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The Los Angeles Dodgers are your 2024 World Series Champions after completing a gentleman's sweep of the New York Yankees in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

The $360M Man forgot that the season continues past 162 if your team keeps winning. Tough to win when you have a 6'7" hole in the 3-hole of your lineup.

Boone lost Game 1, then conceded the rest by staying with a broken lineup. He needs to go. If you can't have a hard conversation with your highest paid player when he's not performing, you shouldn't be managing a major league team.

Congrats Dodgers fans. I hope Ohtani heals up and you get to see him win a Cy Young next year.

All four MLB division series are tied at 1-1 in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
All four MLB division series are tied at 1-1 in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you can find those sorts of stats on https://www.baseball-reference.com

All four MLB division series are tied at 1-1 in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 2 points 1 month ago

Not a single team won more than 100 games this year! Even with the White Sox in the mix handing out wins to anyone who asked.

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[Talkin' Yanks] Aaron Judge's game-winning grand slam but in Moneyball form (x.com)
A Place for Baseball in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Welcome!

[Highlight] Elly hits a 450 foot homerun and an inside-the-park-homerun in the same game in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 5 points 7 months ago

This dude is fast af

[Highlight] The Mets win their first game of the season thanks to a game-tying ninth inning homerun by Peter Alonso and a walk-off single by Tyrone Taylor in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This is where it all turns around!

[Highlight] Kyle Higashioka's throws out two runners and homers in the same inning in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 2 points 7 months ago

Hell yeah, Higgy!

Bases loaded, 2 outs in the 11th and here comes ... the pitcher?! in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 2 points 7 months ago

Wild and exciting game. Loved the technicality that led to that ending. Very baseball

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Initially, a spokesman for Ohtani told ESPN the slugger had transferred the funds to cover Mizuhara's gambling debt. (www.espn.com)
[Nightengale] The Los Angeles Dodgers fire Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's long-time interpreter. in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

100% Ippei's his best friend! That's how you know Ippei's a real one. Only a best friend would fall on his sword like that

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[Nightengale] The Los Angeles Dodgers fire Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's long-time interpreter. (x.com)
 

The Los Angeles Dodgers fire Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's long-time interpreter. Mizuhara was accused by Ohtani's attorneys of engaging in a “massive theft” of Ohtani's funds to place bets with an illegal bookmaker, according to the LA Times.

Source: Blake Snell agrees to 2-year, $62M deal with Giants in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 2 points 8 months ago

Best case scenario as a Yankees fan. Those Astros rumors were making me nervous. I didn't want the Yankees to sign him but I sure as hell didn't want the Astros to land him either.

Yankees' Cole to get MRI for elbow 'discomfort' in c/baseball@fanaticus.social
[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 1 points 8 months ago

Pre-season stats matter very little for pitchers but I agree, the rotation looks bleak without Cole.

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Baseball Bots in the 2024 Season (fanaticus.social)
 

Hey all,

Baseball season is almost upon us! For those of you who were around last year, you'll recall that @cerevant@fanaticus.social and I ported over the redball baseball bot to Lemmy and subsequently created a bot for each team.

While that was a lot of fun to work on, not many people interacted in the gameday threads. This year, I am considering scaling back the game bots to an on-demand basis (although you're certainly welcome to create your own!). For those communities that want a baseball bot for your team, let me know in this post and I'll set it up. If you want to run your own and want some help with that, I can help you with that too. Let me know your thoughts! I am open to suggestions.

If you found your home team's community is without a mod, let me know and I'll turn over the keys. I'm really excited for this year's season and am hoping we get a lot more participation and posting from all you lurkers!

Big shout out to @runwaylights@lemmy.world for keeping us going through the offseason! Offseason MVP right there!

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Yankees have acquired RHP Cody Morris from the Guardians in exchange for Estevan Florial (twitter.com)
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[Guardians] We have signed C Austin Hedges to a one-year Major League contract. To make room on the 40-man, we have designated 1B Alfonso Rivas for assignment. Welcome back, Hedgey! (fanaticus.social)
 
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[Passan] BREAKING: The Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays are in agreement on a trade to send RHP Tyler Glasnow and OF Manuel Margot to the Dodgers for RHP Ryan Pepiot and OF Jonny Deluca (twitter.com)
 

... contingent on Glasnow signing an extension with L.A., which is expected, sources tell ESPN.

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[Old News] It's official, Soto traded to NYY (x.com)
 

Just catching up on off-season news here.

The New York Yankees today announced that they have acquired three-time All-Star and four-time Silver Slugger Award winner OF Juan Soto and two-time Gold Glove winner OF Trent Grisham from the San Diego Padres in exchange for RHP Michael King, C Kyle Higashioka, RHP Jhony Brito, RHP Randy Vásquez and RHP Drew Thorpe.

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The Texas Rangers win their first World Series! (fanaticus.social)
 

How does it feel?

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[Highlight] Harper goes deep for the second time tonight to deep center (bdata-producedclips.mlb.com)
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[Highlight] Bryce Harper crushes a three-run home run to right field, giving the Phillies a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the 3rd inning (streamable.com)
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[Discussion] 'How is that a hit?' MLB scorers handing out more hits than ever as players wonder why (theathletic.com)
 

For the first time since 2019, the sport’s collective batting average has risen year over year, improving from .243 last season to .248 heading into Wednesday’s games. The number of errors has fallen to the lowest tally per game in recorded history, 0.51, part of a gradual decline dating back to the 1970s. The league-wide fielding percentage, .986, is also an all-time high.

“Everything’s a hit,” Angels pitcher Patrick Sandoval said. “I have a little conspiracy about it: That they are telling the scorers to be more lenient with the hits so they can be like, ‘Oh, the new rules work. You have more hits.’”

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