2025 MLB Thread

[gehringer_2]

Old friend Nick Castellanos got himself benched today for shooting off his mouth when he was taken out for a defensive replacement yesterday. 

[oblong]

He and Quenten Berry had very high swagger to performance ratios.

[chasfh]

7 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Old friend Nick Castellanos got himself benched today for shooting off his mouth when he was taken out for a defensive replacement yesterday. 

Remember when Nick Castellanos led the league in triples? Yeah, neither do I.

[RandyMarsh]

On the topic of former Tigers, predictably Kody Clemens is crashing back down to Earth after his Ruthian start with the Twins. Had 5HRs in his first 55ABs with them, since then only 1 in 41 while sporting an OPS in the 400s in that span. 

[Tiger337]

27 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Remember when Nick Castellanos led the league in triples? Yeah, neither do I.

I do remember the year he led MLB with 58 doubles.  

[oblong]

Wonder if Caputo still calls him "Casti-lannos"

 

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, oblong said:

He and Quenten Berry had very high swagger to performance ratios.

Hadn't hear Q.Bs name in a long time before he showed up the other day at  3b for the Cubs.

[IdahoBert]

Did he actually no longer want to be referred to as Nick but instead as Nicholas? Because if this was his wish not a single news article about him referred to him as Nicholas and neither did his manager when he talked about him.

I know people’s names are important so I’m not going to diss him for this. My actual name is Sir Bertrand John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt XIV and I try not to make a big deal about it but it does bother me when I’m not shown the proper respect I think I deserve. On school trips as a kid it made name tags very problematic.

[Sports_Freak]

3 hours ago, RandyMarsh said:

On the topic of former Tigers, predictably Kody Clemens is crashing back down to Earth after his Ruthian start with the Twins. Had 5HRs in his first 55ABs with them, since then only 1 in 41 while sporting an OPS in the 400s in that span. 

And other former Tigers? Shelby Miller pitched the 9th inning for Arizona. He HAD a 1 run lead. He gave up 2 silo home runs to lose the game. We've seen that movie here in Detroit in 2024.

"The outing marked Miller's fourth blown save in 11 opportunities"

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/diamondbacks-shelby-miller-yields-two-homers-in-ugly-outing/

[Sports_Freak]

16 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

I watched the Yankees-Angels game last night. An extra inning game that was scoreless after 9 innings. The announcer said the Yankees were among the few teams, including the Tigers, that haven't lost 4 games in a row. The Yankees lost so it's one less team on that list. 😆

The Yankee streak is at 5 losses in a row. Back to back shutouts...at home.

[theroundsquare]

6 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

And other former Tigers? Shelby Miller pitched the 9th inning for Arizona. He HAD a 1 run lead. He gave up 2 silo home runs to lose the game. We've seen that movie here in Detroit in 2024.

"The outing marked Miller's fourth blown save in 11 opportunities"

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/diamondbacks-shelby-miller-yields-two-homers-in-ugly-outing/

I think it was the buster olney podcast that i was listening to the other day where somebody mentioned miller as a potential valuable deadline trade chip.  his stats look good but i wouldn't want him back on the tigers

[Tiger337]

2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Hadn't hear Q.Bs name in a long time before he showed up the other day at  3b for the Cubs.

Did he clap when runners reached base?  

Edited June 18 by Tiger337

[4hzglory]

The Rays are in advanced talks to sell to a Jacksonville homebuilder for $1.7 billion.

 

https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2025/jun/18/report-rays-in-advanced-talks-to-sell-to-jacksonville-homebuilder-for-17-billion/?_fl_id=c3444d73-3e62-48fe-818b-7c6cafa0ccf4&utm_campaign=DB+Breaking+6.18.25&em=NGh6Z2xvcnlAZWFydGhsaW5rLm5ldA--

[chasfh]

6 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Did he actually no longer want to be referred to as Nick but instead as Nicholas? Because if this was his wish not a single news article about him referred to him as Nicholas and neither did his manager when he talked about him.

I know people’s names are important so I’m not going to diss him for this. My actual name is Sir Bertrand John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt XIV and I try not to make a big deal about it but it does bother me when I’m not shown the proper respect I think I deserve. On school trips as a kid it made name tags very problematic.

Sure, I’ll call you Jingleheimer if you want!

Edited June 18 by chasfh

[IdahoBert]

40 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Sure, I’ll call you Jingleheimer if you want!

Just don’t call me late for dinner. 

[CMRivdogs]

 

[1776]

2 hours ago, 4hzglory said:

The Rays are in advanced talks to sell to a Jacksonville homebuilder for $1.7 billion.

 

https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2025/jun/18/report-rays-in-advanced-talks-to-sell-to-jacksonville-homebuilder-for-17-billion/?_fl_id=c3444d73-3e62-48fe-818b-7c6cafa0ccf4&utm_campaign=DB+Breaking+6.18.25&em=NGh6Z2xvcnlAZWFydGhsaW5rLm5ldA--

Thanks for posting this. I hadn’t seen this. Good news. 

[CMRivdogs]

A bit more on the potential buyers.

https://frontofficesports.com/newsletter/rays-near-sale-after-stadium-drama/

Quote

The Rays made a brief statement Wednesday afternoon confirming talks to sell the franchise to the Zalupski-led group.

“The Tampa Bay Rays announced that the team has recently commenced exclusive discussions with a group led by Patrick Zalupski, Bill Cosgrove, Ken Babby, and prominent Tampa Bay investors concerning a possible sale of the team,” the Rays said. “Neither the Rays nor the group will have further comment during the discussions.”

Zalupski is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dream Finders Homes, and has an estimated net worth of $1.4 billion. Cosgrove is the CEO of Union Home Mortgage. Babby, meanwhile, already has an extensive track record in baseball, currently serving as the founder and CEO of Fast Forward Group, owner of Fast Forward Sports Group, which operates the Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and Double-A Akron (Ohio) RubberDucks. It is one of the most successful ownership entities in Minor League Baseball.

 

[gehringer_2]

59 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

A bit more on the potential buyers.

https://frontofficesports.com/newsletter/rays-near-sale-after-stadium-drama/

 

so you have to raise money to buy the team, then you have to raise more money to build a ballpark? Good luck.

[casimir]

3 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

so you have to raise money to buy the team, then you have to raise more money to build a ballpark? Good luck.

Orlando Rays?

[chasfh]

13 hours ago, casimir said:

Orlando Rays?

They can try to tap into the summer tourist money that Tampa can’t get. That’s partly how Vegas and Nashville are going to work.

[gehringer_2]

21 minutes ago, chasfh said:

They can try to tap into the summer tourist money that Tampa can’t get. That’s partly how Vegas and Nashville are going to work.

Maybe the some of that Abu Dhabi money that's buying the Lakers will be left over.

[papalawrence]

The Angels are 36-37 and are only 1.5 games out of the wild card. 

[gehringer_2]

On 6/18/2025 at 7:56 AM, chasfh said:

Remember when Nick Castellanos led the league in triples? Yeah, neither do I.

I'm sure it didn't help his attitude today when in commenting on the benching ESPN noted that Nick is -137 Rdrs for his career. 😳

[Tenacious D]

4 hours ago, papalawrence said:

The Angels are 36-37 and are only 1.5 games out of the wild card. 

If you look at the Wild Card standings in both leagues, there are currently only about 8-9 teams that look like potential sellers.  Hope that list increases by the deadline, or prices will be high for all of the potential buyers.