JGibson Posted January 25 Posted January 25 This is the thread for the happenings of the 2025 MLB season, from the Cooperstown Ballot on to the World Series. The Los Angeles Dodgers are your defending World Series champions. The Athletics are in Sacramento, CA for the next three seasons until moving permanently to Las Vegas, NV. The Tampa Bay Rays will have their home base at George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees. 2024 Standings American League AL East Team W L Pct. GB Home Road (1) New York Yankees 94 68 .580 — 44–37 50–31 (4) Baltimore Orioles 91 71 .562 3 44–37 47–34 Boston Red Sox 81 81 .500 13 38–43 43–38 Tampa Bay Rays 80 82 .494 14 42–39 38–43 Toronto Blue Jays 74 88 .457 20 39–42 35–46 AL Central Team W L Pct. GB Home Road (2) Cleveland Guardians 92 69 .571 — 50–30 42–39 (5) Kansas City Royals 86 76 .531 6½ 45–36 41–40 (6) Detroit Tigers 86 76 .531 6½ 43–38 43–38 Minnesota Twins 82 80 .506 10½ 43–38 39–42 Chicago White Sox 41 121 .253 51½ 23–58 18–63 AL West Team W L Pct. GB Home Road (3) Houston Astros 88 73 .547 — 46–35 42–38 Seattle Mariners 85 77 .525 3½ 49–32 36–45 Texas Rangers 78 84 .481 10½ 44–37 34–47 Oakland Athletics 69 93 .426 19½ 38–43 31–50 Los Angeles Angels 63 99 .389 25½ 32–49 31–50 National League NL East Team W L Pct. GB Home Road (2) Philadelphia Phillies 95 67 .586 — 54–27 41–40 (5) Atlanta Braves 89 73 .549 6 46–35 43–38 (6) New York Mets 89 73 .549 6 46–35 43–38 Washington Nationals 71 91 .438 24 38–43 33–48 Miami Marlins 62 100 .383 33 30–51 32–49 NL Central Team W L Pct. GB Home Road (3) Milwaukee Brewers 93 69 .574 — 47–34 46–35 St. Louis Cardinals 83 79 .512 10 44–37 39–42 Chicago Cubs 83 79 .512 10 44–37 39–42 Cincinnati Reds 77 85 .475 16 39–42 38–43 Pittsburgh Pirates 76 86 .469 17 39–42 37–44 NL West Team W L Pct. GB Home Road (1) Los Angeles Dodgers 98 64 .605 — 52–29 46–35 (4) San Diego Padres 93 69 .574 5 45–36 48–33 Arizona Diamondbacks 89 73 .549 9 44–37 45–36 San Francisco Giants 80 82 .494 18 42–39 38–43 Colorado Rockies 61 101 .377 37 37–44 24–57 2024 Playoffs Wild Card Series (ALWCS, NLWCS) Division Series (ALDS, NLDS) Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) World Series 1 NY Yankees 6 2 3 3 4 Baltimore 0 1 5 Kansas City 5 4 2 1 1 NY Yankees 5 6 5 8 510 5 Kansas City 1 2 American League 2 Cleveland 2 3 710* 6 2 2 Cleveland 7 0 0 5 7 3 Houston 1 2 6 Detroit 0 3 3 4 3 AL1 NY Yankees 3 2 2 11 6 6 Detroit 3 5 NL1 LA Dodgers 610* 4 4 4 7 1 LA Dodgers 7 2 5 8 2 4 San Diego 4 5 4 San Diego 5 10 6 0 0 1 LA Dodgers 9 3 8 10 6 10 5 Atlanta 0 4 National League 6 NY Mets 0 7 0 2 12 5 2 Philadelphia 2 7* 2 1 3 Milwaukee 4 5 2 6 NY Mets 6 6 7 4 6 NY Mets 8 3 4 *Denotes walk-off 2024 All-Star Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | R H E National League 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 10 0 American League 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 X | 5 5 0 2024 MLB Draft (1st Round) First round Pick Player Team Position School 1 Travis Bazzana Cleveland Guardians Second baseman Oregon State 2 Chase Burns Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Wake Forest 3 Charlie Condon Colorado Rockies Outfielder Georgia 4 Nick Kurtz Oakland Athletics First baseman Wake Forest 5 Hagen Smith Chicago White Sox Pitcher Arkansas 6 Jac Caglianone Kansas City Royals Two-way player Florida 7 JJ Wetherholt St. Louis Cardinals Shortstop West Virginia 8 Christian Moore Los Angeles Angels Second baseman Tennessee 9 Konnor Griffin Pittsburgh Pirates Shortstop Jackson Preparatory School (MS) 10 Seaver King Washington Nationals Shortstop Wake Forest 11 Bryce Rainer Detroit Tigers Shortstop Harvard-Westlake School (CA) 12 Braden Montgomery Boston Red Sox Outfielder Texas A&M 13 James Tibbs III San Francisco Giants Outfielder Florida State 14 Cam Smith Chicago Cubs Third baseman Florida State 15 Jurrangelo Cijntje Seattle Mariners Pitcher Mississippi State 16 PJ Morlando Miami Marlins Outfielder Summerville High School (SC) 17 Braylon Payne Milwaukee Brewers Outfielder Elkins High School (TX) 18 Theo Gillen Tampa Bay Rays Outfielder Westlake High School (TX) 19 Carson Benge New York Mets Outfielder Oklahoma State 20 Trey Yesavage Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher East Carolina 21 Kaelen Culpepper Minnesota Twins Shortstop Kansas State 22 Vance Honeycutt Baltimore Orioles Outfielder North Carolina 23 Kellon Lindsey Los Angeles Dodgers Shortstop Hardee High School (FL) 24 Cam Caminiti Atlanta Braves Pitcher Saguaro High School (AZ) 25 Kash Mayfield San Diego Padres Pitcher Elk City High School (OK) 26 Ben Hess New York Yankees Pitcher Alabama 27 Dante Nori Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder Northville High School (MI) 28 Walker Janek Houston Astros Catcher Sam Houston 29 Slade Caldwell Arizona Diamondbacks Outfielder Valley View High School (AR) 30 Malcolm Moore Texas Rangers Catcher Stanford Prospect Promotion Incentive Picks Pick Player Team Position School 31 Ryan Waldschmidt Arizona Diamondbacks[Incentive 1] Outfielder Kentucky 32 Griff O'Ferrall Baltimore Orioles[Incentive 2] Shortstop Virginia Compensatory round Pick Player Team Position School 33 Kyle DeBarge Minnesota Twins[Compensation 1] Shortstop Louisiana Competitive Balance Round A Pick Player Team Position School 34 Blake Burke Milwaukee Brewers[Trades 1] First baseman Tennessee 35 J. D. Dix Arizona Diamondbacks Shortstop Whitefish Bay High School (WI) 36 Braylon Doughty Cleveland Guardians Pitcher Chaparral High School (CA) 37 Levi Sterling Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Notre Dame High School (CA) 38 Brody Brecht Colorado Rockies Pitcher Iowa 39 Caleb Lomavita Washington Nationals[Trades 2] Catcher California USEFUL WEBSITES Official Website of Major League Baseball [English] Official Website of Major League Baseball [Spanish] MLB Trade Rumors FanGraphs (analysis + historical data) Baseball-Reference (historical data) Cot's Baseball Contracts (contract data) Baseball Prospectus (analysis) ESPN Beyond The Box Score (analysis) Roster Resource, via FanGraphs (transactions) Depth Charts, via MLB 2024 Thread:
JGibson Posted January 25 Author Posted January 25 The 2025 Cooperstown vote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting Player Votes Percent Change Year Ichiro Suzuki† 393 99.7% – 1st CC Sabathia† 342 86.8% – 1st Billy Wagner 325 82.5% Increase 8.7% 10th = Carlos Beltrán 277 70.3% Increase 13.2% 3rd Andruw Jones 261 66.2% Increase 4.6% 8th Chase Utley 157 39.8% Increase 11.0% 2nd Álex Rodríguez 146 37.1% Increase 2.3% 4th Manny Ramírez 135 34.3% Increase 1.8% 9th Andy Pettitte 110 27.9% Increase 14.4% 7th Félix Hernández† 81 20.6% – 1st Bobby Abreu 77 19.5% Increase 4.7% 6th Jimmy Rollins 71 18.0% Increase 3.2% 4th Omar Vizquel 70 17.8% Increase 0.1% 8th Dustin Pedroia† 47 11.9% – 1st Mark Buehrle 45 11.4% Increase 3.1% 5th Francisco Rodríguez 40 10.2% Increase 2.4% 3rd David Wright 32 8.1% Increase 1.9% 2nd Torii Hunter 20 5.1% Decrease 2.2% 5th = Ian Kinsler†* 10 2.5% – 1st Russell Martin†* 9 2.3% – 1st Brian McCann†* 7 1.8% – 1st Troy Tulowitzki†* 4 1.0% – 1st Curtis Granderson†* 3 0.8% – 1st Adam Jones†* 3 0.8% – 1st Carlos González†* 2 0.5% – 1st Hanley Ramírez†* 0 0.0% – 1st Fernando Rodney†* 0 0.0% – 1st Ben Zobrist†* 0 0.0% – 1st
JGibson Posted February 14 Author Posted February 14 Bregman goes to the BoSox, will likely play 2B, a position he had very limited experience in.
JGibson Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 ESPN will likely be out the baseball business after this season.
pride4jc1222 Posted March 20 Posted March 20 On 3/17/2025 at 6:12 AM, JGibson said: ESPN will likely be out the baseball business after this season. I'm surprised they lasted this long. I stopped taking ESPN baseball seriously the day they replaced Chris Berman on the Home Run Derby for Jessica Mendoza.
dabunique Posted Wednesday at 05:06 PM Posted Wednesday at 05:06 PM My Marlins are 4-2, i'm so happy lol 1
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