MLB 2025 Spring Training Thread

[Deskgrunt50]

Depends on the car.

Ha! True.

It's a new SUV. Chevy Tahoe. Which can get you anywhere in 15 minutes.

 

[swingline]

I can't remember when I've cared less about the Cardinals upcoming season than this one. Maybe last season.

Im sure I'll watch some games, but I just don't feel invested in the day-to-day tick tok of the season.

 

[MTM]

Juan Soto gave Brett Baty a car in exchange for the No. 22. That's what you want to see from the guy with the richest contract in sports history.

Especially to Baty, a top prospect who hasn't found success in the big leagues, probably no longer has a place in the organization and will likely be part of trade for a pitcher at some point this season.

Miguel Rojas gave his No. 11 to Roki Sasaki and didn't ask for anything. It's rare for a veteran to give up a number to a rookie.
Rojas is going back to 72 — the number he wore as a rookie with the Dodgers in 2014.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

This is probably a moot point, as Bregman is going to play second and then opt out after this season, so there's plenty of time to figure out if/how they're going to move Bregman to third and Devers elsewhere. But this isn't the first time Devers hasn't acted like a franchise player.

Only if he has a good season and thinks he'll make more. If anyone else thought that was likely, they would have signed him this season.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Boone led them to a World Series. An extension seems right.

I've stopped understanding why Cashman has gotten a free pass for so long. But, World Series last year. So he probably added another decade to his GM term.

It's a cliche but it's true: Peak George would have fired Cashman a thousand times by now. And the last 500 or so firings would have been deserved. He's pissed away the Baby Bombers core (outside of Judge, whom he managed to alienate until he came this close to going to the Giants) and built a terribly boring and flawed team that is doomed to do the same thing over and over and over again. But Hal likes the status quo and accurately recognizes the AL sucks, so the Yankees should make the World Series again within the next three years.

 

[MileHigh]

MLB, ESPN parting ways after season.

https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/espn-mutual-opt-out-broadcast-deal.html

 

[Deskgrunt50]

MLB, ESPN parting ways after season.

https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/espn-mutual-opt-out-broadcast-deal.html

I think this is a smart move for MLB, considering ESPN puts very little effort into baseball.

The Mets/MLB are offering a local, no-blackout package through the At-Bat app. It seems like the first step toward a very different era for the league.

Local blackouts have been a huge complaint by pretty much everyone.

 

[mpcincal]

I can't remember when I've cared less about the Cardinals upcoming season than this one. Maybe last season.

Im sure I'll watch some games, but I just don't feel invested in the day-to-day tick tok of the season.

Substitute "Angels" for "Cardinals" and you have my feelings word for word. And I hate that, because spring training starting used to be almost like Christmas morning to me, especially in 2010s when my dad, uncle, and I went to Arizona for a week to see some games.

 

[HanSenSE]

MLB, ESPN parting ways after season.

https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/espn-mutual-opt-out-broadcast-deal.html

The deterioration of "Sunday Night Baseball" from the game's signature broadcast to "Good Morning Podunk" is a crime.

 

[playthrough]

"Baseball Tonight" was great back when the teevee was still a primary source for scores and highlights.

 

[DanOregon]

Where does baseball rank among amount gambled by sport? The "book" on MLB was that it was a "regionalized" sport, there were few household names and faces that the general public would tune in for. (CFB is a regionalized sport as well, but people tune in for the uniforms - and gambling). ESPN has been around long enough where they obviously think they know what they're doing. A bit surprised by opting out of an existing contract though.

 

[I Should Coco]

Substitute "Angels" for "Cardinals" and you have my feelings word for word. And I hate that, because spring training starting used to be almost like Christmas morning to me, especially in 2010s when my dad, uncle, and I went to Arizona for a week to see some games.

As we've mentioned before, prices for spring training games have become ridiculously high. Another thing ruined by greed.