[MLB] 2023 Major League Baseball Season (MLB Thread)

Celt Z

Celt Z

Tanking for years to get good draft picks will help. But now the cheating puts a big asterisks on those achievements. It's a shame, because it seems they have a lot of talent to carry them far, but even they didn't believe it was enough.
 
Celt Z

Celt Z

Ahh, well I stand corrected. The more that comes out about this Astros scandal, I'm like:


I'm still not holding my breath that real justice is going to get served, especially for a number of players on other teams who's careers got screwed because of it. But hey, let's see where this wild ride takes us!

Side note: Congress, you REALLY have better things to focus on right now.
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

One of the intriguing options that has been floated is that the 15 teams that currently call Arizona their spring home... could end up playing the entire rest of the season here. The same would happen with Florida teams.

I see two problems with this: heat and rain. (As I've posted elsewhere, it does rain here in the Valley, and it usually does so in July, during what's called Monsoon Season.) Even if they play all the games at night, and utilize the three domed stadiums between the two states, there's gonna be a lot of rainouts.

And God help us all if a hurricane hits the south Atlantic this fall...
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

I can give you 208 new reasons why the "2020 Season in Arizona" idea won't work. As in, those are roughly* the number of cases of COVID-19 in the general ZIP codes of each of the 11 ballparks that'd be used during any short season.

* - The actual number is between 204-212, since two ZIP codes have 6-10 cases. Keep in mind two ballparks are in the same ZIP code in NW Mesa.
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

I have figured out that yes, there theoretically could be 15 (maybe even 16) facilities in the Phoenix-Tucson area that could be used for MLB. It'd require MLB to negotiate with U of A and ASU to use their ballparks (both former ST facilites), and then also talk to the city of Tucson about using the Kino Sports Complex as well. Then, MLB would have to consider the possibility of using a facility that has no grandstands: Fitch Park, which the A's use for their AZ League teams.
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

By the way - I still stand by my prediction that, regardless of the number of games played this year, the Houston Astros will lead the majors in Hit Batsmen.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit



Rookie and short season A leagues on the chopping block. Teams like the WV Black Bears and Pulaski Yankees on the list to remain and move up to full A.
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

...that would mean no Arizona League or Arizona Fall League?

Disregard. I saw the "spring training complex" thing. The AZL and GCL are safe, it appears.
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

The latest out of MLB is the possibility of a three-division setup where everyone "stays in their division" for the entire year. This would mean 12 games against nine other teams - those currently in your division and those in the division of the other league, for a total of 108 games.

Just doing a little "prediction" thing based on runs scoring/allowed from last year and division records with interleague play , I came up with the following standings for each "division" (projected wins/108 games):

Central - MIN 65.5, CLE 62.7, STL 61.8, CHC 58.0, MIL 56.9, CIN 50.2, CHW 47.7, PIT 45.2, KCR 43.4, DET 30.9

East - NYY 70.6, WSN 64.6, ATL 64.0, TBR 63.9, NYM 59.8, BOS 54.6, PHI 52.7, TOR 43.7, MIA 38.4, BAL 36.6

West - HOU 74.1, LAD 70.8, OAK 63.7, ARI 58.7, SFG 51.0, TEX 48.5, LAA 47.4, SDP 46.7, COL 45.8, SEA 42.9
 
Tress

Tress

The Giants at 51? Don’t be ridiculous. That’s way too high for them. I think the low 30’s would be more appropriate.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

KBO opening day live on ESPN at 1am EDT. About 25 minutes from now.

*25 minutes later*

It's raining. Because of course.
 
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jwhouk

jwhouk

I just watched the highlights from the KBO game between KT Wiz and the Doosan Bears from the 10th.

...if that's what this league is, oh. My. Gawd.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Been using old Brooklyn Dodger radio broadcasts as a sleep aid lately. Red Barber and a young Vin Scully.

Now I've got an urge to go get a box of PostToasties.
 
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