Official official offseason thread

[striker42]

This Painter kid from Philly is gonna be a problem.

If his elbow holds up.

[thewupk]

Braves are the top rated team in MLB The Show 23.

It's crazy but Harris and Strider really did elevate this team from top contender to most talented team in the league. I feel like top to bottom we haven't been this good since the mid 90s.

[bravesfanMatt]

Braves are the top rated team in MLB The Show 23.

It's crazy but Harris and Strider really did elevate this team from top contender to most talented team in the league. I feel like top to bottom we haven't been this good since the mid 90s.

I don't know anything about that game, but I do think this is our best team top to bottom I have ever seen.. and that includes the 91 run to now.. the pen and offense are better than any time I can remember.

[Heyward]

Braves are the top rated team in MLB The Show 23.

It's crazy but Harris and Strider really did elevate this team from top contender to most talented team in the league. I feel like top to bottom we haven't been this good since the mid 90s.

Crazy how good we could be if we reallly went after a LF'er but thats grasping at straws. Team is loaded, for sure.

[Tapate50]

Let’s tone down this optimism! You guys are gonna jinx it

[bravesfanMatt]

Let’s tone down this optimism! You guys are gonna jinx it

Speaking of a jinx. When are we gonna vote on the board name. I don’t want one Just Fascistly installed like last year’s.

[Tapate50]

Last years was total bull ****

[Hulavol]

Last years’ board name gave us last years results - we need a WS winner of a board name.
In honor of Aerch,CLVCLV, and Rico43 let’s get this right.

[bravesfanMatt]

2023 The Atlanta A's

[Horsehide Harry]

Money Balls

Gotta have enough to go around

[Carp]

The pitch clock has potential to add layers of strategy I never considered: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/max-sche...h-clock-rules/

Of course the dinosaurs complaining about losing compelling strategy with the introduction of the DH are the same fools complaining about the pitch clock. I'm sure those mouth breathers won't concede the fact the pitch clock may add more strategy to the game than any amount of PHing for the pitcher or bunting from the pitcher ever did. Instead, they will continue to cry about change because change is bad.

There only issue with the pitch clock is MLB's dumb assumption that it will magically generate more viewership by making the games 15-20 minutes shorter.

[GovClintonTyree]

There only issue with the pitch clock is MLB's dumb assumption that it will magically generate more viewership by making the games 15-20 minutes shorter.

I think it really will help with the casuals, and it's going to make more than 15 minutes difference. I don't much like the rituals and adjusting your nuts after every pitch and throwing over 17 times, either. It took Acuna two minutes to run the bases after that Venezuelan home run he pimped and nearly started gun play in the stands, and that's where all this was going...can't say I dig that much, either. I'm glad the Tony LaRussa games with six mid-inning pitching changes and waiting for a Nomar or Grover to go through his rituals in a 12 minute at bat are gone.

It's all good.

[Super]

sprained UCL for Andrew Painter. bad news for the Phils.

[ramadon101]

If his elbow holds up.

You guys jinxed him. Painter has been shut down with a UCL sprain (a majority of cases end up with surgery but he’s shut down at least a month before even being able to throw again).

[Tapate50]

Suarez with forearm tightness too

[striker42]

You guys jinxed him. Painter has been shut down with a UCL sprain (a majority of cases end up with surgery but he’s shut down at least a month before even being able to throw again).

In my defense, he was down with elbow soreness before I said anything. I need to stress this so the karma gods don't attack our rotation.

[Southcack77]

I think it really will help with the casuals, and it's going to make more than 15 minutes difference. I don't much like the rituals and adjusting your nuts after every pitch and throwing over 17 times, either. It took Acuna two minutes to run the bases after that Venezuelan home run he pimped and nearly started gun play in the stands, and that's where all this was going...can't say I dig that much, either. I'm glad the Tony LaRussa games with six mid-inning pitching changes and waiting for a Nomar or Grover to go through his rituals in a 12 minute at bat are gone.

It's all good.

It might help stop the bleeding and make folks more likely to attend games.

15-20 minutes is significant for families as is the lack of down time in an in-person game.

[bravesfanMatt]

Wood. Ronnie with 2 plate appearances and has 4 outs.

[Enscheff]

There only issue with the pitch clock is MLB's dumb assumption that it will magically generate more viewership by making the games 15-20 minutes shorter.

Again, the goal is not to make games shorter. The goal is to decrease the dead time between pitches. A byproduct of that is shorter games. That is quite literally 20 minutes a night you aren’t watching guys do absolutely nothing. Literally nothing. Why mouth breathing dinosaurs are fans of inaction during a sporting event is unknowable.

Personally, I absolutely love the faster pace of the game so far. As long as no games are decided by umpires trying to make themselves the center of attention by ending a game with a pitch click violation, I think the new rules are a resounding success.

As usual, the umpires are going to be a problem and the sooner mlb can get rid of as many as possible, the better.

[Horsehide Harry]

Wonder how much decreased game time would cut into concession spend?

Assuming a relative straight line spend (which I don't think you can really do) and an average spend of $30 per person (just a WAG) and 30K attending per night over 81 games that would result in about $73M in concession spend over a regular season. If the new rules speed the game enough to eliminate 20 mins from a 3 hour game, then, if all assumptions are correct -which they are not, the impact would be $73M/9 or about $8.2M. How much of that $8.2M gets thrown out as waste (hot dogs, other non packaged food items that go bad quickly) and how much would simply be carried over with a simple lost profit instead of sunk cost and profit? Another WAG would be that faster games MAY cost franchises as much as $5M per year in diminished concession sales.

Given the publication of Liberty financials, I doubt it means much to them. But it may mean a few less concessioners at each game.