Cool moment between greats after last nights game as they exchanged Jerseys.
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MLB 2025
- Thread starter Gaolee
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Great Phils win last night in Texas and nice to be 3.5 up in the division, but I'm concerned they might be replicating last year, i.e., getting out to a great record early, then playing .500 the rest of the way. So I looked it up.
They're 17 games over .500 now. They were also 17 games over .500 on May 29, which means they've been .500 since then. As we know, you can't win in the postseason playing .500 ball.
So, for me to be hopeful about their postseason prospects, I want to see them playing much better than .500 ball down the stretch. The offense seems to be waking up and getting Duran was MASSIVE, so it's possible.
They're 17 games over .500 now. They were also 17 games over .500 on May 29, which means they've been .500 since then. As we know, you can't win in the postseason playing .500 ball.
So, for me to be hopeful about their postseason prospects, I want to see them playing much better than .500 ball down the stretch. The offense seems to be waking up and getting Duran was MASSIVE, so it's possible.
Not often you get to see two guys with 3,000 strikeouts face off against each other! They both went six innings last night. Unfortunately the Jays came out on the losing end.
Finale today. Glasnow and Lauer. Should be good.
I sure hope the Jays can salvage one win today! Lauer has been quite the find for Toronto. He went from minor league depth to long reliever to reliable fifth starter rather quickly. Nobody had any expectations for him. He wasn’t even in the majors last year. He was in the KBO. Navigating the Dodger lineup won’t be easy though.
The Rays can win all they want now. I'm pretty happy for the time being. Raleigh is dong what he's doing now, but what's great is that Rodriguez seems to be heating up. If Suarez doesn't go cold, things could be pretty good for the Mariners. They are off today, so the tired bullpen will get a rest before what looks like a road trip that could have some tough games.
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They've really been Mets'ing it up lately! Still time to turn it around though. A Mets hot streak coinciding with a Phillies cold streak would be ideal. I think NYM still plays the Phils a couple more times in August and September too. Perfect opportunity to make up ground.
And that's a problem? Well, it is this week, because the Mets play the Mariners. The Mariners also play the Phills. This could be a pretty rough road trip.
What’s up with Josh Naylor all of a sudden being a base stealer? He stole 11 bags in 93 games with Arizona before the trade deadline (only caught twice). Now he’s got another 11 bags in just 15 games with Seattle. His previous season high for steals was 10 in 2023 with Cleveland (121 games). He’s a pretty slow runner. Lots of faster dudes in the MLB. Makes you wonder how many more bases lots of other guys could steal if they really put their minds to it 
So the Dodgers drop two at Anaheim and the Padres catch them. We’ll see how Ohtani pitches against the Angels tonight. San Diego coming up for three starting Friday.
It's in the water up in Seattle. Everyone is faster in the thin air this far north.What’s up with Josh Naylor all of a sudden being a base stealer? He stole 11 bags in 93 games with Arizona before the trade deadline (only caught twice). Now he’s got another 11 bags in just 15 games with Seattle. His previous season high for steals was 10 in 2023 with Cleveland (121 games). He’s a pretty slow runner. Lots of faster dudes in the MLB. Makes you wonder how many more bases lots of other guys could steal if they really put their minds to it
The Dodgers need to cut that out. They need to be lousy against the Mariners, not against the Angels. Get with the program, Dodgers!
I was looking at the Angel's splits earlier and they're a weird team. I guess they looked kinda good for a bit earlier in the season. A 7-0 record vs. the A's makes sense because the A's are not a great team. But 5-0 against the Dodgers and 5-1 against the Red Sox is fairly impressive. They've played the M's fairly closely too (4-5 record against them this season).
Yeah. If they had Ohtani, they’d be a contender.
We were at the Padres/Giants game last night but most everyone there towards the end and after the game were paying attention to the Dodgers/Angels game. They had the score on the side board but pulled it down as soon as our game ended (boo). We were just outside the stadium when all of the city blocks around the ball park suddenly erupted in loud cheers.
The Angels won in the 10th.
Despite the home team losing, that game united an entire park of fans that were far from united over the last three hours before they spilled out onto the streets. Is was a very cool energy at that moment for 35K+ people to all hate on the Dodgers equally. Viiiiibe!
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It sure seems that the race is on. Unfortunately, the Dodgers and Padres won’t play in September. But there are seven games between the Dodgers and Giants in September. Will the Giants play the spoiler?
Not a chance of the Giants spoiling unless they finally get bats. The season started off better than expected but now the second half has been worse than expected.
Oh, well. Baseball is the one sport that I don’t mind rooting for division rivals. I never would consider doing that w/my NFL fandom though.
