MLB 2024 Thread

[11husker23]

 

[Kaladin]

Shit is getting real

 

[Dawgsauce]

I don’t really have a team. Growing up in Nebraska (no team) then Colorado (basically no team) made it hard to ever get into MLB. My best friend growing up was a Braves fan though so I used to go to games with him.

Welcome to Tomahawk Nation! Let's hit some games!

 

[HuskerGarrett]

Welcome to Tomahawk Nation! Let's hit some games!

 

[bmorgan316]

As a White Sox fan, this year is rough. I want to be excited for baseball season to start, as I absolutely love it. But the Sox are going to be really bad, so it's going to be hard to care much this season.

 

[That SOB Van Owen]

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

Cubs once they get off their ass and re-sign Bellinger

 

[Kaladin]

Dodgers win 120 games this year?

 

[Kaladin]

It's opening day.

 

[Goskers07]

Anyone else excited for the Yankees having the first ever undefeated season!?

@Husker Priapism

 

[Kaladin]

Anyone else excited for the Yankees having the first ever undefeated season!?

@Husker Priapism

 

[Dr.DrakeRamoray]

Anyone else excited for the Yankees having the first ever undefeated season!?

@Husker Priapism

 

[Kaladin]

MLB season preview: Power Rankings, playoff odds and what you need to know for all 30 teams

As Opening Day arrives, everyone is chasing two superteams. Whether your team is one of the favorites or hoping to become 2024's biggest surprise, it's time to get up to speed.

www.espn.co.uk

Dodgers gonna dominate this year

Projected record: 104-58 (99% playoff odds | 26.5% World Series odds)

What has changed most since we saw them last? It's not often that a team coming off a 100-win season and a 10th division title in 11 years makes the biggest splashes (plural) the following offseason. But this wasn't your typical situation. The Dodgers, fresh off a stunning early postseason exit for the second straight year, had planned on pursuing Shohei Ohtani for years, and, on their third attempt, they finally got him. The splurging didn't stop there thanks to Ohtani's shockingly club-friendly deal. With that, the Dodgers gave Yoshinobu Yamamoto the richest contract for a pitcher in history. They traded for Tyler Glasnow -- and signed him to a five-year, $135 million extension. They signed Teoscar Hernandez and Kiké Hernández to one-year deals. Oh, and the Dodgers still employ Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman and Will Smith and Max Muncy. Plenty has changed since October, but expectations haven't. -- Castillo

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Most likely 2024 award winner: Strange as it is to say about a team with three perennial MVP candidates like Betts, Freeman and Ohtani, not to mention a three-time Cy Young winner in Clayton Kershaw, but a rookie is their most likely honoree. In fact, Yamamoto may well be the most likely candidate of any player in baseball to win a major postseason award. The betting markets peg Yamamoto with a better than 1-in-3 shot of becoming the next NL Rookie of the Year. Is he *really* a rookie? Yes. Should he be considered a rookie? Expect plenty of commentary around that question this summer about the $325 million debutant. -- Doolittle

How they can rule the sport: By doing the thing that has famously eluded them (outside of the COVID-shortened season): win the whole freakin' thing. There were business interests tied to the Dodgers' offseason splurge, sure, but the biggest motivation was winning titles. Yes, plural. And you need more than 40-man-roster depth to do it -- you need stars, the type who can transcend the randomness of small sample sizes in October. The Dodgers' brass has often talked about its desire to make this the greatest era in franchise history. It's a lofty goal, one that, they'll acknowledge, can't be reached without securing multiple championships. It's time to start. -- Gonzalez

One (realistic) bold prediction: By the end of the season, the Dodgers have changed three-quarters of their Opening Day infield. Betts has moved back to second base, the team acquires Willy Adames from the Brewers to play shortstop and Isaac Paredes from the Rays to replace Muncy at third base. -- Schoenfield

 

[Samkellers_69]

Happy Opening Day!!! Don't forget FTC!!

 

[Kaladin]

Happy Opening Day!!! Don't forget FTC!!

FTC?

I looked up meanings and there are many, including:

1. Fuck the chicken
2. Federal Trade Commission
3. Fuck the cops

 

[BingoDingo]

MLB season preview: Power Rankings, playoff odds and what you need to know for all 30 teams

As Opening Day arrives, everyone is chasing two superteams. Whether your team is one of the favorites or hoping to become 2024's biggest surprise, it's time to get up to speed.

www.espn.co.uk

Dodgers gonna dominate this year

Outside of the Diamondbacks, the NL West is gonna be pretty atrocious...it's crazy, but if they don't hit 100 wins, I'm gonna be surprised.

 

[jaihawk]

 

[Bulldog10]

MLB season preview: Power Rankings, playoff odds and what you need to know for all 30 teams

As Opening Day arrives, everyone is chasing two superteams. Whether your team is one of the favorites or hoping to become 2024's biggest surprise, it's time to get up to speed.

www.espn.co.uk

Dodgers gonna dominate this year

They’ll dominate the regular season like they do every year and then get beat by a wild card team in the playoffs again.

 

[Kaladin]

They’ll dominate the regular season like they do every year and then get beat by a wild card team in the playoffs again.

No no no

Not anymore. Dodgers have moved past that

 

[ISUforNU]