MLB 2025 Season Official Thread

[HighEyeCue]

KC gettin spanked by St Louis right now. Shits gettin ugly. Shoukda never trusted the royals

injuries with the pitching staff piling up

[Duck Duck Doggy]

injuries with the pitching staff piling up

Same with dodgers. Snell. Glasnow, Sasaki. But we get Kershaw back today. And honestly I think Sasaki needs some time off

[TraceOneInfinite]

KC gettin spanked by St Louis right now. Shits gettin ugly. Shoukda never trusted the royals

It's okay at this point.

It's the same as last year.  We beat up on the bad teams and lose to the good teams.  We still made it to the playoffs and won and divisional round game in New York on the doorstep of the ALCS. 

You don't actually have to be that good in MLB.  Half the teams aren't even competing for anything, they actually want to lose for low draft picks and want to trade away guys in the last year of the their contracts for prospects.  Just wait till we get closer to the trade deadline you will see those teams go from bad to worse, making it easier for teams like the Royals to make a playoff push.

[Sccit]

Same with dodgers. Snell. Glasnow, Sasaki. But we get Kershaw back today. And honestly I think Sasaki needs some time off

kershaw might be washed

[HighEyeCue]

kershaw might be washed

yeah I get that he still wants to continue to pitch but he should just hang it up

even if he retired 5 years ago he's a unanimous first ballot hall of famer

[TraceOneInfinite]

Royals update

--We just won a razor thin—thriller against the Giants in San Francisco!! 

--Royals actually have the 3rd most wins in the American League and would be in the playoffs if they started today.

--They will have to make a move for a bat at some point this season.  The move could come internally, they have THE NEXT BIG THING mark my words, Jack Cagilione was MASHING all Spring and in DoubleAA, and yesterday they moved him up to TripleAAA.  They have green lit the guy and many sportswriters think he will join the Major League Club after the All Star Break.  He's only 19 years old!  Hits for Power and Average.  He's the next Albert Pujos!

--The emergence of Kris Bubic.  Royals had two Cy Young candidates on the rotation last year—Lugo and Ragans, but Kris Bubic has been even better than Lugo and Ragans this year.  He's been the best pitcher on the staff.  Had a no hit bid going against the Giants yesterday that was ruined by an official score keeper ruling an hit instead of an error on an obvious error.

[HighEyeCue]

the Mets have fallen 1/2 game out of 1st place

its a long season but Soto so far has been a major dissapointment

[TraceOneInfinite]

the Mets have fallen 1/2 game out of 1st place

its a long season but Soto so far has been a major dissapointment

yeah, those big contracts in baseball can be scary.  I can't believe it man... 765,000,000 Million just sounds insane.  I mean, how far away are we from the first billion dollar contract in sports.  And there is still that running joke about the Mets continuing to pay Bobby Bonilla's contract.

...Our only big contract is Bobby Witt at 300 million and then in Football Pat Mahomes is at 500,000

[HighEyeCue]

yeah, those big contracts in baseball can be scary.  I can't believe it man... 765,000,000 Million just sounds insane.  I mean, how far away are we from the first billion dollar contract in sports.  And there is still that running joke about the Mets continuing to pay Bobby Bonilla's contract.

...Our only big contract is Bobby Witt at 300 million and then in Football Pat Mahomes is at 500,000

not only that they gave him 15 years...he'll be 41 at the end of the contract

yeah Bobby Witts deal is actually a bargain when you think about it...I think he is a couple of years younger than Soto and its for less years as well

Mahomes's contract may also be the way the QB market is trending in the NFL

[TraceOneInfinite]

not only that they gave him 15 years...he'll be 41 at the end of the contract

yeah Bobby Witts deal is actually a bargain when you think about it...I think he is a couple of years younger than Soto and its for less years as well

Mahomes's contract may also be the way the QB market is trending in the NFL

Yes, exactly.  Both Witt and Mahomes are gonna end up being steals and theft of 100’s of millions by the time they are thru !!

It’s because of big market vs small market.  KC had to be absolutely sure before they pulled the trigger on those guys but New York can afford to make a mistake on Soto and still survive to see another day.

It’s why Billy Beane stayed in Oakland at the end of the movie MoneyBall because he wanted to be in Oakland where they were forced to make smart decisions.

[TraceOneInfinite]

not only that they gave him 15 years...he'll be 41 at the end of the contract

yeah Bobby Witts deal is actually a bargain when you think about it...I think he is a couple of years younger than Soto and its for less years as well

Mahomes's contract may also be the way the QB market is trending in the NFL

I just checked homie, and Soto still has an OPS of .816 

The Sabermetrics  guys say anything above .700 is good and anything below .700 is bad.  .700 is Replacement Level or otherwise average—not exactly sure I have to ask ChatGPT if it’s average or replacement or if they mean the same thing, lol, I’ll get back to you.

But anyway, .814 for Soto is pretty much around Bobby Witt territory so though the average is down a bit I think you’re still okay for now I wouldn’t worry, but you know your guy better than I do

[TraceOneInfinite]

I just checked homie, and Soto still has an OPS of .816 

The Sabermetrics  guys say anything above .700 is good and anything below .700 is bad.  .700 is Replacement Level or otherwise average—not exactly sure I have to ask ChatGPT if it’s average or replacement or if they mean the same thing, lol, I’ll get back to you.

But anyway, .814 for Soto is pretty much around Bobby Witt territory so though the average is down a bit I think you’re still okay for now I wouldn’t worry, but you know your guy better than I do

Okay so ChatGPT says .700 is average MLB player so .814 for Soto is still top baller ⚾️ wit a gold flee collar status 😎

(And then Replacement level is down to .650 which means the guy could be swapped out for someone down in TripleAAA or off the bench)

[TraceOneInfinite]

Soto at .814
Witt at .880
Mikael Garcia breakout year for Royals at .880
Barry Bonds was at over .1000 some seasons

So there is still reason to expect Soto can perform at an even higher level but it’s still okay for now

[HighEyeCue]

I just checked homie, and Soto still has an OPS of .816 

The Sabermetrics  guys say anything above .700 is good and anything below .700 is bad.  .700 is Replacement Level or otherwise average—not exactly sure I have to ask ChatGPT if it’s average or replacement or if they mean the same thing, lol, I’ll get back to you.

But anyway, .814 for Soto is pretty much around Bobby Witt territory so though the average is down a bit I think you’re still okay for now I wouldn’t worry, but you know your guy better than I do

yeah our expectations are through the roof for Soto

he had an OPS of .989 last year with the Yankees and .945 for his career

I will say even though he hasn't hit for average and his power is down he still gets on base at a clip of .374 which isn't that far off his career mark of .414

[Duck Duck Doggy]

Nice test for Kershaw today let’s see if he can get through this stacked Mets line up without giving up a bunch of runs