2025 MLB Thread

[CMU97]

Old Friend Don Kelly gets first win as a manager. Pirates beat the braves to end a 7 game losing streak.

Edited Saturday at 01:09 AM by CMU97

[Arlington]

"Don Who?" as a Yankee fan once said, just before they were to lose a playoff series to the Tigers.

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, Arlington said:

"Don Who?" as a Yankee fan once said, just before they were to lose a playoff series to the Tigers.

Leyland had him hit 2nd in a playoff road game in NY. I thought Leyland was nuts. Kelly hit a 1st inning HR and I don't think we ever trailed. Good ole Donny Kelly! Pittsburgh comes to town in June...get your tickets now! 😅😅

[monkeytargets39]

1 hour ago, Sports_Freak said:

Leyland had him hit 2nd in a playoff road game in NY. I thought Leyland was nuts. Kelly hit a 1st inning HR and I don't think we ever trailed. Good ole Donny Kelly! Pittsburgh comes to town in June...get your tickets now! 😅😅

Didn’t he do that at some point with Alexis Gomez too?

Edited Saturday at 04:56 AM by monkeytargets39

[chasfh]

These were Leyland’s batting orders in 2011, going 1 to 9 left to right.

There’s room for only ten names, so there was an 11th guy who batted 2nd. The guy not listed here is one who’s also become prominent on Tigers media lately.

Edited Saturday at 12:17 PM by chasfh

[Sports_Freak]

I just watched the Dodgers 9th inning last night in Arizona. Is Ohtani even human? The guy is amazing.

[1776]

1 hour ago, Sports_Freak said:

I just watched the Dodgers 9th inning last night in Arizona. Is Ohtani even human? The guy is amazing.

Don’t forget the tip of the hat to ERod. What a disaster of a signing for Arizona. Between Bumgarner, Montgomery, and ERod  the Dbacks have thrown away a lot of money. 
And their new city connects…🤮

[RandyMarsh]

8 minutes ago, 1776 said:

Don’t forget the tip of the hat to ERod. What a disaster of a signing for Arizona. Between Bumgarner, Montgomery, and ERod  the Dbacks have thrown away a lot of money. 
And their new city connects…🤮

Corbin Burnes could be another one, his ERA is acceptable but his underlining numbers aren't good at all and are trending downwards. Still early but this has the real potential to be another bad signing for them.

[monkeytargets39]

Nick Maton DFAd by the White Sox.

 

 

[Sports_Freak]

It looks like the Cubs used pitching chaos tonight. An opener went one inning and a long pitcher came in for 4 innings. Then 4 more pitchers, all 1 inning each. And they hung on and beat the Mets, in NY. I wonder where they got that idea? 😆

[IdahoBert]

The hapless Colorado Rockies lost to the stupendous San Diego Padres 21–0 tonight and the Padres pitcher hurled a complete game shutout. 

[Tiger337]

5 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

The hapless Colorado Rockies lost to the stupendous San Diego Padres 21–0 tonight and the Padres pitcher hurled a complete game shutout. 

The only bigger shutout since 1900 was this one:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197509160.shtml

[IdahoBert]

3 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

The only bigger shutout since 1900 was this one:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197509160.shtml

Attendance was under 5000? At Wrigley Field?

[Tiger337]

Just now, IdahoBert said:

Attendance was under 5000? At Wrigley Field?

Lots of fans missed the only nine-inning 7 hit game in history...Rennie Stennett.  

[papalawrence]

Speaking of Colorado, they are on pace for a 25-137 season, and after 39 games their run differential is -134. They might be worse than the 2024 White Sox

[chasfh]

9 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

It looks like the Cubs used pitching chaos tonight. An opener went one inning and a long pitcher came in for 4 innings. Then 4 more pitchers, all 1 inning each. And they hung on and beat the Mets, in NY. I wonder where they got that idea? 😆

The Cubs called up Cade Horton, their #2 prospect, because they’ve lost Justin Steele and Shota Imanaga to injury. They started the game with an opener because, for better or worse, they did not want Horton opening up his career against Lindor, Soto, and Alonzo … ahem … right off the bat. It kinda sorta worked.

[chasfh]

9 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Attendance was under 5000? At Wrigley Field?

This was pre-WGN Superstation.

[chasfh]

8 hours ago, papalawrence said:

Speaking of Colorado, they are on pace for a 25-137 season, and after 39 games their run differential is -134. They might be worse than the 2024 White Sox

This raises the question as to whether something is wrong with the incentives as they relate to competitive balance. Too many teams are happy to phone in a team because they make scads of money and increase franchise valuation substantially almost no matter what they do. I don’t know that a simple salary cap and floor will do much to solve it, since such organizations will simply spend the bare minimum of the letter of the law, and still fail to invest in the coaching, development, and performance science teams need during this era to compete effectively. 

[1776]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6347037/2025/05/10/astros-lance-mccullers-jr-death-threats/
 

I’d like to respond with, Unbelievable! Hardly, in today’s world.

[Shinzaki]

10 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Attendance was under 5000? At Wrigley Field?

A Tuesday day game in the middle of September

[Tenacious D]

9 hours ago, papalawrence said:

Speaking of Colorado, they are on pace for a 25-137 season, and after 39 games their run differential is -134. They might be worse than the 2024 White Sox

Looks like a potential new home for Nick Maton

[chasfh]

15 minutes ago, 1776 said:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6347037/2025/05/10/astros-lance-mccullers-jr-death-threats/
 

I’d like to respond with, Unbelievable! Hardly, in today’s world.

McCullers must have ****ed up some guys’ parlays. 

[chasfh]

2 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Looks like a potential new home for Nick Maton

No room at the inn here.

[Tenacious D]

3 minutes ago, chasfh said:

No room at the inn here.

Not great when the White Sox cut you.

[1776]

4 minutes ago, chasfh said:

McCullers must have ****ed up some guys’ parlays. 

That’s the buzz on the boards.