MLB 2025

[Mike Honcho 5,324]

8 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Ok Karen

This might be the dumbest reply to any post I have seen this year.  Congrats??? 

[Fnord 2,302]

20 hours ago, Mookz said:

Expansion slash realignment.  WHERE DOES YOUR TEAM FALL? 

Loving that new midwest division. Twins don't really have any stalwart rivalries, probably because they've mostly sucked for 30 years+, so Milwaukee and the White Sox being in their division makes sense. I can't argue with more Twins games at Wrigley.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,538]

13 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

This might be the dumbest reply to any post I have seen this year.  Congrats??? 

 “They shouldn’t be eating hamburgers “. What a twat. 

[supermike80 1,965]

20 minutes ago, Fnord said:

Loving that new midwest division. Twins don't really have any stalwart rivalries, probably because they've mostly sucked for 30 years+, so Milwaukee and the White Sox being in their division makes sense. I can't argue with more Twins games at Wrigley.

I don't hate that at all.   Tigers still keep Cleveland and Toronto in their division.   The rest of the divisions make real logical sense and there are good rivalries there.  Let's do this!

[TBayXXXVII 2,577]

This guy has a similar, but slightly different take.

 

East: Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, Phillies

North: Blue Jays, Tigers, Guardians, Pirates

Mid-Atlantic: Orioles, Nationals, Braves, North Carolina team

South: Rangers, Astros, Rays, Marlins

Great Lakes: Cubs, White Sox, Brewers, Twins

Midwest: Royals, Cardinals, Reds, Nashville

Southwest: Dodgers, Angels, Padres, Diamondbacks

West: Rockies, A’s, Giants Mariners

 

Sad that both (this guy and Bowden), have no problem breaking up the longest standing rivalry in MLB without batting an eye or even mentioning it's existence.

[Fnord 2,302]

1 hour ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Sad that both (this guy and Bowden), have no problem breaking up the longest standing rivalry in MLB without batting an eye or even mentioning it's existence.

I get where you're coming from, and this might be a point of contention for purists or hardcore fans, but most rank and file baseball fans DGAF.

[TBayXXXVII 2,577]

1 hour ago, Fnord said:

I get where you're coming from, and this might be a point of contention for purists or hardcore fans, but most rank and file baseball fans DGAF.

Yeah, they only care if the teams are good.  @nobody will appreciate this... HOT TAKE: the most overrated rivalry in baseball is the Yankees vs Red Sox.  The only reason it's popular now, is because the Red Sox occasionally matter.  The Red Sox, for the most part, are an "ok" franchise, but that's it.  The only reason why the Yankees/Red Sox "rivalry" is a thing, is recency bias.

 

The Pirates and Cubs have played the most games against each other than any two other teams... 2544 which is 230 more than the Yankees and Red Sox.  The Cards, Cubs, Reds, and Pirates are 4 of the top 5 teams in MLB history, in games played.  The rivalry aspect of those teams isn't of any note to current day pundits because none of them were dominating for long stretches in the last 40 years.

[posty 2,740]

10 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Yeah, they only care if the teams are good.  @nobody will appreciate this... HOT TAKE: the most overrated rivalry in baseball is the Yankees vs Red Sox.  The only reason it's popular now, is because the Red Sox occasionally matter.  The Red Sox, for the most part, are an "ok" franchise, but that's it.  The only reason why the Yankees/Red Sox "rivalry" is a thing, is recency bias.

 

The Pirates and Cubs have played the most games against each other than any two other teams... 2544 which is 230 more than the Yankees and Red Sox.  The Cards, Cubs, Reds, and Pirates are 4 of the top 5 teams in MLB history, in games played.  The rivalry aspect of those teams isn't of any note to current day pundits because none of them were dominating for long stretches in the last 40 years.

The Pirates have played 21,924 games...  Their current record is 10,892-10,892, according to B-R...

[cmh6476 1,041]

8 hours ago, TBayXXXVII said:

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

Unlikely

[cmh6476 1,041]

4 hours ago, TBayXXXVII said:

This guy has a similar, but slightly different take.

 

East: Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, Phillies

North: Blue Jays, Tigers, Guardians, Pirates

Mid-Atlantic: Orioles, Nationals, Braves, North Carolina team

South: Rangers, Astros, Rays, Marlins

Great Lakes: Cubs, White Sox, Brewers, Twins

Midwest: Royals, Cardinals, Reds, Nashville

Southwest: Dodgers, Angels, Padres, Diamondbacks

West: Rockies, A’s, Giants Mariners

 

Sad that both (this guy and Bowden), have no problem breaking up the longest standing rivalry in MLB without batting an eye or even mentioning it's existence.

Yeah but geographically, I can see why kc/stl/cubs/chisox doesn't make sense

[TBayXXXVII 2,577]

45 minutes ago, posty said:

The Pirates have played 21,924 games...  Their current record is 10,892-10,892, according to B-R...

Yup... and the Phillies are right behind them in games played with 21,658, but they have a losing record at 10279-11379. 

[TBayXXXVII 2,577]

3 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

Yeah but geographically, I can see why kc/stl/cubs/chisox doesn't make sense

That wasn't my point.  My point was that they were ok with just splitting up century's old rivalries without caring or even considering that they were doing it.  I think they're trying to force feed rivalries, where there isn't one.  There really isn't a Cubs/White Sox rivalry,  a Nationals/Orioles rivalry a Brewers/Twins rivalry, a Marlins/Rays rivalry.  If they re-align, I think they'll allow for oddities... like the Dallas Cowboys being in the NFC East.

[TBayXXXVII 2,577]

16 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

Unlikely

In 24 months, people will be saying, 'this Griffin kid is elite... remember when that Witt dude was great, I think it was 1 year?  Yeah, Griffin's way better than that dude."  

[cmh6476 1,041]

5 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

That wasn't my point.  My point was that they were ok with just splitting up century's old rivalries without caring or even considering that they were doing it.  I think they're trying to force feed rivalries, where there isn't one.  There really isn't a Cubs/White Sox rivalry,  a Nationals/Orioles rivalry a Brewers/Twins rivalry, a Marlins/Rays rivalry.  If they re-align, I think they'll allow for oddities... like the Dallas Cowboys being in the NFC East.

I relate it to MU leaving the big 12 and also one of the oldest rivalries in the country against KU, and people thinking Illinois or Arkansas would be something.   They left for the money, and they got that, but they definitely lost the rivalries. 

 

However, with that said most royals fans seem to think our biggest rival is the cards, even if the cards know it's the cubs for them.   The AL Central rivalries really don't seem to mean much.  Definitely not like my experience with the afc west. 

[cmh6476 1,041]

It would be cool if the Yankees would lose some baseball games 

[cmh6476 1,041]

7 hours ago, TBayXXXVII said:

In 24 months, people will be saying, 'this Griffin kid is elite... remember when that Witt dude was great, I think it was 1 year?  Yeah, Griffin's way better than that dude."  

so this Griffin guy gonna follow Bobby Bonds, Darryl Strawberry, Julio Rodriguez and now Bobby Witt, Jr. as the 5th player in MLB history with 100 SB and 100 HR in their first four years of their MLB careers?

[TBayXXXVII 2,577]

8 hours ago, cmh6476 said:

so this Griffin guy gonna follow Bobby Bonds, Darryl Strawberry, Julio Rodriguez and now Bobby Witt, Jr. as the 5th player in MLB history with 100 SB and 100 HR in their first four years of their MLB careers?

Of course not.  He won't need 4 years to accomplish that. 

 

  

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