2025 MLB Season

[cheebs09]

Ashby as the opener is interesting. I have to assume Priester will follow.

[HutchwasClutch]

Ashby as the opener is interesting. I have to assume Priester will follow.

I like it.  Ashby has great stuff, among best they have.  Probably can't go more than 3-4 innings though.

[MuggsyB]

Skubal only gets paid 10.15 mill??  He'll get a gargantuan contract to put it mildly. 

[Uncle Rico]

Skubal only gets paid 10.15 mill??  He'll get a gargantuan contract to put it mildly. 

I doubt it

[MuggsyB]

I doubt it

It will be rhino-sized.  500 mill?

[Uncle Rico]

It will be rhino-sized.  500 mill?

Doubt it

[cheebs09]

It will be rhino-sized.  500 mill?

I heard the horn of a rhino is one of his contract demands.

[MuggsyB]

Pretty surprised Castillo was pulled there. 

[MuggsyB]

I heard the horn of a rhino is one of his contract demands.

No reason to suggest horrific acts against rhinos.  Tremendous species with elite strength and power.

[CreightonWarrior]

I heard the horn of a rhino is one of his contract demands.

No reason to suggest horrific acts against rhinos.  Tremendous species with elite strength and power.

the one at my zoo just stands around eating grass. Contributes nothing to society.

[Shaka Shart]

No reason to suggest horrific acts against rhinos.  Tremendous species with elite strength and power.

Rhino meat can be quite gamey but if you grind it up into a nice chili it's hard to beat.

[MuggsyB]

the one at my zoo just stands around eating grass. Contributes nothing to society.

Rhinos aren't required to "contribute" to "human rules and society".  And yet they do contribute in zoos because they bring awareness and joy to children everywhere.  Remember, this is not their natural habitat.  Insinuating they have no value is another example of human hubris and psychopathic behavior. 

[MuggsyB]

That was Ball 4.  Terrible call. 

[MuggsyB]

This is why I wouldn't have gone to the bullpen in the 5th.

[Dish]

Once it was tied up, with the heart of the order due, probably shouldn't have taken Skubal out.

[tower912]

Exact same sequence happens after leaving Skubal in and everybody second guesses that.  So, meh.

Hit better.

[MuggsyB]

Exact same sequence happens after leaving Skubal in and everybody second guesses that.  So, meh.

Hit better.

The two best hitters came through for the M's, but those weren't great pitches. 

[wadesworld]

Exact same sequence happens after leaving Skubal in and everybody second guesses that.  So, meh.

Hit better.

Eh. You left the best pitcher in baseball in the game. Not sure many people can second guess that.

[tower912]

97 pitches.  Not what Hinch does.   I would have been gobsmacked if he sent Skubal back out.

[MuggsyB]

Huge win for Seattle. 

[MU82]

Pretty surprised Castillo was pulled there. 

You wouldn't have been surprised if you had seen yesterday's game.

Exact same situation, with the exact same unhittable lefty warmed up. Wilson left the starter in and he dished up a 2-run HR to Carpenter.

I said they shoulda gone to Speier yesterday, and I was doubly sure they shoulda gone to him today.

Great win for the Mariners. The stars came through when needed.

Given yesterday's result, along with today's Seahawks heartbreaker, this win saved the weekend.

[MuggsyB]

You wouldn't have been surprised if you had seen yesterday's game.

Exact same situation, with the exact same unhittable lefty warmed up. Wilson left the starter in and he dished up a 2-run HR to Carpenter.

I said they shoulda gone to Speier yesterday, and I was doubly sure they shoulda gone to him today.

Great win for the Mariners. The stars came through when needed.

Given yesterday's result, along with today's Seahawks heartbreaker, this win saved the weekend.

That's fair.  Great win for sure. 

[Shaka Shart]

Huge win for Seattle. 

Source?

[Dish]

97 pitches.  Not what Hinch does.   I would have been gobsmacked if he sent Skubal back out.

I don't get this mentality. He's the best pitcher in baseball, you've just tied it up, and top of the order due.

What are you saving him for? If Skubal can't go to 115 pitches in a must playoff game, why even bother?

The broadcast was debating if it was good for Seattle to bring Munoz back. WTF are they talking about? You're up 3-2 in the 9th (down 1-0 in a best of 5), hell yes you're riding with your closer there, who cares that he pitched two innings yesterday?

Teams that play scared in October can book those Cabo & Cancun trips now.

[MU82]

I don't get this mentality. He's the best pitcher in baseball, you've just tied it up, and top of the order due.

What are you saving him for? If Skubal can't go to 115 pitches in a must playoff game, why even bother?

The broadcast was debating if it was good for Seattle to bring Munoz back. WTF are they talking about? You're up 3-2 in the 9th (down 1-0 in a best of 5), hell yes you're riding with your closer there, who cares that he pitched two innings yesterday?

Teams that play scared in October can book those Cabo & Cancun trips now.

I generally agree with what you're saying about playing scared.

I do think in Skubal's case, he had physically and mentally checked out of the game. Left after the seventh, got out of his Warrior mentality, and then sat and watched a very long top of the eighth.

IMHO it would have been difficult for him to go back out there in peak form after having thrown 97 pitches and then having sat around for 20+ minutes.

Munoz ... there was never an effen question he was gonna pitch the ninth. The discussion from the booth was dopey as hell.