2025 Misc MLB News Thread

[Frisbee Slider]

10 hours ago, nate82 said:

Yes that is it.  The top third of the strike zone became Keston’s kryptonite.

First AB back in big leagues:

[yfinn6]

It appears as though Corbin Burnes has suffered an elbow injury. Best wishes to him. 

[AKCheesehead]

Wade Miley released by the Reds organization today.  His milb numbers this season are not inspiring, but I'd have to think somebody will want to give him a shot. 

[wallus]

17 minutes ago, AKCheesehead said:

Wade Miley released by the Reds organization today.  His milb numbers this season are not inspiring, but I'd have to think somebody will want to give him a shot. 

Sign him to be a coach.

[wiguy94]

24 minutes ago, AKCheesehead said:

Wade Miley released by the Reds organization today.  His milb numbers this season are not inspiring, but I'd have to think somebody will want to give him a shot. 

Looks like he had an opt-out and elected that opt-out. Wasn't a release.

[Jimbo]

Hiura back on a major league roster………well sort of…..

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I was in Albuquerque on Friday, so I decided to catch a game.  To see Hiura's name on the scoreboard lineup caught me by surprise.  I thought he was out of baseball.  I was going to post a couple of pics in the stadium thread and see if anyone here with a sharp eye would see him.  But, markedman with his post let the cat out of the bag.  Interesting that he was pulled mid-game and the next day gets the call.

[Jopal78]

The Rockies are 9-50. I knew they were awful but hadn’t checked their record. They’re on pace to win 25 games.

[Playing Catch]

11 hours ago, Jopal78 said:

The Rockies are 9-50. I knew they were awful but hadn’t checked their record. They’re on pace to win 25 games.

This kind of start has to sound like klaxons going off in Denver. Similarly to the White Sox last season, there's going to be nowhere to hide.

Which franchises in baseball have a more ominous outlook? None, right now. Not in that devilish division.

[owbc]

It feels like the HR race will probably be Ohtani vs Judge by August but it’s fun to see a catcher on top for now.

Also Corbin Carroll is good at baseball. 

[Underachiever]

25 minutes ago, owbc said:

It feels like the HR race will probably be Ohtani vs Judge by August but it’s fun to see a catcher on top for now.

Also Corbin Carroll is good at baseball. 

I just want one Corbin Carroll on the Brewers. Is that too much to ask? Will also take a Steven Kwan.

[homer]

13 hours ago, Jopal78 said:

The Rockies are 9-50. I knew they were awful but hadn’t checked their record. They’re on pace to win 25 games.

I put this in the Golf Thread but Scottie Scheffler has as many wins since May 2nd as the Rockies do.

[tmwiese55]

Burnes leaves with elbow injury, this is almost always a precursor to TJ surgery.    So for our two recent SP stars going for their big paydays, Woodruff wrecks his shoulder like 5 games away from the payday.  Burnes (assuming TJ) luckily made it roughly 7 games after his payday before the injury that would've cost him a bunch of money.  

[owbc]

1 hour ago, Underachiever said:

I just want one Corbin Carroll on the Brewers. Is that too much to ask? Will also take a Steven Kwan.

We have a Jackson Chourio. At the end of the 2025 season he’ll still be younger than Carroll was on the day of his MLB debut!!! 

[Playing Catch]

19 hours ago, tmwiese55 said:

Burnes leaves with elbow injury, this is almost always a precursor to TJ surgery.

What do we think "almost always" means these days? 7 out of 10 instances? 9 out of 10?

Regardless, he's looking at an extended break.

[Frisbee Slider]

2 hours ago, Playing Catch said:

What do we think "almost always" means these days? 7 out of 10 instances? 9 out of 10?

Regardless, he's looking at an extended break.

I’m not aware of any pitcher reacting like Burnes and not needing surgery.

[Frisbee Slider]

Devin probably back as Yankees closer…

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45439629/sources-yankees-closer-luke-weaver-hamstring-4-6-weeks

[Jopal78]

1 hour ago, Frisbee Slider said:

I’m not aware of any pitcher reacting like Burnes and not needing surgery.

First set of images “inconclusive” which suggests to me there is damage to the ligament but the team doctors couldn’t reach a conclusion on the severity of the damage from the examination and images,  so they’ll send him to a specialist for evaluation. 

[JosephC]

The Diamondbacks were pretty foolish to make that move.  Leave the big money pitchers to the Dodgers and Yankees, they can afford it if things go south.  So Burnes "possible" 2 years, 70 million dollar deal is now pretty much guaranteed to be the full 6 years, 210 million.  Tommy John means he could be back pitching mid-2026, but with as cautious as teams are these days, I'd say better than 50/50 chance he misses all of next year if surgery is needed.  If that happens, the Diamondbacks paid 210 million for 4 1/3 years of performance.

If you put 1 WAR = 8 million....210/8 = 26.25 WAR/6 seasons = 4.375 WAR per season.  That's the mark he'd have to hit to be worth the contract.  2022 = 4.45 bWAR/fWAR, 2023 = 3.45 bWAR/fWAR, 2024 = 3.6 bWAR/fWAR.  The way he was trending, it would have been hard to hit the 4.375 WAR per season mark and that is if he was fully healthy that entire time.

[markedman5]

 

[liveforoctober]

48 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

 

I say this with a hint of sadness, but my first glance of this tweet I read it as "replaced on roster by LHP Tommy John"

[igor67]

Not the only one to read it that way first

[trwi7]

https://x.com/DNVR_Rockies/status/1930068629523181983

[HarryDoyle]

18 hours ago, trwi7 said:

https://x.com/DNVR_Rockies/status/1930068629523181983

[markedman5]

Looks like the challenge system is going to be a go for next season.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6403954/2025/06/04/manfred-proposal-abs-challenge-system-2026/

[Jopal78]

45 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Looks like the challenge system is going to be a go for next season.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6403954/2025/06/04/manfred-proposal-abs-challenge-system-2026/

What a stupid rule change. If you’re gonna have a challenge for balls and strikes, it necessarily means the umpires frequently get the calls wrong so why not  have a completely automated system for all balls and strikes and cure the problem without needless delays. To hell with catchers who are good at framing, which is simply trying to trick an umpire into calling something a strike that’s not.

if an umpire has a funky strike zone, but calls it consistently for both sides, a challenge system where you get multiple challenges as long as they’re correct will disrupt any sort of pace of play. 

The beauty of baseball there was no clock, no replay and that’s the way it’s always been. More knee jerk reaction to media criticism as they mutate the game into something ridiculously silly.