2025 MLB Season

[upperdeck]

They will give it to Ohtani again because he is pitching but I don't know that to me it makes him the mvp.

 

[cuseattle]

Tough being a Pirate fan but man Skenes is legit. His season in a nutshell last night. Leave after six with the lead and watch the bullpen blow it. At least they won last night.

He dropped his era to 1.97

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Has my MVP vote and I really enjoy watching Judge. The position is so taxing mentally and physically and he still has the juice to be putting up wild numbers.

Juice you say?

 

[MSOrange]

Has my MVP vote and I really enjoy watching Judge. The position is so taxing mentally and physically and he still has the juice to be putting up wild numbers.

Agree. I know Judge is the WAR leader, at least on ESPN, but I have to give it to Cal for doing what he's doing as a catcher.

 

[UnknownOrange]

BIG weekend

Jays or Yanks for the ALE crown

Mets, Reds, or Snakes? Who takes NLWC3

Guards, Tigers, or Astros for ALWC3 - and who takes the ALC crown?

Netflix getting the HRD next year... gross

 

[donniesyracuse]

Agree. I know Judge is the WAR leader, at least on ESPN, but I have to give it to Cal for doing what he's doing as a catcher.

FanGraphs WAR takes into account the scarcity and value of the catcher position, defense, and pitch framing, but it doesn’t directly consider the extra physical challenges of the position. I suppose those might be indirectly reflected in the other variables.

 

[tbonezone]

sept 29th

"On Sept. 29, 1954, Willie Mays of the New York Giants made a running, over-the-shoulder catch of a ball hit by Vic Wirtz of the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series; “The Catch” would become one of the most famous plays in baseball history."

 

[bpo57]

Alex Cora should get serious consideration for AL Manager of the year. Getting Boston into the postseason with such studs as Abraham Toro, Romy Gonzalez, Nick Sogard, Nate Eaton, Ceddanne Rafaeala, Connor Wong and Carlos Narvaez was impressive. Also had to overcome a slew of injuries to some key players.

 

[kirbivore]

PLAYOFFS!

Glad for Cleveland they have replay. That was a pretty bad out call at home plated in the 4th inning

 

[kirbivore]

Parlayed Detroit and LA Dodgers to win their wild card series.

 

[Chip]

Cubs fans booing on that first pitch to Bogaerts, but the pitcher can't just step off and then jump back on and beat the pitch clock.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Skubal was unreal. Shocked Jose wasn’t plated in the 9th. Was classic Cleveland there.. they always have those silly plays.

 

[jncuse]

Alex Cora should get serious consideration for AL Manager of the year. Getting Boston into the postseason with such studs as Abraham Toro, Romy Gonzalez, Nick Sogard, Nate Eaton, Ceddanne Rafaeala, Connor Wong and Carlos Narvaez was impressive. Also had to overcome a slew of injuries to some key players.

Seems like there are 3 really strong candidates in the AL. In the end I think it goes to Steven Vogt - he got the team to regroup down the stretch and they faced adversity a good part of the season. Offseason losses, poor mid-season, gambling pitchers.

I think Schneider of the Jays probably gets #2 (although I'm not sure if he is #2 on my list) Jays had the best record in the AL, improved from 74 to 94 wins. Those are big positive factors with voters. His bullpen management is questionable, but the team chemistry was good, and similar to the Red Sox noted above, he got a lot of scrubs/ middle of the road players to step up for parts of the season.

But the Red Sox also did a lot with a young squad, and regrouped quickly from the initial shock of the Devers trade. And also some patchwork.

 

[bpo57]

Doesn't seem right to have two YES broadcasters on the call of a playoff game.

 

[jncuse]

Random stat

These 3 game series first started in 2020.
The teams that won game 1 of the series are an astounding 16-4 in game 2.
Teams that lost game 1, only won the series 2 out of 20 times.

 

[dasher]

Doesn't seem right to have two YES broadcasters on the call of a playoff game.

Bingo I shut the sound off

 

[donniesyracuse]

Random stat

These 3 game series first started in 2020.
The teams that won game 1 of the series are an astounding 16-4 in game 2.
Teams that lost game 1, only won the series 2 out of 20 times.

The winner of game 3 has won the series every time.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Doesn't seem right to have two YES broadcasters on the call of a playoff game.

Well, there are like 25 of them, so the odds were pretty good it would happen. I wasn't really paying attention, who besides Cone was doing a game?

 

[NineOneSeven]

Bad overturn imo that likely has a huge impact in this game.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Not a single clutch hitter on Detroit today, I guess. 11 LOB. Brutal stuff.

 

[cuseattle]

As good as Cleveland was down the stretch, I'd rather them than Detroit with Skubal throwing twice in a 5 game series.

 

[bpo57]

Well, there are like 25 of them, so the odds were pretty good it would happen. I wasn't really paying attention, who besides Cone was doing a game?

I should have used the sarcasm font. Cone was the only YES broadcaster in the booth last night. He's one of the best in the business and not a homer. Karl Ravech was doing the play-by-play. He either had ten dimes on the Yanks or was auditioning for Michael Kay's job at YES.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

I should have used the sarcasm font. Cone was the only YES broadcaster in the booth last night. He's one of the best in the business and not a homer. Karl Ravech was doing the play-by-play. He either had ten dimes on the Yanks or was auditioning for Michael Kay's job at YES.

I like Karl. He's from the Binghamton area so I wouldn't be surprised if he's a Yankees fan. Good friends with Matt Mulcahy the Syracuse broadcaster. I didn't really hear a bias from him though. Plus he's a fellow Ithaca College Bomber, so he's great in my book!

 

[kirbivore]

I like Karl. He's from the Binghamton area so I wouldn't be surprised if he's a Yankees fan. Good friends with Matt Mulcahy the Syracuse broadcaster. I didn't really hear a bias from him though. Plus he's a fellow Ithaca College Bomber, so he's great in my book!

The games blur together but I remember Karl putting Cone in tough spot as a Yankees company man by asking him about the perception that Cora has more freedom on decisions and Boone is handed a script by the nerds.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

I should have used the sarcasm font. Cone was the only YES broadcaster in the booth last night. He's one of the best in the business and not a homer. Karl Ravech was doing the play-by-play. He either had ten dimes on the Yanks or was auditioning for Michael Kay's job at YES.

Thought the same thing. And as a Sox fan it totally pissed me off a couple times.