The-Kids' Real 2025 MLB/Baseball Thread *_*

[The~Kid]

For me one thing to admire about Max is fucker was really giving it all he had out there..... Trying to reverse the clock and bringing some real magic for 4.1 innings or so...... At the biggest stage of them all...... He outlasted Ohtani pretty much in his prime.....


This is one of the things many won't talk about but what Scherzer did given the numbers and is something I havent seen in 3 seasons doing this where a player straight up looks Father Clock in the face and tells him to go fuck himself......


"Fuck you Father Time I have more Baseball left in me and my fucking arm".......which is pretty much what Scherzer did. All the numbers said he was going to fail or if not fail well just not even go 2 or 3 innings max and that he was living on borrowed time..... His starts and how good they were couldn't be explained by anything else other than magic and luck......


But it wasn't magic and luck..... And that was skill and real talent on an elite level and that was the heart of a true champ out there we saw and an incredible outing by Scherzer in Game 7 IMO I will never forget..... That is the heart of a true champ...... He truly is an amazing and remarkable player......

 

[The~Kid]

And coming back to Yamamoto and well the "secret sauce"..... It's not necessarily his Javelin Training IMO......


It's what the Javelin Training promotes to use the entire body to more efficiently pitch and reduce injury I figure...... His type of training as opposed to traditional training or conventional training is not so much explosive while the end results are pure GAS too..... Mainly Yamamoto uses his whole body and uses mechanics that rely less on the arm, biceps and wrist......


And more on using his legs, hips, toes, back, core, hell even his head and well his entire body to deliver a pitch in a more efficient way putting less stress on his biceps, arms and wrist. With that approach IMO Yamamoto is able to recover faster than your traditional pitcher using conventional training..... And maybe it's not necessarily the "secret sauce" but Dave Roberts said it had to do with Yamamotos body..... And didn't want to let the secret out.....


But I figure if you study Yamamotos mechanics in a video game and film, you would find Yamamoto using way more different parts of his body to give him a flow so to speak that puts less strain on his arm and allows him to pretty much be more efficient than the next pitcher using conventional training and traditional training methods.


It's not simply the training IMO and the Javelin exercises..... It's the approach to using other parts of your body mainly vs just your arm....... He also does all these stretches and yoga techniques and as said doesn't use traditional methods and goes for using more efficient mechanics in general using all the parts of his body and not primarily his wrist, arm and biceps to produce more efficient power, prevent injury and recover faster......



Maybe this is the secret Dave Roberts doesn't want to let out..... Its not necessarily the training..... It's the approach to mechanics and how he uses his entire body vs conventional methods and training that mainly focus on the arm, wrist, elbow and biceps. Dude even does Yoga......


Either way this man truly is a marvel and I totally agree he is the best pitcher alive today doing what he does and doing what he did...... I'm sold and I'm a fan and what a player *_*

 

[The~Kid]

So proud of Sho...... And to the other 29 teams out there..... He means it *_*

 

[The~Kid]

You know Skubal is taking AL Cy Young and Ohtani is taking NL MVP..... No duh but who's getting the other hardware.....

 

[The~Kid]

Why the Dodgers win...... It's not just money...... It's strategy ^_^

 

[The~Kid]

The Kids Real MLB 2025 Top 12 Postseason Power Rankings Sep 29th, 2025.......


Now I have two PostSeasons with better projections than the "experts" as more teams on my top 4 and top 2 Postseason Power Rankings actually made ALCS and NLCS respectfully in 2023 and 2025......... Only the best from the best Analytical/Statistical/Baseball mind of the 21st century...... Yours truly the one and only handsome devil from Anaheim, The~Kid *_*






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Based off Total Team WAR, Starting Pitching rotations projections and the WAR-Ratio as a baseline along with other factors and considerations for teams.



My Rankings are more accurate and to a lower margin of error when it came to my Regular Season and Post Season Power Rankings in the 2023 season vs the "experts" and again just beat the "experts" in the 2025 regular season and tied with them in 2024......they actually reflected performance by teams better than MLB/ESPN/Verlander/The-Ringer....and I don't have a full department of people and "professionals" or "experts" like Ken Rosenthal running around a floor of 500 people and a nationwide network of hundreds if not thousands of reporters and journalist..........




It's just me, my WAR-Ratio method and other factors and considerations, basic stats available to everyone and a little bit of calculus along with my Ti-84+ calculator.......thats it......you heard it here first.......








Gaze into the crystal ball and......





SEE THE FUTURE.......






The Kids........





Real 2024 MLB Top 12 Power Rankings.......






1. Mariners




2. Blue Jays




3. Brewers




4. Dodgers




5. Phillies




6. Yankees




7. Cubs




8. Red Sox




9. Padres




10. Guardians




11. Tigers




12. Reds

Vs the "experts" at MLB/ESPN/MLB on Fox....

 

[The~Kid]

I beat the "experts".......


At MLB/ESPN/MLB on Fox/The-Ringer/Fangraphs at their own game........



And while they think they are matching me....... pretty much just copying and pasting my methodology based on the WAR-Ratio that I developed...... they may be using the same deck/hand as me but they don't know how to really use it or how to play the cards that I invented and developed to their full potential.........



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7 out of 12 of my picks are postseason ready vs 6 out 12 of the "experts"....... And actually made Postseason and October Baseball.





58.333% of my preseason picks mase Postseason and October Baseball overall out of 12 vs 50% of the "experts" at MLB/ESPN/MLB on Fox/The-Ringer top 12 preseason picks and Power Rankings...... Also demolished PECOTA and their preseason projections for the season which only got 5 out of top 12 picks right at 41.666% vs my 7 out of top 12 picks at 58.333%......




I beat the "experts" in 162 games of the season......






At MLB/ESPN/MLB on Fox/The-Ringer to PECOTA this season on every level *_*


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The Kids' Real MLB 2025 Power Rankings ....... Final top 12......... Will update as the season approaches or move the list around but in general once it gets going that doesn't happen unless something big changes......







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The Kids Real MLB 2025 Top 12 Power Rankings Update March 14th 2025.....




Based off Total Team WAR, Starting Pitching rotations projections and the WAR-Ratio as a baseline along with other factors and considerations for teams with most likelihood and highest likelihood of making postseason for 2025.......




My Rankings are more accurate and to a lower margin of error when it came to my Regular Season and Post Season Power Rankings in the 2023 season vs the "experts"......they actually reflected performance by teams better than MLB/ESPN/Verlander/The-Ringer.... as good as the "experts" in 2024 and I don't have a full department of people and "professionals" or "experts" like Ken Rosenthal running around a floor of 500 people and a nationwide network of hundreds if not thousands of reporters and journalist..........





It's just me, my WAR-Ratio method and other factors and considerations, basic stats available to everyone and a little bit of calculus along with my Ti-84+ calculator.......thats it......you heard it here first.......





Gaze into the crystal ball........





SEE THE FUTURE.......





1. Dodgers




2. Phillies




3. Astros




4. Mets




5. Braves




6. Red Sox




7. Mariners




8. Diamondbacks




9. Royals




10. Cubs




11. Tigers




12. Blue Jays

Vs the "experts" at MLB/ESPN/MLB on Fox/The-Ringer.....

https://www.theringer.com/2025/03/2...er-rankings-dodgers-braves-phillies-standings


https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...-day-power-rankings-playoff-odds-all-30-teams

 

[The~Kid]

Truly a game for the ages.........




Your Lineups for Game 7 of the 2025 World Series.......... May the best players and the best team win.........







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[The~Kid]

Dodgers Plan A is to use Yamamoto and have him go for as long as he can and go 9 again if possible.



Plan B IMO is if need be use Sasaki earlier than needed don't wait to save him to close, all hands on deck to win now.



Plan C IMO is if they get to Yamamoto very early........ Use Sho or Glasnow to bridge to Sasaki or use Sho and Glasnow to relieve and close the game...... This is the craziest plan of all three but at this point it's going to take all the kings horses and all the kings men to put the Dodgers back together again.


Plan C stands for chaos...... It may not make sense because then who pitches tomorrow but at this point the Dodgers need to play like there is no tomorrow if the World Series is to go to a Game 7.

For me IMO best plans for the Blue Jays is yeah get Ohtani out..... Don't walk him..... Attack him make him swing get him tired.... The more you get him tired on the plate the better chance you have against him on the mound as it's unexpected. He's expecting to get walked and IMO wouldn't mind it to work less and concentrate on the mound..... Don't walk him attack, attack and attack and get him off balance early.

Maybe walk him later in the game but early in attack when he's in the box and lay it on him on the mound. Force Glasnow out in a tricky situation and lay it on some more. The bats just have to come alive again, maybe focus on AVG vs SLG to get the fire going and go from there. They also got Chris Bassitt so maybe he can close the game or be a bridge between Yasavage and Bieber or he could be put in to relieve Sherzer. If things get leaky though use your best arms to stop the leak. Also Bo and Vlady Jr need to get their mojo going and getting it going like they have never done in their life.


Get length from Sherzer but if he needs to empty the tank to get the job done let him do it and bring him out after the 4th or 5th or maybe 6.1+ for Yasavage, Bieber or whatever makes sense but don't be afraid to use Yasavage and Bieber early if need be. If Scherzer can reach 4 or 5 innings call it a win. The pitching can hold it down IMO but the bats really need to come alive for the Blue Jays to win and they need to go off like they did in Game 1.



For the Dodgers best plan is simply to have Ohtani dial in but don't over work him, build up that defense behind him. Sho will bring gas but on short rest in between starts he's not going to be 100% possibly to go long. Use Sasaki or Glasnow maybe not immediately but as soon as there is real trouble and go from there. Don't forget Snell and even Kershaw.

The Blue Jays I expect are going to be dialed in learning from tonights loss and well the only guy that has really given them trouble is Yamamoto otherwise they have showed the kinks in the Dodgers pitching in general...... So use your best when you need to and don't depend on the bullpen unless you absolutely must. If you need to have Glasnow or Sasaki relieve and close the game that may be the best option.


It would be ideal to use Glasnow for a Game 7 to start but then you really wouldn't be able to use Ohtani unless you took him out of the DH role since he didn't start the game in that scenario and the Ohtani-Rule wouldn't apply there. This is why in order to use Ohtanis arm and keep him as DH it's best IMO to use him to start and then go Glasnow or Sasaki etc etc or whatever makes sense from that point on and the Ohtani-Rule would apply allowing him to continue to DH since he would start the game in that scenario. Glasnow could be started and then Ohtani could be used as a bullpen arm and that is also possible but again a more risky option IMO but possibly viable...... Sho could be used as a reliever, removed as DH and then be put in the Outfield but that is probably the most bat shit crazy thing anyone can imagine or think of but at this point who the hell knows. Anything is possible

Fuck me......


You may even see Yamamoto and Gausman again today..... Because there are no more tomorrows after today.




Plan C stands for Chaos........ Anything could happen and all hands are on deck to win now..... no bullshit, no pussy shit, no fucking around.......this one is for all the marbles in the bags boys.


Its going to take 72+ innings to decide top dog...... Time to see who crosses the finish line to make 1st place baby....... This is what it's all about...... Game 7 of the 2025 World Series.


Plan C......

Some people say you couldn't have written a better story or a script out of a Hollywood ending...... That no one could have imagined some of these insane things that went down here...... But I did in a sense from all hands on deck starting in Game 6 to 72+ innings that decided the winner...... With Plan C.



When it comes to how it came down I don't bring it down to luck....... Hope and luck doesn't win games...... Praying to God doesn't win games...... That shit doesn't lead to winners and winning championships or the World Series in this case IME doing this for 3 seasons now.




Strategy wins........ And Strategy wins games and that is what Plan C is all about!!!!! Plan C is nothing more but pure Strategy!!!!!!



I don't believe in luck to win and luck didn't decide the 2025 World Series Champions....... Going back to Plan C which I developed here on the forum in this thread that I wrote down for the Dodgers in Game 6 and for both the Blue Jays and Dodgers in Game 7...... Doing crazy shit like bringing Sasaki out earlier than normal or taking Glasnow or Sho to close the game in this case Glasnow to take the victory in Game 6 to go to a Game 7......


Plan C stands for Chaos.......


And doing everything possible even if it sounds bat shit crazy that needs to be done to win as if there is no tomorrow and the Dodgers pulled it off in Game 6 and and better than the Blue Jays in Game 7.


Game 7 was all about Plan C and as we can see it was Pure Chaos as Game 6 was...... Both teams were on the red line..... And Yamamoto made the difference in Plan C as insane as it sounded and was as projected by me Yamamoto was used....... Had the Blue Jays gone for Gausman at the right time fully bought into Plan C things may have gone differently and they did go Plan C but not as well or as bought in as the Dodgers.


Yamamoto and that extra push and extra insanity in a sense and idea to do everything possible to win and that type of killer instinct is what pushed the Dodgers to 1st place and past the finish line....... To play like there are no tomorrows and nvm the BS, noise, and pussy shit..... A real American no more fucking around attitude!!!!!!




Hope, luck or praying to God doesn't win games...... Strategy wins games and the Dodgers executed Plan C 100% to win Game 7 and the 2025 World Series *_*

 

[The~Kid]

Hope Kurt could turn things around in Anaheim for the fans...... I could care less but if you could do it for the fans and my Dad..... Do it for them......

 

[The~Kid]

What I've learned over the years and seasons doing this is that it's good to have idols to live up to like Ohtani and Trout......


For me that was always my inspiration players like them..... If they could do amazing things, so can I...... On or off the field those are the type of idols one needs to look up to.... This way you have an idea of what real greatness means and what it is.



It's not easy to hold yourself to that level of excellence but if you do and are honest with yourself and where you stand and know what you want to do and where you want to go.... Some pretty amazing things can happen and somethings others may think of as impossible or improbable can actually happen in real life.....



Winning matters in the game and it's important but failing does too and it truly is a game of failure where one will fail more than they win...... The lesson to learn comes from the failure..... And it drives you to do better and be better the next time around and the next season around.... It makes you stronger...... It makes you better......



Like Ichiro said when one fails one has to understand why..... Was it because the other pitcher was better..... Because the other hitters were better..... Or was it because you could be better and could have done things better? I believe it's because one failed to do better themselves and it's up to them to do better the next time around as to not to fail and it's that simple...... It's not someone else's fault..... It's ones own fault that they didn't do better.



And that's hard to understand for some..... But if you watch the game long enough and you become a student of the game..... Its hard earned lesson and the hardest one to learn..... But once you do..... It really makes you that much better and a better person for it IME doing this for 3 seasons now.



There really is no better teacher than the game...... And the game teaches only the best lessons ^_^

 

[The~Kid]

"But the truth is without baseball you would say this guy is such a dumbass." -Ichiro Suzuki/2025 National Baseball HOFer........

 

[The~Kid]

Thanks to my friends here and on the forum..... Y'all know who you are.......


And well y'all know I'm super competitive..... And I don't mean to be a dick or an asshole if I ever came off as one..... Which is a lot of the time sometimes



But yeah for 3 seasons now the best Analytical/Statistical and strategical mind the 21st Century has known in terms of Baseball/MLB......




For me that is enough.......maybe one day I'll come back and say this and that or whatever the fuck......



But until then you bet your sweet ass I'ma be dreaming of that dirt on the field and the smell of that freshly cut grass....... Enjoying that blue sky and the kiss of the suns rays......


Always appreciating the miracles 162 comes to bring every season just like my Dad taught me........... God Bless my Dad, my Mother and my Brother..... But yeah my Dad who taught me the sport and taught me the love of the sport and Baseball........



Thank you Dad, youre the best, better than me and this one is for you *_*



What happens now..... And in the future of Baseball or my fucking future who fucking knows but I'm glad I made my mark and until the next "expert" can best what I did......


You can call me Anaheims Handsome Devil, Anaheims Billy Beane and Baseballs Greatest Analytical/Statistical/Strategical Mind of The 21st Century.........



Sincerely,



Daniel Rios.