MLB '24 Regular Season Thread

In other news, Paul Skenes has overtaken Jackson Holliday as the No. 1 prospect in baseball, according to ESPN.

Updated top 50 MLB prospect rankings: There's a new No. 1 on our list

 

He's going to be appointment viewing until the elbow goes pop.

 

One you make the majors, don't you cease to be a prospect? You're a major-leaguer.

 

No. Service time is a thing that matters.

 

The shine hasn’t worn off the quicker games for me. The key was eliminating the four hour games that aren’t high-scoring games. I’m fine if it goes four hours when 20 runs are scored. The problem was 5-2 games that were taking up that much time.

Add in 6:10 starts in Cleveland and most nights the game is over by 9 p.m. before I even start my shift. It’s been a revolutionary change for my viewing habits.

My wife watches the Cubs and those 8 p.m. starts are now finish-able. It worked.

 

Nah. Theo Epstein is the anti-Christ.

 

Angels finally play games within their division and win 2 of 3 in both Texas and Houston.

It's the third and fourth series they've won this season.

 

Both these measures can be correct. Some places (mostly team-specific sites) consider a player a prospect only until he debuts in the majors. Others do so until he reaches one of the 130 AB/50 IP/60 days of service thresholds. I subscribe to the latter, but YMMV.

 

Yeah, I've always gone by the official rookie designation.

 

I think the Holliday kid WILL be very good.
I think the Skenes kid IS very good.

 

Royals with their best record through 50 games since pre-George.

 

The two they lost in the Lone Star state were both winnable if they'd gotten one clutch hit in both.