[2025] MLB Season Discussion Thread

[MC74]

Yeah, most people blame me for shit. I've been blamed for WW1 before.

At this point, I don't even bat an eye anymore. It's easy to gaslight me into thinking I did something wrong. I'm married and a man after all.

What if I told you you were the one who orchestrated the Betts & Devers trade? o_o

 

[Jon]

What if I told you you were the one who orchestrated the Betts & Devers trade? o_o

I'd say I did a really fucking terrible job of getting return and I should be fired!

 

[MC74]

I'd say I did a really fucking terrible job of getting return and I should be fired!

I kid, though I will tell you one thing you're doing that's actually wrong.

I notice you haven't bothered to pick up any Final Fantasy MTG cards. Well Jon, what are you waiting for, those cards beckon thee!

 

[Jon]

I kid, though I will tell you one thing you're doing that's actually wrong.

I notice you haven't bothered to pick up any Final Fantasy MTG cards. Well Jon, what are you waiting for, those cards beckon thee!

I hate to admit I've spend far more than I should have on a booster box and starter deck set... lol

I have someone who may sell me the 4 commander decks, but accepting card trade value instead of cash...

They did in fact, beckon me lol

 

[VashTheStampede]

I'd say I did a really fucking terrible job of getting return and I should be fired!

That Betts one was trash but I think you did great this time thanks bro

 

[Jon]

That Betts one was trash but I think you did great this time thanks bro

I was trying to help a friend.

And nostalgia. I played on the Giants in little league for 4 seasons in a row.

 

[VashTheStampede]

I was trying to help a friend.

And nostalgia. I played on the Giants in little league for 4 seasons in a row.

Oh thats rad. I was a Giant my first season playing youth baseball but then after that I was a Rusty Catfish which sounds WAY too adult for a kids team

 

[Jon]

Oh thats rad. I was a Giant my first season playing youth baseball but then after that I was a Rusty Catfish which sounds WAY too adult for a kids team

They didn't allow the Red Sox or Yankees as teams in my little league because everyone would fight to be on the Red Sox and be angry about being on the Yankees lol.

 

[rktaker]

Bobby Jenks, 2-time All-Star and World Series champion, passes away at 44

Bobby Jenks, a two-time All-Star and 2005 World Series champion with the White Sox, passed away on July 4 after a battle with adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer. He was 44. In Game 4 of the 2005 World Series against the Astros, Jenks earned the save with a scoreless

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sad news tonight fuck cancer

 

[Jon]

Bobby Jenks, 2-time All-Star and World Series champion, passes away at 44

Bobby Jenks, a two-time All-Star and 2005 World Series champion with the White Sox, passed away on July 4 after a battle with adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer. He was 44. In Game 4 of the 2005 World Series against the Astros, Jenks earned the save with a scoreless

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sad news tonight fuck cancer

Wow.... so many and so young... too recently. Julian McMahon just passed of cancer too. Michael Madsden passed, but not of cancer. I'm starting to feel seriously old at 41...

 

[rktaker]

less than a week to go to the trade deadline and I don’t even know what is going on with this season. Mets and Phillies are in a battle for the NL East, the Cubs have faltered which has lead the Brewers to take first. the Dodgers have had their struggles but seem ti be coming out of it, the Yankees seem to be on the verge of complete collapse and the Blue Jays are in first after struggling in the beginning of the Year. the Tigers after being red hot for tue beginning of the season are 1-9 in their last 10 and The Red Sox are somehow in a wild card spot. ebb and flow of a baseball season

 

[Jon]

@VashTheStampede

Ryne Sandberg, Cubs icon and Hall of Famer, passes away at 65

An iconic player who helped redefine the second base position and authored one of the great singular performances in the long, storied history of the Chicago Cubs, Ryne Sandberg died on Monday after battling cancer. He was 65 years old. Sandberg left behind a legacy of a quiet superstar who

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[rktaker]

history was made last night when Pete Alonso broke Darryl Strawberry’s record for most most home runs as a met hitting number #253 in the game vs the Braves. he also hit another home run later in the game and the mets snapped a 7 game losing streak thankfully.

unrelated but the mets have been so streaky this season. they look like world beaters for a few games and then they go ice cold and lose 7 straight games. they’re still in a wild card spot right now but if this keeps up they might not even make the playoffs and if they do they’re not gonna do anything in them

 

[Jon]

I can't believe the Red Sox have a shot at the division...

I was SURE they were toast after the Devers trade. I was positive negative regression was going to hit them hard after a poor trade deadline. But here they are, chugging along.

I want to say I'm impressed, but I'm a Red Sox fan. Depression with this team is engrained in me. I assume Mets fans feel the same.

 

[A Stud-Finder]

I can't believe the Red Sox have a shot at the division...

I was SURE they were toast after the Devers trade. I was positive negative regression was going to hit them hard after a poor trade deadline. But here they are, chugging along.

I want to say I'm impressed, but I'm a Red Sox fan. Depression with this team is engrained in me. I assume Mets fans feel the same.

It's super weird. My wife asked earlier in the season if she should get some tickets for later (she has access through work), and I said "they're probably not going to be that exciting. 500 ball is about where I'd expect" and then the Devers trade and I told her "lol nope, they're doing nothing"

And now. No idea what the hell happened, but it's fun watching this after having no expectations for the season.

 

[Jon]

It's super weird. My wife asked earlier in the season if she should get some tickets for later (she has access through work), and I said "they're probably not going to be that exciting. 500 ball is about where I'd expect" and then the Devers trade and I told her "lol nope, they're doing nothing"

And now. No idea what the hell happened, but it's fun watching this after having no expectations for the season.

I don't get to watch them, and I don't watch a ton of baseball anymore, but I've been following them and it's been fun to follow.

 

[rktaker]

I'm a Red Sox fan. Depression with this team is engrained in me. I assume Mets fans feel the same.

i mean the red sox do have more championships in the last 20 years than the mets do in their history. Mets also haven’t won a world series in almost 40 years so there’s that

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

Went to Petco and Oracle this week! Oracle was exactly as I expected - beautiful, easy to get to, and all seats have good views. Very easy stadium to navigate.

Petco was nice looking and easy to get to but... maybe a little less interesting than I expected. The old building built into left is cool, but the rest of the park is generic if I'm being honest.

And as a Red Sox fan, having the Sox lose and seeing Xander Boegarts and Rafael Devers hit the only home runs we saw is kind of ironic.

 

[rktaker]

those are some nice views though

 

[VashTheStampede]

Giants are 69-69

 

[Fool's Requiem]

 

[Jon]

Giants are 69-69

How'd Devers affect that record?

 

[VashTheStampede]

How'd Devers affect that record?

He'd been the only consistent bat in the lineup until Adames finally broke out of his season long slump last month.

So without him we'd be even worse.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Oh word

 

[Jon]

He'd been the only consistent bat in the lineup until Adames finally broke out of his season long slump last month.

So without him we'd be even worse.

The juxtaposition of the Giants and Red Sox in the befores and afters of their seasons has been jarring. Devers is shaping up to be a clubhouse cancer.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Devers is shaping up to be a clubhouse cancer.

I assure you, any issues the Giants have had this year have nothing to do with Devers. Boston media propaganda is hilarious.

 

[Jon]

I assure you, any issues the Giants have had this year have nothing to do with Devers. Boston media propaganda is hilarious.

I have no idea what the media is saying. I'm talking strictly visuals. What he said, did. How the Sox clubhouse turned a 180 with him gone. How the Giants went in the other direction. How he initially refused the first base assignment with the Giants too. All of it. I haven't read a single thing from Boston media and do not search it out.

 

[VashTheStampede]

How the Giants went in the other direction.

An overperforming team plummeted back to earth.

How he initially refused the first base assignment with the Giants too.

Only time he refused to work at 1st Base for the Giants was the series against Boston, so as not to disrespect his former teammates as he was just traded over the issue like a matter of days prior. Never had an issue with it otherwise.

 

[Jon]

Only time he refused to work at 1st Base for the Giants was the series against Boston, so as not to disrespect his former teammates as he was just traded over the issue like a matter of days prior. Never had an issue with it otherwise.

Didn't he completely blow off the training with someone? I mean, I wish the man well, but it's telling that the Sox turned their season around once they moved him and the Giants fell back after acquiring him.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Didn't he completely blow off the training with someone?

Yes. Will Clark. Who is the one who told the story I was referencing above.

I mean, I wish the man well, but it's telling that the Sox turned their season around once they moved him and the Giants fell back after acquiring him.

Correlation does not imply causation - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Jon]

But sometimes it does. I think it's interesting is all. I'm not implying anything. I've merely pointed out that it's telling that it's happened. You're the one saying Boston media is fabricating it all.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

The Guardians are now also 69-69.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Giants only 9-1 team over the last 10.

Too little, too late probably.

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

Roman Anthony likely out for the rest of the year with injury... completely sucked the air out of the team and they got trounced last night.

Not good... Sox have had great vibes for a couple months. Hopefully someone can pick up the slack.

 

[Jon]

Roman Anthony likely out for the rest of the year with injury... completely sucked the air out of the team and they got trounced last night.

Not good... Sox have had great vibes for a couple months. Hopefully someone can pick up the slack.

I mean, they did decide on a bullpen game and ran Jordan Hicks out in the second. So it was self inflicted.