2025 MLB Season Starting NOW!!!

[Dan Gould]

The Red Sox have sucked me back in, so I am sure they will resume sucking soon enough.

 

[GA Russell]

https://www.quora.com/profile/Ga-Russell/https-www-quora-com-What-is-the-rarest-play-in-baseball-answer-Bonita-Puercita

The rarest play in baseball?

[PHILLYQ]

17 hours ago, GA Russell said:

https://www.quora.com/profile/Ga-Russell/https-www-quora-com-What-is-the-rarest-play-in-baseball-answer-Bonita-Puercita

The rarest play in baseball?

Or pure idiocy by the defense😃

[jlhoots]

Brewers trailing 8 - 1 after 2 innings. Win 10 - 8. 13 wins in a row.

[JSngry]

Now the real work begins.

[jlhoots]

Brewers 7 - Cubs 0

Game 2 postponed.

[jlhoots]

Brewers still 7 games ahead after competitive 5 game series with Cubs.

[JSngry]

And the first team to reach 80 wind this season 

[Dan Gould]

Red Sox better be smart and have a certain lefty pitcher make it all the way from High A to the Majors in one year.

Leftie Payton Tolle has a 133/23 K/BB ratio in 91 2/3 innings across High A, AA and AAA.

What could it hurt to get him to the Fens by Labor Day and see how his stuff plays?  Possibly their biggest weakness is the bullpen after Aroldis Chapman and a power lefty in the mix can't hurt.

[Tom in RI]

Tolle is built like Crochet, 6’6” 250 lbs. I hope they bring him up sooner rather than later. Let him get his feet wet with some low leverage middle relief innings.

[Dan Gould]

2 hours ago, Tom in RI said:

Tolle is built like Crochet, 6’6” 250 lbs. I hope they bring him up sooner rather than later. Let him get his feet wet with some low leverage middle relief innings.

At minimum and see how he progresses from there.  Shut down middle and late relief is key if they make it to the playoffs.

(And watching the video he doesn't seem that big ... more like a Linebacker than Crochet who I would liken to a Tight End.)

[GA Russell]

[GA Russell]

 

[GA Russell]

 

[Dan Gould]

On 8/24/2025 at 7:34 AM, Tom in RI said:

Tolle is built like Crochet, 6’6” 250 lbs. I hope they bring him up sooner rather than later. Let him get his feet wet with some low leverage middle relief innings.

I'll believe this

https://www.mlb.com/news/payton-tolle-red-sox-callup?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

if its confirmed later today. On the one hand, they might want to keep him as a starter and not ask him to switch to the bullpen for the stretch drive, but bringing him up for this game in particular seems surprisingly aggressive in his development process.

(and I thought the game that needed a replacement starter was Saturday.)

[Dan Gould]

Well it seems to be true ... fun fact:  Tolle's extension (or release point) is as close to the batter as Aroldis Chapman.  Can understand how it helps generate swing and miss.

[GA Russell]

 

[Dan Gould]

I don't know but I find this Jomboy Breakdown pretty damn funny.

 

[sonnymax]

Gotta share. I love this game! 

 

[ghost of miles]

On 8/30/2025 at 9:05 AM, Dan Gould said:

I don't know but I find this Jomboy Breakdown pretty damn funny.

 

"NOW I said it!!" 😆

AL East race set to sizzle over the next four weeks!

[ghost of miles]

Jomboy: Did Framber Valdez intentionally cross up his catcher?

[Dan Gould]

Brutal: Roman Anthony to IL with oblique strain and it sounds like he is done for at least the regular season.

This is a gut punch and  between that and the remaining schedule, the Red Sox will be lucky to sneak in as the third WC.

Every team deals with injuries but the Red Sox lost their top two starters for 2024 innings pitched/Starts (Crawford and Houk), their 1B that they had no real back up for, and now a near-super star rookie that was igniting the offense with a .400 OBP.

Brutal