2025 MLB Thread

[Tigermojo]

Crochet signs for 6 years and $170 million.

[Tenacious D]

 

[Tenacious D]

[4hzglory]

17 hours ago, Tigermojo said:

Crochet signs for 6 years and $170 million.

$32 mil/year post arbitration according to the Athletic 

[chasfh]

I have just taken what I think is actually a pretty good survey by MLB about my fandom, and I have provided my most salient opinion.

[gehringer_2]

1 minute ago, chasfh said:

I have just taken what I think is actually a pretty good survey by MLB about my fandom, and I have provided my most salient opinion.

Those are just the screening questions to determine if they should circular file the rest of your responses.....

[Tiger337]

19 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I have just taken what I think is actually a pretty good survey by MLB about my fandom, and I have provided my most salient opinion.

I dont know where the survey is, but My answers on these questions are the same as yours.  I especially hate seeing the betting odds on the bottom of the tv screen.   

[oblong]

I will say the Tigers give out surveys to ticket holders and they seem to be responsive.  At least to things I've pointed out.  (being able to buy into special ticket promotions, for example on Polish Day you buy tickets and get a hat.  I already have tickets.  Let me just pay extra to get a hat).  I bitched about the 6:40 start times.  They are partially doing away with that this year.   This year my complaint is they gave me too many Monday games.  I have the Friday package which means you get every Friday game, plus random games during the week.  (1/3 of the season).  7 times I will have a Friday/Monday set.  Maybe some people like the consistency?  I do not.  

[gehringer_2]

11 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I dont know where the survey is, but My answers on these questions are the same as yours.  I especially hate seeing the betting odds on the bottom of the tv screen.   

Yup.

When I've been surveyed by MLB in the past it was via an email with a link  - you couldn't volunteer to take it.

But I just realized we didn't make it to any games last season so maybe I'm off the list. We did catch a couple games in ST last month but maybe that doesn't count.

[chasfh]

54 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Those are just the screening questions to determine if they should circular file the rest of your responses.....

Oh, no doubt. My educated professional guess is they are using the survey to create marketing materials to present to current and potential corporate partners.

[chasfh]

42 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I dont know where the survey is, but My answers on these questions are the same as yours.  I especially hate seeing the betting odds on the bottom of the tv screen.   

That is the exact reason why Fanduel is even worse than bally. The screen is messy at the bottom the same way, and at least half of what they show down there are prop bet odds.

It's even more aggravating because Tigers had a chance to cast their broadcast lot with MLB, who run a clean screen that's free of gambling detritus. The Guardians, Twins, Rangers, D-Backs and Padres have all abandoned Bally/FanDuel and hooked up with MLB, and that could have been us.

Edited yesterday at 02:35 PM by chasfh

[gehringer_2]

8 minutes ago, chasfh said:

It's even more aggravating because Tigers had a chance to cast their broadcast lot with MLB, who run a clean screen that's free of gambling detritus. The Guardians, Twins, Rangers, D-Backs and Padres have all abandoned Bally/FanDuel and hooked up with MLB, and that could have been us.

I guess the cut in the payout from Bally to FanDuel was still less than going with MLB. In an ironic way we end up being punished for being better (more advertising value) fans.

[chasfh]

The beauty of baseball’s everydayness is such that nearly every team will have their pitching ace working on a Wednesday during which eleven of the games are day games. 

[papalawrence]

Where was Liranzo placed? 

[Tigermojo]

1 minute ago, papalawrence said:

Where was Liranzo placed? 

Erie

[monkeytargets39]

2 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

Where was Liranzo placed? 

He’s listed on the Erie roster

[papalawrence]

On 3/31/2025 at 9:22 PM, Tigermojo said:

Crochet signs for 6 years and $170 million.

That's the reality of the pitcher market. 170 million for a guy with 33 career starts. Definitely a risk there

[monkeytargets39]

21 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

That's the reality of the pitcher market. 170 million for a guy with 33 career starts. Definitely a risk there

And ones who’s elbow is probably going to explode

[casimir]

On 4/1/2025 at 3:45 PM, Tenacious D said:

Tony Gwynn had 434 SOs in 20 MLB seasons.

Tony Gywnn had 596 assists in 4 NCAA basketball seasons.

[lordstanley]

I really hope the Dodgers don’t match or beat 35-5. 

 

[romad1]

19 hours ago, chasfh said:

That is the exact reason why Fanduel is even worse than bally. The screen is messy at the bottom the same way, and at least half of what they show down there are prop bet odds.

It's even more aggravating because Tigers had a chance to cast their broadcast lot with MLB, who run a clean screen that's free of gambling detritus. The Guardians, Twins, Rangers, D-Backs and Padres have all abandoned Bally/FanDuel and hooked up with MLB, and that could have been us.

I would guess the Illitch family don't mind all that stuff.

[1776]

7 hours ago, lordstanley said:

I really hope the Dodgers don’t match or beat 35-5. 

You know, I really hadn’t thought of that. But now that you bring it up, that’ a very legitimate concern. 

[1776]

21 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Yup.

When I've been surveyed by MLB in the past it was via an email with a link  - you couldn't volunteer to take it.

But I just realized we didn't make it to any games last season so maybe I'm off the list. We did catch a couple games in ST last month but maybe that doesn't count.

I don’t even open those survey links anymore. One of the first questions that they ask is your age. Being a realist, I know they don’t give a **** what a 70 year old fan thinks. 
 

[chasfh]

16 hours ago, papalawrence said:

That's the reality of the pitcher market. 170 million for a guy with 33 career starts. Definitely a risk there

OTOH, he has hardly any miles on his arm, which is a risk factor for pitchers in their 30s.

[chasfh]

38 minutes ago, 1776 said:

I don’t even open those survey links anymore. One of the first questions that they ask is your age. Being a realist, I know they don’t give a **** what a 70 year old fan thinks. 
 

The first question I usually see in these surveys are, “How much would you recommend [Our Product] to a friend?” It’s the most useless question they could ask when it comes to true product feedback, but the most valuable to marketing efforts.