The 2025 major league baseball season is here, starting a regular six -month season running from the opening day to summer days of summer and to the postseason.
Such a long season offers any number of stories to follow. Here are 10 players who could become the most interesting to see:
Shohei Ohtani, DH, Los Angeles Dodgers
The fact that it is obvious does not mean that it is not true. Upon leaving the first season of steal bases of 50 homers in history (officially, the count ended in a ridiculous 54-59), Ohtani is expected to complete his recovery of Tommy John surgery and returns to the pitcher’s mound at some point this summer. On paper, the initial launch of the Dodgers is already considered among the best in the league; Add Ohtani, and are they a self-in for a second consecutive position of the World Series?
Elly de la Cruz, SS, Cincinnati Reds
Its unique combination of speed and power and its ability to minimize its weaknesses with each season of passes causes the 6 -foot and 5 -inch cross to be one of the most electric players to see on a given day. This year, his challenge is not only to improve his 25 home runs and 67 robberies, but also to reduce his 218 leaders in the league. Remember: he is only 23 years old.
Tarik Skubal, SP, Detroit Tigers
The left -hander last season became the eighth player since 2000 to win the triple pitching crown by leading the American league with 18 victories, an effectiveness of 2.39 and 228 strikeouts. The effectiveness of Skubal has decreased and its percentage of victories and loss has increased every year of its five -seasons career, which raises the question of how much better it will be this year, when you have the opportunity to become the first pitcher of the Al Al A prizes Cy Young from Pedro Martínez 25 years ago.
Justin Verlander, SP, San Francisco Giants
The oldest active player in baseball, Verlander, 42, has 262 victories in his career and is slowly approaching the 24 -month club of 300 wins. More immediately, I could make a difference this season in San Francisco. Verlander was 2-0 in spring training with an effectiveness of 3.43, with opponents hitting .263 of him. The giants do not need to see the rotation, that is the responsibility of Logan Webb and Robbie Ray, but Verlander, who has said he hopes to launch until he is 45 years old, needs to help the margins so that the giants leave a difficult division.
Paul Skenes, SP, Pittsburgh Pirates
At the other end of Verlander’s age spectrum is Skenes, who only as a rookie last season led all the national league pitchers who threw at least 130 tickets at the stubborn rate and time, among other categories. The batters hit a miserable .198 against Skenes, which was so good that it was the starting pitcher of the National League in the star game. The question that will keep fans watching the pirate games this season is this: What kind of bis can follow? that? The 1985 Season of Dwight Gooden, in which he won the Triple Launch Crown and the Cy Young Prize, remains the gold standard for second -year pitchers.
Luis Arraáz, 2b, San Diego Padres
While the hopes of the San Diego playoffs rest on the gardener Fernando Tatís Jr. is being healthy, making entries hit the postseason as it has done in the regular season could also be a postseason key. In an era in which the primacy of the percentage based on the game has taken over the game, the batting average is not all. However, it is difficult not to be amazed that last season Arraáz became the first player to win a third consecutive batting title with three different teams. He won it for the parents last season hitting .314, and is still a father this season as well. If he won again, he would join a consecutive club that includes another father, Tony Gwynn.
Julio Rodríguez, Of, Seattle Mariners
He is only 24 years old, and his rookie season of the year in 2022, when he showed his MVP potential for the first time, it was not long ago. And yet, Rodríguez has not taken the next step forward to reach that very high potential; It ended last season with 35 reaped less and 12 homers less than its previous season. Is this the season to work with the designated batter of the Hall of Fame, Edgar Martínez, now sailor coach, will help Rodriguez to approach his talent?
Francisco Lindor, SS, New York Mets
New York is buzzing due to the change of $ 765 million by Juan Soto del Bronx to Queens, but Lindor could be an even more important piece for METS. He finished second in the MLB.com players survey of this spring, qualifying for the best baseball defenders, only behind Andrés Giménez de Toronto. At first glance he agrees with advanced statistics: Lindor has a huge defensive radius, which allows him to reach the balls that other picture players cannot.
Dylan Crews, Of, Washington Nationals
The teams had an upward introduction to the big leagues last season in 31 games. However, there is a reason why it is constantly classified among MLB’s best prospects along with players such as Dodgers’ rookie, Roki Sasaki. Upon entering the first official rookie season of the teams, nationals expect DC to feel more comfortable in DC after he looked much more comfortable on the plate during spring training.
Mike Trout, Of, Los Angeles Angels
Once the best player in the game was considered widely, while led the largest in the percentage based on four consecutive seasons from 2016 to 2019, Trout has played more than 54 games only once since 2019. His injuries have not only set aside one of the largest MLB stars, but also left the angels trapped in neutral.
The franchise was last at the postseason in 2009, two years before Trout arrived. He is trying to return to the postseason through complicated reconstruction, one that has not been thoroughly committed, but has not attracted the main free agents, while paying a trout around $ 37 million annually. Given how many games it has been lost in recent seasons, recovering a healthy trout would almost qualify as a great addition.
