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  1. Opening Day player intros in front of nobody is one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. Fuck John Fisher.
  2. Opening Day is a day worth waiting through a delay for. My dad and I though won’t ever entertain a game if there’s a reasonable chance of rain. We only do weekday night games (cheaper, less crowded, etc) so it’s usually one of those deals where we decide and buy tix day of. It’s about a 75 minute drive for us so being stuck there late after a delay, after working all day and with work the next morning, is something we avoid at all costs. Of course, in the last few years we’ve called off plans to go not just because of rain but because of that Canadian wildfire smoke we got last year, and generally just really disgusting humid nights. Wish every team had a retractable roof and we could return to the days of scheduled double headers. Ah well.
  3. As has been expected all week, Mets Opening Day tomorrow is postponed to Friday due to heavy rain in the forecast. This was the only game scheduled for a 1 PM EST start. Opening Day around the league now won't start until 3 PM EST at the earliest and that's if the Orioles don't have to postpone. If they do the season won't start until 4 PM EST. Brilliant job of scheduling as always by the MLB braintrusts.
  4. There was a Twitter account called GENY Mets which was just an aggregator account. Routinely stole tweets/speculation/reports from others, never did any original reporting of his own. Got suspended multiple times. What really ticked the writers off the most though was that he'd never quote or re-tweet. He'd instead take a screenshot of the original and post it as new tweet, crediting the writer but getting all the likes/shares etc for himself to keep his numbers up. So upon him announcing yesterday that he was shutting the account down, the Mets' official twitter account trolled him by doing the same thing to him that he did to so many others. Outstanding.
  5. The last big free agent hold-out is now off the board. Jordan Montgomery to the D-Backs. 1-year, $25 million with a vesting option that will probably turn it into 2-years, $50 million
  6. Caleb maybe purely because he’s a rookie they might want to get a series or two of reps. Stroud almost certainly not. Starters rarely play at all during the HOF game. Teams definitely view the extra preseason game as a hindrance rather than an honor.
  7. Bears vs. Texans is the Hall of Fame Game coinciding with the inductions of Andre Johnson, Devin Hester, and Mongo McMichael.
  8. Upon signing his deal, JDM gave the Mets consent to option him to the minor leagues because he, by his own estimation, needs about 2 weeks of reps against live pitching to be ready for the season. Makes sense on all fronts. Still funny to see "Optioned DH J.D. Martinez to Triple A Syracuse" on the transaction page right after signing him for $12 million. It says a lot about what the Mets really think of Mark Vientos that they chose to option him to Syracuse instead of give him the first 2 weeks of the year as the DH. He was understandably frustrated by the news. But again, he is really, really bad at 95+ MPH fastballs down the middle. It's not something he's really gonna learn to do better at Syracuse where he has raked for 2 years now. But it's also nearly impossible to produce at the big league level. Hence, his skillset right now has him stuck in AAAA limbo. FWIW even his draft scouting profile as a 17-year old high schooler back in 2017 said the same thing - tons of raw power but inexplicably misses straight fastballs down the middle. Maybe it's the player, maybe it's the development staff, coaching etc but after all these years he's never been able to overcome this issue that would cripple you at the big league level. Is it even fixable at this point? Who knows, but the only way to know is to face big league pitching and that's a tough sell for a team entering the season trying to compete. He'll be the Mets' DH if an injury arises or they fall out of it and trade JDM. But I feel like the best thing that could actually happen to him would be to end up in Colorado or Oakland where they have no expectations and he could just learn on the job playing every day without scrutiny.
  9. The 2025 season will open in Tokyo. Unsurprisingly, the Dodgers will be out there again and this time against the Cubs. So that’ll be Ohtani’s return to the mound vs Seiya Suzuki.
  10. Turns out MLB is investigating Ohtani after all. They let us know with a short press release at nearly 6 PM on March Madness Friday. Not trying to avoid attention to it at all.
  11. Pete Davidson decided to nix season 2 of Bupkis and end the series. Said he loved the first season and it's the work he's most proud of, that he was glad to tell his own story after his personal life has been in the media for a decade. But he considers that chapter closed now and he doesn't feel the need to keep reliving it. Shame, I really enjoyed the show and the supporting cast was a lot of fun with Edie Falco, Bobby Cannavale, and Joe Pesci all doing great work. But I get his reasoning. Between Bupkis and King of Staten Island he's satirized his personal life/origin story quite enough. Kudos to him if he wants to try something new instead of just going back to the same well.
  12. They finally listened!!! Fuck yes. I know they wanted to play Vientos this year but even with him having 4 HR this spring it’s been on offspeed stuff. He struggles on fastballs down the middle and that’s a killer in today’s game. JDM is low risk, possible high reward at this point and doesn’t impact the 2025 reset they want to do. Moreover no matter how it plays out it tells the fans they’re not just punting the year. It’s a legit mid order bat for a lineup that needed it.
  13. Despite these inconsistencies in the story, MLB is apparently not planning on investigating Ohtani at all. Granted the feds might be doing it, but surely MLB would be keen to dig deeper if this were a normal player. But it's not. It's the guy MLB pretty much can't afford to lose under any circumstances. MLB doesn't want to know anything.
  14. Ohtani’s interpreter fired and currently being investigated by the feds for potentially stealing millions from Shohei to use on gambling. The guy was paid great money to just travel around, hanging out with Shohei, handle his interviews and watch baseball. What a dunce.
  15. As the season started today I have to just reiterate again how fucking boring Ohtani and Yamamoto going to the Dodgers was. Just from the standpoint of the health of the game. Those are two guys that could've elevated B-tier teams up to the A-tier, which surely would make for a more fun regular season as these signings could have a real impact over 162. Instead they go to the team that already wins 95-100 games annually. So nothing really changes over the season. The rich get richer, the team already a lock for a first round bye just solidifies it further and basically the Dodgers' spree means nothing as far as the regular season is concerned. It won't mean anything until October. Obviously, if I were a Dodgers fan I'd love it and would be embracing the villainy. But it's like, damn, just sucks that the best player in baseball has a 6 month extended spring training instead of playing meaningful games.
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