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2024 MLB Regular Season

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Orioles are calling up another one of their hotshots.. Has 10 homers in 21 AAA games so far in 2024.
 
What’s going on with Nolan Jones, he’s a Whiffing Machine Right Now……And my guy Benson ain’t to far behind …..
 

1. Dodgers
Total points: 284
First-place votes: 19

2. Rays
Total points: 258
First-place votes: 12

3. Braves
Total points: 130
First-place votes: 3

4. Guardians
Total points: 101
First-place votes: 2

At the top, there is stability. Chris Antonetti, the president of baseball operations, has worked for Cleveland since 1999. General manager Mike Chernoff joined as an intern in 2003. The list of prominent executives to spend time in Cleveland in the interim is impressive, a group that includes Derek Falvey of the Minnesota Twins, David Stearns of the New York Mets and Carter Hawkins of the Chicago Cubs.

The Guardians face a set of challenges. Owner Paul Dolan tends not to spend much. The team has drawn more than two million fans to Progressive Field just once since 2009. Cleveland is not exactly a bustling coastal metropolis (though there are many excellent restaurants near the ballpark). “Just look at the market they’re in,” one executive said. “And look at what they’ve done over the last 15 years, how much they’ve won. It’s pretty remarkable.”

Cleveland’s primary baseball product has been pitchers, a lineage stretching from Corey Kluber to Shane Bieber to Emmanuel Clase. The front office tends to target arms with upside in trades and maximize them at the big-league level.

“They know what they’re good at, and they’re very consistent at being who they are,” one executive said.

5. Orioles
Total points: 91
First-place votes: 3

6. Brewers
Total points: 52
First-place votes: 0

7. Diamondbacks
Total points: 43
First-place votes: 1

8. (tie) Twins
Total points: 20
First-place votes: 0

8. (tie) Rangers)
Total points: 20
First-place votes: 0

10. Yankees
Total points: 19
First-place votes: 0
 
For as much grief as some of you have given the Guardians lately about recent trades.... the Cardinals turned Adolis Garcia, Randy Arozarena, Tyler O’Neill, and Lane Thomas into Brendan Donovan, Lars Nootbar, Alec Burleson, Michael Siani, and Dylan Carlson. :bad:
 
So, the Os have sent Jackson Holliday back to AAA.
He played in 15 games with 48 AB's. He ha 18 SO and was batting .059.
I guess that was enough to say he wasn't ready.
 
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I had just taken mushrooms that night after a Grateful Dead Tribute up on the lakefront. Found out about this right near the peak of the trip, hell of a memory that will undoubtedly never be washed away as there was also a Full Super Moon that same night.

Jose went full on Wolverine in that moment when he clocked Anderson who more than had it coming for such a stunt.
 

I had just taken mushrooms that night after a Grateful Dead Tribute up on the lakefront. Found out about this right near the peak of the trip, hell of a memory that will undoubtedly never be washed away as there was also a Full Super Moon that same night.

Jose went full on Wolverine in that moment when he clocked Anderson who more than had it coming for such a stunt.
That fuckin' grin on OGon's face as he was holding Jose is priceless! I can't stop laughing. As if Jose wasn't already a Cleveland legend, that sweeping right hand that landed on Anderson's chin put him into folklore.
 
FS1 is showing the Twins/CWSox.. From the conversation before the first pitch.. you'd think the Twins were on the verge of over taking the Guardians enroute to AL Central title..

...but only if they can get and stay healthy...

The best example might be Byron Buxton.. He's in his 10 season in the ML's.. and is averaging just under 250 AB's during this time.. His playing time reflects the short side of a platoon more than "..one of the best players in MLB.."

We'll see..
 
 

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