2024 MLB Season Thread
Nobody wants these games to start more than Mannfred.
Shohei just spoke to the media for the first time. In a prepared statement, he said:
-He never bet on baseball, or any other sport,
-He didn't know that Ippei lied to him, and that Ippei took the money from Shohei's account to pay his gambling debts
-He'll continue to cooperate with the investigation, and play as the investigation plays out.
If all that's true, then this is probably the best possible outcome for his reputation going forward. He's a naive star athlete who trusted the wrong person. It happens.
In any event, these games are about start! Last year, just like we all predicted, "Someone Else" came on strong in the playoffs, as the Texas Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks for the World Series. Can that happen again?
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Rōki Sasaki just became a free agent.
OoooEeee
The right-hander throws 100 mph, is renowned for a devastating splitter and turned 23 last week. He is so determined to pitch in the majors that he will arrive before his dream contract arrives.
If Sasaki waited two years, he would be treated as a full-fledged, professional free agent and could seek the kind of 12-year, $325 million mega-deal that Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed with the Dodgers last December.
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Where do you predict he lands?
OoooEeee
The right-hander throws 100 mph, is renowned for a devastating splitter and turned 23 last week. He is so determined to pitch in the majors that he will arrive before his dream contract arrives.
If Sasaki waited two years, he would be treated as a full-fledged, professional free agent and could seek the kind of 12-year, $325 million mega-deal that Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed with the Dodgers last December.
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Where do you predict he lands?
The crazy thing to me is his team actually letting him go. They said no last year but decided to this year. Yamaotos team got like 60m for him. Sasakis team won't be getting much for him.
OoooEeee
The right-hander throws 100 mph, is renowned for a devastating splitter and turned 23 last week. He is so determined to pitch in the majors that he will arrive before his dream contract arrives.
If Sasaki waited two years, he would be treated as a full-fledged, professional free agent and could seek the kind of 12-year, $325 million mega-deal that Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed with the Dodgers last December.
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Where do you predict he lands?
Doyers or NYY
I can’t see the Yankees getting him
1. They’re going to pay bigly for Soto if they even keep him at all
2. If they lose Soto they aren’t a desirable destination at all for a guy who can’t make megabucks on his first deal
Guessing Mets, Doyers or Phillies
So at what point do we just give up on the idea of baseball? Do these *********** have to get Soto too or is snell enough?
This is that point.
They’re not gonna get Soto. I’m leaning Red Sox right now. Dodgers don’t need him anyway. Just resign Teo.
Doyers Dynasty ugh
Soto to the Mets
15 years 765 m
0 deferred.
Opt out after 5 years!
Teams should be thrilled when guys opt out after 5 great years.
If the Mets could sign him for 5 years instead of 15 they would.
Instead they usually make the mistake of signing the guy for more years and more money.
I have no clue how to read the implications of this deal
This was probably the most unicorn contract in baseball history to this point (and I include Ohtani when I say that). The best hitter alive hitting free agency at 26 doesn’t happen, and he can either opt out at 31 while at the prime of his career if baseball continues on its trajectory or if there’s any kind of retraction financially the Mets are on the hook for another decade at 5 million more per year
No matter what happens the only thing I know for sure is lol trout
Always lol trout
The Yankees and ace left-hander Max Fried have reached agreement on an 8-year, $218 million contract, a source told MLB.com's Mark Feinsand on Tuesday. It is the largest guarantee in MLB history for a left-handed pitcher.
