2025 MLB Thread

[Hongbit]

8 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

When I see the name Ledbetter, I remember Jeff Ledbetter who broke the NCAA home run record with 42 in 1982, was drafted in the first round by the Red Sox and was hyped like he was going to be the next Babe Ruth.  He never even made the majors and was dubbed Jeff "Bedwetter".  

Yellow Ledbetter for me.

[chasfh]

13 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

He knows Detroit too! But not very well.  I didn't want him.  He doesn't fit the team well. I was pushing for Bregman last year because he was a perfect fit.  Suarez isn't.  

Nope … not goin’ there … 😉

[tiger2022]

15 hours ago, NorthWoods said:

We'll see, but I respectfully disagree.   We have too many options to settle for disaster.   Keith, Vierling, McKinstry, Baez, McGonigle, Lee, even Sweeney or Jung might figure out how to hit.   Somewhere in that pile of potential there's at least an average season for Hinch to squeeze out.

If you have 8 3rd basemen, that isn't a good sign.

[oblong]

Jeimer....

[chasfh]

I think there’s a good chance we will be at least league average at third, if for no other reason than Colt sticks there and gives us enough stick out of the position to make that happen. 

[casimir]

9 hours ago, chasfh said:

I think there’s a good chance we will be at least league average at third, if for no other reason than Colt sticks there and gives us enough stick out of the position to make that happen. 

I want to see Keith get a legit shot there.  Let’s see what he can do.

[NorthWoods]

On 2/2/2026 at 1:16 PM, NorthWoods said:

Glad to see the Reds spend that $$ and not the Tigers.  Once the Tigers win on Weds and use the savings to sign Valdez the mood around here should improve.

Hmmmmmm.........

[Tigermojo]

1 minute ago, NorthWoods said:

Hmmmmmm.........

Still a bunch of negative on Reddit but my mood is improved.  I was hoping they would add a #2. 

[chasfh]

12 hours ago, NorthWoods said:

Hmmmmmm.........

And you were right! Mood has improved substantially!

[IdahoBert]

FYI

Indicted Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase is accused of throwing suspicious pitches to benefit bettors in at least 48 games over two years, significantly more than was initially revealed by federal prosecutors, according to a court document filed Thursday.

Federal prosecutors listed nine games in which Clase allegedly threw rigged pitches in the indictment unsealed in November, but teammate and alleged co-conspirator Luis Ortiz's attorney wrote in a filing that the government is accusing Clase of manipulating his performance in dozens of games.

ESPN has reached out to attorneys for Clase and Ortiz, as well as the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, which is prosecuting the case.

Major League Baseball referred ESPN to its initial statement in which it said it was cooperating with federal prosecutors and declined further comment.

Ortiz's attorney, Christos N. Georgalis, asked in the filing for his client's case to be severed from Clase's, arguing that Ortiz and Clase have "markedly different levels of culpability," and his client could not receive a fair trial otherwise.

[chasfh]

If convicted he should be done done, but in this pro-gambling environment, who knows.

[papalawrence]

He threw even more gambler-friendly pitches than what's reported, but Javy swung at them.

[TigerNation]

13 hours ago, papalawrence said:

He threw even more gambler-friendly pitches than what's reported, but Javy swung at them.

Andy Pages did actually swing at one of them:

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1osteuq/highlight_andy_pages_swings_through_an_attempted/

[Stormin]

Jo Adell trade rumors still being floated.  Power right handed bat, 37 HRs last year, .931 OPS against LHP,  not bad in RF - bad in CF.

Edited Saturday at 07:00 PM by Stormin

[romad1]

22 hours ago, chasfh said:

If convicted he should be done done, but in this pro-gambling environment, who knows.

Yeah, hard to regulate things when there is no Pearl Harbor event to make people notice the problem. 

[Tenacious D]

Paredes trade rumors.  Tigers being stealthy?

[chasfh]

14 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Paredes trade rumors.  Tigers being stealthy?

Only if he's given up on all the third base options we have in-house.

[Sports_Freak]

On 2/6/2026 at 3:15 PM, chasfh said:

If convicted he should be done done, but in this pro-gambling environment, who knows.

MLB...5 game suspension for being a degenerate gambler. A 60 game suspension for smoking a joint. /s

But in reality, MLB relaxed their cannabis rules. Players arent test for marijuana anymore in MLB. In the World Classic games? Yes, still tested. Javy banned for a failed cannabis test from a few years ago.

https://www.si.com/mlb/tigers/javier-baez-wont-play-in-world-baseball-classic-international-suspension

[CMRivdogs]

The Javy banning was done by the governing body of the World Classic not MLB. Totally separate Organizations 

[tiger2022]

Steve Howe remembers the good 'ole days getting 3 or 4 lifetime bans and 7 total suspensions.

Edited 9 hours ago by tiger2022

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

MLB...5 game suspension for being a degenerate gambler. A 60 game suspension for smoking a joint. /s

But in reality, MLB relaxed their cannabis rules. Players arent test for marijuana anymore in MLB. In the World Classic games? Yes, still tested. Javy banned for a failed cannabis test from a few years ago.

https://www.si.com/mlb/tigers/javier-baez-wont-play-in-world-baseball-classic-international-suspension

I believe WBC is banning him for cannabis use because multiple countries in the tournament still criminalize marijuana use.