2025 MLB Season

[Billy Hoyle]

26-31 since the All Star break. 

From a 12.5 lead to a likely 1 game in 26 calendar days.

[MU82]

Yeah, I don't want to help tower and Billy be miserable, but all of a sudden there's a decent chance that the Tigers miss the playoffs entirely.

They have only a 1-game lead over both Cleveland for the division and Cleveland/Houston for the wild-card, and they have a  3-game series at Cleveland starting Tuesday.

[tower912]

I am aware.   Ah, well.  Making history is making history.

To borrow from Fall Out Boy,

we're going down, down in an earlier round.
And, sugar, we're going down swinging...

Unfortunately, all of that swinging is not currently leading to solid contact.

[MU82]

I am NOT predicting the Tigers will miss the postseason. Win 2 of 3 vs Cleveland, and they'll be fine. But so far anyway, this has been an amazing fall. That it has happened while the Guardians are playing out of their minds is pretty incredible.

[tower912]

I referenced the 2024 Twins earlier.  Less fun on this side of it.   

[tower912]

If you are going to do something, go big.

[CreightonWarrior]

Thanks Cincy!

[GB Warrior]

Mets are really going for it

[MU82]

#58 for Big Dumper as the Mariners sweep Houston for their 14th win in 15 games.

Seattle leads Houston by 3 games in the AL West, and leads Detroit by 2 games for the #2 seed and first-round bye.

Also: Congrats to the Brewers for clinching the division.

[Shaka Shart]

Let's hear it for the BFIB and their 19th place attendance!

https://www.stlpr.org/economy-business/2025-09-17/downtown-sales-slump-st-louis-cardinals-attendance

[Uncle Rico]

Let's hear it for the BFIB and their 19th place attendance!

https://www.stlpr.org/economy-business/2025-09-17/downtown-sales-slump-st-louis-cardinals-attendance

A lot of them joined ICE, so I get it

[The Sultan]

A lot of them joined ICE, so I get it

Rooting for Yadi must be a real internal conflict for these guys.

[Uncle Rico]

Rooting for Yadi must be a real internal conflict for these guys.

As long as he doesn't buy a trailer in their trailer park

[Billy Hoyle]

Yeah, I don't want to help tower and Billy be miserable, but all of a sudden there's a decent chance that the Tigers miss the playoffs entirely.

They have only a 1-game lead over both Cleveland for the division and Cleveland/Houston for the wild-card, and they have a  3-game series at Cleveland starting Tuesday.

Oh, I am all too aware of the strong possibility of missing the playoffs.

It's crazy how this season is the complete opposite of last season for Detroit. If they don't win Skubal's start on Tuesday, their season, as the Irish would say, will go four paws up.

[MU82]

From Yahoo Sports:

On the morning of July 9, the Guardians trailed the Tigers by 15.5 games in the AL Central. Cleveland had the fourth-worst record in the AL (42-48) while Detroit had the best record in all of baseball (59-34).

The Guardians (84-72) are currently just one game back of the Tigers (85-71) as they prepare to host Detroit in a three-game series starting tonight that could make or break both of their seasons.

If Cleveland completes the comeback, it will be the largest deficit ever overcome to win a division (since 1969) or league (pre-1969). The current record is held by the 1914 Boston Braves, who erased a 15-game deficit to win the NL pennant by a whopping 10.5 games.

[tower912]

Stop hitting, stop pitching, stop winning.

[MU82]

It's time for robot umps ...

From ESPN:

Major League Baseball will implement a challenge system for balls and strikes in the 2026 season after the league's competition committee voted Tuesday to usher in the era of robot umpiring.

Following years of testing in the minor leagues, as well as during spring training and at this year's All-Star Game, MLB forged ahead with a system that will give teams two challenges per game.

Hitters, pitchers and catchers will be the only ones allowed to trigger the system by tapping their head, and if a challenge is successful -- the pitch will be shown on in-stadium video boards -- teams will retain it.

While the vote in favor of the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system was not unanimous -- some of the four players on the 11-man committee voted no, according to sources -- the vote was a fait accompli, with MLB owners all in favor and in possession of a six-seat majority on the committee.

The ABS system uses similar technology to tennis' line-calling system, with 12 cameras in each ballpark tracking the ball with a margin of error around one-sixth of an inch. The ABS zone will be a two-dimensional plane in the middle of the plate that spans its full width (17 inches). The zone's top will be 53.5% of a player's height and the bottom 27%.

Teams that run out of challenges over the first nine innings will be granted an extra challenge in the 10th inning, while those that still have unused challenges will simply carry them into extras. If a team runs out of challenges in the 10th, it will automatically receive another in the 11th -- a rule that extends for any extra inning.

[lostpassword]

It's time for robot umps ...

What's the over under (number of years) on when balls and strikes are completed delegated to the bots?

[The Sultan]

What's the over under (number of years) on when balls and strikes are completed delegated to the bots?

IDK, but the sooner the better. We have the technology. Let's use it.

[MU82]

When the full-time robo-ump day arrives - and maybe even next season - pitchers will not be happy that they no longer get the well-framed but slightly outside call, and hitters will absolutely hate the top-of-the-zone strike.

But over time, everyone will adjust.

[Uncle Rico]

IDK, but the sooner the better. We have the technology. Let's use it.

[tower912]

Horrifying play in the Detroit-Cleveland game.  David Fry squared to bunt and foul tipped a 99 mile hour fastball off his face.


Related, Cleveland had a 3 run rally without ever hitting a ball out of the infield. 

[MU82]

Epic collapse. Even the Cubbies never pulled off anything like this.

[tower912]

Epic collapse. Even the Cubbies never pulled off anything like this.

They came close in 1969.

[lostpassword]

IDK, but the sooner the better. We have the technology. Let's use it.

This feels like a couple years trial and barring problems 2028 or 29 would be my guess (and hope).