# MLB: August 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [August 1, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126 "2024-08-01T23:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/1 "2024-08-01T23:19:02Z")
Mike Trout out for the rest of the season. This is going to be a total career of, ‘What if?’ > ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/2 "2024-08-02T03:17:31Z")
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman’s 3-year-old son Maximus is suffering from a terrible and rare disease and briefly suffered full body paralysis. > **[Dodgers' Freeman says son, 3, has Guillain-Barré](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40702652/dodgers-freddie-freeman-says-3-year-old-son-guillain-barre)** > > Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman revealed Thursday that his 3-year-old son, Maximus, is suffering from Guillain-Barré, a rare neurological disorder. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/3 "2024-08-02T03:36:07Z")
Orioles lost to Cleveland tonight and are now tied with the Yankees for the AL East lead. The two teams are also tied for the first AL wildcard. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/4 "2024-08-02T10:00:19Z")
Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-4 with his 20th HR last night, securing his 3rd 20/20 season in his 3rd year in the majors. He’s the first to have done so. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/5 "2024-08-02T11:49:17Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > This is going to be a total career of, ‘What if?’ Is it though? Injuries aside, the flat line of his career trajectory is entirely self-inflicted. His bad luck getting drafted by the Angels, but then it’s been his horrific decision to resign with them, _twice_, long after they’d failed to build anything around him for an entire decade. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/6 "2024-08-03T02:25:56Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > but then it’s been his horrific decision to resign with them, _twice_, long after they’d failed to build anything around him for an entire decade. Agreed 100%. Mike Trout’s career is on Mike Trout and nobody else. Loyalty can be admirable…until it’s just stupid. He crossed that line TWICE! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/7 "2024-08-03T10:29:46Z")
Two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell made it to the 9th inning for the first time in his career last night. He did alright. > **['Why not just throw a no-hitter?' Pitching in 9th for 1st time, Snell makes...](https://www.mlb.com/news/blake-snell-throws-no-hitter-for-giants-vs-reds)** > > CINCINNATI -- For all his accomplishments -- two Cy Young Awards, an All-Star selection -- there was one feat that had long eluded Blake Snell. > Entering Friday, Snell had never completed eight innings over his nine-year Major League career, much less... ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/8 "2024-08-03T16:55:21Z")
Last night Gleyber Torres of the Yankees drilled a pitch off the wall in left field. However, he thought it was a homer when he hit it, so he trotted to first base. The ball was quickly retrieved by the Toronto outfielder and Torres was held to a single. Later in the inning, he tried to score on a double and was thrown out at home. Had he been at second, he would have scored easily. Torres was removed from the game, which ended in an 8-5 Toronto victory. The hit is the fourth video in this story. > **[Yankees, Torres hope benching a 'learning moment'](https://www.mlb.com/news/gleyber-torres-benched-in-yankees-loss-to-blue-jays)** > > NEW YORK -- Perched near the top step of the Yankees dugout, Aaron Boone shook his head as Gleyber Torres appeared to plead his case, having been replaced at second base for the top of the fourth inning. The manager focused on the blue lineup card in... ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/9 "2024-08-03T17:52:02Z")
I was watching the game and he should have busted it out of the box, but he would have been a dead duck at second unless the defense botched it. Gleyber is slow, and also makes too many mental mistakes. It’s a shame…I wonder where he’ll be playing next year. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/10 "2024-08-03T17:55:22Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > he should have busted it out of the box, but he would have been a dead duck at second unless the defense botched it. You think so? I only saw the replay, but ISTM that had he been hustling all the way, he gets to second relatively easily. I guess I wasn’t aware he wasn’t exactly fleet of foot. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/11 "2024-08-03T17:55:33Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Loyalty can be admirable…until it’s just stupid. He crossed that line TWICE! There’s nothing stupid about it. Every MLB team is three years from catastrophe, and every MLB team is three years from a World Series. You never know. When he signed his 12-year deal in 2019, the Nationals were the World Series champs. Should he have signed there? He’d have been way better off, we know now, signing with the Phillies, but that would not have been obvious in 2019 when the Phillies hadn’t finished above .500 in seven years. Sure, Anaheim was mediocre in 2019, but they were committed to spending to win, and I am sure they presented a plan. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/12 "2024-08-03T17:57:00Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Sure, Anaheim was mediocre in 2019, but they were committed to spending to win, and I am sure they presented a plan. And, at that point, Ohtani was coming off of his rookie season with the Angels, so there was no small hope that they were getting the pieces in place to actually not stink. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/13 "2024-08-03T19:06:10Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I guess I wasn’t aware he wasn’t exactly fleet of foot. Speaking of fleet of foot, didja see Salvy score from first last night?! > **[Highlight: Royals at Tigers (08/02/2024) | MLB Gameday](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/royals-vs-tigers/2024/08/02/746443/video/tarik-skubal-in-play-out-s-to-hunter-renfroe-x3607)** > > Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Royals vs. Tigers at Comerica Park ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/14 "2024-08-03T20:32:16Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > didja see Salvy score from first last night?! I did see that! Salvy is definitely having fun this season. In watching that replay, I was wondering what the umpire saw to call him out? The sweep tag by the catcher wasn’t really close, and the fact that the catcher attempted to tag him after he crossed the plate should have been a clue that the initial tag was missed. Thank goodness for replay. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/15 "2024-08-03T22:23:03Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Sure, Anaheim was mediocre in 2019, but they were committed to spending to win, and I am sure they presented a plan. I completely respect the fact that you are WAAAAYYY more knowledgeable about baseball than I am, and maybe it’s cold-blooded of me, but as a player, I’d rather be the final piece of the puzzle than the foundational piece. I think Trout preferred stability (and a bunch of money) over being a rent-a-player and a fuck-ton of money).That was his call and he made it. As a fan, I’m disappointed that he will end up playing his entire career in the eyeball wasteland that is Anaheim. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/16 "2024-08-04T00:53:14Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > I’d rather be the final piece of the puzzle than the foundational piece I mean that’s a matter of personal preference and can’t be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/17 "2024-08-04T20:30:10Z")
Last night the Royals took a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth in Detroit. Tigers scored two. Royals scored one in the tenth. Tigers answered with a run. Royals scored one in the 11th. Tigers scored two for a 6-5 win. KC pitchers blew saves in 3 consecutive innings. Today Detroit took a 2-0 lead into the ninth. Royals put two on base with two out and then got a pinch-hit 3-run homer. Royals pitcher did not blow the save today for a 3-2 KC victory. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/18 "2024-08-05T12:02:44Z")
Jackson Holliday hitting .389 with 2 home runs and 7 RBI in 5 games since returning to the bigs. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/19 "2024-08-07T22:58:04Z")
Maybe Luis Gil is back on track after tonight’s 5 inning 2 hit 0 run game. If I wrote the headline, I’d be tempted to write “Gil: a monster game”. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/20 "2024-08-08T02:55:33Z")
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