Ritley
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MLB 2025: Year of Ohtani, on the doorstep of an Empire
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Pogi.G
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I may be biased, but I think the Rangers pitching staff stays healthy and gives the Dodgers a run for their money. I'm shamelessly calling it here. Rangers will have second best record in baseball and will beat the Dodgers for their second series win...
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Ameraves
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It's sports, and anything is possible. Anyone crowning the Dodgers already are fools, there is a reason the game is played. I am of course hopeful the Dodgers can meet all expectations (near impossibility), but know the reality is a World Series win would still be amazing.
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Mizake
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I hope your boys do well!
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said, I also take nothing for granted. Outside of last year, the Dodgers have been an exercise in frustration. We should have won a few more World Series before then, but losing to the Padres the previous year hurt badly, and losing to the Astros in the 2017 WS sucked. Clearly the Dodgers are the king of being the regular season champs only to lose early in the playoffs.Still, last year felt like a monkey off our back, and I hope we can continue our momentum.
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If the Dodgers are healthy, they're winning the World Series. That being said, that's a potential big "if" with that rotation. I still heavily favor the Dodgers, but they're some bad luck away from merely being a "great" team, instead of their current juggernaut status.
As for the Rangers, I'm super excited to see what this year brings. There will be answers one way or another: Did this lineup just happen to have career years in 2023 and it was never going to happen again? Does Adolis, Semien, Heim rebound or has age caught them? Does Langford & Carter make the big leaps their talent indicates. What does Rocker & Leiter give you, and can deGrom & Eovaldi stay healthy?
I think the potential variance with this Rangers team can be quite large. I can see them being the best team in the AL, or just having another dud. That being said they probably have the probable #1 OVR prospect going into 2026 in Sebastian Walcott, and they finally seem to be figuring out developing arms. I also think there will be a really good chance they might win the Guerrero Jr. sweepstakes with the Dodgers and Mets being out of that pursuit.
As for the Rangers, I'm super excited to see what this year brings. There will be answers one way or another: Did this lineup just happen to have career years in 2023 and it was never going to happen again? Does Adolis, Semien, Heim rebound or has age caught them? Does Langford & Carter make the big leaps their talent indicates. What does Rocker & Leiter give you, and can deGrom & Eovaldi stay healthy?
I think the potential variance with this Rangers team can be quite large. I can see them being the best team in the AL, or just having another dud. That being said they probably have the probable #1 OVR prospect going into 2026 in Sebastian Walcott, and they finally seem to be figuring out developing arms. I also think there will be a really good chance they might win the Guerrero Jr. sweepstakes with the Dodgers and Mets being out of that pursuit.
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TheNozz
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I’m pretty sure Kimbrel gets called up.
Any suggestions as to which stadium in Cali I have the best chance of getting an autograph from him?
I’m leaning towards the temp stadium for the A’s(I checked, they are hosting Atlanta this season)
Ameraves
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I have a buddy who bought season tickets to the A's games, and I know for a fact he won't be able to make all of them. So let me know if that is the one you want to go to, and I can see if he wants to sell them. Fair warning, they aren't cheap (he got the club level all inclusive shit) and I think he wants to sell all 3 together (probably). But I can always ask.
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Gavinmad
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Except that electric works on rock types just fine. Arizona is more likely to have ground types.
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TheNozz
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I admit, like an asshole I didn’t realize how bad it was and my first thought was “I can’t use him on my fantasy team for now,” but now I’m genuinely scared for his health. I pray it’s nothing serious like cancer
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Eh. I got the world series jersey back in November. And already had a normal one.
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