***Official - 2025 Major League Baseball Thread (7 Viewers)

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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.

Gonsolin back tomorrow.

 

[Todem]

Ben Rice has been a revelation

Not bad for an 11th round pick.

Love stories like him.

 

[General Malaise]

Watching the Marlins outfield trying to catch deep fly balls at Dodger Stadium is pure comedy! It's like watching Benny Hill out there.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Watching the Marlins outfield trying to catch deep fly balls at Dodger Stadium is pure comedy! It's like watching Benny Hill out there.

Daulton Varsho has a response to that: https://x.com/BlueJays/status/1917370135863533814

 

[CGRdrJoe]

trout hurt again

 

[urbanhack]

Watching the Marlins outfield trying to catch deep fly balls at Dodger Stadium is pure comedy! It's like watching Benny Hill out there.

Daulton Varsho has a response to that: https://x.com/BlueJays/status/1917370135863533814

It’s his first game back. At least he hit a HR.

 

[Acrobat7]

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.

I don’t really follow baseball during the regular season but just saw Judge‘s stats so far. What the hell is going on there? Are we approaching „just walk him“ territory?

 

[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.

I don’t really follow baseball during the regular season but just saw Judge‘s stats so far. What the hell is going on there? Are we approaching „just walk him“ territory?

He is on another MVP pace. The guy is simply a great hitter. And fortunately the Yankees have other good bats around him. But yeah he is getting into that kind of air if this keeps up. His plate discipline this season thus far is on another level and that is the real difference.

I just hope if we make the post season he can shake that monkey off his back.

Don’t forget when Bonds was on Pittsburgh he had misrable post season performances. Same with Arod…a bunch of stars sometimes get cold in October….that’s baseball.

Judge is an easy HOF and future Yankee legend. I would love to see some post season success this year so that aspect can be put to bed.

He is a shinjng example of what a captain should be. All business, no hype, no flash.

Just results.

 

[urbanhack]

If you like to nerd out, the first part of this podcast (Rates & Barrels) talks about Judge's performance and his continual adjustments to his stance and approach...

Building a Breakout, Hitter Edition

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball · Episode

open.spotify.com

 

[Todem]

If you like to nerd out, the first part of this podcast (Rates & Barrels) talks about Judge's performance and his continual adjustments to his stance and approach...

Building a Breakout, Hitter Edition

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball · Episode

open.spotify.com

The very best hitters always make adjustments pitch to pitch each and every AB no doubt.

 

[bryhamm]

Yikes. Some fan at the PIT game yesterday fell from 20+ feet. Saw a clip on X and it did not look good.

 

[General Malaise]

Yikes. Some fan at the PIT game yesterday fell from 20+ feet. Saw a clip on X and it did not look good.

It was really weird - like, the guy just sat up and catapulted himself over the railing. Tragic but the video was so bizarre.

 

[bryhamm]

Yikes. Some fan at the PIT game yesterday fell from 20+ feet. Saw a clip on X and it did not look good.

It was really weird - like, the guy just sat up and catapulted himself over the railing. Tragic but the video was so bizarre.

Agree. It's like he sprang up due to excitement, only to quickly release that he went forward too far, too fast.

 

[General Malaise]

Hottest teams in baseball right now:

1. Kansas City
2. Seattle





3. Athletics




Wow.

 

[FairWarning]

May be something, may be nothing - in 86 pitches today, Paul Skenes threw 2 100+ MPH, gave up 3 HRs.

 

[Gally]

Yikes. Some fan at the PIT game yesterday fell from 20+ feet. Saw a clip on X and it did not look good.

It was really weird - like, the guy just sat up and catapulted himself over the railing. Tragic but the video was so bizarre.

Agree. It's like he sprang up due to excitement, only to quickly release that he went forward too far, too fast.

Somewhere they said he was trying to get on the field and didn't take into account the 20' drop. Treated it like he was at field level and it didn't quite work out the way he wanted.

 

[General Malaise]

May be something, may be nothing - in 86 pitches today, Paul Skenes threw 2 100+ MPH, gave up 3 HRs.

Walked 4.

HE SHOULD BE PITCHING DEEP INTO GAMES WITH NO PITCH COUNT LIKE NOLAN RYAN AND GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER THE WUSSIFICATION OF OUR PASTTIME CONTINUES, BALLS, TRUCKS, FLAGS!!!11111

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Walked 4.

The Cubs approach to Skenes was to be aggressive in one specific location no matter the count and to be passive everywhere else.

Swanson, Tucker and Suzuki all homered off him in the 5th inning. Seiya Suzuki's HR came on a 3-0 count, which is usually an automatic take.

 

[dkp993]

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.

I don’t really follow baseball during the regular season but just saw Judge‘s stats so far. What the hell is going on there? Are we approaching „just walk him“ territory?

He is on another MVP pace. The guy is simply a great hitter. And fortunately the Yankees have other good bats around him. But yeah he is getting into that kind of air if this keeps up. His plate discipline this season thus far is on another level and that is the real difference.

I just hope if we make the post season he can shake that monkey off his back.

Don’t forget when Bonds was on Pittsburgh he had misrable post season performances. Same with Arod…a bunch of stars sometimes get cold in October….that’s baseball.

Judge is an easy HOF and future Yankee legend. I would love to see some post season success this year so that aspect can be put to bed.

He is a shinjng example of what a captain should be. All business, no hype, no flash.

Just results.

Bummed we didn’t get him in SD when the window was open. Super close. He would’ve looked awesome in the brown and gold.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

The Dodgers scored 51 runs in their last 5 games

 

[ChiefD]

Hottest teams in baseball right now:

1. Kansas City
2. Seattle





3. Athletics




Wow.

If the Royals can get their bats going they will be really good.

 

[ChiefD]

The Dodgers scored 51 runs in their last 5 games

We don’t care.

 

[shuke]

Judge is an easy HOF

Might want to pump the brakes a little there buddy.

 

[scoobus]

Judge is an easy HOF

Might want to pump the brakes a little there buddy.

Ehhhhhh he's already got 6 All-Stars, 2 MVPs, a ROY, and barring some sort of career ending injury, can probably sleepwalk his way to 500 HRs.

 

[Don Quixote]

Judge is an easy HOF

Might want to pump the brakes a little there buddy.

Ehhhhhh he's already got 6 All-Stars, 2 MVPs, a ROY, and barring some sort of career ending injury, can probably sleepwalk his way to 500 HRs.

He’s 33 years old and only at 325. Good chance of getting there — he has not shown signs of slowing down so far. Some examples of players getting to 500 with similar numbers at that age (like Ortiz). But more the exception than the norm.

 

[shuke]

Judge is an easy HOF

Might want to pump the brakes a little there buddy.

Ehhhhhh he's already got 6 All-Stars, 2 MVPs, a ROY, and barring some sort of career ending injury, can probably sleepwalk his way to 500 HRs.

I'm not saying he's not on track, but just feel that saying he's "easy HOF" at this point is a huge jinx.

 

[Eephus]

Judge is an easy HOF

Might want to pump the brakes a little there buddy.

Ehhhhhh he's already got 6 All-Stars, 2 MVPs, a ROY, and barring some sort of career ending injury, can probably sleepwalk his way to 500 HRs.

He’s 33 years old and only at 325. Good chance of getting there — he has not shown signs of slowing down so far. Some examples of players getting to 500 with similar numbers at that age (like Ortiz). But more the exception than the norm.

According to the Bill James' Favorite Toy calculator, Judge has a 48% chance of reaching 500 HRs and a 13% chance of 600. The tool is very conservative about the remaining length of his career; it has no idea the Yankees will be paying him $40M until he's age 39.

 

[Eephus]

Judge is an easy HOF

Might want to pump the brakes a little there buddy.

Ehhhhhh he's already got 6 All-Stars, 2 MVPs, a ROY, and barring some sort of career ending injury, can probably sleepwalk his way to 500 HRs.

I'm not saying he's not on track, but just feel like saying he's "easy HOF" at this point is a huge jinx.

He has two MVP awards and a ROY. He's not there yet but he's close and playing for a winning, high profile franchise will help his standing with the BBWAA voters.

 

[shuke]

He has two MVP awards

Dale Murphy would like a word.

 

[shuke]

He's not there yet

This is the only point I was trying to make. Relax, nerds.

 

[Eephus]

He has two MVP awards

Dale Murphy would like a word.

Judge has amassed more career WAR than Murphy in roughly half the number of plate appearances. Murphy was a 5x Gold Glove winner in CF but he doesn't grade well by modern defensive metrics for some reason.

Baseball-Reference has a bunch of different methods of assessing HoF qualifications. Judge is currently ahead of Murphy in all but one of the methods. Murphy was struggling with back problems by the time he was Judge's current age. He played four more seasons for the Phillies and Rockies but was a shadow of his former self.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

The Dodgers scored 51 runs in their last 5 games

We don’t care.

sorry

 

[Uruk-Hai]

The Dodgers scored 51 runs in their last 5 games

They'll double that when they play Baltimore

 

[Fat Nick]

Yikes. Some fan at the PIT game yesterday fell from 20+ feet. Saw a clip on X and it did not look good.

It was really weird - like, the guy just sat up and catapulted himself over the railing. Tragic but the video was so bizarre.

Agree. It's like he sprang up due to excitement, only to quickly release that he went forward too far, too fast.

Somewhere they said he was trying to get on the field and didn't take into account the 20' drop. Treated it like he was at field level and it didn't quite work out the way he wanted.

There was a TikTok post from someone who said they were a few rows behind the guy and he was super drunk. Apparently ripped his shirt off a few innings before and poured a beer on himself - this is at least corroborated by him being shirtless when he fell. I don't think he was trying to get on the field - it looked like he was holding on to the rail, and as @bryhamm said, sprung up with excitement and jumped too much forward vs. up.

The video is kind of nuts because it literally looks like those videos of guys sitting on air bags, shooting up into the air.

 

[Zeppelin]

Yesterday, Riley Greene became the first player in major league history to hit 2 HRs in the 9th inning of a game.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Yesterday, Riley Greene became the first player in major league history to hit 2 HRs in the 9th inning of a game.

The 62nd AL/NL player to homer twice in one inning, interesting that it's never been done in the 9th before. I know the home team sometimes doesn't get to bat, but still quite an anomaly.

 

[Eephus]

Yesterday, Riley Greene became the first player in major league history to hit 2 HRs in the 9th inning of a game.

Kenley Jansen entered the ninth with a 0.00 ERA and left with a 6.23 two thirds of an inning later.

 

[Todem]

Yikes. Some fan at the PIT game yesterday fell from 20+ feet. Saw a clip on X and it did not look good.

It was really weird - like, the guy just sat up and catapulted himself over the railing. Tragic but the video was so bizarre.

Agree. It's like he sprang up due to excitement, only to quickly release that he went forward too far, too fast.

Somewhere they said he was trying to get on the field and didn't take into account the 20' drop. Treated it like he was at field level and it didn't quite work out the way he wanted.

There was a TikTok post from someone who said they were a few rows behind the guy and he was super drunk. Apparently ripped his shirt off a few innings before and poured a beer on himself - this is at least corroborated by him being shirtless when he fell. I don't think he was trying to get on the field - it looked like he was holding on to the rail, and as @bryhamm said, sprung up with excitement and jumped too much forward vs. up.

The video is kind of nuts because it literally looks like those videos of guys sitting on air bags, shooting up into the air.

Yeah I had a bad feeling he was inebriated.

I hope he pulls thru.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

The dodgers became the first team ever to use 11 different starting pitchers before May smh

 

[B Maverick]

Yesterday, Riley Greene became the first player in major league history to hit 2 HRs in the 9th inning of a game.

Kenley Jansen entered the ninth with a 0.00 ERA and left with a 6.23 two thirds of an inning later.

Kenley can be good, but when he isn't, his "bad" is spectacular!

 

[General Malaise]

The dodgers became the first team ever to use 11 different starting pitchers before May smh

I know they're still the odds on favorite to win the WS but this has to be very very concerning.


Unless you know who starts pitching for them.


Whatever, I'm sure they'll trade for Paul Skenes, one of Seattle's best pitchers, Nolan Ryan and Grover Cleveland Alexander before the deadline.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Whatever, I'm sure they'll trade for Paul Skenes, one of Seattle's best pitchers, Nolan Ryan and Grover Cleveland Alexander before the deadline.

I’d be ok with the 1st 2, I heard Grover lost a lil off his fastball

 

[Spartans Rule]

Whatever, I'm sure they'll trade for Paul Skenes, one of Seattle's best pitchers, Nolan Ryan and Grover Cleveland Alexander before the deadline.

I’d be ok with the 1st 2, I heard Grover lost a lil off his fastball

"This guy here is dead!"

"Cross him off then!"

 

[General Malaise]

Whatever, I'm sure they'll trade for Paul Skenes, one of Seattle's best pitchers, Nolan Ryan and Grover Cleveland Alexander before the deadline.

I’d be ok with the 1st 2, I heard Grover lost a lil off his fastball

I bet Nolan could still strike out the entire Marlins lineup.

 

[B Maverick]

The dodgers became the first team ever to use 11 different starting pitchers before May smh

I know they're still the odds on favorite to win the WS but this has to be very very concerning.

Unless you know who starts pitching for them.

Whatever, I'm sure they'll trade for Paul Skenes, one of Seattle's best pitchers, Nolan Ryan and Grover Cleveland Alexander before the deadline.

Well, Kershaw is due back soon. Oh you meant the OTHER you know who. He's still a couple months out. Wouldn't surprise if he isn't ready until late in the season or they just wait until 2026.
Snell is due to start throwing again too.

Sadly my friend supporting the Pirates claims Skenes is under cheap control for a few more seasons so Pitt has no reason to trade him. We'll see.


And even with all that, their record still looks pretty good.

 

[General Malaise]

The dodgers became the first team ever to use 11 different starting pitchers before May smh

I know they're still the odds on favorite to win the WS but this has to be very very concerning.

Unless you know who starts pitching for them.

Whatever, I'm sure they'll trade for Paul Skenes, one of Seattle's best pitchers, Nolan Ryan and Grover Cleveland Alexander before the deadline.

Well, Kershaw is due back soon. Oh you meant the OTHER you know who. He's still a couple months out. Wouldn't surprise if he isn't ready until late in the season or they just wait until 2026.
Snell is due to start throwing again too.

Sadly my friend supporting the Pirates claims Skenes is under cheap control for a few more seasons so Pitt has no reason to trade him. We'll see.


And even with all that, their record still looks pretty good.

I know.....it's disheartening when one of the best teams in baseball ever assembled starts to show some cracks and their winning percentage is still .687.

 

[Eephus]

Sandy Koufax is tanned, rested and ready

 

[Gally]

The dodgers became the first team ever to use 11 different starting pitchers before May smh

Well, they had to get all their signings from the off season some time on the bump. They have to narrow down their rotation by October. They have time.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

They are also not surprisingly leading mlb in bullpen innings

 

[dkp993]

The dodgers became the first team ever to use 11 different starting pitchers before May smh

I know they're still the odds on favorite to win the WS but this has to be very very concerning.

Unless you know who starts pitching for them.

Whatever, I'm sure they'll trade for Paul Skenes, one of Seattle's best pitchers, Nolan Ryan and Grover Cleveland Alexander before the deadline.

Well, Kershaw is due back soon. Oh you meant the OTHER you know who. He's still a couple months out. Wouldn't surprise if he isn't ready until late in the season or they just wait until 2026.
Snell is due to start throwing again too.

Sadly my friend supporting the Pirates claims Skenes is under cheap control for a few more seasons so Pitt has no reason to trade him. We'll see.


And even with all that, their record still looks pretty good.

I know.....it's disheartening when one of the best teams in baseball ever assembled starts to show some cracks and their winning percentage is still .687.

The Padres are on a 6 game winning streak and have the second best record in the league, yet still can’t make ground on the Dodgers. Crazy.