2025 MLB Thread

[papalawrence]

Quite a buzz about Tucker ending up in Toronto. That actually seems like a good fit imho. Springer is 36. Probably means Bo would be out. 

[Tigermojo]

Lange to KC, ball four, take your base.

[gehringer_2]

12 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Lange to KC, ball four, take your base.

He can still throw hard and spin it, so someone was going to be willing to take a flyer on him.

[Tenacious D]

18 hours ago, Tigermojo said:

Lange to KC, ball four, take your base.

This should help our hitter’s efforts to be more patient and selective.

Edited November 21 by Tenacious D

[chasfh]

18 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

This should help our hitter’s efforts to be more patient and selective.

So will continuing to phase out the Avila pickups.

[Toddwert]

Mets and Rangers trade Nimo for Semien according to Jeff passan 

Edited November 23 by Toddwert

[casimir]

On 11/20/2025 at 10:41 AM, Dan Gilmore said:

Same for me, I have the app on my phone and an ipad, the latter is my main viewing option.

I don’t understand how people can watch live sports on a phone.  I guess if there’s not another option, you do what you gotta do.

[casimir]

54 minutes ago, Toddwert said:

Mets and Rangers trade Nimo for Semien according to Jeff passan 

That’s kind of fun.  Is Texas interested in any of Detroit’s 14 different 2B options?  Maybe some pitching for Keith?

[gehringer_2]

24 minutes ago, casimir said:

I don’t understand how people can watch live sports on a phone.  I guess if there’s not another option, you do what you gotta do.

It's all relative. You can probably see more on a galaxy Z-fold than on this guy - which is what I watched my 1st Tiger games on.....👀

[oblong]

11 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

It's all relative. You can probably see more on a galaxy Z-fold than on this guy - which is what I watched my 1st Tiger games on.....👀

Like most people my age, 50's, we're dealing with parents who refused to get rid of "stuff" and we are left to deal with it.  My mother in law's garage and back room is a hoarder situation. This is giving me PTSD.  "We can still sell that...."  I told her I'd write her a check for $1000 if I can throw everything away.

 

[casimir]

11 minutes ago, oblong said:

Like most people my age, 50's, we're dealing with parents who refused to get rid of "stuff" and we are left to deal with it.  My mother in law's garage and back room is a hoarder situation. This is giving me PTSD.  "We can still sell that...."  I told her I'd write her a check for $1000 if I can throw everything away.

 

I have a sibling that lives with my remaining parent.  He can deal with it.

[oblong]

window A/C units from the 80's were.... HEAVY.

The house has toys in it.  "Why do you have toys?"  "Well the kids might come over".  "The kids are in their 20's..."

Even simple things like "You don't need 35 bath towels.  You live alone.  Let's throw all these away because they're probably form 1989 and we'll buy you 3 or 4"

 

[chasfh]

We bought a 25” Sony flat screen TV in 4:3 back in 2001 (specifically in time to watch the debut of Billy Crystal’s 61*), just before the HDTVs started coming out in earnest, and I swear to you, it must have weighed close to 100 pounds. We replaced it only two years later with our first 50” flat screen, which also must have weighed 100 pounds.

We just bought a new 65” Samsung OLED flat screen this past Friday, with a screen roughly the width of a plate of glass, and it must be less than half the weight of that old Sony.

[oblong]

This summer we noticed our rental didn't have a TV in the room our son was going to sleep in.  I confirmed with the owner that was the case.  So we packed a flat screen in the suitcase with bubble wrap.  We have 4 TV's in our basement not being used.  It was small, about the size of a large laptop.  But it worked

 

[IdahoBert]

2 hours ago, oblong said:

window A/C units from the 80's were.... HEAVY.

The house has toys in it.  "Why do you have toys?"  "Well the kids might come over".  "The kids are in their 20's..."

Even simple things like "You don't need 35 bath towels.  You live alone.  Let's throw all these away because they're probably form 1989 and we'll buy you 3 or 4"

 

When my wife’s grandmother died, she still had a load of barely used Cannon towels that she got in soap boxes in the 1950s. 

[IdahoBert]

16 hours ago, Toddwert said:

Mets and Rangers trade Nimo for Semien according to Jeff passan 

[oblong]

I may or may not have made that joke over the years with my wife when we watched him play

[IdahoBert]

9 minutes ago, oblong said:

I may or may not have made that joke over the years with my wife when we watched him play

I gave him that name and I said goodbye. I knew he’d have to get tough or die and it’s the name that helped to make him strong.

[papalawrence]

Michael Kay's thoughts on ridiculous long term contracts:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14NxfNThNQa/

It is very rare when players sustain excellence. JV and Max are outlier performers.

Maybe Detroit should offer Skubal 6/300 and go with the aav

Edited November 24 by papalawrence

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, papalawrence said:

Michael Kay's thoughts on ridiculous long term contracts:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14NxfNThNQa/

It is very rare when players sustain excellence. JV and Max are outlier performers.

Maybe Detroit should offer Skubal 6/300 and go with the aav

Players typically want more years with more total money versus fewer years with even much higher AAV, so, I would regard it as highly doubtful he would take that.

[TcFlint]

I see I haven’t missed much in the last 48 hours!  However, if you want to talk Avilia and TV’s you are probably in your glory.

[chasfh]

12 hours ago, TcFlint said:

I see I haven’t missed much in the last 48 hours!  However, if you want to talk Avilia and TV’s you are probably in your glory.

We sure are. Feel free to weigh in.

[RatkoVarda]

LAA working on buyout for last $38M of Anthony Rendon's god awful contract.

[SoCalTiger]

On 11/24/2025 at 3:55 AM, oblong said:

window A/C units from the 80's were.... HEAVY.

The house has toys in it.  "Why do you have toys?"  "Well the kids might come over".  "The kids are in their 20's..."

Even simple things like "You don't need 35 bath towels.  You live alone.  Let's throw all these away because they're probably form 1989 and we'll buy you 3 or 4"

 

So funny and so true....My kids are in their 20's..need a bike or skateboard ? 

It reminds of my theory as to why  we have a trading deficit with Asia..it's because we have garages. 

[Tigermojo]

Jays sign Cease.  7 years $210 million.