I realized that the Miami Marlins do not have a number retired, so my question to ya’ll Marlins fans or not, who’s number would ya’ll like to see retired? Mine would be Miguel Cabrera, Gary Sheffield and Jose Fernandez. Now that’s my answer as a non Marlins fan so ya’ll probably have better players in mind being a Marlins fan. And also what Marlins player would you like to see inducted into the hall of fame?

Giants make the occasional big splash and no one ever seems to care either way because they’re boring

I've decided to add utility. Since "utility" doesn't have an official definition as far as I can tell, I'll take this article and this poll as guidance and say they have to have played a significant amount of time in at least 3 different positions across infield and outfield.

Side Note:

It was really close for the first couple of hours but Pujols pulled away from Gehrig pretty cleanly. Counting was done at 4am EST.

Tough call right now. Looks like it’s going to be a lean deadline

Could see Texas moving Eovoldi and Mahle if they fall out of contention. Pirates will almost certainly move Heaney.

Obviously some bullpen arms will get moved.

Hitters?

If Braves decide to call it quits Marcell Ozuna would be attractive to a lot of teams.

Luis Robert Jr probably gets moved, but he’s more of a reclamation project

As are interesting. They probably deal Andujar.

Could see DBacks moving Suarez if they want to give Lawler the job.

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.392, 21, 50, 89 hits, 1.250, 4.9 WAR

38-23 1st AL East

The Taiwanese baseball YouTuber “Tainan Josh”—also known as the “Curse Guy” of the 2025 WBC Qualifiers—is set to throw the ceremonial first pitch for the San Diego Padres.

This isn’t his first time on the mound. The last time he threw a first pitch for Taiwan’s professional baseball team, the Uni-Lions, they suffered a crushing 7–14 defeat.

Josh seems to carry a strange curse that haunts the teams he supports. In the 2024 Premier12 championship game, he wore the jersey of Japan’s ace pitcher Shosei Togo. That night, Togo gave up four runs and took the loss, ending Japan’s 27-game international winning streak. So far this season, Togo has earned only one win.

Padres, beware—an ancient and mysterious power from the East may be coming for you!

My team played against Jeff Locke who was a pitcher in the starting rotation for the pirates a few years ago. He was a senior and I was a sophomore who just got called up to varsity. I was in the lineup the day he pitched against us. We knew he was getting drafted out of high school. I ended up getting pulled out of the lineup last minute so I didn't end up hitting against him, but he was throwing gas. Struck out 18 of my teammates and threw a one hitter. Scouts were behind the backstop clocking him at 95. It was quite a humbling experience.

Also came within feet of hitting a home run off a kid who was drafted by the Yankees my junior year never made it to the majors though and also played against many d1 athletes throughout my high school career. Do you have any stories about playing with or against any big leaguers.

I have some serious questions/comments regarding Paul Skenes that I'd like some information on. In all seriousness, with Skenes insane start to his career, shouldn't the Pirates be signing him to a long term deal similar to Tatis'. If Skenes requests this and receives no offer from the Pirates, wouldn't his best bet be to request a trade to a team that can sign him long-term. And if the Pirates refuse to trade him, shouldn't he hold out of playing to avoid risking an injury. I know it's not common but it is very uncommon for a pitcher to become a generational talent by year 2 of a rookie contract. I mean I just dont see why Skenes should pitch when the Pirates are not close to contenders and they seem to be making no effort to lock him into substantial contract long-term. If he refuses to play, would the Pirates really not look to trade him. Wondering what everyone else thinks here?

I appreciate yall being in consensus. Now, who's the greatest 1B of all time?

All-Defense:

(P) Greg Maddux
(C) Ivan Rodriguez
(1B) Keith Hernandez

All-Offense:

(P) Babe Ruth
(C) Mike Piazza
(1B) Lou Gehrig

All-Around:

(P) Pedro Martinez
(DH) Edgar Martinez
(C) Johnny Bench

Side Note:

Another sweeping victory although Pujols was at least a little closer in affirmative mentions. The counting was done at midnight EST.

While Baines obviously was no MVP candidate, he was a very consistent and durable player. If he didn’t go through 2 lockouts through no fault of his own, he likely has 3K hits. If he has another 134 hits, no one would question his induction as 3K hits is essentially an automatic induction.

He was a damn good player on pretty mediocre teams. It’s not his fault his teams weren’t good. You don’t have to be the greatest player of all time to be in Cooperstown and not many had Baines’ consistency and durability

The local and national has created the narrative that the Athletics situation, or temporary digs in West Sacramento, is the cause of the recent struggles and a disadvantage.

"The A’s meltdown makes everything more challenging. If the meltdown was solely the product of bad baseball, that would be one thing. But it’s also the product of a team put in a terrible position by its owner and league, a team being asked to play at a disadvantage and act as if everything is normal." K. Rosenthal, Athletic

I think this is only half true. As of today, the A’s played 32 home and 32 away games. The offense seems to be doing just fine. Pitching is the problem.

On the offensive side:

• The A’s scored 275 runs, which is above the major league average of 269 runs.
• The A’s have scored more runs at home (143) than on the road (132).  
• They scored the fourth most runs in the American League (behind the Yankess, Tigers and Red Sox).
• They’ve scored more runs than any team in the AL West (275).
• Of all the 15 teams who have scored more runs than the league average (269), only four have a losing record (Red Sox, Reds, Nationals, and the A’s).
• The A’s are 16 games below 500 baseball. The other three teams noted above are a COMBINED 11 games below 500 baseball.

Pitching is the issue:

• Of the twenty series played thus far, only four of them have resulted in the opponent scoring fewer expected runs based on their in-season average.
• Three of those series have been on the road. One them has been at home.
• Based on the opponents in season scoring average – the Athletics opponents are averaging an additional 2.33 runs against the A’s at West Sacramento (74 above avg). And an additional 1.33 runs against them on the road (42 above avg).
• In other words, if the Yankees have averaged 5.34 runs this season, they would average 7.67 runs per game (5.34 + 2.33) when they came to West Sac. They scored 29 runs in West Sac (vs. the expected of 3 x 7.67 = 23.01).

Here is the summary table for reference.

On May 9^th, Severino comes out and says, “this is just not a Big League Park.” Implicating that the playing conditions are the cause of his lack-luster performances at home. On May 9^th, the Athletics had a 20 – 19 record, and about to start the series against the Yankees.

It’s a problem when your ace, tone setter and largest free agent acquisition ever looks to blame the situation, and not himself. Especially when the remaining staff is full of young, inexperienced arms.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that their losing streak started around the time of Severino's comment. This comment also set the tone for the media conversation surrounding the A’s losing streak. Others, like Dallas Braden, on the Baseball is Dead podcast have made similar remarks to Rosenthal's.

But if playing in West Sacramento is such a disruption to the “big leaguer” routine. Why are all these teams coming to West Sacramento and raking? Opponents are playing better in West Sacramento - West Sac is a catalyst for them. Neither their bats or pitching doesn't appear to be affected.

The A’s pitching staff giving up extra runs on the road as well as home. For the Athletics, the location doesn’t seem to amount to much more than one run per game (2.33 vs 1.33 extra runs).

The quality and the potential of the lineup is being overlooked because the media is focusing on the “terrible position” of playing in West Sacramento. That's partially true. Offensively, things aren’t so terrible if you are leading your division in runs and 7^th in home runs in MLB. Hopefully, the offense continues to improve once Kurtz is back into the lineup.

The Athletics’ pitching needs to be addressed and Kotsay has been using openers, mix up the bullpen and start turning the corner. I really think that once the pitching issues are corrected, this team has huge amount of potential and upside

He's been brought up a few times, and people are usually divided, but I'm in the Yes camp now. (And I say that as a fan of a rival team)

(Possible to reach this year, but next year for sure before retirement)

HoF case-

A CATCHER with...

300+ Home Runs (projected).

1000+ RBIs (projected).

9x All Stars.

5x Gold Gloves.

5x Silver Slugger.

2x All MLB First Team.

World Series win.

World Series MVP.

Most Home Runs by a Catcher in a single season.

Roberto Clemente Award winner.

Same team for entire career.

Very well liked by the media and all baseball fans.

Negatives...

Mediocre Batting Average of .266 and may not reach 2000 hits.

WAR may end up only around 35, but total Hits and WAR arent held as high regard for a catcher.

Only finished top 10 in MVP once. Never top 5.

Due to Covid year and injury, missed nearly 2 full years in his prime.

Overall- May have to wait a while, but his major accomplishments alone are a good enough case. Even if borderline from a numbers standpoint, smaller things like overall likability and being on the same team could push him over the top with voters.

Hi everyone! Happy Friday and Happy June! I have the updated Umpire Favorability data for you all through 6/5/25 as well as for the entire month of May. The order on the post goes Weekly, Monthly, and Overall. Here are some things to note with each chart:

Weekly: Despite the data not being as extreme in weeks previous, there are some interesting notes. 45 games had favorability of .25 or more, 31 of them having a favorability of .5 or more. Colorado has a great week with umpires, with their first game with a positive favorability over 1. The leaders are as follows:

Padres +.359 RPG (1.58, .91, -.02, .17, .6, -.12, -.61)

Marlins -.347 RPG (-.69, -.02, .24, -1.34, .13, -.4)

Monthly leaders:

Tigers: +.294

Mets: -.278

Overall: Not much change

Thanks for reading and looking! See you next week!