MLB 2025

[supermike80 1,965]

If the Tigers face good pitching...they suck.

Not good come playoff time

[Hardcore troubadour 15,538]

15 minutes ago, supermike80 said:

If the Tigers face good pitching...they suck.

Not good come playoff time

Not a lot of that in the AL. 

[cmh6476 1,041]

4 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Not a lot of that in the AL. 

You only need a 3-man rotation come playoff time.  Mariners are pretty solid, should they stay healthy.

[MikeMatt 174]

Yankees and Mets are embarrassing NY

[edjr 6,641]

On 8/4/2025 at 7:13 AM, MikeMatt said:

Yankees and Mets are embarrassing NY

the yankees used to win all the time, haven’t you heard? yankees fans are fine with them sucking now

[cmh6476 1,041]

Was hoping to come out of Boston with at least one win in the series.  I guess it better be today if that's to happen.  Should be able to pull out a winning record in the next three series with the Twins, Nationals and White Sox coming up.

 

[edjr 6,641]

 

[supermike80 1,965]

4 hours ago, cmh6476 said:

Was hoping to come out of Boston with at least one win in the series.  I guess it better be today if that's to happen.  Should be able to pull out a winning record in the next three series with the Twins, Nationals and White Sox coming up.

 

Ill agree here.   I hate Boston, Boston fans, and anything associated with the Red Sux.  So I hope your boys get one tonight

[supermike80 1,965]

Juan Soto sucking it up.  Bigly.

Not a fan of giant, long term contracts in MLB.

rumors are Tarik Skubal wants 40 million for 10 years.  If that's the case, I have no problem if the Tigers let him go.

[MikeMatt 174]

2 minutes ago, supermike80 said:

Juan Soto sucking it up.  Bigly.

His 2025 nickname is Juan Solo. 
Of his 20+ HRs only 4 of them had men on base. His average with men in scoring position is atrocious. As Mets fans say - there is always next year. 

[Mookz 1,356]

On 8/6/2025 at 10:00 AM, cmh6476 said:

Was hoping to come out of Boston with at least one win in the series.  I guess it better be today if that's to happen.  Should be able to pull out a winning record in the next three series with the Twins, Nationals and White Sox coming up.

 

Boy, this a-hole does not disappoint. 

Royals placed RHP Hunter Harvey on the 15-day injured list with a right adductor strain.
It’s the second trip to the injured list this season for the 30-year-old right-hander who just returned on July 25 after missing over three months with a right major teres sprain. No word yet on how long he’ll be shelved for this time around. 

 

[cmh6476 1,041]

10 minutes ago, Mookz said:

Boy, this a-hole does not disappoint. 

Royals placed RHP Hunter Harvey on the 15-day injured list with a right adductor strain.
It’s the second trip to the injured list this season for the 30-year-old right-hander who just returned on July 25 after missing over three months with a right major teres sprain. No word yet on how long he’ll be shelved for this time around. 

 

Yeah fock that guy

[cmh6476 1,041]

A look at some of the top free agents heading into the offseason

[supermike80 1,965]

Tigers are done.  MAYBE make the playoffs, but won't go anywhere.  Did nothing substantial at the trade deadline and this is the result

[Mike Honcho 5,324]

After earlier in the season missing  a 12 game winning streak by one game that wins the city a free burger at George Webb, the Brew Crew hit the mark last night with a 12-5 win.  Though to be honest as a Wisconsin resident, free burgers is the last thing a lot the people in Milwaukee need.  Amazingly, according to the "experts", the Brewers don't have a single player that cracks the top 50 in MLB. This bunch of no-names has become one of my favorite teams ever.  

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MLB Rank 2025 in-season update: Ranking baseball's top 50 players

A week into the 2025 MLB season, we created our annual MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in baseball to answer the question: Who will be the best player in 2025?

More than four months later, we asked 17 ESPN MLB experts to give their ranking of the top 50 players in the sport this season. We averaged those lists to create our first MLB Rank in-season update -- giving us a chance not only to take a look at who has excelled this season, but also see what we got right (and wrong) on our initial top-100 player ranking.

(No top 50 players: CHW, LAA, TB, ATL, COL, MIL, STL)

 

 

[TBayXXXVII 2,577]

32 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

After earlier in the season missing  a 12 game winning streak by one game that wins the city a free burger at George Webb, the Brew Crew hit the mark last night with a 12-5 win.  Though to be honest as a Wisconsin resident, free burgers is the last thing a lot the people in Milwaukee need.  Amazingly, according to the "experts", the Brewers don't have a single player that cracks the top 50 in MLB. This bunch of no-names has become one of my favorite teams ever.  

 

That's because you're looking at ESPN.  Fox has 2 in their top 50

22. William Contreras, Milwaukee Brewers
38. Jackson Chourio, Milwaukee Brewers

[cmh6476 1,041]

1 hour ago, Mike Honcho said:

After earlier in the season missing  a 12 game winning streak by one game that wins the city a free burger at George Webb, the Brew Crew hit the mark last night with a 12-5 win.  Though to be honest as a Wisconsin resident, free burgers is the last thing a lot the people in Milwaukee need.  Amazingly, according to the "experts", the Brewers don't have a single player that cracks the top 50 in MLB. This bunch of no-names has become one of my favorite teams ever.  

 

My son has said the Brewers will become his NL team, since he just moved in to Madison yesterday.  He picked a good time to be a Brewers fan.

[posty 2,740]

Jumping on the bandwagon, eh?

[Mike Honcho 5,324]

7 minutes ago, posty said:

Jumping on the bandwagon, eh?

Pretty much.    

[MikeMatt 174]

Mets are done. 

[supermike80 1,965]

Dodgers fall out of first

Yankees are 6 games behind in the AL East

Tigers are seeing their huge lead slowly eroding

Mets 5 games back in the NL east.

Cubs now 7.5 games back of the Brewers.

Baseball is a long long season.    I could see all of these flipping back to the expected before the end of the season

[posty 2,740]

39 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

Pretty much.    

That wasn't targeted at you, that was at cmh's son...

I could see having a favorite AL and NL team before interleague play began and the universal DH, but now, you can't...

That is like cmh liking the Chiefs in the AFC and the Packers in the NFC because his son is in Wisconsin now...

[cmh6476 1,041]

7 minutes ago, posty said:

That wasn't targeted at you, that was at cmh's son...

I could see having a favorite AL and NL team before interleague play began and the universal DH, but now, you can't...

That is like cmh liking the Chiefs in the AFC and the Packers in the NFC because his son is in Wisconsin now...

I don't know, my KU roommate was from Dallas and was a Rangers and cowboys fan, but developed an affinity for the Chiefs and Royals just being around so many fans at the school he was attending.  I'm sure my boy will end up being friends with a bunch of packers fans as well

[posty 2,740]

2 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

I don't know, my KU roommate was from Dallas and was a Rangers and cowboys fan, but developed an affinity for the Chiefs and Royals just being around so many fans at the school he was attending.  I'm sure my boy will end up being friends with a bunch of packers fans as well

That makes sense, but that just doesn't seem logical...  I guess the days of "if you are fan of one team, you don't like anyone else"...  But thanks for the information, it just seems weird...

[Mike Honcho 5,324]

9 minutes ago, posty said:

That wasn't targeted at you, that was at cmh's son...

I could see having a favorite AL and NL team before interleague play began and the universal DH, but now, you can't...

That is like cmh liking the Chiefs in the AFC and the Packers in the NFC because his son is in Wisconsin now...

I know, just busting balls. 

Yeah, but if he likes going to games, the Brewers are his only option.  And as a college student, if he's like me(poor), he's probably going to be limited to in his television viewing, so the Brewers might be the only game in town. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and welcome him aboard the bandwagon with a brat! 

[cmh6476 1,041]

On 4/29/2025 at 5:22 PM, cmh6476 said:

 

 

this is pretty darn cool.  Cameron played for St. Joseph Central HS, where my son is a senior on the baseball team and making occasional starts in the rotation.  A bunch of Noah's close friends and family are making the trip to Tampa to watch him in his big league debut.

This post has aged well

[cmh6476 1,041]

Looks like pasquantino was just pulled.   Jac has been doing well with the rehab assignment but there hasn't been a need to rush him back with the deadline of acquisitions.   This could be a time to grab Jac in a buy low (waiver pickup) scenario if he's available, because a call up might be all he needs to finally start producing like we thought he could.

[cmh6476 1,041]

Never mind

[MikeMatt 174]

Mets prospect won his MLB debut today. Nolan McLean went 5 and a 1/3 no runs and 8Ks. Stuck out first batter he faced and made a nice defensive play with bases loaded hit back to pitcher and caught it behind his back and continued to assist turning double play to end the inning. 

[edjr 6,641]

Team payroll - current

RANK	TEAM	TOTAL PAYROLL
1	Dodgers	$340,511,169
2	Mets	$339,421,107
3	Yankees	$297,822,907
4	Phillies	$288,932,997
5	Blue Jays	$252,801,316
6	Astros	$231,208,905
7	Rangers	$222,734,416
8	Padres	$215,302,814
9	Braves	$213,895,956
10	Cubs	$210,252,003
11	Angels	$204,573,565
12	Red Sox	$196,555,332
13	Diamondbacks	$176,616,304
14	Giants	$173,973,824
15	Mariners	$161,807,328
16	Tigers	$156,836,868
17	Orioles	$153,975,099
18	Royals	$134,215,975
19	Cardinals	$129,805,664
20	Twins	$125,679,889
21	Rockies	$122,212,896
22	Reds	$118,841,959
23	Brewers	$113,093,800
24	Nationals	$109,364,764
25	Guardians	$97,613,965
26	Rays	$86,614,164
27	Pirates	$83,842,722
28	White Sox	$78,059,450
29	Athletics	$77,177,647
30	Marlins	$66,090,640

[Mookz 1,356]

9 hours ago, edjr said:

Team payroll - current

RANK	TEAM	TOTAL PAYROLL
1	Dodgers	$340,511,169
2	Mets	$339,421,107
3	Yankees	$297,822,907
4	Phillies	$288,932,997
5	Blue Jays	$252,801,316
6	Astros	$231,208,905
7	Rangers	$222,734,416
8	Padres	$215,302,814
9	Braves	$213,895,956
10	Cubs	$210,252,003
11	Angels	$204,573,565
12	Red Sox	$196,555,332
13	Diamondbacks	$176,616,304
14	Giants	$173,973,824
15	Mariners	$161,807,328
16	Tigers	$156,836,868
17	Orioles	$153,975,099
18	Royals	$134,215,975
19	Cardinals	$129,805,664
20	Twins	$125,679,889
21	Rockies	$122,212,896
22	Reds	$118,841,959
23	Brewers	$113,093,800
24	Nationals	$109,364,764
25	Guardians	$97,613,965
26	Rays	$86,614,164
27	Pirates	$83,842,722
28	White Sox	$78,059,450
29	Athletics	$77,177,647
30	Marlins	$66,090,640

I'll still pay attention, but baseball is absolute CLOWN  SHOES  until they get a salary cap (and maybe floor).

 

AND full-time ABS. 

 

@edjr why would they need ABS, for the bullpen carts?  

[Mookz 1,356]

Expansion slash realignment.  WHERE DOES YOUR TEAM FALL? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TBayXXXVII 2,577]

4 minutes ago, Mookz said:

Expansion slash realignment.  WHERE DOES YOUR TEAM FALL? 

https://x.com/nut_history/status/1957422809296117941

That's actually not bad.  It puts teams in their region AND in their market share.

[TBayXXXVII 2,577]

On 8/16/2025 at 8:46 PM, MikeMatt said:

Mets prospect won his MLB debut today. Nolan McLean went 5 and a 1/3 no runs and 8Ks. Stuck out first batter he faced and made a nice defensive play with bases loaded hit back to pitcher and caught it behind his back and continued to assist turning double play to end the inning. 

Good for him. 

[TBayXXXVII 2,577]

22 hours ago, Mookz said:

I'll still pay attention, but baseball is absolute CLOWN  SHOES  until they get a salary cap (and maybe floor).

 

AND full-time ABS. 

 

@edjr why would they need ABS, for the bullpen carts?  

Definitely need a cap and floor.  It's absurd that some teams can pay $300M without any issues while other can't pay $100M unless they lose money every year.  They also need better profit sharing models.  The Dodgers current local tv contract is worth $8.35BILLION dollars over 25 years, which averages out to be $334M annually.  Their tv deal almost pays for their entire payroll.  Yet, teams like Pittsburgh & Minnesota had their deals basically squashed because the network that bought their rights, folded.  Before the new season starts, the Dodgers purse starts off with over $300M more to spend, than teams like Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Tampa, A's, and Marlins.

[cmh6476 1,041]

40 minutes ago, Mookz said:

Expansion slash realignment.  WHERE DOES YOUR TEAM FALL? 

https://x.com/nut_history/status/1957422809296117941

 

 

 

 

why does jim bowden matter?

and you'd never be able to separate the cubs & cardinals.

 

[Mookz 1,356]

42 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

why does jim bowden matter?

and you'd never be able to separate the cubs & cardinals.

 

Fock a Jim Bowden.  But it's my understanding that Manfred was on Sunday Night Baseball talking about geographical realignment like it will happen.

 

 

[cmh6476 1,041]

On 8/6/2025 at 9:00 AM, cmh6476 said:

Was hoping to come out of Boston with at least one win in the series.  I guess it better be today if that's to happen.  Should be able to pull out a winning record in the next three series with the Twins, Nationals and White Sox coming up.

 

Mission accomplished.   Still in the hunt but the teams we need to lose some seem to keep winning as well. 

[TBayXXXVII 2,577]

Is the next MLB Superstar (Konnor Griffin), a year (or so), away from his MLB Debut?

Drafted 1 year ago, at 18, now 19 and has been promoted from A- to A+ to now AA over a course of 101 games played.  All while hitting over .320 with an OPS over .920 at both levels.

Is it possible that in 2 consecutive years, the Pirates drafted baseballs next 2 biggest super stars?

.332/.414/.524  w/59 SB's in 70 att

[Hardcore troubadour 15,538]

On 8/14/2025 at 10:43 AM, Mike Honcho said:

After earlier in the season missing  a 12 game winning streak by one game that wins the city a free burger at George Webb, the Brew Crew hit the mark last night with a 12-5 win.  Though to be honest as a Wisconsin resident, free burgers is the last thing a lot the people in Milwaukee need.  Amazingly, according to the "experts", the Brewers don't have a single player that cracks the top 50 in MLB. This bunch of no-names has become one of my favorite teams ever.  

 

Ok Karen