***Official*** MLB 2025 Thread

[gut]

About time to kick this off with the news that Roki Sasaki will be posted to move to MLB. Here is the main course after the Yoshi and Shota appetizers. Also, just like Shohei, he is coming over under 25 (he's 23), so is subject to international amateur signing rules....which hypothetically gives every team a realistic chance at signing him.

I think its a horribly short-sighted move by Sasaki. Sure, it paid off for Shohei, but he is a fucking unicorn. His arm could disintegrate (and it has, twice) and he can just ho-hum be the best DH in baseball. Sasaki doesn't have that backup plan. I would have just waited the 2 more years and then come over and get that Yoshi money.

[lol wow]

i played little league with a dude named matt sasaki dude could bang hit like 780

[gut]

Rays continue their existence as a Yankees feeder team by literally playing next year at the Yankees spring training facility.

George is smiling in the afterlife.

[Sanlmar]

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[Sanlmar]

About time to kick this off with the news that Roki Sasaki will be posted to move to MLB. Here is the main course after the Yoshi and Shota appetizers. Also, just like Shohei, he is coming over under 25 (he's 23), so is subject to international amateur signing rules....which hypothetically gives every team a realistic chance at signing him.

I think its a horribly short-sighted move by Sasaki. Sure, it paid off for Shohei, but he is a fucking unicorn. His arm could disintegrate (and it has, twice) and he can just ho-hum be the best DH in baseball. Sasaki doesn't have that backup plan. I would have just waited the 2 more years and then come over and get that Yoshi money.

He’s coming here for Western medicine.

There were many signs last season his arm ain’t right. Lotta dimished metrics. Maybe he wants his bag now before his next surgery. Dodgers will find this irresistible.

[Dan Druff]

Two MLB teams will be playing in minor league stadiums in 2025.

The Sacramento A's will have their inaugural season, and the Tampa Bay Rays will be at the Yankees' spring facility, due to damage to their field: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ng-field-tampa


Neither stadium can hold 12,000 people.

[go_buccos]

Two MLB teams will be playing in minor league stadiums in 2025.

The Sacramento A's will have their inaugural season, and the Tampa Bay Rays will be at the Yankees' spring facility, due to damage to their field: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ng-field-tampa


Neither stadium can hold 12,000 people.

Also those Florida pop-up storms in summer... Yikes.

O/U number of Rays home rainouts in 2025: 25.5

[Dan Druff]

Dodgers meeting with Juan Soto tomorrow.

Teoscar Hernandez is a free agent, and may or may not return.

They're actually light at OF, especially given that they're going to try Mookie in the infield again (did they not learn?)

Right now the OF projects as Pages, Edman, and Outman. Not exactly what you'd expect of a big market team with deep pockets.

[The Boz]

Two MLB teams will be playing in minor league stadiums in 2025.

The Sacramento A's will have their inaugural season, and the Tampa Bay Rays will be at the Yankees' spring facility, due to damage to their field: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ng-field-tampa


Neither stadium can hold 12,000 people.

Also those Florida pop-up storms in summer... Yikes.

O/U number of Rays home rainouts in 2025: 25.5

Usually not long enough to cancel the game, just long enough to ruin the day for fans. Not enough cover at the Stein for 11,000 people during a storm on the concourse.