C’mon, that’s a London tube station, not a ballplayer.
C’mon, that’s a London tube station, not a ballplayer.
Red Sox won 18-3. Don’t worry about who they played, that’s not important.
Bobby Witt triple… baseball is BACK baby!
Matt Shaw really beginning to doubt his "Jews will not replace us" poster.
Jeff Kent's 10 best seasons: 44.8 fWAR
Dustin Pedroia's 10 best seasons: 44.9 fWAR
Kent, MVP, 5x All-Star
55.4 career WAR, 35.8 7yr-peak, 45.6 JAWS, 3.9 WAR/162
Pedroia, MVP, 4x All-Star, 2x World Series
51.8 career WAR, 40.9 7yr-peak, 46.4 JAWS, 5.6 WAR/16
What predicts ERA better: wOBA or K-BB Differential?
The Pope holds a baseball bat while standing in the aisle of a commercial flight. (Arguing about statistics, probably.)
Come, my child. Just look at his fWAR. Look at his xwOBA. Barrel percentage. wRC+. His DRS. An angel in the outfield, if I may say so.
What’s the funniest way for this game to end?
In 2025, 522 MLB players hit at least 1 home run.
In 2024, 522 MLB players hit at least 1 home run.
Our Japanese media friends are reporting that this is the first time a Japanese pitcher has ever thrown a complete game in MLB postseason history.
Tarik Skubal vs Mariners #ALDS (2 starts)
13 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 22 K
And the #Tigers lost both of those games. The #Mariners win an instant classic in 15 innings — the longest winner-take-all game in MLB history — and will face the #BlueJays in the #ALCS.
Josh Naylor stolen bases by season:
1
1
1
6
10
6
30 (this year) 💨
Munoz threw 22 sliders and 3 fastballs.
Skubal changeup: 17 swings 14 whiffs (82%) is crazy stuff. WIZARDRY!
Tarik Skubal’s changeup is pretty good.
Number of players who hit at least 1 home run by season
2025: 522
2024: 522
2023: 538
2022: 539
2021: 546
2020: 427 (60 game Covid season)
2019: 549
2018: 536
2017: 525
2016: 515
2015: 512
2014: 493
30 HR 30 SB players by season
2025: 7
2024: 3
2023: 4
2022: 0
2021: 1
20 HR 20 SB players by season
2025: 24
2024: 19
2023: 19
2022: 9
2021: 10
In 2025,
12 players scored 100 runs.
16 players drove in 100 runs.
5 players did both:
Shohei Ohtani: 146 R, 102 RBI
Aaron Judge: 137 R, 114 RBI
Juan Soto: 120 R, 105 RBI
Kyle Schwarber: 111 R, 132 RBI
Cal Raleigh: 110 R, 125 RBI
In 2025,
94 players hit 20 homers.
46 players stole 20 bases.
24 players made the 20/20 club: Ohtani, Soto, Buxton, JRod, PCA, Carroll, Jazz, Lindor, JRam, Arozarena, Neto, Tatis Jr, Story, Swanson, Witt Jr, Elly, Tucker, Langford, Butler, Chourio, OCruz, JNaylor, Perdomo, Harris II.
In 2025,
33 players hit 30 homers.
21 players stole 30 bases.
7 players made the 30/30 club:
Juan Soto — 43/38
Julio Rodríguez — 32/30
Corbin Carroll — 31/32
Jazz Chisholm Jr — 31/31
Pete Crow-Armstrong — 31/35
Francisco Lindor — 31/31
José Ramírez — 30/44
In 2025, 522 MLB players hit at least 1 home run.
In 2024, 522 MLB players hit at least 1 home run.
FINAL: #BlueJays 5 #Yankees 2
The Jays outscored New York 34-19 in the four game series. They will wait to see if Detroit or Seattle is their #ALCS opponent.
And the Cubs stay alive. Game 4 against the Brewers will be tomorrow at Wrigley, 9:08pm.
Tigers/Mariners Game 5 will be Friday at 4:40 in Seattle. Skubal will go for Detroit.
4 elimination games today.
OCTOBER BASEBALL!
#ALDS #NLDS
3:08pm
Mariners (Miller) at Tigers (Mize)
SEA leads 2-1
5:08pm
Brewers (Priester) at Cubs (Taillon)
MIL leads 2-0
7:08pm
Blue Jays (Varland) at Yankees (Schlittler)
TOR leads 2-1
9:08pm
Phillies (Nola) at Dodgers (Yamamoto)
LAD leads 2-1
on the Aaron Judge home run off the pole:
99.7 MPH is the fastest pitch he's ever hit for a homer
1.2 feet is the furthest-inside pitch he's ever hit for a homer
the guy who caught cal raleigh’s 61st home run with a fan
this rules so much
#Cubs and #Brewers exchange three-run bombs in the first. Game on.
The NLDS has been taken over by the radical left (all four starters are LHP)
Nick Castellanos (out of 145 qualified batters) was:
- 23rd worst in OPS
- 18th worst in OBP
- 20th worst in wOBA
- 18th worst in wRC+
- only 2 players (Bichette, B. Lowe) were worse in Outs Above Average
- only one (Soto) was worse in Fielding Run Value
- only 6 worse in DRS
Rough year.
#Phillies