MLB 2025 - August

[odessasteps]

On 8/24/2025 at 10:22 AM, Dolfan in NYC said:

Rob Manfred, who clearly understands why the Field of Dreams is a special place, has set up the 2026 return.

Philadelphia vs. New York (NL)

 

Another insider said Phillies v twins. 

[RIPPA]

43 minutes ago, odessasteps said:

Another insider said Phillies v twins. 

Yeah the person who said Mets *cough* Nightengale *cough* corrected themselves to say it was the Twins

[Dolfan in NYC]

Wilson Contreras is probably gonna get a game or two off for his little breakdown yesterday:

 

[DangerMark]

I'm impressed by the restraint of the umpire, a lesser man would have shouted right back and then chucked everyone who answered back.

[RIPPA]

The 2026 season schedule has been released

The Giants will host the Yankees on March 25 which will make it the earliest opening day yet (not counting international games)

The other 28 teams will all play the next day (March 26)

The final day of the regular season will be Sept 27 which is the earliest season end date since 2020

Other schedule notes

• The As will play two back to back series in Las Vegas' minor league stadium (vs Milwaukee and Colorado). The rest of the home games will be in Sacramento again
• MLB wanted to play a Yankees/Blue Jays series in London but West Ham had a home game that fucked things up
• Speaking of soccer - some teams had off days built into their schedule due to WC games taking placing at neighboring stadiums (ie: ones that shared parking lots). The Rangers, Royals and Mariners are all affected
• Despite it being collectively bargained - 2026 will mark the second straight season that no games will be played in Puerto Rico

[Cobra Commander]

the Royals scheduling around the World Cup includes a Thursday/Friday/Sunday series and a Saturday/Sunday/Monday series 

the Sat-Mon series also means the Phillies are on the road for the 4th of July (the Semiquincentennial, a word I keep having to copy and paste because it's too long) which I guess also was predictable since the whole World Cup thing

Edited August 26, 2025 by Cobra Commander

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41 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said:

the Royals scheduling around the World Cup includes a Thursday/Friday/Sunday series and a Saturday/Sunday/Monday series 

the Sat-Mon series also means the Phillies are on the road for the 4th of July (the Semiquincentennial, a word I keep having to copy and paste because it's too long) which I guess also was predictable since the whole World Cup thing

Tangentially - Philly hosts the All Star Game next year basically as a makeup

And the Yanks/Mets will again play on 9/11 - the Yankees will host as the Mets hosted when it was the 20th anniversary (yes - next year is the 25th anniversary)

[Cobra Commander]

"Mr. Piazza, you need to keep your calendar open next September so you can talk about your big post-9/11 home run some more"

[Craig H]

Willson has always been a dumbass hothead. When he left the Cubs for the Cardinals, me and the rest of my Cubs group thought he was a perfect fit in St. Louis. A douchebag on a team full of them in a douchebag city.

[RIPPA]

The Mets Nolan McLean became the first pitcher in franchise history to win his first three MLB starts

[SirFozzie]

Kyle Schwarber had a great week last night.

[Dolfan in NYC]

59 minutes ago, SirFozzie said:

Kyle Schwarber had a great week last night.

The push notification I got said he's only the 21st major leaguer ever to get 4 HR's in a game.  And only the 8th lefty.

Your usual reminder that the Cubs let him go for something like a $25 gift certificate to Portillos.

[RIPPA]

It's the third 4 HR game this season

For perspective - the last time it had happened prior to this year was 2017

[RIPPA]

Clearly this is why Anthony Volpe can't hit a baseball (or throw one either)

Hopefully Ludwig Kaiser will straighten him out

[RIPPA]

The trend of dumping shitty vets so they might catch on with another team to be playoff eligible continues 

So far this week 

Carlos Santana

Andrew Heaney 

IKF

Walker Buehler