***Official*** MLB 2025 Thread

[Dan Druff]

paging Simp, paging Simp.



my markers will be due w/n the next 2 weeks, gonna need some help here w MLB pal....

I haven't been that hot in August but I have 2 overs I posted in other thread.

[Dan Druff]

Interesting fact on the Dodgers broadcast today.

76 years ago, August 26, 1949, the Dodgers were at home playing the Reds, just like they are today.

Ownership decided to try a new technological gimmick. They broadcasted the game on a new fad called "television". There were only 500 televisions in the NYC area at the time, so hardly anyone watched.

That was the first televised MLB game ever.

Vin Scully did not broadcast that game. He would start working for the Dodgers 8 months later, in April 1950.

[Sanlmar]

Interesting fact on the Dodgers broadcast today.

76 years ago, August 26, 1949, the Dodgers were at home playing the Reds, just like they are today.

Ownership decided to try a new technological gimmick. They broadcasted the game on a new fad called "television". There were only 500 televisions in the NYC area at the time, so hardly anyone watched.

That was the first televised MLB game ever.

Vin Scully did not broadcast that game. He would start working for the Dodgers 8 months later, in April 1950.

Saw the game but via the Cincinnati Reds broadcast outta self respect.

Joe Davis talking about Vin Scully is some “keep my name outta your mouth” kinda shit. Vin Scully was a gift.

I was a kid in Phoenix listening to Dodgers games on a transistor radio late at night in bed. I may never have actually seen a Dodger game on tv. Players were just names to me. Obviously Scully was that compelling to even a kid. Like listening to music

Joe Davis has zero talent comparatively

[Sanlmar]

Ohtani has been awful last 2 starts. 9 earned runs on 14 hits in only 8.1 innings. So he’s struggling but he’s still missing bats. Reds have 6th highest K% vs RHP last 3 weeks. Ohtani has higher K% at home vs road.

Over 5.5K -135

I’m making a sharp case for Ohtani. That’ll spin ya around.

Reds Lodolo had a blister. Everyone knows. That gives ya sharp opportunity. Before he went out he was 7, 8 & 11. The 11 was courtesy of the Dodgers. Last 3 weeks while Lodolo was out Dodgers have 12th highest K% vs lefties.

Over 4.5 +115

Those are your Dodgers hate bets of the day. I am resisting replacing Kershaw with Ohtani but I’m put in an awkward position. Roki will be back. That’ll distract me

[Jayjami]

Interesting fact on the Dodgers broadcast today.

76 years ago, August 26, 1949, the Dodgers were at home playing the Reds, just like they are today.

Ownership decided to try a new technological gimmick. They broadcasted the game on a new fad called "television". There were only 500 televisions in the NYC area at the time, so hardly anyone watched.

That was the first televised MLB game ever.

Vin Scully did not broadcast that game. He would start working for the Dodgers 8 months later, in April 1950.

Saw the game but via the Cincinnati Reds broadcast outta self respect.

Joe Davis talking about Vin Scully is some “keep my name outta your mouth” kinda shit. Vin Scully was a gift.

I was a kid in Phoenix listening to Dodgers games on a transistor radio late at night in bed. I may never have actually seen a Dodger game on tv. Players were just names to me. Obviously Scully was that compelling to even a kid. Like listening to music

Joe Davis has zero talent comparatively

When Vin retired, my 20 year old son said: "I can't imagine the Dodgers without Vin Scully, I've been listening to him my whole life!" Every time we watch a game now, he starts ranting about how much he hates Joe Davis. Every Dodger fan feels the same way.

[Sanlmar]

When Vin retired, my 20 year old son said: "I can't imagine the Dodgers without Vin Scully, I've been listening to him my whole life!" Every time we watch a game now, he starts ranting about how much he hates Joe Davis. Every Dodger fan feels the same way.

Love this

Nearly 4 decades separate your son and I but we share the same childhood experience. How crazy is that? What a career

[Dan Druff]

When Vin retired, my 20 year old son said: "I can't imagine the Dodgers without Vin Scully, I've been listening to him my whole life!" Every time we watch a game now, he starts ranting about how much he hates Joe Davis. Every Dodger fan feels the same way.

Love this

Nearly 4 decades separate your son and I but we share the same childhood experience. How crazy is that? What a career

My mom listened to Vin Scully in Brooklyn as a 4-year-old.

[Dan Druff]

Ohtani has been awful last 2 starts. 9 earned runs on 14 hits in only 8.1 innings. So he’s struggling but he’s still missing bats. Reds have 6th highest K% vs RHP last 3 weeks. Ohtani has higher K% at home vs road.

Over 5.5K -135

I’m making a sharp case for Ohtani. That’ll spin ya around.

Reds Lodolo had a blister. Everyone knows. That gives ya sharp opportunity. Before he went out he was 7, 8 & 11. The 11 was courtesy of the Dodgers. Last 3 weeks while Lodolo was out Dodgers have 12th highest K% vs lefties.

Over 4.5 +115

Those are your Dodgers hate bets of the day. I am resisting replacing Kershaw with Ohtani but I’m put in an awkward position. Roki will be back. That’ll distract me

The Ohtani call was great. He's dominating tonight, and his pitches are moving extremely well. This is his best outing by far, and he's already racked up 8K in 4 innings.

Lodolo also has 5K after 3 innings and have no baserunners yet.

Great analysis and results. Shoulda tailed.

[Dan Druff]

Here's a really weird stat.

Coming into this series against the Dodgers, the Reds were 68-63.

How many times had they been swept in a series? Zero.

Crazy, right? How do you lose 63 of your first 131 games, and never get swept in a series?

How many other teams have avoided being swept in 2025? Also zero.

If the Dodgers can win tonight, they will finally end that streak for the Reds. But it shows that the Reds just have not had an extended period of being bad this year, which is why they've seemingly been hanging around a bit over .500 the entire way.

[Dan Druff]

Cade Horton has a decent shot at Rookie of the Year. He has a 4-start, 23 1/3 scoreless inning streak going. Unlike the AL, where Nick Kurtz is running away with it, there's no obvious ROY in the NL. Some say Drake Baldwin, but he hasn't hit a HR in 4 weeks, and doesn't even play every day, thanks to a crowded C/DH situation in Atlanta.

I got +3500 on Bovada a few days ago. Last I saw it was +2800. Right now the whole bet is off the board, but it should be BACK.

If you can get Horton at long odds, he's a great ROY bet. He's not a longshot anymore. Some books are so asleep on this one that he's not even listed yet.

I posted the above on 8/6.

Today, 3 weeks later, here are the DraftKings odds:

Horton +150
Collins +185
Baldwin +210


I hope at least some of you got in on this. +3500 was absurd at that point, with no clear favorite in the NL.

I should have seeked out books which would take this action. All I could find of my existing books was Bovada, which let me have a whopping $35.71.