# MLB: July 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [July 1, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357 "2025-07-01T16:39:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/101 "2025-07-11T14:25:22Z")
Yeah, I guess they don’t have signals anymore. Back in the days of stealing signs from the catcher, the runner on second would do something subtle like put his hands on hips or scratch his nose, not wave his arms like the world’s worst spy. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/102 "2025-07-11T15:38:40Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > In the 9th apparently Yankee base runners at 2nd were signaling when Mariners closer Andres Munoz was throwing a slider. Not controversial to me. Pitchcom exists. No one is stealing signals. No one is using outside means to communicate illegally. If you are tipping your pitches that’s on you. I am a Mariners fan and I have no problem with this. It’s part of the game. It’s only cheating if you’re using some foreign object to relay signals (like a smart watch or banging on a trash can). But players giving signals to each other using body language is a key part of the game, and figuring out a pitcher’s signs and using that same body language to relay them is a tradition and explicitly okay and normal. If players are figuring out your signals as a pitcher, you need to hide them better. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/103 "2025-07-12T01:44:34Z")
Wasn’t it just a week ago the Cubs destroyed the Cardinals with the 8 home run game? Now, after a brutal day at work and so eager for a Cubs/Yankees game at my favorite Chicago sports bar, they’ve turned off the game sound and the Cubs are losing 11-0. Baseball is a funny game. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/104 "2025-07-12T02:26:18Z")
Bellinger led the Yanks to victory with a 3 homer game. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/105 "2025-07-12T02:38:57Z")
I’m 3 drinks in but I think I saw an advertisement from one of the Cubs sponsors that you can turn in a Bellinger jersey tomorrow for 30% off new Cubs merchandise! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/106 "2025-07-12T02:55:49Z")
Cal Raleigh hit 2 HRs today, bringing him up to 38. One of them was a grand slam. The only player to have more HRs before the All Star break is Barry Bonds. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/107 "2025-07-12T11:57:24Z")
And only one behind Bonds so he could even break the record. Raleigh at the moment is really on a “go big or go home” streak, I think it in his last 9 games all his hits have been out the ball park. If things continue like this Raleigh could break Bond’s record of 73 home runs in a season and still lose out to Judge for MVP. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/108 "2025-07-12T12:00:21Z")
Now that’s cold! I _love_ it. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/109 "2025-07-12T13:40:14Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Bellinger led the Yanks to victory with a 3 homer game. And he would have had 4 if Kyle Tucker hadn’t robbed him of one ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/110 "2025-07-12T16:10:23Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Some eyebrows were raised when King Felix won the Cy Young in 2010 with a 13-12 record. He deserved the award and it helped undermine the obsession with 20 wins as a Cy Young metric and pitcher’s wins and losses in general. One of my favourite trivia questions is, who was the first pitcher to win a Cy Young without winning 20 games? Tom Seaver Also yesterday Vladdy Guerrero got his 1000th hit. Guerrero is the 10th player with 1000 hits in a Jay uniform; number one is Tony Fernandez, with 1583. Given that Guerrero is 26 and under contract basically forever, it seems certain that barring a terrible injury he will crush that record with room to spare. He’ll likely be 8th by the end of this year, passing Joe Carter and Damasa Garcia. Despite only being 26, and NOT being top ten in games played, he’s remarkably high on the Jays career lists, even though the team’s had some very good players. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/111 "2025-07-12T16:11:18Z")
> [@Jegpeg](#): > > If things continue like this Raleigh could break Bond’s record of 73 home runs in a season and still lose out to Judge for MVP. If Cal Raleigh hits 74 home runs, he wins the Award. Judge will lose votes for having just another season like he does. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/112 "2025-07-12T16:13:32Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > If Cal Raleigh hits 74 home runs, he wins the Award. Even if he comes close, he probably does. Judge holds the unofficial “non-steroidal” record, at “only” 62. If Raleigh surpasses that, he’s the story of the year, and if he starts passing the Sosa and McGwire marks, much less the Bonds mark, even better. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/113 "2025-07-12T16:55:59Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > If Raleigh surpasses that, he’s the story of the year I’d say he would definitely be SI Sportsperson of the Year. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/114 "2025-07-12T19:52:03Z")
Yankees lost today but one thing to note: Judge hit his 350th career home run. He’s the fastest to 350 by games played. Beat Mark McGwire by 200 games. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/115 "2025-07-12T19:52:42Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He’s the fastest to 350 by games played. Beat Mark McGwire by 200 games. That’s just unreal. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/116 "2025-07-12T21:16:49Z")
OTOH Judge plays half his games in a very hitter friendly park. McGwire not so much. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/117 "2025-07-12T21:30:00Z")
180 homers at home, 170 on the road. It’s not like Judge is hitting wallscrapers and porch jobs. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/118 "2025-07-12T21:53:13Z")
That is a silly statement, Judge doesn’t hit cheap homers. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/119 "2025-07-12T21:57:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > OTOH Judge plays half his games in a very hitter friendly park. McGwire not so much. I don’t have full break down of his career home runs. This article breaks down 60 of his home runs in 2022. It shows pretty clearly that it’s not an advantage. He doesn’t hit that many to the short porch in right. > **[Yankee Stadium's effect on Judge's HR chase just might surprise you](https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/yankee-stadium-effect-aaron-judge-home-run-chase.html)** > > Aaron Judge has 60 home runs, a number that is part milestone (he’s just one away from tying the American League record, if you haven’t heard) and part legend (while 60 isn’t the single-season MLB record or even close to it, it’s a number that’s been... ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357/120 "2025-07-12T22:33:09Z")
Thank you all. The article indirectly suggests that a lot of people thought, wrongly, as I did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2025/1020357.md?page=7)