The Official 2024 MLB Season Thread

[VegetasHairline]

 

[god shamgod]

I would pump the breaks on James Wood.
He looks great. But rookies historically struggle. Let's see how he begins the first 8 weeks of 2025.

If he can hit and make adjustments as pitchers learn how to attack him, then I think there's more cause for hype.

At this point I would say there's more cause for optimism. Woods hits the ball hard but also hits a ton of ground balls. There's work to be done with him.

Because of the nature of baseball and how numbers regress over time, I have a more cautious attitude with most prospects.

You always throwing cold water on shyt .there’s advanced scouts & talent evaluators who flat out know more than you who project the same players you aren’t impressed with to be good to great. It’s ok for fans to be excited about young players

 

[Remote]

You always throwing cold water on shyt .there’s advanced scouts & talent evaluators who flat out know more than you who project the same players you aren’t impressed with to be good to great. It’s ok for fans to be excited about young players

Yeah that's fair, lol.

But I still think I'm right.

 

[Remote]

By the way, just to show that I'm not a complete jerk...

I'll admit I was completely wrong about Brandon Nimmo.



I thought he'd be a slap hitter who'd ride the bench. He wound up showing some solid pop.

 

[VegetasHairline]

'In my mind, I'm the best in the world': How Vlad Guerrero Jr. returned to superstardom

After a torrid start to his career, Guerrero's on-field success waned. But his belief never did.

www.espn.com

 

[Regular_P]

'In my mind, I'm the best in the world': How Vlad Guerrero Jr. returned to superstardom

After a torrid start to his career, Guerrero's on-field success waned. But his belief never did.

www.espn.com

Easy to get hot once your team's out of it. Do it in a playoff race.

 

[ineedsleep212]

 

[VegetasHairline]

 

[VegetasHairline]

 

[Spence]

MLB needs to do more of this kind of thing.

I would watch this with so many athletes.

The way the talked about that at bat and both of them knew what was about to be thrown next and what was happening with the game within the game was

Now it’s just, K or HR

 

[VegetasHairline]

What do you think? @Remote

 

[Spence]

Easy to get hot once your team's out of it. Do it in a playoff race.

He easily could’ve forced his way here to Houston in the Kikuchi trade but he doesn’t want to play in October lights

 

[Spence]

What do you think? @Remote

Altuve Goldy and Sale already have solid cases with playoff stats and rings etc.

 

[Remote]

What do you think? @Remote

Pretty good actually.

I don't like anybody in the "It's gonna be close" tier.
As good as Sale and deGrom can be, they just don't have the consistency and longevity for me.

From the Too Early to Call tier:
Jose Ramirez
Francisco Lindor
Corey Seager
Juan Soto

I'm a definite NO on Burnes and Bregman.
Likely a No on Correa.

Alvarez just can't stay on the field. But he's a monster when he is. He's 27 now and he'd have to put up another 6-7 years of dominance to really get there.

Wheeler? Going on 35 years old. Just doesn't have the resume or longevity. No.

 

[tremonthustler1]

the pitching is what's gonna have to be scaled down to see if these new crop of guys get in.

That being said, I'm not sure we're gonna see any more 500 home run guys even if the have elite stretches. Aaron Judge just got to 300 and I highly doubt he has another 4 years of seasons like this and he'd need that to reach 500.