2025 MLB Thread

[low]

Lifeless offense. JFC. The sky is now falling.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by low

Lifeless offense. JFC. The sky is now falling.

No shame, though. That is a really strong team that the Brewers are up against. And even though it doesn't look good at this point, it's not over yet.

[low]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

No shame, though. That is a really strong team that the Brewers are up against. And even though it doesn't look good at this point, it's not over yet.

I've seen enough postseason failures since '08 to know when it's over. The Brewers now have to face Glasnow or Ohtani. Game 3 is not looking good for an offense with zero pulse. Went into the playoffs crapping the bed. Going to go out crapping the bed.

[Westheim]

Neat game Mr. Yamamoto pitched there.

Not that I wouldn't have preferred the Brewers to do something, anything, to stop him......

[monkeyman576]

What series is more likely to go to 5 games?

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by monkeyman576

What series is more likely to go to 5 games?

low, don't read this: Mariners-Jays. I don't think the Jays are pushovers and I believe the Brewers are in danger of being swept. I hope not, but . . .

[monkeyman576]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

low, don't read this: Mariners-Jays. I don't think the Jays are pushovers and I believe the Brewers are in danger of being swept. I hope not, but . . .

I don't know, I think the Mariners are mad about having to play 5 against the lowly Tigers.

[Cobra Mgr]

Did they confuse Safeco w/Coors?

[monkeyman576]

Well that ALDS game 5 kind of messed up Seattle's rotation and Toronto normally has a good offense, so I'm not that surprised.

[Déjà Bru]

My set is glued to TBS at 6pm, US EDT. The Brew men must win!

And later, I'm looking for the Mariners to go up 3 games to one.

One of these teams must stop the Dodger express.

[low]

Is it Sunday yet?

#GoPackGo

[Déjà Bru]

On the one hand, I don't blame Max Scherzer. He's pitching great in the most important postseason game for him in years (he was sort of a non-factor in the 2023 playoffs with Texas, including the World Series), he's around 70 pitches with one more out to qualify for the win, and here comes John Schneider, looking like he's going to take Scherzer out of the ballgame. It would have been a nitwit move but par for the course these days.

On the other hand, Schneider lost face here. If I am a young guy on that team, I'm smirking. From The Athletic:

Fiery Max Scherzer turns back time, then turns away Blue Jays manager

By Mitch Bannon and Grant Brisbee



SEATTLE — Max Scherzer wouldn’t come out. In the fifth inning of his Toronto Blue Jays postseason debut, Scherzer fought to stay in. And he won his first postseason game in six years, with the Blue Jays taking down the Mariners on Thursday in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, 8-2.

As manager John Schneider pushed up the dugout steps in the fifth inning of Game 4 in this American League Championship Series, the 41-year-old right-hander shouted: “No!”

After a quick conversation at the mound, Schneider retreated to the dugout. After the game, The skipper recounted the conversation.

“He started the conversation with ‘I’m good’,” Schneider said with a smile. “I said, ‘Are you sure?’ And I can’t really … well, you can probably read lips? I told him to execute. I told him that I was going to leave him in, and to execute. And he did.”

The Jays haven’t seen Scherzer’s full fire much this season. He missed time with a thumb injury and struggled in September. He was left off the club’s Division Series roster. But in the midst of the biggest start of his season, Mad Max arrived and delivered.

It was the exact moment Schneider joked about when the Jays first signed Scherzer — the task of having to walk out to the mound and take the fiery righty out in the middle of the inning. But this staredown came on the biggest stage of Toronto’s season, on a night when the pitcher turned back time.

Scherzer had completed two trips through the batting order. He’d allowed just one run, a Josh Naylor solo shot in the second, and the Jays led 5-1. For a starter who hadn’t pitched in three weeks, Scherzer’s line at the time — 4 2/3 innings with one run allowed — was essentially a best-case scenario. But Scherzer fought for more. He wasn’t laughing at the time, but he was able to laugh after the game with the hosts of MLB on FS1 Postgame show.

“It was a two-out situation, and I just checked the board, and I was at 69 or 70 pitches, and my arm felt great,” Scherzer said. “In my head, I was going through my sequence of how I wanted to pitch Randy (Arozarena), thinking through the situation. All of a sudden, I see Schneid’s (John Schneider) coming out, and it kinda caught me off guard. It was one of those moments where I knew I wanted the ball. I knew the situation of the game, and I wanted the ball. And I basically told him that in a little different language.”

As it is, Schneider took him out after 87 pitches but Scherzer's older than dirt. He's almost old enough to be my father!

[Déjà Bru]

On a lighter note (no reverse pun intended), my heart goes out to Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk who makes me look like an Olympic athlete. (In my estimation. )

[Westheim]

Hey, careful there. I have a soft spot for chubby catchers. Alejandro Kirk. Hank Conger. All the ones whose name I forgot.

[monkeyman576]

Bryce Miller won game 1 against Toronto. Can he do it a second time?

[low]

Ohtani. I'm glad I am here to watch this guy play baseball.

[monkeyman576]

I'll be glad to watch him in person hopefully as I watch the Mariners in the world series for the first time.

[low]

Four games, four runs. Four.



Come on, Seattle!

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by low

Four games, four runs. Four.



Come on, Seattle!

Yes, tough luck, low. Let's hope Seattle can stop those guys.

[monkeyman576]

Seattle can pitch around Vladdy. You can't pitch around the entire Seattle lineup.