The Official 2024-25 MLB Hot Stove Thread

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Seeing a lot of talk about Jackson Chourio coming into 2025.

I kinda feel like Jackson Merrill is going to be the better player though.

 

[VegetasHairline]

Someone posted a meme that Yadier Molina caught more games than Joe Mauer and Buster Posey combined.

I have to check if that's even true. Lol

Might be an unpopular opinion but Yadier is better than Mauer and Posey. I don't care how well they can hit. Molina was better than both as an actual catcher.

 

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Might be an unpopular opinion but Yadier is better than Mauer and Posey. I don't care how well they can hit. Molina was better than both as an actual catcher.

If Joe Mauer wasn't a catcher he might not even be in Cooperstown.

He wasn't a bum. He wasn't elite either, except for 2 or 3 seasons.

Writers now want to argue that "well we don't need to consider the downslope of a player's career".

Fine. Then let's make everyone retire at 30.

 

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Games at catcher

Buster Posey - 1,093
Joe Mauer - 921

Total - 2,014

Yadier Molina - 2,184

Btw Joe Mauer's 921 games at catcher rank 154th all time. It's practically a joke to call him a catcher.

 

[VegetasHairline]

If Joe Mauer wasn't a catcher he might not even be in Cooperstown.

He wasn't a bum. He wasn't elite either, except for 2 or 3 seasons.

Writers now want to argue that "well we don't need to consider the downslope of a player's career".

Fine. Then let's make everyone retire at 30.

I'm biased obviously but I'll take Brian McCann over Joe Mauer as well.

 

[god shamgod]

PECOTA Standings from Baseball Prospectus

www.baseballprospectus.com

Pecota projections

 

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PECOTA Standings from Baseball Prospectus

www.baseballprospectus.com

Pecota projections

Mets get Soto and still projected to place 2nd in the NL East.

Man it's gonna be tight. Philly right there.

Cubs to win the division.
Oh snap.

 

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The Athletics listed as "SAC"

 

[Da_Eggman]

Seeing a lot of talk about Jackson Chourio coming into 2025.

I kinda feel like Jackson Merrill is going to be the better player though.

i have to completely disagree as i see his numbers dropping

 

[VegetasHairline]

The Athletics listed as "SAC"

Light The Beam!

 

[Da_Eggman]

From what I can tell, the only players to have 500 doubles, 500 home runs, and 3,000 hits are

Albert Pujols
Alex Rodriguez
Willie Mays
Miguel Cabrera
Rafael Palmeiro
Eddie Murray

You'd think the biggest obstacle to reaching these milestones are the home runs. But actually it's the hits. A lot of great players never got to 3,000 hits.

Some, because they were robbed of a few years (Ted Williams with military service, Barry Bonds through collusion). But even Ruth didn't get there, and he played in an era were base hits were far more common.

Palmeiro 3000 hits 500 2B 500 HR will never ever sniff the HOF

 

[Spidey Man]

Pete Alonso is MLB Jimmy Butler.

 

[Professor K.]

Hall of "Breh was straight " first ballot

 

[god shamgod]

It’s Red Sox,tigers or cubs for bregman

 

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Maybe Bregman will retire.

Cheating b*stard.