OFFICIAL 2023 MLB THREAD!!!!

[BmillsSkier]

Excellent work, Jeff.

[BmillsSkier]

Is it hot stove season yet, or do we have to wait until all the awards are given out?

Does it go Ohtani gets MVP --> Signs $550MM deal? Cause that would be one heck of a November.

[ex-powderbroker]

Have the Cubs been linked to him? that’d be a good fit.

[BmillsSkier]

Has he played much cold weather baseball though? When the bulk of your games are in warm weather climates and the worst of the bunch is moving to Vegas you have to wonder if shitty midwestern weather would affect his game.

Probably not cause he's incredible but you never know.

[Brock Landers]

Has he played much cold weather baseball though? When the bulk of your games are in warm weather climates and the worst of the bunch is moving to Vegas you have to wonder if shitty midwestern weather would affect his game.

Probably not cause he's incredible but you never know.

Or markets that are a little more…intense? There’s been a bunch of really good players that couldn’t handle Boston/New York/Philly/even Chicago

[Supermoon]

Maybe he should go to the Reds where he can at least toil away in Eastern Time.

I did hear the Padres. At trade Soto which would free up a few hundred million

[Danno]

Have the Cubs been linked to him? that’d be a good fit.

Is there a team where he wouldn't be a good fit?

[ex-powderbroker]

east coast teams, but especially those with an overpaid underperforming dh?

[Supermoon]

Is there a team where he wouldn't be a good fit?

Yankees. He should def not go there

[BmillsSkier]

Meet Andrés Gimenéz, your AL Platinum Glove Award winner.

Very happy this kid is locked up long term.

[Woodsy]

Congrats on the Cy Yoing Gerrit Cole.
I got to see a lot of live mlb this season and Cole was the best starter I saw.

Dominant. How trash of an organization are the Yankees that they couldn't even make these expanded playoffs with an Ace that solid

[Supermoon]

They are really expensive trash.

[BmillsSkier]

And according to Stanton's agent, they talk shit about their talent in the open once the season is over.

Good looks all around.

[mcski]

Manfred and Fisher are scum. Manfred may even be worse

[Supermoon]

Ohtani and Acuna unanimous MVP. I think everyone expected it but quite the seasons they had

[Danno]

Mookie with a unanimous second place, too. That doesn't happen often.

[Bunion 2020]

As to Vegas. That has to hurt.

[ex-powderbroker]

I’m a little surprised at the NL mvp. I thought Olson would get a couple of votes and I still would have voted for Betts.

I guess it was hard to overcome the hr deficit between them but historically Dodger Stadium suppresses offense - which it did last year to the tune of a 94 ops+ (braves was 102 and fenway 106 for anyone keeping track).

Betts just makes that team so good on both sides of the ball and it was maybe his best year, and probably the best by a dodger since?

anyway, it was a great and historic season for a very good and still young player. pretty cool that it’s likely we haven’t even seen the best of what he can do yet.

[BmillsSkier]

Manfred and Fisher are scum. Manfred may even be worse

Chickenshit announced yesterday the ASG that was pulled in ‘21 because of political grandstanding is going to be back in ATL in ‘25; no laws have changed and the world hasn’t burned down (yet). I guess the politically-expedient moment has passed and it’s safe to go back to the city to help everyone they fucked over (read: majority-black city) the first time around.

Eat shit, Manfred.

As to Vegas. That has to hurt.

They got a place to play?

What a shit bag bunch of owners that city gets.

[dunfree]

As to Vegas. That has to hurt.

Let’s go to Vegas in July to see a game plays different than let’s go to Vegas to see a game in November (football) or let’s go to Vegas to see a game in February (hockey)

they could barely get fans in the door in Oakland

[ex-powderbroker]

count me out for july vegas daygames with a 107 avg high temp. that’s inhumane.

[BmillsSkier]

count me out for july vegas daygames with a 107 avg high temp. that’s inhumane.

It’s baseball, but on turf and inside!

[dunfree]

It’s baseball, but on turf and inside!

and unlike Florida, not near water

[Woodsy]

count me out for july vegas daygames with a 107 avg high temp. that’s inhumane.

FKN pansy.
In the 90s we went to outdoor Dead Shows in Vegas in the summer heat took drugs and liked it. At least at the baseball stadium there is shade and coldbeers

[ex-powderbroker]

i remember the 90’s, we still had glaciers then.