***Official - 2025 Major League Baseball Thread (49 Viewers)

[Raging weasel]

Today's Diamondbacks-Cubs game has been insane

Yeah, just missed tying/setting the record for most runs in an inning(18 in 1883 or 17 in 1953)

 

[General Malaise]

Mariners called up a kid from my little local college, Ben Williamson, 3B. Not a power hitter but makes good contact consistently. His mastery is on the defensive side though, probably the best defensive infielder in the minors before getting the call. Google Ben Williamson web gems and you'll find a number of results. No idea how long he'll stay up but in his senior season I told his mom he'd make it so I "won" that one.

That's pretty cool!

And he's probably already their best 3B hitter.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Mariners called up a kid from my little local college, Ben Williamson, 3B. Not a power hitter but makes good contact consistently. His mastery is on the defensive side though, probably the best defensive infielder in the minors before getting the call. Google Ben Williamson web gems and you'll find a number of results. No idea how long he'll stay up but in his senior season I told his mom he'd make it so I "won" that one.

Ben's uncle is a buddy of mine from college - I've been following his journey for years. Seems like a great kid. Base hit in his first AB! But saw that he got caught stealing a couple days ago - that's Collinsworth DNA haunting him.

 

[3C's]

Ben being Ben.

https://x.com/The_Couch_GM/status/1913467675919204742

(And lol at the announcer butchering the school name)

 

[cosjobs]

i'm not a Giants fan, but I really like these.

https://www.mlb.com/news/giants-unveil-second-city-connect-jerseys

I am a Giants fan and I think they're an absolute abomination.

I'm with hack.
I dig it

 

[kupcho1]

I think i just heard the announcers say Jose Altuve has played in 1800 of the Houston Astros total 10,000 games.

To paraphrase Brian Fellows, that's crazy.

 

[dkp993]

I think i just heard the announcers say Jose Altuve has played in 1800 of the Houston Astros total 10,000 games.

To paraphrase Brian Fellows, that's crazy.

How many of those games was he not cheating?

 

[kupcho1]

I think i just heard the announcers say Jose Altuve has played in 1800 of the Houston Astros total 10,000 games.

To paraphrase Brian Fellows, that's crazy.

How many of those games was he not cheating?

6

 

[dkp993]

I think i just heard the announcers say Jose Altuve has played in 1800 of the Houston Astros total 10,000 games.

To paraphrase Brian Fellows, that's crazy.

How many of those games was he not cheating?

6

Think you likely hit the over.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

I think i just heard the announcers say Jose Altuve has played in 1800 of the Houston Astros total 10,000 games.

To paraphrase Brian Fellows, that's crazy.

Craig Biggio finished at 2850.

 

[Don Quixote]

A’s calling up Nick Kurtz. He’s been crushing it in AAA.

 

[urbanhack]

A’s calling up Nick Kurtz. He’s been crushing it in AAA.

today? he's still not up

 

[Don Quixote]

A’s calling up Nick Kurtz. He’s been crushing it in AAA.

today? he's still not up

Yes, looks like today. They had him join the club in Sacramento and did some batting practice with the team yesterday, but apparently held off a day from activating because they were facing a lefty.

A's top pick in '24, Kurtz, to debut Wednesday

Nick Kurtz, the No. 4 overall pick by the Athletics in the 2024 draft, is expected to make his big league debut on Wednesday.

www.espn.com

 

[Todem]

I am pretty sure I mentioned Soto would miss Judge more than Judge would ever miss Soto.

It's only almost a month in but the trend early on is holding true. Pete Alonso though does not seem to mind LOL.

Judge - 108 PA 90 AB 22 R 37 H 7 2B 7 HR 25 RBI 3 SB 16 BB 22 K. .411/.509/.722/1.231
Soto - 105 PA 86 AB 17 R 20 H 5 2B 3 HR 12 RBI 2 SB 18 BB 15 K .233/.362/.395/.757


All Rise.

I am sure Soto will be fine.......but I love seeing this as a Yankees fan.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

The Cubs and Dodgers are finished playing for the regular season. The Cubs took the series 4-3, including four of five games on American soil.

The Dodgers can bludgeon the league with their payroll, but if they don't work on fixing a leaky bullpen and a poor defense then they will not be seeing the Cubs again in October.

 

[Witz]

I am pretty sure I mentioned Soto would miss Judge more than Judge would ever miss Soto.

It's only almost a month in but the trend early on is holding true. Pete Alonso though does not seem to mind LOL.

Judge - 108 PA 90 AB 22 R 37 H 7 2B 7 HR 25 RBI 3 SB 16 BB 22 K. .411/.509/.722/1.231
Soto - 105 PA 86 AB 17 R 20 H 5 2B 3 HR 12 RBI 2 SB 18 BB 15 K .233/.362/.395/.757


All Rise.

I am sure Soto will be fine.......but I love seeing this as a Yankees fan.

One year.

 

[urbanhack]

I thought Baltimore was supposed to be good with all the best hitting prospects in the league?

 

[Cowboysfan8]

The Cubs and Dodgers are finished playing for the regular season. The Cubs took the series 4-3, including four of five games on American soil.

The Dodgers can bludgeon the league with their payroll, but if they don't work on fixing a leaky bullpen and a poor defense then they will not be seeing the Cubs again in October.

Only 135 games to go

 

[3C's]

Kid is ridiculous

Seattle Mariners rookie Ben Williamson delivers web gem

Seattle Mariners rookie third baseman Ben Williamson made a highlight-reel play that robbed former longtime Houston Astros star Alex Bregman of a base hit.

sports.mynorthwest.com

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I thought Baltimore was supposed to be good with all the best hitting prospects in the league?

They have no pitchers, but their hitting has been really disappointing lately.

 

[General Malaise]

Today, the Seattle Mariners are starting Donovan Solano at 1B, which I believe many other MLB teams use as a source of power or maybe even a fella who can get on base.

But not our Mariners, boys....no, check out this cat's season to date:

OBP: .083
BA: .169
HR: 0
RBI: 1
R: 1
SB: 0


Like, what are they even doing?

 

[urbanhack]

Today, the Seattle Mariners are starting Donovan Solano at 1B, which I believe many other MLB teams use as a source of power or maybe even a fella who can get on base.

But not our Mariners, boys....no, check out this cat's season to date:

OBP: 0.83
BA: .169
HR: 0
RBI: 1
R: 1
SB: 0


Like, what are they even doing?

roughing up Crochet?

 

[General Malaise]

Today, the Seattle Mariners are starting Donovan Solano at 1B, which I believe many other MLB teams use as a source of power or maybe even a fella who can get on base.

But not our Mariners, boys....no, check out this cat's season to date:

OBP: 0.83
BA: .169
HR: 0
RBI: 1
R: 1
SB: 0


Like, what are they even doing?

roughing up Crochet?

Well, some of the Mariners are; he decidedly is not. 0-2 and now his OBP is a robust .081

 

[Don Quixote]

Today, the Seattle Mariners are starting Donovan Solano at 1B, which I believe many other MLB teams use as a source of power or maybe even a fella who can get on base.

But not our Mariners, boys....no, check out this cat's season to date:

OBP: .083
BA: .169
HR: 0
RBI: 1
R: 1
SB: 0


Like, what are they even doing?

How is his OBP 80 points lower than BA? Usually OBP is higher than BA when take walks into account.

 

[Eephus]

Today, the Seattle Mariners are starting Donovan Solano at 1B, which I believe many other MLB teams use as a source of power or maybe even a fella who can get on base.

But not our Mariners, boys....no, check out this cat's season to date:

OBP: .083
BA: .169
HR: 0
RBI: 1
R: 1
SB: 0


Like, what are they even doing?

I'm here to defend Donnie Barrels. 36 PAs in 2025 is a small sample size compared to a decent recent history as a productive hitter especially against LHP.

He's a better option than Rowdy or Raley against a tough lefty. The M's don't have a ton of options.

 

[Eephus]

I didn't have Bobby Dalbec starting at shortstop in my bold predictions

 

[General Malaise]

Today, the Seattle Mariners are starting Donovan Solano at 1B, which I believe many other MLB teams use as a source of power or maybe even a fella who can get on base.

But not our Mariners, boys....no, check out this cat's season to date:

OBP: .083
BA: .169
HR: 0
RBI: 1
R: 1
SB: 0


Like, what are they even doing?

How is his OBP 80 points lower than BA? Usually OBP is higher than BA when take walks into account.

I was using his OPS instead of BA. Here's what it is currently:

Average .081
On Base % .079

He has 0 walks on the season.

 

[General Malaise]

Today, the Seattle Mariners are starting Donovan Solano at 1B, which I believe many other MLB teams use as a source of power or maybe even a fella who can get on base.

But not our Mariners, boys....no, check out this cat's season to date:

OBP: .083
BA: .169
HR: 0
RBI: 1
R: 1
SB: 0


Like, what are they even doing?

I'm here to defend Donnie Barrels. 36 PAs in 2025 is a small sample size compared to a decent recent history as a productive hitter especially against LHP.

He's a better option than Rowdy or Raley against a tough lefty. The M's don't have a ton of options.

Oh, I'm aware the options are down to seeds and stems, but a 37-year with declining bat speed, 0 walks and no speed on the base path shouldn't really be one of those options.

 

[urbanhack]

I didn't have Bobby Dalbec starting at shortstop in my bold predictions

Wait until you see what else the White Sox have up their sleeves for the rest of the season!

 

[General Malaise]

I've got the Rockies as the worst team in MLB right now, but they might have found something with Hunter Goodman. He had quite a bit of power in the minors and is starting to hit the ball hard away from Coors. I have a feeling he might have a great summer in Denver.

 

[General Malaise]

How long before the Phillies send Jordan Romano to the moon?

 

[urbanhack]

How long before the Phillies send Jordan Romano to the moon?

Send Kerkering with him.

 

[General Malaise]

With one walk today, Solano brought his OBP up to .100.

Batting average .079

bet they miss the halcyon days of Justin Smoak.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

bet they miss the halcyon days of Justin Smoak.

They still miss Tom Paciorek.

 

[General Malaise]

bet they miss the halcyon days of Justin Smoak.

They still miss Tom Paciorek.

Wanted to make a Russell Branyan joke but he ended up being a woman abusing monster so F him.

 

[Eephus]

We willed the Mariners and White Sox to victories today with the power of our posts.

 

[Eephus]

bet they miss the halcyon days of Justin Smoak.

They still miss Tom Paciorek.

Wanted to make a Russell Branyan joke but he ended up being a woman abusing monster so F him.

He played for a bunch of teams so you can't pin him on the Mariners.

 

[General Malaise]

bet they miss the halcyon days of Justin Smoak.

They still miss Tom Paciorek.

Wanted to make a Russell Branyan joke but he ended up being a woman abusing monster so F him.

He played for a bunch of teams so you can't pin him on the Mariners.

He was the Mariners' clean up hitter for a spell.

When we talk about a franchise wasting the career of a hall of famer like Seattle did with King Felix, this is the sort of evidence a prosecutor would use to rest his case.

 

[dkp993]

Today, the Seattle Mariners are starting Donovan Solano at 1B, which I believe many other MLB teams use as a source of power or maybe even a fella who can get on base.

But not our Mariners, boys....no, check out this cat's season to date:

OBP: .083
BA: .169
HR: 0
RBI: 1
R: 1
SB: 0


Like, what are they even doing?

I'm here to defend Donnie Barrels. 36 PAs in 2025 is a small sample size compared to a decent recent history as a productive hitter especially against LHP.

He's a better option than Rowdy or Raley against a tough lefty. The M's don't have a ton of options.

He was really solid all last year for my Padres. Was actually sad to see him go.

 

[Eephus]

He was the Mariners' clean up hitter for a spell.

Branyan had his career year for Seattle in 2009 with 31 HRs and a 130 OPS+. It wasn't enough for them to resign him because he went back to Cleveland the next year clearing the way for the immortal Casey Kotchman to play 1B for a hundred loss Mariners team.

 

[The Gator]

Eugenio Suarez, have a day

 

[Chemical X]

There are plenty of things that can exceed 104 mph. Cars, trains, airplanes ... even wind.

A pitch, however, generally isn't one of those -- unless you're Raimon Gomez.

The Mets right-hander came out blazing in the first inning at Clover Park, reaching triple digits with his heater on 11 of 12 pitches for Single-A St. Lucie.

He hit 104.5.

 

[Zeppelin]

Skubal doing Skubal things.

 

[Dickies]

Giants walk it off with a little league home run on little league day at the ballpark.

 

[General Malaise]

MLB and all sports need to adopt a mercy rule. There's no reason to play out an 11-0 game.

 

[Gally]

MLB and all sports need to adopt a mercy rule. There's no reason to play out an 11-0 game.

Tell that to the Cubs that scored 10 in the 8th to come back and win.

 

[Dickies]

Giants walk it off with a little league home run on little league day at the ballpark.

Forgot to add that before the game my son got a Logan Webb autograph. My son said he was the nicest of any of the players he's ever gotten an autograph from and spent an extra 30 seconds per kid to talk with them a bit versus just getting through the line. He told my son "You look like you've got some gamer in you" after asking for his name and age. I found it pretty funny because that is what everyone says about him when they see him play, whether they know him personally or not.

 

[B Maverick]

The Cubs and Dodgers are finished playing for the regular season. The Cubs took the series 4-3, including four of five games on American soil.

The Dodgers can bludgeon the league with their payroll, but if they don't work on fixing a leaky bullpen and a poor defense then they will not be seeing the Cubs again in October.

They also need to figure out how to keep their starting pitchers healthy as they are down to 3.

 

[belljr]

Watching the Phillies 9th is exactly like watching my daughter college team, except the would have lost by 1

 

[The Gator]

Ben Rice has been a revelation