General MLB News (2024)

[JCA-CrystalCity]

The Rockies used Kyle Freeland, their top pitcher, as a pitch runner last night. He injured his arm/shoulder sliding into home.

LOLMets should be replaced with LOLRox

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Rangers are calling up Jack Leiter.

[Senatorswin]

Divisions with no team under .500:

AL East
NL Central

Division with no team above .500

AL West

Teams with surprising start but won't sustain current pace:

Yankees - 12-6
Guardians - 12-5
Royals - 11-6
Tigers - 10-7
Pirates - 11-7

[Natsinpwc]

Divisions with no team under .500:

AL East
NL Central

Division with no team above .500

AL West

Teams with surprising start but won't sustain current pace:

Yankees - 12-6
Guardians - 12-5
Royals - 11-6
Tigers - 10-7
Pirates - 11-7

Not sure why you include the Yankees.  Not going to keep up their 12-3 start but they seem a 90 win team to me.  They have a dude named Soto.

[Senatorswin]

Not sure why you include the Yankees.  Not going to keep up their 12-3 start but they seem a 90 win team to me.  They have a dude named Soto.

The baseball preview magazine I got predicted the Yankees to win the AL East. I just don't think they will keep up near the 12-6 pace. I don't think their starting pitchers will hold up with Cole hurt. Judge will heat up but I'm not impressed with their overall lineup. I did see they came back in the 9th today.

[Natsinpwc]

Fly me.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68858625

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Fly me.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68858625

courageous.

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It could be worse. The white Sox have been shut out seven of their first 19 games.

[RobDibblesGhost]

Yankees announced that radio announcer John Stirling is retiring immediately due to health concerns. He's 85. The team will hold a ceremony to honor him on Saturday.  That's not good.

I saw some stats on Sterling: He has called 29.5% (5,420) of all Yankee games in team history, and nearly half (211) of their playoff games. He has been their radio voice for 64 years.

They plan to use fill-ins the rest of the season and then WFAN and the Yankees are expected to name a permanent replacement next offseason. Man, I’m worried Charlie Slowes could be a candidate as he has roots in New York…

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Yankees present Stirling with a big screen TV as a gift during yesterday's ceremony:

https://x.com/granthpaulsen/status/1782050492241068091

[Dave in Fairfax]

After their 10-4 start, the Dodgers are in danger of falling to being a .500 team with a loss today.

[Dave in Fairfax]

Also fun fact: if the Dodgers lose to the Mets today, no team in the NL West will have a winning record.

And currently, no team in the AL West has a winning record, though that could change tonight if the Mariners and/or Rangers win.

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Roberts' seat has to be getting warm.

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Aaron Boone ejected for a fan yelling at the ump (the ump thought it was Boone).

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Must have been a Red Sox fan

Aaron Boone ejected for a fan yelling at the ump (the ump thought it was Boone).

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[JCA-CrystalCity]

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/walker-to-memphis-do-i-really-feel-the-way-i-feel/

Baumann with yet another great reference in his headline. 

[English Natsie]

Average MLB fan age now down to 64 - sorry - 44...Just a bunch of nippers, then...

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-younger-fans-growing-youth-participation

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Average MLB fan age now down to 64 - sorry - 44...Just a bunch of nippers, then...

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-younger-fans-growing-youth-participation

there was a time maybe 10+ years ago we did a survey of the demographics on WNFF at its most active period. There was a bi-modal distribution of the age of active members, with one mode in the 18-24 age bracket and another in the 45+ category. Heavily male orientation. The joke was "WNFF - where men over 45 can talk to younger men ages 18+."

[Natsinpwc]

This cracked me up.

https://www.si.com/2024/04/28/john-kruk-pacific-mexican-league-story#:~:text=Kruk%20noticed%20that%20the%20team's,and%20her%20boyfriend%20in%20it.'