MLB 2025 Season

igotid88 said:

more home runs have been hit this year

Yeah, I'm baffled with this one.

Where's the sports science on this?  Were the fences moved in?  Is the strike zone smaller?  Are they juicing the ball?  Are the players juicing again?!?

With all seriousness, when I watched Judge on his first half tare he would hit popups and they would go out.  Is his swing that perfect that he addresses the ball just right?  Is he that strong?

Watching he and Stanton during the HRD was like watching Gods amongst men...  They were head and shoulders above everyone else.

The Cubs have 6 guys with 20 HR on the roster (Rizzo, Bryant, Contreras, Schwarber, Happ, Baez) and 5 of them are age 25 or under (Rizzo is 28).  Neither has happened before in franchise history.

Reds are 16 games out of the Wild Card, lol.

Reds suck, but have 6 guys north of 20 HRs also....and have an outside shot to have 4-5 guys with 30.
Votto - 35 (in an MVP type of season, if his team didn't suck such dong)
Duvall - 31 (thanks Giants!)
Schebler - 27
Gennett - 26
Suazez - 26
Cozart - 23

Too bad our pitchers were the worst all season.  Have some good, young, arms but will find a way to F it up. 

You also see the game played fundamentally different now.  You'll see runners on 1st and 2nd with no one out in the 5th and no one is playing for one or two runs.  There isn't a bunt, no one is trying to move a runner by going to the right side.  They are playing for the big inning.  It's like Earl Weaver said...pitching and 3 run homers.  

Raul Mondesi got 8 years in prison in the DR.  Pretty crazy.  I was a fan.  Dude had a cannon.

Wobbie said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Reds are 16 games out of the Wild Card, lol.

Reds suck, but have 6 guys north of 20 HRs also....and have an outside shot to have 4-5 guys with 30.
Votto - 35 (in an MVP type of season, if his team didn't suck such dong)
Duvall - 31 (thanks Giants!)
Schebler - 27
Gennett - 26
Suazez - 26
Cozart - 23

Too bad our pitchers were the worst all season.  Have some good, young, arms but will find a way to F it up. 

who the fuck are schebler and suazez?????

I believe the giants have not one guy with 20 HR

Suarez is their 3B, Schebler's an outfielder.  Both hit below average but have decent power.  Suarez is pretty good defensively.  I think both guys are 2nd or 3rd year guys.

HesCalledDyer said:

Wobbie said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Reds are 16 games out of the Wild Card, lol.

Reds suck, but have 6 guys north of 20 HRs also....and have an outside shot to have 4-5 guys with 30.
Votto - 35 (in an MVP type of season, if his team didn't suck such dong)
Duvall - 31 (thanks Giants!)
Schebler - 27
Gennett - 26
Suazez - 26
Cozart - 23

Too bad our pitchers were the worst all season.  Have some good, young, arms but will find a way to F it up. 

who the fuck are schebler and suazez?????

I believe the giants have not one guy with 20 HR

Suarez is their 3B, Schebler's an outfielder.  Both hit below average but have decent power.  Suarez is pretty good defensively.  I think both guys are 2nd or 3rd year guys.

Yep.  Suarez was obtained through a trade of Fat Alfredo Simon to the Tigers.  (Simon went back to sucking after that.)  Suarez is a streaky hitter with good skills defensively and a little pop.  The coolest thing as a fan is saying his name.  Eugenio....e-u-hen-e-o

Schebler was part of the Todd Frazier move.  We got Peraza and a pitcher as well.  I loved Frazier so was sorry for this but Schebler has power.  He strikes out too much and hits for a shit average -- not part of the long term plan.
OF should be Duvall in LF, Hamilton in CF, and rookie Jesse Winker (top prospect) in RF.  (Winker has been playing the last month)

They need their pitching not to be the worst in baseball.  Until that point, they will do nothing.

Jearlpam0925 said:

Don't know if this has been posted yet, but good article - https://sports.yahoo.com/shame-major-league-baseballs-morally-repugnant-anti-netting-excuses-042555668.html

The only place I'm going to sit behind a net is behind the plate.

For years there haven't been screens.  Go to the game.  Pay attention.  Mind your kids.  Get off my lawn...

Cliffy6745 said:

The Rangers getting a new ballpark is insane.  What they currently play in is one of my favorite to watch on TV.  I don't know what the experience is in person or why the hell they would need one, but it looks great on TV.

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2017/09/21/the-rangers-release-artists-renderings-of-their-new-ballpark/

Air conditioning...