MLB 2025 Season

AL West is tough.  

MayDay10 said:

AL West is tough.  

Oakland looks to be in seller mode, but they always seem to hang around. Rangers are a couple of years away from being in the mix again. Seattle will build on last year's success---no doubt about that. I expect them to be players with  the FA's. Thor to the Angels was a great first step for them, but they need to do a bit more. Astros will need to find a SS if/when Correa leaves plus they need some starting help as well. Next season should be fun.

tempo_n_groove said:

mfc2006 said:

MayDay10 said:

AL West is tough.  

Oakland looks to be in seller mode, but they always seem to hang around. Rangers are a couple of years away from being in the mix again. Seattle will build on last year's success---no doubt about that. I expect them to be players with  the FA's. Thor to the Angels was a great first step for them, but they need to do a bit more. Astros will need to find a SS if/when Correa leaves plus they need some starting help as well. Next season should be fun.

The Athletics will never win another championship again ever.  Every player they have developed has like a 5 year window then are gone after free agency.

They do hang around which is always amazing but that is the moneyball logic they came up with so they can win those almost 90 games a year and make the wild card.

I personally think the team should be sold to someone who would do something with that team...  Well they might move to Vegas too so let's see what happens.

I agree. It's too bad because they've had some great teams. Vegas and Portland are the front runners. Their AAA (Aviators) team is just outside of Vegas. We went to a game there last summer and the stadium was great.

I hope they stay in Oakland.  If they must move, I hope its not Vegas.  The Athletics franchise and its 120 years of history does not fit in Vegas IMO.  

mfc2006 said:

MayDay10 said:

I hope they stay in Oakland.  If they must move, I hope its not Vegas.  The Athletics franchise and its 120 years of history does not fit in Vegas IMO.  

I do too. If they move, I hope it's to Portland. Having lived in that city and seen their MLB proposals, they should be near the top of anyone's list for relocation or expansion. 

They could change their name to The Portland Pronouns.

Too soon?!?

Belt appears to be the only player that accepted a QO

Nomaaaahhh at least up until the Red Sox traded him.
So from 97 (ROY) through 2003 (or the trade deadline in 2004), the guy was better than Arod. Hit .357 then .372 in back to back seasons in 99 and 2000. Better defensively than both Arod and Jeter.
That stretch (lost basically all of 2001 to injury) was as good as it gets from the SS position. Its largely overlooked now as his career fizzled once he left Boston.

Can the Braves just sign Freeman already!!!!???

tempo_n_groove said:

I saw this asked on line.

Best SS? 

I say Arod.  Just pretend he didn't take the PED's if you can.

Who's better?  You can't say Ripken because he doesn't have the numbers.  Ozzie Smith either.

Honus Wagner?

Arod besides Bonds and Pujols' 11 year run was the best all around player I have seen w my own two eyes.

It is a tough question.  You have era-adjusted, Honus Wagner was great, but if you transplanted him to the year 2005, with those slabs of leather they called gloves back then (sharing with the other SS)...  I dunno... also, the position changed.  Prior to 1990, with few exceptions (Ripken), it was a purely defensive position, and any offense was just a bonus.  

The best defensive shortstop I ever saw was probably a tie between Ozzie and Vizquel

If you are skewing more toward offensive (and power) numbers, you go more toward the A-Rod and Jeter.  Id definitely give A-Rod, vintage Seattle and Texas a nod over Jeter overall.

Lindor and Correa are pretty great.

You also might consider Ernie Banks and Robin Yount