 113 games. The Orioles could improve their win total from last year and still finish 10 games back in the AL East. Yeesh.

 

The safest prediction of the year is that neither the Yanks nor Phils will maintain that pace. Each club is due for a mean reversion pretty soon, and I say that as a Phillies fan.