Mega Thread MLB season 2024

[FreoRicci]

Florida was hit by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, with the latter hurricane crossing over the panhandle around the Tampa Bay area. As a result, the Rays' home stadium, Tropicana Field, was damaged by the high winds that accompanied the hurricane, causing damage to the ballpark, including the almost complete destruction of the roof. Given that the stadium was domed, there was no drainage system built into the ground, meaning that the Rays may need to deal with long-term water damage to the field.

The Rays are planning to replace Tropicana Field with a new stadium that is to be constructed next door, but this stadium is not expected to be ready until the start of the 2028 season, meaning that the Rays will need to determine whether they are able to play at Tropicana Field in the next three seasons or whether an alternative site will need to be procured. The Rays are scheduled to open the 2025 season with a home series against the Rockies and the Pirates for three games each.

Rays start assessing damage, viability of Tropicana Field

Winds from Hurricane Milton shredded most of the Teflon-coated Fiberglass roof; only a small number of staff were in the building at the time.

www.tampabay.com

How are they building a stadium right next to it, in one of the dangerous/precarious spots for hurricanes.

The owner is a frugal as well.

Tampa Bay deserve better

 

[FreoRicci]

Did Roberts pull his starter Brasier after just one inning?

Gosh his over management in post season is horrible. Knack let on his first 3 runners for a loaded bases for Lindor to only hit a Grand Slam. 3 BBs! That’s horrendous

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Did Roberts pull his starter Brasier after just one inning?

Gosh his over management in post season is horrible. Knack let on his first 3 runners for a loaded bases for Lindor to only hit a Grand Slam. 3 BBs! That’s horrendous

Brasier is a reliever. Dodgers were going to go with a bullpen game today, because they have a starting rotation's worth of pitchers on their injured list. The plan would have been for Brasier to get through the first three innings, then have Knack to go for more than two innings, but giving up five runs in the second wasn't in the plans of the Dodgers.

Bullpen games have been fairly common in the postseason. The Tigers used this strategy to beat the Guardians in the ALDS, in the expectation that Skubal would be able to go again in game #5 (until Lane Thomas spoiled those plans).

BTW, it was Vientos who hit the grand slam. Lindor hit a solo shot off of Brasier.

 

[FreoRicci]

Brasier is a reliever. Dodgers were going to go with a bullpen game today, because they have a starting rotation's worth of pitchers on their injured list. The plan would have been for Brasier to get through the first three innings, then have Knack to go for more than two innings, but giving up five runs in the second wasn't in the plans of the Dodgers.

Bullpen games have been fairly common in the postseason. The Tigers used this strategy to beat the Guardians in the ALDS, in the expectation that Skubal would be able to go again in game #5 (until Lane Thomas spoiled those plans).

BTW, it was Vientos who hit the grand slam. Lindor hit a solo shot off of Brasier.

Roberts’ bullpen strategy has sucked regardless of SPs.
Just keep Braiser on for 3-4 innings. Overkill.

I thought it was Lindor, but he was a forced walk. My bad. Crazy planning regardless

 

[YOTC]

Roberts’ bullpen strategy has sucked regardless of SPs.
Just keep Braiser on for 3-4 innings. Overkill.

I thought it was Lindor, but he was a forced walk. My bad. Crazy planning regardless

He took Brasier off because the Mets weren't missing his pitches and got a DP to get out of it.

Problem for the Dodgers was that Knack also had the same issue. Honeywell also let plenty of guys on but we failed to score.

Manaea was cruising until he lost his radar in the 6th and only then the dodgers got some back with some errors. Scary game for us Mets fans with our bullpen; but Diaz found his fastball after a bit of hassle, and his slider actually had some slide for the first time in a long time.

Dodgers just bat deeper than us and will probably win this series but it's nice to watch some fight and have the bullpen win a game.

 

[Upstart Swan]

ALCS seems like a real mismatch at the moment.

 

[Jatz]

Does anyone else think it's crazy that the lower ranked team gets 3 home games in a row?

With us pinching 1 in LA, it means LA have to beat us in NY now to even get it back to LA. Obviously you'd back them to do that but I feel like 3 home games in a row should be given to the higher ranked team if anything.

Personally think it should go 2 home/2 away /2 home /1 away.

 

[Upstart Swan]

Does anyone else think it's crazy that the lower ranked team gets 3 home games in a row?

With us pinching 1 in LA, it means LA have to beat us in NY now to even get it back to LA. Obviously you'd back them to do that but I feel like 3 home games in a row should be given to the higher ranked team if anything.

Personally think it should go 2 home/2 away /2 home /1 away.

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No system is ideal. I can see a couple of disadvantages in your system. More travel. The only time the lower ranked gets 3 home games is if the series goes to 7. And the lower ranked team gets to play a game 7 decider in front of their home crowd.

 

[Jatz]

No system is ideal. I can see a couple of disadvantages in your system. More travel. The only time the lower ranked gets 3 home games is if the series goes to 7. And the lower ranked team gets to play a game 7 decider in front of their home crowd.

You mean currently? Because that's not the case.

I don't think either team should get 3 in a row. The travel sucks but they've been travelling all season. It's not like it would be unusual.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

All these suggestions regarding the changes to the postseason seem to overlook the fact that we're half-way through October and the World Series hasn't started yet. It's entirely possible, if not probable, that this year's World Series ends in November.

For teams in the northern part of the USA, they'd have to deal with bad weather and not all teams in the north of the country have domes (at the moment, off the top of my head, you'd have the Astros, Marlins, Rangers, Brewers, Blue Jays and Mariners with retractable roofs, while the Rays' home field had a fixed roof but that its own issues now).

To go from a 2-3-2 format for the Championship Series and the World Series to a 2-2-2-1 format means you're adding extra rest days to account for additional travel, which drags out the series and then increases the probability that you get a weather delay, which then compounds the delay.

Given the ratings for the playoffs so far (apparently, they are considerably higher this year than in previous seasons), there's no way that the MLB owners or even the MLBPA would agree to shortening the playoffs by removing the wild cards, so the MLB is between a rock and a hard place with respect to the format of the playoffs.

 

[Upstart Swan]

You mean currently? Because that's not the case.

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant under your system. First two games are played at the higher ranked team's stadium. Next two games at the lower ranked team's. Then it goes back to the higher ranked team's stadium for 2 games. So the only way the other team gets a third home game is if the series goes all the way to 7 games.

 

[Jatz]

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant under your system. First two games are played at the higher ranked team's stadium. Next two games at the lower ranked team's. Then it goes back to the higher ranked team's stadium for 2 games. So the only way the other team gets a third home game is if the series goes all the way to 7 games.

I don't see that as such a problem though. The higher ranked team deserves the bigger advantage. If it goes to 7, the lower ranked team has earned that 3rd home game.

It just provides the best opportunity for the higher ranked side to go through imo. Playing 3 on the road as the higher ranked team seems flawed to me.

 

[largebus]

People say the rot started with introducing 2 wild cards but it was actually a better system than 1 wild card because it forced you to run the gauntlet if you didn't win your division.

The problem with the current system is teams like the Brewers and Astros winning divisions and not getting a bye over the wild cards