Baseball Obscura 2025 - by David J Fleming (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Dive into the 2024 baseball season with Baseball Obscura 2025!

From insightful team articles that track the standings and projections of all 30 major league franchises, to brand-new player rankings for every position and the top starters and relief pitchers in the game, Baseball Obscura 2025 is the perfect gift to keep fans, fanatics, and fantasy firebrands entertained until Opening Day, and all the way through the baseball season.

Highlights include:

• Team essays for all 30 major league teams. Explore where your team has been and where it's going with in-depth analysis and engaging commentary on where your team stands in 2025. From prospects to playoffs, from dawning dynasties to rebuilding rosters, from managerial maneuvers to trades and transactions, these essays will provide fans with a reason for hope, or a cold dash of reality.

• Player profiles that explore the impact pitchers and hitters for 2024 and beyond. From Shohei Ohtani to Juan Soto, from Jackson Chourio to Jackson Holliday, find out who is rising and falling in 2025.

• In-depth essays that explore the past and future of baseball, on topics ranging from the Paul Skenes' historic rookie season and the last days of baseball in Oakland, to the impact of sports gambling and the impact of elite bullpens on baseball.

David Fleming has been writing about baseball for nearly two decades at Bill James Online, where he blends a statistical analysis with a fan's perspective on the big questions around America's pastime. Now he's bringing his second annual guide to baseball fans for 2025.

Check out the first edition of what is sure to be a yearly favorite for baseball fans and baseball obsessives. And visit his website to subscribe to free articles and essays throughout the season.

Enjoy Baseball Obscura 2025!