2024 Game Thread

[sports24/7]

We signed 18-year old Cuban SS Luis Leon for $1.5 Mil.

Apparently they used money from the current IFA period to sign him, so they’ll still have their full allotment for the upcoming group, where they’re expected to sign one of the top prospects in Venezuelan SS Andrew Salas.

[lou]

With last night’s loss, the Marlins clinched having the best odds in the draft lottery along with the Rockies. I mentioned this point earlier in the year, but usually it’s the bottom 3 teams, but there’s a caveat to a small market team being down there for so many years that they are bumped down, and that’s the case for the White Sox this year. Because it’s the Marlins, I’m sure they’ll drop down significantly during the lottery, but for now we can hope (and also hope they don’t fuck the pick up).

Also - I believe the Athletics are banned along with the White Sox because of their suckitude?


They just need a top 3 pick - Holliday, LaViolette, Cannarella. Any will do from what I am seeing. It starts getting "high schooly" and "SP based" after this, versus the clear needs of a Holliday (3B) even if a high schooler, and two college center fielders (even if left handed). Marlins need this much more than the Rockies who have an assortment of long term bats (N. Jones, Toglia, Amador, Tovar, Doyle, Condon, Veen, Y. Fernandez, and Bryant and McMahon signed for a bit).

I found an odds table and it would come out as 65.4% chance 1-2-3 (23.5%-21.9%-20%). So they'll probably be OK and get one of the top 3 picks, but we'll see. Optimistically they don't get fucked here as those two center fielders are screaming as ideal if fast movers like Langford.

[fish16]

the tigers of this year feel a lot like the marlins of last year. out of their top 10 hitters with the most AB's this year, only 2 have an OPS above .692, Riley greene at .833 and Vierling at .736. Skubal is obviously the cy young but nothing else in their pitching staff is all that crazy. their 2dn best pitcher by WAR has been a dodger for 2 months. Somehow their expected W/L is exactly what it was thus far this year. pretty crazy.

[Namaste]

Derek Hill made another all world catch tonight.

Hell of a ballgame, too. 4 hours long.

[Namaste]

The Twins and Marlins went 10 for 46 with RISP. That’s wild. Great game, good win. Watch the Derek Hill catch if you can

[fish16]

Derek Hill made another all world catch tonight.

Hell of a ballgame, too. 4 hours long.

the all world catch was necessary because he took a bad route to the ball and over ran it initially but good play,

[lou]

the tigers of this year feel a lot like the marlins of last year. out of their top 10 hitters with the most AB's this year, only 2 have an OPS above .692, Riley greene at .833 and Vierling at .736. Skubal is obviously the cy young but nothing else in their pitching staff is all that crazy. their 2dn best pitcher by WAR has been a dodger for 2 months. Somehow their expected W/L is exactly what it was thus far this year. pretty crazy.

31-24 one run record, most wins in the league. Yes, they are the Marlins. They also have a 9-1 record against the White Sox and 3 more to go so call it 12-1 shortly. 58-29 run differential against them. Only other teams with crazy single team numbers against 1 opponent:

KC 12-1 vs CHW. Lol.
MIN 12-1 vs CHW. Lol again
WASH 11-2 vs.... MIA <---- Come on guys
NYM 11-2 vs WASH


Seattle is getting screwed by KC, MIN, and DET having a billion games against the White Sox propping them up. Seattle should be the last wild card team but thems the ropes.

[Namaste]

the all world catch was necessary because he took a bad route to the ball and over ran it initially but good play,

Yes, playing CF on the road is very easy and there are never any fluctuations in ball flight.

You’re such a pant load.

[fish16]

Yes, playing CF on the road is very easy and there are never any fluctuations in ball flight.

You’re such a pant load.

fuck off i literally said it was a good catch. No one said it's very easy. you're just a miserable homer. doesnt change the fact that if a guy is falling backwards on his ass to make a catch, he took a bad route. it's like a guy having to dive to make a catch because they got a bad jump. it might have been the single best catch ive ever seen from a guy on a team 40 games under .500 with 100 losses wheezing to the finish line of a god awful season. happy now?

[Namaste]

Xavier Edwards first Marlin to ever have 3 triples in one game. WOW

[rmc523]

Unsurprisingly, Skip has officially said he’s not returning next year.

[rmc523]

Not sure if the graphs will show up, I may have to repost them later somehow….

Alright Folks, Here are the final attendance stats for 2024:

Attendance was down 75,355 overall, or 930 per game - a 6.48% decrease.





Getting into trends - the inexplicable upward trend over last year lasted far longer than I thought (through like 60-something games), but as I've previously pointed out, when you play opponent throughout the year vs. previous years can have a big affect on a micro view of the season.

That said, attendance did trend upward from beginning of the year, even accounting for Opening Day, BUT the peaks and valleys were more extreme than last year when we were in the hunt, and was helped out by a few more popular opponents (PHI, LAD, and ATL) to close out the home schedule.











I don't have time to add the teams to the game# legend, so I'll give you the full game breakout below if you want to compare a game on the chart to the actual attenance figure:











Hopefully someone appreciates these lol.

[lou]

Not sure if the graphs will show up, I may have to repost them later somehow….

Alright Folks, Here are the final attendance stats for 2024:

Attendance was down 75,355 overall, or 930 per game - a 6.48% decrease.





Getting into trends - the inexplicable upward trend over last year lasted far longer than I thought (through like 60-something games), but as I've previously pointed out, when you play opponent throughout the year vs. previous years can have a big affect on a micro view of the season.

That said, attendance did trend upward from beginning of the year, even accounting for Opening Day, BUT the peaks and valleys were more extreme than last year when we were in the hunt, and was helped out by a few more popular opponents (PHI, LAD, and ATL) to close out the home schedule.











I don't have time to add the teams to the game# legend, so I'll give you the full game breakout below if you want to compare a game on the chart to the actual attenance figure:











Hopefully someone appreciates these lol.

I appreciate it - and it is a direct correlation to not doing jackshit in the offseason last year setting up the team for the terrible start and lost season quickly.

Maybe, just maybe, Bruce will realize you have to spend money to make money, and yes cue Todd saying he is already making money due to the revenue sharing model which he is right about (+equity in team on future sale price does rise) so there is no incentive for Bruce to do anything, but we can hope.

[fish16]

so gabe kapler is for sure going to be the next manager, right?

[sports24/7]

so gabe kapler is for sure going to be the next manager, right?

This was my assumption, and I’d be totally fine with that. But Barry Jackson mentioned Rocco Baldelli’s name if he shakes free as an option. It sounds like the Twins are keeping him but at the very least that suggests Bendix will take a look at external options.