2025 Major League Baseball Thread

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by BizCat

I am planning on a small trip this year that will allow me to check out two new stadiums... Baltimore and Washington

Can't wait!

My Dream baseball trip would be to follow the Tigers to Baltimore, Boston, and NYC, take 2 weeks catch 1 game in each stadium, sit on the Green monster, to me thats would be the trip of trips, 3 legendary parks granted the house Ruth built has been torn down but Camden Yards and Fenway still stand

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by R3P0

My Dream baseball trip would be to follow the Tigers to Baltimore, Boston, and NYC, take 2 weeks catch 1 game in each stadium, sit on the Green monster, to me thats would be the trip of trips, 3 legendary parks granted the house Ruth built has been torn down but Camden Yards and Fenway still stand

I'm just trying to get to each stadium. Any sport, but baseball is often the cheapest.

I've been to, for MLB:

Old Detroit
Detroit
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Toronto
NYMets

+Washington 2020
+Baltimore 2020

I think in a year or two, I'll add both Chicagos… probably Milwaukee as well.

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by BizCat

I'm just trying to get to each stadium. Any sport, but baseball is often the cheapest.

I've been to, for MLB:

Old Detroit
Detroit
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Toronto
NYMets

+Washington 2020
+Baltimore 2020

I think in a year or two, I'll add both Chicagos… probably Milwaukee as well.

Im so pissed when I was in Chicago back in 2012 we were going to head down to Safeco field and catch a game, we got overridden due to it being a bachelor party and everyone wanting to paintball.

Happened to be the game Humber threw his perfecto I still kick myself over this.

[Clark Kent]

Hall of Fame voting used to be much more informal - many writers barely even knew who was eligible each year. Their ballots also weren't published anywhere except in aggregate, so there was no vote shaming.

In what I call the Twitter age of Hall voting, most voters go public and post them on social media. It's created far more groupthink about nominees and you see campaigns for marginal candidates seriously swaying voters.

[Erzengel]

Next year will be interesting as it's a very light class. Not that this year wasn't as there was only one 1st ballot HOFer. However, it appears that Schilling should get in on his 9th year but it's curious to see how Bonds and Clemens since I think that might dictate the following year with Ortiz.

[clarenceworley]

Now that football is over, it's time for BASEBALL!
Spring Training pitchers and catchers start knocking off the rust in 8 days.

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by clarenceworley

Now that football is over, it's time for BASEBALL!
Spring Training pitchers and catchers start knocking off the rust in 8 days.

Heck yeah!!

[ctujackbauer]

Originally Posted by clarenceworley

Now that football is over, it's time for BASEBALL!
Spring Training pitchers and catchers start knocking off the rust in 8 days.

Houston has the trash can lids and buzzers ready for the new season.

I kid, I kid. But I have the feeling that is all that's going to be discussed in the MLB media through spring training if there's no hot rookie like the past few years (Kris Bryant, Ohtani even though he didn't perform well in spring training).

[BizCat]

Dodgers are quite active today.

[Erzengel]

Didn't the Dodgers bail out the Red Sox years ago with Beckett, Gonzalez and Crawford?

[ctujackbauer]

Originally Posted by BizCat

Dodgers are quite active today.

Argh, Angels fan, we don't need another outfielder. We need starting pitchers, the Dodgers have like 6 pretty good starters competing for two spots (even after trading Maeda to the Tiwns). Can we just have one pitcher? Just one?

[Bigdog]

Originally Posted by Erzengel

Didn't the Dodgers bail out the Red Sox years ago with Beckett, Gonzalez and Crawford?

Yes they did because it takes a large market team to bail out another large market teams mistakes lol. This time they did get an all star in return with Betts but for how long, he wants over 400 million and over 10 years lol, I have watched his entire career and he is not worth that kind of coin imo.

[clarenceworley]

Boston loves Los Angeles to always clean up there financial messes. The first time in 2012, delivered a $250 million savings which helped them to later re-sign David Ortiz, and add Ryan Dempster, Stephen Drew, Shane Victorino, and Mike Napoli as free agents. They won the World Series largely due to those acquisitions in 2013.

This Betts trade will not have the same effect. I see them struggling for relevance for the next 3-5 years. Tampa and New York will be battling for the East title now.

[Bigdog]

Originally Posted by clarenceworley

Boston loves Los Angeles to always clean up there financial messes. The first time in 2012, delivered a $250 million savings which helped them to later re-sign David Ortiz, and add Ryan Dempster, Stephen Drew, Shane Victorino, and Mike Napoli as free agents. They won the World Series largely due to those acquisitions in 2013.

This Betts trade will not have the same effect. I see them struggling for relevance for the next 3-5 years. Tampa and New York will be battling for the East title now.

Turn around don't happen quickly, especially when Dumbrokski is your former gm. He ran the cupboards bone dry like he did with Detroit and to any future job he might get the same will happen to them, terrible GM imo

[ctujackbauer]

Originally Posted by Bigdog

Turn around don't happen quickly, especially when Dumbrokski is your former gm. He ran the cupboards bone dry like he did with Detroit and to any future job he might get the same will happen to them, terrible GM imo

Almost every prospect Dombrwoski traded hasn't panned out, except for Yoan Moncada. Manuel Margot made the major leagues but he might be out of them in a few years if he keeps his current pace.

[clarenceworley]

Originally Posted by ctujackbauer

Almost every prospect Dombrwoski traded hasn't panned out, except for Yoan Moncada. Manuel Margot made the major leagues but he might be out of them in a few years if he keeps his current pace.

It would be an interesting survey to see what percentage of prospects, that are in these BIG trades, actually have a decent MLB career. They always focus the spotlight on the teams that get fleeced due to the prospect turning into a STUD. They never really talk about the CAN'T MISS guys that never pan out.

[clarenceworley]

Is it just me or does it seem like the Red Sox always manage to ignite a dumpster fire when they try to unload salary in a blockbuster?

[Samus Aran]

New story out claiming that Carlos Beltran was the top dog in the sign-stealing stuff, and that players such as Brian McCann tried to get him to stop but he ignored them.

[BizCat]

Wowwwww.

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

New story out claiming that Carlos Beltran was the top dog in the sign-stealing stuff, and that players such as Brian McCann tried to get him to stop but he ignored them.

I don't think Beltran is ever working in MLB again and his shot at the Hall of Fame has vanished.

This stuff leaking out over two months has been worse for baseball than if it all came out at once back in December. Manfred has been a disaster as commissioner and makes me yearn for the days of Bud Selig, which I never thought I'd say.