Dan Freedman

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Dan Freedman

We are at the 5% way in the 2025 baseball season. Said differently, we are just past mile one in the marathon that is the six-month, 162-game slog that ultimately separates the wheat from the chaff and gives us all sorts of winners and losers. So, with each team having played at least eight games, there is no time like the present to jump to ridiculous conclusions and assess players who have gotten off to what may be viewed as dreadful starts.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Dan Freedman

This was supposed to be the year. Every year is supposed to be the year. And, truth be told, many years have been the year. But for Carlos Correa, there was great hope that 2025 was going to be the one where he and his teammates catapulted the club to the next level. When healthy, Correa can be one of the most dynamic players in baseball. From 2015 through 2017, the shortstop averaged 120 games (slightly below average), but slashed .288/.366/.498, for a 137 OPS+ and 18.4 bWAR.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Dan Freedman

The Washington Nationals chose Dylan Crews with the second pick in the 2023 draft (right after his LSU teammate Paul Skenes went to the Pirates), with an eye on him being their next big impact player. After just 135 minor league games, Crews made his major league debut in 2024, getting into 31 games with the big club, slashing .219/.288/.353. Crews went into this year’s spring training with great expectations, and performed quite well (he hit .273 with a .385 OBP).

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Dan Freedman

Players always talk about getting off to a hot start. There is either the hope to build on a positive spring training, or to put a lousy pre-season behind him and start anew. For some players, it is about expectations and big contracts; while, for others, it’s about proving he belongs in the big leagues. But regardless of where a player resides in the baseball pecking order, no one wants to start the season with goose eggs peppering their batting line.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Dan Freedman

Opening Day has been referred to a quasi-national holiday in many quarters. Each team prepares something special, with full line-ups announced and red, white, and blue bunting hanging from the grandstands. Nearly every team sells out their home opener, even if they never draw close to that many fans the rest of the season. But when a team is coming off a World Series title, and that team happens to play just a few miles from the famed Hollywood sign, Opening Day is that much more grand.