MLB 2025 Season Official Thread

[TraceOneInfinite]

I’m watching your Mets today to see their last game against Bergert; because Bergert just got traded to the Royals. Bergert is shutting y’all down.  Soto drove the ball to the track but for an out.

I see your Padres have your former player Iglesias at 3rd

[HighEyeCue]

I’m watching your Mets today to see their last game against Bergert; because Bergert just got traded to the Royals. Bergert is shutting y’all down.  Soto drove the ball to the track but for an out.

I see your Padres have your former player Iglesias at 3rd

yeah he did...our offense completely shut down in that series...doesn't bode well for the playoffs because we would be playing them if the season were to end today

I always thought it was a mistake not to resign Iglesias...he was a big part of our team last year not only in the field but he was a good clubhouse guy too

[TraceOneInfinite]

yeah he did...our offense completely shut down in that series...doesn't bode well for the playoffs because we would be playing them if the season were to end today

I always thought it was a mistake not to resign Iglesias...he was a big part of our team last year not only in the field but he was a good clubhouse guy too

Yeah he’s really smooth there at 3rd, made some nice plays behind Bergert. 

I’m really excited about Bergert.  Royals are back to .500 now and they surprised a lot of people and were buyers at the deadline.  I don’t get it, so many fans in KC were begging the Royals to sell and calling the GM done.  What a loser attitude.  The teams .500 and 3.5 back and they are just supposed to give up halfway thru the year??

But that’s the trend now.  Look at the Guardians.  They were above .500 and just gave up and became sellers.  What a loser attitude, and that’s not what sports is about.  I just don’t respect it, but glad they did because now the Royals can easily leapfrog them in the race.

We picked up at the deadline:

Bergert - young starter under team control for a few years on the rise
Yestremski-  hit a homer in first game as a Royal yesterday.  Grandson of famous father.
Then two more #5 Starter type guys
Frazier:  solid .250 guy
Gretchen: solid .250 platoon type

I’m happy with that ^^ it’s a huge upgrade.  .250 looks average but the guys they are replacing were at .150, lol

We’re going for it baby !!!!!!!!!

[HighEyeCue]

Mets playing like trash lately

Yeah he’s really smooth there at 3rd, made some nice plays behind Bergert. 

I’m really excited about Bergert.  Royals are back to .500 now and they surprised a lot of people and were buyers at the deadline.  I don’t get it, so many fans in KC were begging the Royals to sell and calling the GM done.  What a loser attitude.  The teams .500 and 3.5 back and they are just supposed to give up halfway thru the year??

But that’s the trend now.  Look at the Guardians.  They were above .500 and just gave up and became sellers.  What a loser attitude, and that’s not what sports is about.  I just don’t respect it, but glad they did because now the Royals can easily leapfrog them in the race.

We picked up at the deadline:

Bergert - young starter under team control for a few years on the rise
Yestremski-  hit a homer in first game as a Royal yesterday.  Grandson of famous father.
Then two more #5 Starter type guys
Frazier:  solid .250 guy
Gretchen: solid .250 platoon type

I’m happy with that ^^ it’s a huge upgrade.  .250 looks average but the guys they are replacing were at .150, lol

We’re going for it baby !!!!!!!!!

if you guys make one of the wildcards you are going to be a problem with that pitching staff in a short series

nothing would please me more than to see the Royals eliminate the Yankees in the playoffs

[TraceOneInfinite]

Mets playing like trash lately

if you guys make one of the wildcards you are going to be a problem with that pitching staff in a short series

nothing would please me more than to see the Royals eliminate the Yankees in the playoffs

If Ragans comes back and looks like himself then yes. 

But we lost our All-Star Bubic, and Lugo and Wacha are studs but the problem with our #3 is he is a rookie, and minor league seasons are shorter than MLB seasons.  So you always have to consider a first year starter could wear down by September.

But I fear the Yankees.  Sorry to say.  It’s was an honor to go toe to toe with them in the 80’s era with George Brett we played them like every year to Battle for the AL. Last year we got to do it again.

I don’t like the Yankees but I do fear them.

[HighEyeCue]

If Ragans comes back and looks like himself then yes. 

But we lost our All-Star Bubic, and Lugo and Wacha are studs but the problem with our #3 is he is a rookie, and minor league seasons are shorter than MLB seasons.  So you always have to consider a first year starter could wear down by September.

But I fear the Yankees.  Sorry to say.  It’s was an honor to go toe to toe with them in the 80’s era with George Brett we played them like every year to Battle for the AL. Last year we got to do it again.

I don’t like the Yankees but I do fear them.

I don't know man, the Yankees can be beat...especially with the way Judge usually performs in the playoffs they can be picked off by a lesser team

I think you guys can do it, especially in a short series...now if you are playing in a 7 game series in the ALCS I feel the Yankees would have the advantage

as far as the Mets go I cant see them in anyway beating San Diego or LA especially with the Dodgers starting to get their players back from the IL

[Duck Duck Doggy]

I don't know man, the Yankees can be beat...especially with the way Judge usually performs in the playoffs they can be picked off by a lesser team

I think you guys can do it, especially in a short series...now if you are playing in a 7 game series in the ALCS I feel the Yankees would have the advantage

as far as the Mets go I cant see them in anyway beating San Diego or LA especially with the Dodgers starting to get their players back from the IL

Both Yankees and dodgers are beatable unless ohtani and judge improve their postseason play

[HighEyeCue]

Both Yankees and dodgers are beatable unless ohtani and judge improve their postseason play

I think the Dodgers are deep enough to offset Ohtani's struggles though

The Yankees aren't going anywhere in the playoffs if Judge doesn't show up this year

[Duck Duck Doggy]

I think the Dodgers are deep enough to offset Ohtani's struggles though

The Yankees aren't going anywhere in the playoffs if Judge doesn't show up this year

Yeah true but there have been games where the whole line up will go cold. And that happens I get it but if it happens in the postseason it’s a wrap. We just got Muncy back and he was heating up before the injury. Hopefully he gets back on track and also Mookie is having the worst season I’ve ever seen him have. Is this the beginning of the fall off?

[Sccit]

Yeah true but there have been games where the whole line up will go cold. And that happens I get it but if it happens in the postseason it’s a wrap. We just got Muncy back and he was heating up before the injury. Hopefully he gets back on track and also Mookie is having the worst season I’ve ever seen him have. Is this the beginning of the fall off?

mookie betts been past his prime

[TraceOneInfinite]

I think the Dodgers are deep enough to offset Ohtani's struggles though

The Yankees aren't going anywhere in the playoffs if Judge doesn't show up this year

Who are your favorite old school players from the 80’s….

Better yet who are your favorite old old school players from the 60’s??

I stumbled upon some good Barry Bonds piece on YouTube—I will post it here in a bit, but in the video Bonds breaks down all the biggest at bats in his career.  The guy is supposedly an arrogant asshole but it’s kind of touching that whenever he mentions his father Bobby Bonds and Willy Mays he’s suddenly humbled and like a little kid again just trying to be like his two hero’s. 



Made me go back and look at a lot of this great Willy Mays material, and Bobby Bonds also seems like a great guy.  They talk about Willy Mays like he was a God in his day.  If an ump made a bad call on a key play in a game Willy would shout at him in frustration, “I hope you will reconsider!!”

[HighEyeCue]

Who are your favorite old school players from the 80’s….

Better yet who are your favorite old old school players from the 60’s??

I stumbled upon some good Barry Bonds piece on YouTube—I will post it here in a bit, but in the video Bonds breaks down all the biggest at bats in his career.  The guy is supposedly an arrogant asshole but it’s kind of touching that whenever he mentions his father Bobby Bonds and Willy Mays he’s suddenly humbled and like a little kid again just trying to be like his two hero’s. 




Made me go back and look at a lot of this great Willy Mays material, and Bobby Bonds also seems like a great guy.  They talk about Willy Mays like he was a God in his day.  If an ump made a bad call on a key play in a game Willy would shout at him in frustration, “I hope you will reconsider!!”

My favorite player from the 80’s was Darryl Strawberry. I really only remember his season in ‘90 because he left for the Dodgers the following year but he hit 37 home runs that year and had a chance to break his own team record which was 39 but with the Mets falling out of the race in early September he sat out the last 3 weeks of the season. I was kinda pissed at the time as a little kid but I understood his thinking later on because he was going to be a free agent at seasons end. It’s kind of selfish but in a way with the team out of contention he passed up the opportunity to set the Met record so it’s kind of team first in a way as well

[TraceOneInfinite]

Probably because I'm 43 (and have pretty much no life other than teaching my ESL students, posting on dubcc, and watching the Royals) but this stuff is really grabbing me these days I've been watching all these historical baseball documentaries. 

It all started last week when I saw that video of Barry Bonds talking about his idol Willy Mays and now I can't stop binge watching these things in between Royals games.  I even like the ol' fashioned background jingles from the good ol days (when a man was a man and a woman was a woman and baseball was America's game—the national past time).

[HighEyeCue]

Probably because I'm 43 (and have pretty much no life other than teaching my ESL students, posting on dubcc, and watching the Royals) but this stuff is really grabbing me these days I've been watching all these historical baseball documentaries. 

It all started last week when I saw that video of Barry Bonds talking about his idol Willy Mays and now I can't stop binge watching these things in between Royals games.  I even like the ol' fashioned background jingles from the good ol days (when a man was a man and a woman was a woman and baseball was America's game—the national past time).

Infinite, thanks for posting this

I never got around to seeing it

[TraceOneInfinite]

Infinite, thanks for posting this

I never got around to seeing it

You'll like this one too homie. 

A lot of great Mets material with Doc Gooden and Strawberry, they had some memorable years in the 80's it appears.  I didn't realize they were that good, I thought Gooden and straw flamed out fast because of cocaine but they had more good years with the Mets than I thought.  A lot of famous players on those teams.  Keith Hernandez was in Seinfeld, lol (Jerry is a die hard Mets fan and has a crush on him in the episode, lol).

I knew the Phillies were good, I like a lot of the Pete Rose stuff at the beginning of the decade he was still good in his 40's as an out of shape white boy!  And then in the late 80's he gets busted and kicked off the Reds and they have the upset victory over the A's.

Sandwiched in the middle he glosses over the Royals, which was bad, because the Royals dominated the 80's just like the Mets did, but he spends a lot of time on your Mets.



Cheers to the 80's!  The greatest decade in the history of humanity !!