2024 MLB Playoffs

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I heard Judge will be in Times Square New Years Eve. To drop the ball.

[HalfSmokes]

It's been like this since the 90's. A salary floor would do wonders.

Otherwise I don't see what's the point of certain fans cheering on their poverty-ridden franchises (ie Pirates, Marlins, etc)

You hope the catch lightning in a bottle (Royal, Nats, Rangers) knowing it will never be sustainable

[Elvir Ovcina]

This is a heck of a read:
https://nypost.com/2024/10/31/sports/yankees-world-series-failure-started-with-fundamental-issues/

Basically the Dodgers scouts told the team that the Yankees were a fundamentally poor team prone to making mistakes and to just put the ball into play. They note that the Yankees overall put up better offensive numbers than LA, but were done in by their mistakes.

Also, Freeman played the WS with torn cartilage in his ribcage.

To be fair about it, nobody has accused Chisholm of knowing how to play third.  He had no time to learn, and it's not always intuitive at 3B where you need to be if it's not covering third.

[imref]

To be fair about it, nobody has accused Chisholm of knowing how to play third.  He had no time to learn, and it's not always intuitive at 3B where you need to be if it's not covering third.

Didn't he complain about the position the Yankees wanted him to play?

[Elvir Ovcina]

Didn't he complain about the position the Yankees wanted him to play?

No, that was Torres, who naged about not wanting to move.  "I'm a second baseman, so I play second," he said.

Yeah, well the dipcrap is about to get paid like a second baseman, too.  If he'd done a non-dipcrap thing and shown he could play third even passably, he'd be looking at a much bigger market.

I'm not going to say any more about the type of short-dick who wants to play 2B and won't even consider third, but uh, what the freak kind of short-dick wants to play second instead of third?

[varoadking]

It's been like this since the 90's. A salary floor would do wonders.

Otherwise I don't see what's the point of certain fans cheering on their poverty-ridden franchises (ie Pirates, Marlins, etc)

Don't forget the A's and the Nats...

The Rays seem to be the exception to the rule, and Cleveland did quite well with basically a AAA salary level.  I guess that's what a good organization can do...

[HalfSmokes]

Don't forget the A's and the Nats...

The Rays seem to be the exception to the rule, and Cleveland did quite well with basically a AAA salary level.  I guess that's what a good organization can do...

The Rays have been the model franchise for as long as I can remember and they have never actually won

[varoadking]

The Rays have been the model franchise for as long as I can remember and they have never actually won

Not sure when the last time they had 5 consecutive losing seasons was...

[Elvir Ovcina]

Not sure when the last time they had 5 consecutive losing seasons was...

2007, but 5 years in a row of losing seasons is a lot.  For example, it's 1998 for the A's, the lowest-budget team in baseball over long stretches.  It's 1944 for the Giants.

And the Diamondbacks, who entered at the same time as the Rays, have never had five consecutive losing seasons. 

[varoadking]

2007, but 5 years in a row of losing seasons is a lot.

Yes indeed...

[Elvir Ovcina]

Yes indeed...

It's almost like the way to achieve that twice in 20 years is to be attempting to lose.

[Slateman]

Wash your mouth out with soap for saying that. Defense is really important but you do need to hit above .200. Eddie Brinkman is the only guy who could play year after year below .200.

Schwarber hit .197 the year the Phillies went to the WS

[Elvir Ovcina]

Schwarber hit .197 the year the Phillies went to the WS

He also walked .129 that year, which helps more than a little.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

It's almost like the way to achieve that twice in 20 years is to be attempting to lose.

Ian's point.

Got to figure the NYY move Chisholm to 2nd and sign somebody like Bregman.

[HalfSmokes]

Not sure when the last time they had 5 consecutive losing seasons was...

They should put up a banner for that

[Natsinpwc]

They should put up a banner for that

Where?  They don't have a stadium.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Where?  They don't have a stadium.

they could put it really big banner up and use it as a roof.

[Natsinpwc]

they could put it really big banner up and use it as a roof.

There you go. 

[imref]

18.6 million watched Game 5. Average WS viewership was 15.8 million, or 4.5 million more than watched the last NBA finals.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

18.6 million watched Game 5. Average WS viewership was 15.8 million, or 4.5 million more than watched the last NBA finals.

that's a big change. Really the two most popular teams for mlb.

[imref]

that's a big change. Really the two most popular teams for mlb.

tons of star power

[OfftheBat]

18.6 million watched Game 5. Average WS viewership was 15.8 million, or 4.5 million more than watched the last NBA finals.

Interesting, anyone has the figures for the Stanley Cup finals of 2024?

[OfftheBat]

You hope the catch lightning in a bottle (Royal, Nats, Rangers) knowing it will never be sustainable

I wouldn't include the Rangers in there, they gave big contracts to Seager, Semien & DeGrom. And Scherzer, whatever happened there...

[OfftheBat]

Don't forget the A's and the Nats...

The Rays seem to be the exception to the rule, and Cleveland did quite well with basically a AAA salary level.  I guess that's what a good organization can do...

I was reluctant to put the Nats in the same category as the latter. Part of me wants to give this Nats ownership a last chance this Winter to see who they'll sign;)

[Senatorswin]

Schwarber hit .197 the year the Phillies went to the WS

Schwarber is a lifetime .230 hitter with a .834 OPS. The .248 of this year is closer to his norm.