#2025-season

#2025-season

Finnegan has the best season of his career in 2025. It didn't start that way with the Washington Nationals, as his 4.38 ERA was tracking to be the worst of his career, while on the brighter side, his FIP sat at 3.65. After 39 innings pitched, Finnegan was traded ahead of the 2025 trade deadline to the Detroit Tigers. It was in the Motor City where the 34-year-old excelled.

Bregman was a free agent last winter as well, but when the market didn't produce a $200MM+ deal to his liking, he signed for three years and $120MM (with plenty of deferred money) in Boston. That contract allowed him to opt out after each season. Early in 2025, Bregman played like an MVP candidate. Through May 23, he was hitting .299/.385/.553 with 11 home runs, 17 doubles, an 18.6% strikeout rate and a 9.7% walk rate.

On the season Luke appeared in 91 games for the Stripers and hit a very respectable .272/.364/.340 in those games good for a 98 wRC+. With offense not really being his calling card, being able to tune in with a solid line while providing solid defense up the middle, Luke gave the Braves organization really good value despite the injury struggles. He rarely struck out (12% K%), walked at a good rate (12%), and found his MaxEV all the way up to 109 MPH.

2025 was a strange year for Nathaniel Lowe. He was coming off 4 straight years averaging 2.8 bWAR per season with a .274/.359./.432 batting line. He was joining a new team - the Washington Nationals - who many believed to be something of a sleeper in the National League with young stars James Wood and CJ Abrams. Lowe was positioned to be a key veteran presence with playoff and World Series experience.

Daysbel Hernández has a live arm and has shown flashes of the type of stuff that could make any fan dream of him coming in during a big moment in a big game and pitching a shutdown inning in order to preserve the lead. However, he's found it pretty difficult to put it all together in terms of control and command. He also hasn't had much of an opportunity

Coming off their first non-playoff season since 2016, the Astros will hold off on any major organizational overhauls. MLB.com's Brian McTaggart reports that both general manager Dana Brown and manager Joe Espada will be back with the club in 2026, for Brown's fourth season and Espada's third season in their respective roles.

During the New England Patriots' heyday, the team ran on vibes. The cringeworthy (and often hilarious) Bill Belichick press conferences. The corny, "Do your job!" one-liners. The routine "Ohhhh yeaaaaaas!" emanates from the home locker room at Gillette Stadium after games. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady helped establish a gold standard for over two decades, and the journey back has been a tough road to hoe.

Welp. Pulled this one out again, and given Sale's injury history, a season of anguish is probably more likely than a repeat of 2024. Unfortunate. We'll say accurateish here. Sale did suffer an injury that kept him to 125 innings and 20/21 starts, but those were very high-quality innings. He was still worth about 3.5 wins, and he had an FIP under 3.00.

More was expected heading into 2025 and even during the season, especially after the club was firmly in NL West contention by mid-June. With just a .500 record as the final result, however, Melvin admitted to reporters (including the San Francisco Chronicle's Shayna Rubin) that he hadn't been told that he'll be returning as manager in 2026. "It is what it is. We'll see what the next day brings," Melvin said, noting that he believe he'll be meeting with " somebody " in the front office.