9:12 AM EDT, Thu March 28, 2024
Over the Monster 12 mins ago
OTM Open Thread 3/28: It is Thursday

OTM Open Thread 3/28: It is Thursday

Photo by Steph Chambers/ Opening Day is here! Happy Opening Day! In, checks notes, just over 12 hours the Red Sox take on the Seattle Mariners. 10:10 PM ET. LOL. Full Throttle indeed. Brayan Bello makes his first Opening Day start of hopefully many. The Run Prevention Unit hits the field. All teams (except the Dodgers and Padres) are 0-0. Look, no one thinks this is a championship year. But let’s not drop 10 games under .500 to kick things off and watch the team try to crawl back. Talk about what you want and be good to one another.
Camden Chat 12 mins ago
Orioles position preview: Outfield

Orioles position preview: Outfield

Photo by Scott Taetsch/ There hasn’t been nearly as much change here as anticipated, and that might be a good thing for 2024. Heading into the offseason, many speculated that changes could be coming to the Orioles’ outfield. The old guard of Cedric Mullins, Austin Hays, and Anthony Santander was getting more expensive and inching closer to free agency. Meanwhile, a batch of talented youngsters appeared ready to burst onto the big league scene and take on everyday roles. Maybe it was time to pass the torch. Instead, O’s GM Mike Elias stood firm. Rather than...
www.thegoodphight.com 12 mins ago
TGP Predicts the 2024 Season

TGP Predicts the 2024 Season

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Who do you think will be the “winner”? So close to Phillies Opening Day we can smell it! Fresh cut grass? Delicious food? A sense of relief baseball is back? All of the above. With the season starting, comes the predictions from the TGP crew. Like years past, we’ve broken it down in four sections: Playoff Teams, Playoff Predictions, End of Season Awards, and Phillies Specific Predictions. Playoff Predictions! No surprises here, with most picking the Phillies/Braves to come out of the NL East and the Dodgers/Diamondbacks coming out...
Pinstripe Alley 42 mins ago
Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Jon Berti

Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Jon Berti

Photo by Jim McIsaac/ The Yankees needed some help in the infield and they got a useful, versatile player in Berti. The Yankees were about to enter the season with a mess of a third base/utility situation. You can say that even after trading for Jon Berti on Wednesday, it’s still less than ideal, but one thing is certain: the former Marlins player does a lot to help the Yanks fill a glaring hole on their roster. Yesterday, New York sent its 28th-ranked prospect, John Cruz to the Marlins and catcher Ben Rortvedt to the Rays to get Berti on a three-team trade (Tampa...
Amazin Avenue 42 mins ago
Mets Morning News for March 28, 2024

Mets Morning News for March 28, 2024

Photo by Dustin Satloff/ Your Thursday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets For the second year in a row, the Mets home opener is rained out. Even though Opening Day will have to wait, the season predictions still apply. It is the one time of year that it’s ok to have some hope as both a baseball fan and as a Mets fan. Edwin Díaz is looking forward to returning to the Citi Field mound and sounding the trumpets once again. Kodai Senga has resumed throwing and hopes he can continue to improve upon his successful rookie season once...

Look on the bright side: Padres are due to overachieve under A.J. Preller

Futures win lines, analytics models forecast 82 to 84 wins. Many other Padres teams beat projections; it's time one of A.J. Preller's clubs did it
Purple Row 1 hour ago
Thursday Rockpile: In memory of a disheartening Spring Training

Thursday Rockpile: In memory of a disheartening Spring Training

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, March 28, 2024 It’s been a long March. The month is typically reserved for hope and optimism for baseball fans as the air fills the sound of cleats on dirt and the crack of wooden bats as winter thaws into spring in MLB camps around Arizona and Florida. However, this year has been much less satisfying for not just Colorado Rockies fans, but fans of the game of baseball. Colorado’s performance and outlook is not the reason for this pessimism. Expectations are low after an abysmal 2023...
Bleed Cubbie Blue 1 hour ago
Cub Tracks’ C you later

Cub Tracks’ C you later

Photo by Chris Coduto/ #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought.  Opening Day 2024! WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. There’s a regular season game tonight. BCB’s preseason roundtable will be published at 10:30 a.m. CT, with some small changes to my starters’...
Red Reporter 1 hour ago
The Reds are banking on a pile of second-year players. How’s that gone in the past?

The Reds are banking on a pile of second-year players. How’s that gone in the past?

Photo by John E. Moore III/ It’s Opening Day tomorrow (for at least a few of the 2023 Reds). The devastating injury to Matt McLain paired with the 80-game suspension of Noelvi Marte means that Jonathan India, once mired in a trade-block odyssey, will almost certainly feature prominently in the middle infield of the Cincinnati Reds in 2024. The former 2021 National League Rookie of the Year has had quite the bumpy road since those days, however, with multiple hamstring and foot injuries derailing his once-stellar form. A guy who had a breakout rookie campaign...
New York Post 1 hour ago
How the Yankees’ and Mets’ frugal plans actually could pay off this season

How the Yankees’ and Mets’ frugal plans actually could pay off this season

As Opening Day arrives, there’s reason to believe both teams can have strong seasons.
DRaysBay 1 hour ago
The Best and Worst Tampa Bay Rays All-Time against the Toronto Blue Jays

The Best and Worst Tampa Bay Rays All-Time against the Toronto Blue Jays

Photo by Joseph Garnett Jr. / The Tampa Bay Rays have taken on their division rival north of the border in a total of 451 regular season games, plus two playoff games (both of which went in the Rays favor). Over those regular season games, the Rays have gone 245-206 (.543%). The Rays overtook the Blue Jays in the all-time series win column back in 2011 and haven’t looked back. Since the start of the 2007 season, the Rays have either tied or won the season series a total of 13 times and have taken the past five season series in a row against Toronto. As for the best...
South Side Sox 1 hour ago
Chicago White Sox Food Preview 2024

Chicago White Sox Food Preview 2024

The brand new Campfire Milkshake was a wonderful treat! | Dante Jones/South Side Sox I had the opportunity to try some of the newest offerings at Guaranteed Rate Field! The Chicago White Sox invited the South Side Sox crew to Guaranteed Rate Field’s newly-redesigned Vizzy View Bar for a sampling of the team’s newest in stadium food offerings and a preview of some of the promotional giveaways coming up this season. Dante Jones/South Side Sox The newly redesigned Vizzy View Bar. I talked with Bret Donaldson, executive chef for Delaware...
Pinstripe Alley 2 hours ago
Keys for Nestor Cortes against the Astros

Keys for Nestor Cortes against the Astros

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/ How to navigate the gauntlet of Houston’s Opening Day lineup. As recently as three weeks ago, the Yankees were among the minority of clubs around the league in having their Opening Day starter sorted. Reigning AL Cy Young winner Gerrit Cole looked set to defend his crown a year after reestablishing the mantle as the best pitcher in the league. But then we learned the team’s ace would miss the first 10-12 weeks of the season with elbow inflammation, and all of a sudden the team’s plans for the starting rotation were...
Bless You Boys 2 hours ago
Fan Poll: Have the Detroit Tigers done enough to contend in 2024?

Fan Poll: Have the Detroit Tigers done enough to contend in 2024?

Photo by Ron Schwane/ We posted a predictions roundtable on Monday, but now on Opening Day, what do you think? Will the Tigers make the playoffs? The Detroit Tigers finished the 2023 season with a mildly surprising second place finish, posting a winning record of 39-34 in the second half of the season and going 78-84 overall. A nine game losing streak in early June after a bad run of injuries pretty well crushed any hopes of a surprise run at the division. Still that strong second half featured a lot of good signs. For Tiger hopefuls, that was enough to leave a taste of...
Camden Chat 2 hours ago
Opening Day Bird Droppings: New Orioles owner official for the start of the season

Opening Day Bird Droppings: New Orioles owner official for the start of the season

It’s official: David Rubenstein is the controlling owner of the Orioles. | Photo by Julia Ewan/The The Washington Post via David Rubenstein’s arrival marks the start of what the team is calling The Next Chapter. Fans are ready. Hello, friends. Today is the day! Opening Day is here. As of this writing, the forecast is looking good for the scheduled 3 o’clock start, though if you’re in the vicinity enjoying some pregame festivities, you might get a little wet. The 2024 Orioles season is going to get started, and it’s going to get started with an official new...

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