General 2023 MLB Thread

This is so much fun.
Saw 2 games today. Ending it with beers and burgers...
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Some of these WBC games have been crazy.

Lars Nootbaar (St Louis Cardinals outfielder) has basically been adopted by Japan. He's putting on quite a show.


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He was born in America, but his mother was Japanese. He is the first non-native Japanese player to compete for the Japanese National Team.

He's not only made 2 phenomenal catches in 2 games, from the plate he's 4 for 8 with 4 runs scored. 2 walks and 1 stolen base.
 
Some of the scenes from these WBC games have been crazy. The game last night between Chinese Taipae and Italy was NUTS.

The crowd was like a PRIDE event.


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The games so far have been fun. Very cool event.
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2 games tonight:
China / Australia @ 10 pm (Tokyo Dome)
Panama / Italy @ 11 pm (Taichung Baseball Stadium, Taiwan)

Team USA hasn't played yet. Their first game is tomorrow against The Brits @ 9 PM.

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Projected USA starting lineup.

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Notable players off the bench...
Will Smith, Jeff McNeil, Bobby Witt Jr, Cedric Mullins, Kyle Schwarber

Starting Pitchers:
  • Adam Wainwright
  • Nestor Cortes
  • Miles Mikolas
  • Brady Singer
  • Lance Lynn
  • Merrill Kelly

Bullpen:
  • Jason Adams
  • Daniel Bard
  • David Bednar
  • Kendall Graveman
  • Nick Martinez
  • Adam Ottavino
  • Ryan Pressly
  • Brooks Raley
  • Devin Williams
The starting rotation is pretty meh. The bullpen is very solid.
 
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Notable players off the bench...
Will Smith
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Let me introduce you to Christian Encarnacion-Strand.
AKA CES

Dude can straight up RAKE. He caught my eye when I was in Arizona last week and he's still killing it.
This Spring he's hitting for a .625 average in 24 ABs. 2 DBL, 1 TRP, 4 HR. 13 RBI and 31 TBs.
It's a different sound when he connects. He hits it HARD. I don't think they measure barrels in ST, but I guarantee he'd be leading the majors if they did.


View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1632134121022533632


It's going to be fun watching this kid play for 3 years before the Yankees sign him.
@mysticmac - Meet your future 1st Baseman.
 
Ethan Salas made it into a Spring Training game yesterday. He's 16 years old.

Ranked as the Padres #3 prospect, he recently signed a contract worth $5.6 million.
He likely won't get an official call up to The Show for 4 or 5 years, but pretty cool to be 16 years old and playing against major leaguers.

He's a catcher and was subbed into the game in the 6th inning.
Went 0-1. Grounded out to 2nd in his only AB.

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America face-fucked Canada last night. They had to stop the game in the 7th it was so embarrassing.

12-1

How bad is Great Britain? Worse than their uniforms. Canada - a team USA run-ruled - beat them 18-8.

LMAO
No wonder those fucks lost the Revolutionary War
 
Must watch. Final is tonight.
USA vs Japan
Game is in Miami. 7 pm EST.

Ohtani isn't the starting pitcher, but the plan is to use him in relief if needed. We could see him face his Angel's teammate Mike Trout for the first time ever.

Shota Imanaga (LH) is set to start, but the Japan squad also has Yu Darvish available for relief work.

Japan has the edge in pitching for sure, but the bats on the American side are ridiculous.

US made the final by beating Cuba 14-2
 
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