The 2024 regular season has arrived. Six months of baseball every day. We can now let the joyous wins and the crushing defeats become part of our everyday lives again.
Mike Trout sums up Opening Day perfectly. And I can’t wait to cheer him on again this season.
There are predictions on every sports site. All you really need to read are CtPG’s and Fangraphs. At least, that’s all I’m going to link.
Pretty much everybody is predicting the Angels win total to start with a 7. If you want to have a little fun, the Angels are +5000 to win the AL West. In old school terms that means a 50 to 1 underdog.
Go ahead, put down $100 and see what happens. If you don’t have a bookie, just hit up Ohtani.
I joke, a bit, but that story is going to keep getting run until the truth or a logical story comes out. I sincerely hope he just helped out a friend and later figured out he broke a rule. But we’ll see.
Hat tip to Steve Wendt for sending me the press release on this. The Inland Empire 66ers, the Angels A ball affiliate, has been sold.
I’m working with Steve to set up a season preview interview in the coming weeks.
With MLB rosters set, teams now set up minor league rosters. Here is most of the Salt Lake City Bees.
Yes that is Andrew Wantz as a starter. Davis Daniel is the ace of the staff and next man up at the MLB level. This is definitely not a stacked AAA team by any measure.
The Dodgers started and ended the off season handing out 9 digit contracts. Will Smith, welcome to the club. This is the Will Smith that hits baseballs, not comedians.
Speaking of spending money, here are the top 5 and bottom 5 payrolls in MLB this season. The A’s are literally pocketing other teams money while trying to get taxpayers to fund their new park in Las Vegas. With profits like this built in, why even try to win?
We all predicted Jordan Montgomery to Arizona on a one year deal, right?
Here’s a thought: this rebuild/see what we have year is coming at a perfect time. Almost all of the top tier free agent talent available this off season is able to be back on the market next off season. Hopefully there will be more TV money (or any in the Angels case) to spur those opt outs. So if this team does show some promise there will likely be about two years of free agent talent available in a single off season.
For those of you who celebrate Easter, have a great one. I’ll be with family watching my little dude hunt eggs with his cousins.
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