The Official 2025 MLB Season Thread

[Da_Eggman]

this next week gonna be interesting

Prefer cabrera over Alcantara or cease

The haul gonna for dude gonna be insane cubs better not give up Wiggins ,Hernandez or Rojas (I already know they will)

I feel like it might be a package deal

 

[god shamgod]

I feel like it might be a package deal

What you mean?

 

[Gritsngravy]

Y’all think they gon lockout?

I hope nobody buying this idea that a salary cap is going to make cheap owners spend money

 

[The War Report]

 

[Harry B]

I really wonder how fast they were pitching 80-100 years ago. Baseball historians and journalists love the old days and to exaggerate.

Like you’re telling me everything measurable like javelin, discus, running, jumping and everything increased by 50-100% percent over 100 years (or really to the 80s and then slowly did at all after that). But for baseball 100 years ago they were almost pitching like today

 

[Remote]

I really wonder how fast they were pitching 80-100 years ago. Baseball historians and journalists love the old days and to exaggerate.

Like you’re telling me everything measurable like javelin, discus, running, jumping and everything increased by 50-100% percent over 100 years (or really to the 80s and then slowly did at all after that). But for baseball 100 years ago they were almost pitching like today

My guess is probably in the high 80s and low 90s.

Like I don’t doubt that Walter Johnson threw 90+.

Bob Feller probably hit the mid or upper 90s in the 1940s.

But the average guy was probably 86-91 would be my guess. Depends how far back you go.

 

[VegetasHairline]

I really wonder how fast they were pitching 80-100 years ago. Baseball historians and journalists love the old days and to exaggerate.

Like you’re telling me everything measurable like javelin, discus, running, jumping and everything increased by 50-100% percent over 100 years (or really to the 80s and then slowly did at all after that). But for baseball 100 years ago they were almost pitching like today

Nobody thinks or says this at all.

 

[Canada Goose]

Plumbers and Bus drivers were pitching in MLB back then




I honestly think hitting in current MLB is the hardest it's ever been in baseball history.

 

[Harry B]

Nobody thinks or says this at all.

They say Walter Johnson was throwing 100 mph balls to Babe and he was averaging .367 and against him, google is your friend

 

[VegetasHairline]

They say Walter Johnson was throwing 100 mph balls to Babe and he was averaging .367 and against him, google is your friend

So just because they say one person was, that means it was a league wide thing?

 

[VegetasHairline]

Plumbers and Bus drivers were pitching in MLB back then




I honestly think hitting in current MLB is the hardest it's ever been in baseball history.

Even if you take away the high velocity fastballs these guys throw, look at their breaking pitches. The movement is INSANE!

 

[Remote]

They say Walter Johnson was throwing 100 mph balls to Babe and he was averaging .367 and against him, google is your friend

So I think there’s a story or video that they tried to time Walter Johnson’s pitch speed by having a motorcycle ride past him at like 90mph and have Johnson pitch at the same time.

It wasn’t very scientific or accurate obviously. But he probably did throw hard for his era.

Again, even if mlb had a couple guys throwing really hard, most probably weren’t.

 

[Remote]

I’m not trying to shyt on Babe Ruth or Joe DiMaggio or those old time greats.

All you can do is beat your contemporaries.

That said, Ty Cobb in his wildest dreams couldn’t imagine hitting off of Jacob Misiorowski.

Also let’s remember Babe Ruth used like 40-50 ounce baseball bats. Can you imagine swinging a bat that heavy in 2025? Impossible.

 

[Trips]

I’m not trying to shyt on Babe Ruth or Joe DiMaggio or those old time greats.

All you can do is beat your contemporaries.

That said, Ty Cobb in his wildest dreams couldn’t imagine hitting off of Jacob Misiorowski.

Also let’s remember Babe Ruth used like 40-50 ounce baseball bats. Can you imagine swinging a bat that heavy in 2025? Impossible.

Would you say Ruth's power would play up or down using a lighter bat?

 

[Remote]

Would you say Ruth's power would play up or down using a lighter bat?

Well my point is that you simply cannot use a 50 ounce bat if pitchers are throwing 97 MPH. So that alone suggests the average pitcher threw softer than that.

Would Ruth have more power with a lighter bat? Possibly. But would have had more power with better hitting mechanics and diet and if he didn’t drink himself stupid every night.

lol.