MLB (Non Phillies) News and Discussion 2025 Season

[LegoDoom]

So Barry Bonds is a HoFer? Oh wait.

You obviously meant conduct outside of the game. Which is completely wrong.

[MichaelJackSchmidt]

MLB made a change that players say shrank the strike zone — and caught them by...

[zambonir]

He's definitely a Hall of Famer in my book, and probably was even if he'd retired in 1999. But that debate at least involves baseball to some extent, in that the ethical transgressions also affected on-field performance (of course the pitchers and defenders were using too).

[allentown]

Really bad behavior by the Commisioner's office. When they claim it was discussed, I wonder with whom and whether these individuals/teams went into the season with a more than marginal advantage. It's insane that everyone in an organization, from owner to GM to manager to coaches to players don't know about a significant rule change. It's B.S. to say the rule wasn't changed if the Commissioner's office working through umpire evaluators and the umpires union effectively shrunk the grey zone by half. Why was this done in secret? Who was informed of the change?

[zambonir]

Reds Activate Tyler Stephenson, Place Austin Hays On Injured List

[andyb]

If the strike zone is smaller and the April weather was colder than usual, we could be headed for an offensive explosion in the next few months. That article sees little change in the offense from 2024 to 2025, but what if 2025 weather is worse and with the smaller zone we will go back to something closer to a .250 average the rest of the way.

There are many variables to offense besides immediate rule changes.

MLB offense rises with temperature, batting average of .242 up from .240 through...

[Lucky_Beagle]

Are there less errors on average than other seasons resulting in more hits? Probably not enough to make a .002 overall difference though

[bkox]

what a weird stat... wonder who thought to look at this

Mets drop game No. 34, this time to the Cardinals, as wild MLB streak hits 16...

[bkeich]

… but it is still really nice. Anything with the Meta losing is pleasant.

[Philsmania]

No idea where it stands in terms of the the most lopsided extra inning games in ML history, but the Giants scored nine in the 11th to be beat the Cubs.

Giants' 9-run 11th sets Wrigley record, KO's Cubs

[EastFallowfield]

Of course, one of those was a 'ghost runner'.

[bkox]

Pirates Fire Manager Derek Shelton

[bkox]

MLB Attendance is Surging, History Professor Explains Why – Storied Franchises,...

[zambonir]

Rafael Devers upset by request he move to first: ‘They can’t expect me to play...

What a contrast with Harper, Schwarber, Stott, Bohm,

[Philsmania]

Rafael Devers upset by request he move to first: ‘They can’t expect me to play...

What a contrast with Harper, Schwarber, Stott, Bohm,

Glad he's not our problem.

[phillychuck]

That is one of the most situation-blind interviews I’ve ever heard from an athlete. If I were one of his teammates I’d be hunting for him in the locker room with bad intentions. Guess that kind of clubhouse justice doesn’t happen any more, though.

[zambonir]

To me it's not so much the selfishness as the self-own. Like, you're really not a good enough hitter and baseball player to bounce between DH and 1B? When you supposedly would rather be playing 3B, badly?

Not sure it really matters for the team, they end up with a weak bat at either post and might be better off with the utility guy at 1B. But nevertheless....

[BostonRoss]

The Red Sox have a lot of outfielders, including Yoshida who is on the IL but was the DH last year. It would definitely be a better lineup with Devers at 1B and someone else at DH.

[zambonir]

Eight more years! They should fire the guy who signed him.

[BostonRoss]

Let's say a player on a first place team in March/April is hitting over .400 with 10 home runs, more than an RBI per game, an OBP over .500, and and an OPS over 1.4. He is going to win the MVP, right?

No, because that's not Aaron Judge, whose March/April OPS was "only" 1.282. The player above is Tony Perez in 1970, who finished 3rd in MVP voting that year. He cooled off. Judge probably will, too.