2025 MLB Thread

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

I think it may be more likely that McGonigle will end up playing SS for some period than that we want him playing SS over that period. How many wins will that cost? None if you couldn't get anyone else! But it may not help their chance of winning a WS either.

Right, McGonigle would be only a short term fix at short, which is why they’re working him at short this winter. And he may even demonstrate in camp that he’s not up to it.

[4hzglory]

3 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

King is very talented, but had a rough year due to an injury which is why is probably why his statcast card looks bad.  The uncertainty is the reason the Tigers might have a chance at him.  The other issue is that they would have to give up a draft pick.  Edman said it would probably be a third rounder.  I wouldn't care about that, but others might disagree.    

I think it’s actually our 3rd pick we would lose which would I believe would be our comp pick which I think our comp pick is after the 2nd round.

[casimir]

Kim, King, and Fairbanks.  Maybe another multiple inning LHRP.  Then they’ll be fine for Opening Day provided good health.

[RatkoVarda]

Phillies giving OF Adolis Garcia $10M on a 1 year deal. The supply of RH OF is insanely low.

[Tenacious D]

36 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

Phillies giving OF Adolis Garcia $10M on a 1 year deal. The supply of RH OF is insanely low.

I’m not sure how much of an upgrade, if any, he is to Vierling.

[RatkoVarda]

not a Harris player for sure; .278 OPB! over his last 1200 plate appearances

[Tigermojo]

Braves sign Kim for one year $20 million.

[casimir]

30 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Braves sign Kim for one year $20 million.

That stinks.

[papalawrence]

Bummer about Kim. The past few days some guys have mentioned Detroit has interest in Okamoto. 

[chasfh]

I happened to notice that the Yankees had the longest average game time last year: 2:51. That's still almost three hours, and is two minutes more than their 2:49 from last year, and eight minutes more than their 2:43 average time in 2023.

Another thing I noticed is that, when I looked at all the teams ranked by highest average time of game, the teams at the top tended to be those with good records. In 2025, the six teams with the longest times of game were Yankees, Mets, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Mariners, Blue Jays.

So I did a quick and dirty correlation between teams' average game times and their winning records since 2023, when the pitch timer was implemented, and the result is +.294, which is not statistically significant, but then, not nothing, either.

What I found more interesting, though, was when I broke the correlation down by season:

2023	0.159
2024	0.378
2025	0.413

The correlation between winning percentage and game time in minutes has been rising each year.

I think there is a possibility that certain teams may have noticed that by stretching out the game to fit the maximum amount of time they are allowed between pitches, plays, innings, etc., that they gain some edge in terms of performance, perhaps from maximizing their rest time in even minute, marginal ways.

I wonder whether anyone on the inside has noticed anything like this, and how they regard it, if at all?

[Tigermojo]

37 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I happened to notice that the Yankees had the longest average game time last year: 2:51. That's still almost three hours, and is two minutes more than their 2:49 from last year, and eight minutes more than their 2:43 average time in 2023.

Another thing I noticed is that, when I looked at all the teams ranked by highest average time of game, the teams at the top tended to be those with good records. In 2025, the six teams with the longest times of game were Yankees, Mets, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Mariners, Blue Jays.

So I did a quick and dirty correlation between teams' average game times and their winning records since 2023, when the pitch timer was implemented, and the result is +.294, which is not statistically significant, but then, not nothing, either.

What I found more interesting, though, was when I broke the correlation down by season:

2023	0.159
2024	0.378
2025	0.413

The correlation between winning percentage and game time in minutes has been rising each year.

I think there is a possibility that certain teams may have noticed that by stretching out the game to fit the maximum amount of time they are allowed between pitches, plays, innings, etc., that they gain some edge in terms of performance, perhaps from maximizing their rest time in even minute, marginal ways.

I wonder whether anyone on the inside has noticed anything like this, and how they regard it, if at all?

They're scoring/allowing more runs?

[Tiger337]

Jason Foley signs with the Giants.  

[RatkoVarda]

21 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Jason Foley signs with the Giants.  

saw he was out until mid-2026; always rooted for him; massive developmental win for the Tigers and Foley that he went from undrafted out of Sacred Heart University (where he roomed with Zack Short) to a 4 year MLB career

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Tigermojo said:

They're scoring/allowing more runs?

yankees games did total 51 more totals runs in '25 than '24

[Motor City Sonics]

On 12/15/2025 at 1:16 PM, RatkoVarda said:

Phillies giving OF Adolis Garcia $10M on a 1 year deal. The supply of RH OF is insanely low.

We have Justice Bigbie.  Who cares about the rest? 

[RatkoVarda]

Miguel Andujar is still available