Major League Baseball: 2025 Season

[JohnBM01]

The Los Angeles Dodgers sit atop the Major League Baseball mountain after the 2024 season of MLB. They defeated the powerful New York Yankees in five games of the 2024 World Series. A new season means a chance for the previous season's Champions to repeat as Champion, or for a new team to become Champions. Which scenario will happen in 2025? Only time will tell.

As we set things up for the 2025 season, let's look back at 2024. Here are the final standings from 2024:

--- 2024 Season Retrospective ---

(! = playoff team)

FINAL 2024 REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
AL EAST: New York Yankees! (94-68), BAL! (91-71), BOS (81-81), TB (80-82), TOR (74-88)
AL CENTRAL: Cleveland! (92-69), KC! and DET! (86-76 each), MIN (82-80), CHW (41-121)
AL WEST: Houston! (88-73), SEA (85-77), TEX (78-84), OAK (69-93), LAA (63-99)

NL EAST: Philadelphia! (95-67), ATL! and NYM! (89-73 each), WSH (71-91), MIA (62-100)
NL CENTRAL: Milwaukee! (93-69), STL! and CHC! (83-79 each), CIN (77-85), PIT (76-86)
NL WEST: Los Angeles Dodgers! (98-64), SD! (93-69), ARI (89-73), SF (80-82), COL (61-101)

--- 2024 MLB PLAYOFFS SUMMARY ---

WILD CARD (best-of-3):

• DET def. HOU 2-0
• KC def. BAL 2-0
• NYM def. MIL 2-1
• SD def. ATL 2-0

DIVISIONAL SERIES (best-of-5)

• CLE def. DET 3-2
• NYY def. KC 3-1
• LAD def. SD 3-2
• NYM def. PHI 3-1

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (best-of-7)

• NYY def. CLE 4-1
• LAD def. NYM 4-2

WORLD SERIES (best-of-7)
* LAD def. NYY 4-1

That was all last season. What will this one provide? We shall see! Everything ranging from offseason moves, news updates, and more are fair game to discuss in this thread. Everything from free agency and trades to the final out of the 2025 World Series are discussion-worthy.

So are you ready for the 2025 Major League Baseball season? Let's play ball!