The Official 2025 MLB Season Thread

[god shamgod]

Rockies been playing solid the last week

Competitive losses they weren’t getting smoked like before

 

[VegetasHairline]

Buehler back to the Dodgers? A star shortstop on the move? Passan's latest trade intel on all 30 teams

As trade season starts up, here are the biggest names who could move -- and the teams that could deal for them.

www.espn.com

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

Buehler back to the Dodgers? A star shortstop on the move? Passan's latest trade intel on all 30 teams

As trade season starts up, here are the biggest names who could move -- and the teams that could deal for them.

www.espn.com

BUEtane is always welcome to come back to the land

 

[Trips]

https://x.com/jayhaykid/status/1929871107294712313?t=eVfiu1RRqBCaLDw3R__7Gw&s=19

 

[Trust Me]

Buehler back to the Dodgers? A star shortstop on the move? Passan's latest trade intel on all 30 teams

As trade season starts up, here are the biggest names who could move -- and the teams that could deal for them.

www.espn.com

Somebody school me on Cedric Mullins. I swear to God Passan must got a bet on BETUSA or some shyt.. cause ever trade report got him penciling in dude to the Mets.

Whats so good about him? Statistically, other than the one year he obviously juiced .. dudes been meh. What would it take to get him? He's got more pop in his bat than Tyrone Taylor, but Taylor brings a shyt load of intangibles.

 

[Trips]

Somebody school me on Cedric Mullins. I swear to God Passan must got a bet on BETUSA or some shyt.. cause ever trade report got him penciling in dude to the Mets.

Whats so good about him? Statistically, other than the one year he obviously juiced .. dudes been meh. What would it take to get him? He's got more pop in his bat than Tyrone Taylor, but Taylor brings a shyt load of intangibles.

O's fan here.

Mullins can fill the stat sheet, people expect him to get 30/30. But he's really a 15-20/20+ guy. He's not a plus defender in my opinion. I think white Tyrone is probably the plus OF, but Mullins has a better hit tool. Mullins is also a better bat than Siri and Winker. Mullins probably can fill in for what Marte hasn't been able to do at this stage.

I'm curious what pitching from the Mets he's suggesting the O's are after?

 

[Regular_P]

Buehler back to the Dodgers? A star shortstop on the move? Passan's latest trade intel on all 30 teams

As trade season starts up, here are the biggest names who could move -- and the teams that could deal for them.

www.espn.com

Detroit Tigers​

Objective: Optimize the machine.

Best fit: Bo Bichette

What to know: The Tigers have the best record in baseball (40-21), and it's not only because Tarik Skubal is the game's finest pitcher. Detroit is deep, and Detroit plays clean baseball, and Detroit is managed by A.J. Hinch, perhaps the best on-the-bench tactician in the game.

While conventional wisdom suggests the Tigers could use another high-octane bullpen arm to secure outs at the end of the game, renting Bichette's services before he hits free agency would infuse the lineup with the sort of bat Trey Sweeney simply doesn't yet wield. Bichette's gap-to-gap power would play well at Comerica Park and lengthen a lineup that has scored more runs than anticipated. After a homerless April, Bichette whacked seven home runs in May and slugged better than .500. The Tigers don't need much. With their prospect depth, though, they can afford a luxury item.

This is the kinda trade I'm talking about.

 

[Trips]

This is the kinda trade I'm talking about.

Bo been raking lately. Do you think the Tigers give him a contract next year though?

 

[daemonova]

O's fan here.

Mullins can fill the stat sheet, people expect him to get 30/30. But he's really a 15-20/20+ guy. He's not a plus defender in my opinion. I think white Tyrone is probably the plus OF, but Mullins has a better hit tool. Mullins is also a better bat than Siri and Winker. Mullins probably can fill in for what Marte hasn't been able to do at this stage.

I'm curious what pitching from the Mets he's suggesting the O's are after?

 

[Regular_P]

Bo been raking lately. Do you think the Tigers give him a contract next year though?

I doubt it unless it's a prove-it deal. I don't know if he's going into free agency thinking he should be getting a 10/$300 million deal or something reasonable like 6/$150.

If it's the latter, I still doubt it but there'd be a chance.

 

[god shamgod]

Chicago Cubs​

Objective: Get some pitching to complement arguably the best offense in baseball.
What to know: Among Shota Imanaga, Matthew Boyd and Jameson Taillon, the Cubs have a perfectly OK starting rotation to take into a playoff series. Considering the lineups they could face in the NL playoffs -- the Dodgers, Phillies, Mets and Diamondbacks, among others -- OK might not be enough. And that's not to say Alcántara would suddenly morph into a world-beater once he put on a Cubs uniform. He's just the kind of guy on whom teams in need take a risk.

The calculus here could change if Valdez or Gallen becomes available, but in terms of pitchers teams know will be available, Alcántara, even a slightly diminished version, is the best. With two more years of club control beyond this season, he slots nicely into the front of a rotation that lost Justin Steele to Tommy John surgery. And don't forget: The Cubs had a deal in place for Jesús Luzardo before medicals scuttled it. The teams are very familiar with one another's systems, and that always helps when trying to facilitate a trade.

I agree but I don’t know about alcantara

 

[Canada Goose]

Watching S2 of Poker Face and the baseball episode had a reference to a pitcher from back in the day named Dock Ellis who pitched a no hitter while high on LSD


Had to google breh and

After the Pirates had flown to San Diego on Thursday, June 11, Ellis visited a friend in Los Angeles and used LSD "two or three times". Thinking it was still Thursday, he took a hit of LSD on Friday at noon, and his friend's girlfriend reminded him at 2:00 p.m. that he was scheduled to pitch that night. Ellis flew from Los Angeles to San Diego at 3:00 p.m. and arrived at the stadium at 4:30 p.m.; the game started at 6:05 p.m

I can only remember bits and pieces of the game. I was psyched. I had a feeling of euphoria. I was zeroed in on the [catcher's] glove, but I didn't hit the glove too much. I remember hitting a couple of batters, and the bases were loaded two or three times.[29] The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes, I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me

This story gives David Wells pitching a perfect game while hungover a run for its money

 

[Trips]

Watching S2 of Poker Face and the baseball episode had a reference to a pitcher from back in the day named Dock Ellis who pitched a no hitter while high on LSD


Had to google breh and










This story gives David Wells pitching a perfect game while hungover a run for its money

'Oil Can' says he used crack entire '86 season

Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd says he used crack cocaine every day of the 1986 season while with the Red Sox, including one day when he smoked in the clubhouse before one of his starts and had the drug tucked in his cap while on the mound.

www.espn.com

 

[Harry B]

https://x.com/jayhaykid/status/1929871107294712313?t=eVfiu1RRqBCaLDw3R__7Gw&s=19

Just saw that Colorado have twice as large payroll as Miami. They must be stuck with some really wack contracts

 

[god shamgod]

Horton gives up too many runs