2025 MLB Season Thread

More like Schlittler's List.

2 L's and a C away from being a Shitter.

okay this was pretty damn good. 100K SE Pts

Think I'm going in on the Mariners. Pretty much hate all the rest of the teams.

As a Red Sox fan, I hoped to never see this day. I was even rooting against the Red Sox and Yankees meeting in the playoffs for 10+years after 2004.

But, it was a great 21 years.

Kid was in AA 6 months ago.

Imagine throwing 100 mph and going 8 shutout innings with 12 Ks in your postseasom debut.

Legitimately one of the best performances I've ever seen.

Where did this Schittler guy materialize from? Guy has barely any notable history and then just throws that game 8 shutout inning 12 K's 0 walks in a playoff sudden death game wtf happened???

That would've been brutal for us West Coast Jays fans.

Yankees pitching lab success story.

He's 6'6" and the Yankees unlocked an extra 10 mph out of him in 3 years.

Started the year in AA and dominated. Called up in July due to all their injuries and has been throwing 100 mph in the majors since then.

SABR42 is the man

I swear if I had grown to 6'6" instead of 5'8" I easily would've been an MLB pitcher.

In any case, I hadn't pitched in 24 years and I still hit 78 mph at spring training at Talking Stick field.

Carnivore you're the man too.

78mph is legit.

I'm parlaying Seattle and Milwaukee to win their series.

I struck out Justin Morneau on 3 pitches the only time I faced him. There were lots of scouts there and apparently I was throwing 85. That's the only time in my peak days that I was ever radared. But when it comes to scouts, a 5'8" pitcher might as well be invisible.

That was the only time I faced a future MLB player in a game. We had 2 MLB players come through our team also, Dempster came back and trained with us one winter when he was on the Marlins. And Simon Pond had a long career in the minors but only a cup of coffee on the Jays. Last I checked he has a baseball school here now.

I went to a Braves game with poker friends who like to gamble but know nothing about baseball.

There’s a pitching cage with a radar gun. I told them, “the average right handed starter throws 91-92 mph. I bet you can’t hit 70.”

My buddy was like “What?!? Those fat pitching slobs? I could definitely hit 70 if I just reached back and cranked it and it doesn’t need to be a strike.”

We bet $5.

The highest he got, with no mechanics, was 58.

Easy $$$

Funny randos think they can hit 70, seems they don't have a good perception of how fast 70 is.

MLB Division Series Series Probabilities..
Mariners 50.35%
Dodgers 53.68%
Brewers 55.2%
Yankees 59.42%

Recommended Bets:
TIGERS @ +145 on Caesar's

I used to play cricket at school and was convinced I could hit 70. Nope. 59.

Granted I was already a fat bastard late 30 something but still, I put ****ing everything into that lol

Yea with an ex. Took her child to some, hands on type, of kids museum in philly. They had a do it yourself speed cage. Fake rubber and plate, all that. I go to gym and everything but it didnt go well. I go in there low to mid 60s best I can do. Kid is on to the next room, nobody in there, she is looking at me like "wtf lets go", keep trying for bit with her watchin, drop the balls, leave cage in SHAME.

I just assume its a fast twitch muscle thing, like I would never win a sprint contest, nothing I can do. I just dont have it.

Throwing a baseball is a very specific skill that takes years of practice.

I can deadlift 550 pounds but almost certainly can't throw 70 mph. I don't have enough mobility in my shoulder.

Very difficult but not impossible.

Marcus Stroman is 5'7" and has had a 12-year MLB career.

Yoshinobu Yamamato is 5'10" and can throw 98 mph. Got paid $325 million for it.

It's great that there's exceptions. Just like the occasional short guy that makes it in the NBA. Mad props to small guys who make it in these sports.

Stroman is also listed at 180lbs. Whereas I have a small build naturally. I was always both the shortest and skinniest kid growing up. Even so I was the hardest throwing kid and best pitcher on all my little league teams except one time there was a kid a year older than me who was already 5'9" when he was 12. My dad's adult weight for example was always around 130 lbs and he's 5'9. At one point I was even taken to a doctor to check that I was growing properly and the idea of being put on growth hormone was even considered. When I was 14 I got extremely dedicated to eating and lifting for about 18 months. I'm talking about dedicated to eating like I ate absolutely as much as I could everyday to try to.bulk up. To a disorder level. I'd eat so much I'd often end up suddenly having to puke in the night. I couldn't hold down the amount of food I was forcing myself to eat. I managed to gain 80 lbs in 18 months (I also grew several inches during this time). I was a savage in the gym and could bench Press 240 lbs at 16. I hit a ball 430 ft (metal bat) in batting practice. Anyways at my peak I was 165 lbs but I couldn't sustain the bulking. At some point every day I'd end up vomiting. This was embarrassing and I kept it private as much as possible. People didn't know. Finally my team played in a tournament we had to travel to, stay in dorms together for a few days etc. I was very worried about the embarrassment of ending up puking. And somehow on that trip the overeating stopped because I was more afraid of being seen as some freak who's always puking. My weight fell off and by 18 I was 140 ish which has pretty much been my adult weight ever since. I've always worked out and been fit, and sometimes I've tried to get bigger and bulk up, but even getting past about 145 is tough.

Anyways the really tough part is that once I got to the senior team, the emphasis was supposedly on player development over everything else. The coaches goal openly was to get players to the bigs if possible. They did get 2 guys there I guess and we had a few guys get into the minors. But anyone bigger is just seen as having more potential, and so they get more innings, more coaching, more playing time, etc. If you're 6'2" you just get so many more opportunities than a short skinny kid. It seemed it didn't matter if I was better. There's also politics involved probably and my parents weren't involved and maybe other parents used some way to get their kids more opportunities. I think in my 18 year old season we were probably 90 games in and I had pitched only something like 17 innings in relief and only given up one run. And I wasn't getting at bats or time in the field. At 16 and 17 I was getting to play the outfield somewhat regularly. When I was great, I'd get my chances. As soon as I wasn't the hook on playing time seemed very fast for me vs other guys who'd have slumps and continue playing. Up to age 15 I had always been a star shortstop or 3b when not pitching. But at 18 I was rotting on the bench and it was a depressing waste of time. I quit that summer and never played on a team again, although I still regularly hit and throw.

But that Morneau at bat sums up a lot of how I remember baseball at that time. About 20 scouts behind the plate, and I'm getting to pitch to this guy. 3 pitches and I've got him. And nobody cares or notices me.

A lot of the old MLB heights were pretty inflated before they started measuring for ABS recently. I had a former career minor leaguer as a student some years ago. Guy was a single digit 1st round pick and highly touted OF prospect listed at 5'10". He was 5'8" at most. Also had a former NFL player who was listed 6'2" 245, and damn was he every bit of it.

Brewers and Mariners ML parlay

FD 30% boosted to +204

Lets play some sportsball!

Hey anyone know the best way to watch mlb playoffs in Canada? I'm fine with paying for TSN or MLB.com or whatever, just trying to figure out how to have all the games available....

Grok says this:

The best way to watch the MLB playoffs in Canada is through Sportsnet+, the official English-language streaming service for comprehensive coverage. This platform streams every game live, including the Wild Card Series, Division Series, Championship Series, and World Series, across the Sportsnet family of networks (regional feeds and Sportsnet One). It provides access to dedicated Blue Jays broadcasts when applicable, making it ideal for fans wanting full postseason access without blackouts in Canada.