# 2025 Major League Baseball season

The 2025 Major League Baseball season began on March 18–19 with a two-game series between the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs held in Tokyo, Japan before the rest of the regular season, which is set to run from March 27 to September 28. The 95th All-Star Game is planned for July 15 at Truist Park in Cumberland, Georgia, the home of the Atlanta Braves.
The Athletics have relocated from Oakland to West Sacramento, California, for at least three seasons before their planned relocation to the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The team will be branded as the Athletics, with no city name attached.

## Schedule

Major League Baseball released its 2025 schedule on July 18, 2024. There are 162 games scheduled for all teams. The scheduling formula was modified this season to increase the number of games between "prime" Interleague rivals from four to six, playing two three-game series instead of two two-game series. May 16–18 has also been designated as "Rivalry Weekend", featuring 11 series of these "prime" Interleague rivals.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs opened the season at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 18–19 in the MLB Tokyo Series 2025. Opening Day in North America is then planned for March 27 except for the Colorado Rockies and the Tampa Bay Rays, which was rescheduled to March 28 due to works at the Rays' temporary ground Steinbrenner Field.
The 95th All-Star Game will be played on July 15, hosted by the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Cumberland, Georgia. The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds will play a game at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, on August 2. The MLB Little League Classic at Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, will be played on August 17 with the Seattle Mariners taking on the New York Mets.

## Rule changes

On January 25, 2025, MLB announced a set of rule changes to take effect in 2025:
* If a team violates the previously instituted ban on the infield shift, which requires a minimum of two infielders on either side of second base, the batter will be given first base and runners will be able to advance one base. Previously the penalty for violating the ban was an automatic ball. Teams will continue to have the ability to decline the penalty and accept the results of the play.
* Replay review will now be able to check whether or not a player overruns second or third base, and call them out for abandonment, even if that was not the subject of the original review.

## Experimental rules

During spring training only, 13 stadiums will be used to test the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS). When ABS is available, teams will have two challenges per game, retaining successful challenges. The batter, catcher, or pitcher can challenge a ball or strike call, but must do so immediately and without assistance from anyone else.

## Standings
### American League

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Baltimore Orioles | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Minnesota Twins | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Seattle Mariners | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Texas Rangers | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |

### National League

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Miami Marlins | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| New York Mets | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Washington Nationals | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | -nan | — | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 0‍–‍2 | 0‍–‍0 |
vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 0‍–‍0 | 2‍–‍0 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 0 | 0 | -nan | 1 | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| Colorado Rockies | 0 | 0 | -nan | 1 | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| San Diego Padres | 0 | 0 | -nan | 1 | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |
| San Francisco Giants | 0 | 0 | -nan | 1 | 0‍–‍0 | 0‍–‍0 |

## Managerial changes
### General managers
#### Off-season

| Team | Former GM | Reason For Leaving | New GM | Notes |
| Minnesota Twins | Thad Levine | Fired | Jeremy Zoll | On October 4, 2024, Levine departed after eight-year tenure with the team. |
| San Francisco Giants | Farhan Zaidi | Fired | Zack Minasian | On September 30, 2024, Zaidi was fired after six years as the team's president of baseball operations. The same day, the Giants named former catcher Buster Posey as the new president of baseball operations. On November 1, Posey hired Zack Minasian to serve as general manager. |

### Field managers
#### Off-season

| Team | Former Manager | Interim Manager | Reason For Leaving | New Manager | Notes |
| Chicago White Sox | Pedro Grifol | Grady Sizemore | Fired | Will Venable | On August 8, 2024, the White Sox fired Grifol. In two seasons as manager of the White Sox, he compiled a record of 89–190 (.319) with no playoff appearances. Sizemore was named as the interim manager on the same day Grifol and bench coach Charlie Montoyo were fired. This was his first managerial position. Venable was hired on October 31. He had previously been an assistant coach for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, and Texas Rangers. |
| Cincinnati Reds | David Bell | Freddie Benavides | Fired | Terry Francona | On September 22, 2024, the Reds fired David Bell. During his six seasons as the Reds skipper, Bell compiled a record of 409–456 (.473) with one playoff appearance during the 2020 COVID-shortened season. Benavides, the current bench coach, was named as the interim manager for the rest of the season. This was his first managerial position. On October 4, Francona was hired as the new manager for the Reds. |
| Miami Marlins | Skip Schumaker | N/A | Fired | Clayton McCullough | On September 29, 2024, the Marlins announced that Skip Schumaker would not return as the team manager for the 2025 Season. In his two seasons as the Marlins skipper, Schumaker compiled a record of 146–178 (.451), with one playoff appearance. On November 11, McCullough was hired as the new manager for the Marlins. |
| Miami Marlins | Skip Schumaker | N/A | Contract expired | Clayton McCullough | On September 29, 2024, the Marlins announced that Skip Schumaker would not return as the team manager for the 2025 Season. In his two seasons as the Marlins skipper, Schumaker compiled a record of 146–178 (.451), with one playoff appearance. On November 11, McCullough was hired as the new manager for the Marlins. |

## Uniforms
### Wholesale changes

* Major League Baseball uniforms reverted to the previous cut and materials following the controversial Nike Vapor Premier changeover in 2024. This includes the return to larger letters on the player's name and pant customization options. However, the "batterman" logo will remain below the headspoon piping on certain uniforms, as it was in 2024. For 2025, the road uniforms will use the pre-2024 fabric, followed by the home uniforms in 2026. In addition, for the 2025 All-Star Game, regular home and road team uniforms will be used instead of game-specific uniforms that were introduced from 2021 to 2024. However, game-specific caps will still be used. Home uniforms will also be used on the Home Run Derby, while batting practice-specific uniforms will still be worn.
* The Guardians unveiled a new uniform set. The biggest change for the 2025 season will be seen in Cleveland's blue alternative uniform set. The jersey will continue to have a navy base but will move away from "CLEVELAND" across the chest and instead feature the Guardians "Diamond C" logo. The Guardians red home alternative uniform will feature a new look across the chest, as the script Guardians from 2024 will change to the club's Bridge Print font with "Guardians" across the chest. Piping on the red jersey will showcase a blue-white-blue look. Cleveland's white home uniform will continue to carry on its primary historic look with the script "Guardians" across the chest. The logo will shift from being on a slant to horizontal. New piping will be on the jersey with a red-blue-red design on the neckline and arms. A new home hat will make its debut in 2025, solely with the white uniform set, as the main color of the hat will change to red with a blue bill. All hats will continue to feature the "Diamond C," and the club's blue cap with red bill will be worn with all other jerseys (home red, road blue, road gray). The road uniform will stay the same.
* The Cubs unveiled a new powder blue alternate uniform, featuring a stylized Cubs logo on the right chest influenced by the team's early logos, and a guitar pick-shaped sleeve patch featuring the city name. The cap is blue with a white panel, emblazoned with the stylized Cubs logo in front. The uniform is inspired by Chicago's history of blues music and will be worn during Friday home day games in the summer.
* The Athletics replaced their elephant sleeve patch with a new patch representing their temporary home of Sacramento along with a silhouette of the Tower Bridge. The road and alternate green uniforms will be emblazoned with "Athletics" in front in place of the city name. The Athletics will also bring back the gold alternate uniform last worn in 2018, with thinner green piping.
* The Red Sox promoted their yellow City Connect uniforms to full-time alternates, replacing the navy blue road alternate uniforms, to make room for a new City Connect uniform.
* The Mets unveiled a new alternate blue pullover road jersey. It features the "New York" script in blue trimmed with orange across the chest, which was featured on the team's road jerseys in 1987. This will replace their blue home alternate jerseys. The gray road uniforms will also be tweaked, removing the blue piping and adding blue-orange-blue stripes on the sleeves, collar and pants.
* The Nationals brought back the alternate red "Curly W" uniform after a one-season absence but removed the white and blue piping. Due to the "4+1" rule by Nike, the team retired the white alternate pullover "Capitol W" uniform after only one season.
* The Orioles added orange pants to pair with the orange alternate uniform for select games, and the set will be worn with the orange-brimmed black "cartoon bird" cap. This marked the first time since 1972 that the Orioles would wear all-orange uniforms as an alternate option. They will continue to wear white pants with the white-paneled "cartoon bird" cap for other select games with the orange uniform.
* The Royals tweaked their home alternate powder blue uniforms, pairing it with the powder blue pants on a full-time basis. The powder blue jerseys were previously paired with the home white pants, while the powder blue pants were worn sporadically in 2023.
* The Reds added an alternate home white uniform. The design is similar to the primary home white uniform, but with the chest numbers and piping removed, and the red "wishbone C" logo replacing the full "C-REDS" logo.

### Uniform advertisements

This is the third year where teams added advertisement patches to their uniforms. The following teams have announced their uniform advertisements.
* Athletics: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

### Anniversaries and special events

| Team | Special occasion |
| All Teams | Jackie Robinson Day (April 15) |
| All Teams | Pink Ribbons for breast cancer awareness (May 11, Mother's Day) |
| All Teams | Patch for Armed Forces Day (May 19) and Camouflage caps for Armed Force's Day Weekend (May 18–20) |
| All Teams | Poppy for Memorial Day (May 26) |
| All Teams | #4 patch for Lou Gehrig Day (June 2) |
| All Teams | "Play Ball" patch in partnership with USA Baseball and USA Softball (June 14–16) |
| All Teams | Blue Ribbons for prostate cancer (June 15, Father's Day) |
| All Teams | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum logo patches (July 19–21) |
| All Teams | Gold Ribbons for childhood cancer (September 1) |
| All Teams | #21 patch for Roberto Clemente Day (September 15) |
| All Teams | "MLB Debut" patch for players who play their first Major League game |
| All Teams | Gold "batterman" patch for previous season's winners of the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards |
| Athletics | #24 Patch in memory of Rickey Henderson |
| Athletics | Patch featuring "Sacramento" and the Tower Bridge to commemorate the team's first season in Sacramento. |
| Atlanta Braves | 150th season in National League (since 1876) |
| Atlanta Braves | 2025 MLB All-Star Game |
| Atlanta Braves | 30th Anniversary of 1995 World Series Championship |
| Baltimore Orioles | 30th Anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,131st consecutive game |
| Baltimore Orioles | 55th Anniversary of 1970 World Series Championship |
| Chicago Cubs |
| Chicago Cubs | 150th season in National League (since 1876) |
| Chicago White Sox | 20th Anniversary of 2005 World Series Championship |
| Cincinnati Reds | 50th Anniversary of 1975 World Series Championship |
| Cincinnati Reds | 35th Anniversary of 1990 World Series Championship |
| Cincinnati Reds | #14 patch in memory of Pete Rose |
| Colorado Rockies | 30th Anniversary of Coors Field |
| Detroit Tigers | 25th Anniversary of Comerica Park |
| Houston Astros | 25th Anniversary of Daikin Park |
| Kansas City Royals | 40th Anniversary of 1985 World Series Championship |
| Kansas City Royals | 10th Anniversary of 2015 World Series Championship |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 70th Anniversary of 1955 World Series Championship |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 60th Anniversary of 1965 World Series Championship |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 5th Anniversary of 2020 World Series Championship |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | #34 Patch in memory of Fernando Valenzuela |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 2024 World Series championship |
| Milwaukee Brewers | Signature Patch in memory of Bob Uecker |
| New York Mets | #7 Patch in memory of Ed Kranepool |
| New York Yankees | 25th Anniversary of 2000 World Series Championship |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 45th Anniversary of 1980 World Series Championship |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 65th Anniversary of 1960 World Series Championship |
| San Francisco Giants | 15th Anniversary of 2010 World Series Championship |
| San Francisco Giants | 25th Anniversary of Oracle Park |
| Washington Nationals | 20th Anniversary Season |

## Venues

On November 16, 2023, MLB owners approved the Athletics' relocation from Oakland to Las Vegas. The Athletics then announced on April 4, 2024, that the team would temporarily play at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, from 2025 to 2027, with an option for 2028, while their new ballpark in Las Vegas is under construction.
Due to severe roof damage sustained at Tropicana Field caused by Hurricane Milton, the Tampa Bay Rays will play at George M. Steinbrenner Field, the New York Yankees' spring training stadium in Tampa.
Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, was renamed to Rate Field during the offseason on December 17, 2024, as part of a rebrand of Guaranteed Rate.
Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, was renamed to Daikin Park during the offseason on January 1, after Japanese air conditioning manufacturer Daikin bought the naming rights.

## Media
### Television
#### National

This is the fourth year of the existing seven-year deals with Fox, TBS, and Apple TV+. This is also the fourth year of a deal with ESPN. However, ESPN and Major League Baseball announced prior to the season that both parties had exercised a mutual opt-out to end the agreement following the 2025 season. This is the second year of a multi-year deal with TelevisaUnivision.

##### Linear television

* Fox will continue to air their Fox Saturday Baseball and Baseball Night in America slate of games on most Saturdays during the season and select Thursday nights. Fox will exclusively air the MLB Speedway Classic as part of their package. Fox and FS1 will split coverage of the MLB Tokyo Series, with Fox airing the first game and FS1 airing the second. Fox will air the 2025 MLB All-Star Game. FS1 will also broadcast games, mainly on Saturday afternoons, which will be both non-exclusive, and co-exist with regional broadcasts.
* TBS will continue to broadcast MLB Tuesday. Most games are blacked out in the home markets of the teams playing, however, TBS is allowed to co-exist once with a teams' local broadcast.
* ESPN will continue to broadcast Sunday Night Baseball, with the option to show alternate broadcasts, along with at-least five other exclusive regular season games. For the first time since 2021, ESPN will air a doubleheader on Opening Day. ESPN will also air a doubleheader on Sunday, July 6, as part of July 4 weekend. The network also has the rights to the Home Run Derby. Select games may air on ABC or ESPN2. Joe Buck, who was the lead MLB on Fox play-by-play commentator until he moved to ESPN for Monday Night Football in 2022, will call his first nationally televised baseball game for ESPN on Opening Day in 2025.
* MLB Network will continue to broadcast a regular slate of games. While most games will be simulcasts of the teams' local broadcast, select games will be produced by the network under its MLB Network Showcase banner. All games are blacked out in the home markets of the teams playing.
* UniMás and TUDN will air the weekly whiparound show MLB En Vivo on Tuesday nights throughout the season, the weekly studio show MLB Esta Semana (lit. 'MLB This Week') on Saturday nights, and postseason coverage.

###### Streaming

* Max will continue to simulcast TBS' games.
* Apple TV+ continues to hold the rights to Friday Night Baseball which features two exclusive games each Friday during the season.
* This will be the second season that MLB Sunday Leadoff will be streamed on The Roku Channel under a multi-year deal which features one game each week from May to August, the network has the option in airing games in the early or late windows.
* The league's MLB.tv will continue to stream out-of-market games, and all of Roku's games.

##### Postseason

During the postseason, the ESPN networks (including ABC, with Spanish–language simulcasts on ESPN Deportes) will air all four Wild Card Series. TNT Sports (TBS and truTV) will then broadcast the National League Division Series and the National League Championship Series, and Fox Sports (Fox and FS1, with Spanish-language simulcasts on Fox Deportes) will broadcast the American League Division Series, the American League Championship Series and the World Series.

#### Local

* The Chicago White Sox, the NBA's Chicago Bulls, the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks, and Standard Media launched the Chicago Sports Network in October 2024, replacing NBC Sports Chicago as their regional broadcaster.
* NBC Sports California signed a modified agreement to continue to be the Athletics' regional broadcaster, as the network's broadcast territory includes both the smaller Sacramento media market and the larger Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area market.
* Amid the now-resolved bankruptcy of Main Street Sports Group (formerly Diamond Sports Group)—owners of the FanDuel Sports Network (FDSN, formerly Bally Sports) regional sports networks, its contracts with the Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers expired at the end of the 2024 season, while the Reds announced an agreement to opt out of its existing contract with Diamond.
** MLB Local Media will assume the rights to the Guardians and Twins beginning in the 2025 season.
** The Brewers and Reds were originally announced as also moving to MLB Local Media, but Diamond later re-entered into negotiations with both teams, and reached new agreements for them to remain on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin and Ohio respectively. The new contracts also include additional options to carry the teams' games on direct-to-consumer (DTC) platforms.
** The Rangers launched a new in-house broadcasting unit known as the Rangers Sports Network (RSN). It operates similarly to MLB Local Media, distributing games via agreements with television providers within the team's market, and offering a DTC service hosted by Victory+ (which is available via a paid subscription, or at no additional charge to authenticated subscribers of television providers who carry Rangers games). The Rangers also announced agreements with Gray Media and Nexstar Media Group to syndicate a package of 15 games—primarily Friday home games—to a statewide network of broadcast television stations, with KDAF in Dallas as flagship station.
** Diamond renegotiated its contracts with most of the remaining teams it televises.
* On November 22, 2024, the Miami Marlins parted ways with television play-by-play announcer Paul Severino after seven seasons. On January 17, 2025, the Marlins announced that they have moved announcer Kyle Sielaff from radio to television play-by-play.
* In addition to airing on FanDuel Sports Network, the Braves, Cardinals and Royals announced agreements to simulcast packages of games on networks of Gray Media broadcast stations. The Braves will air a package of 15 regular season games in simulcast with FanDuel Sports Network South, with WPCH-TV in Atlanta as the flagship station. In addition, Gray exclusively produced and aired 10 spring training games. The Cardinals will air a package of at-least 10 regular season games in simulcast with FanDuel Sports Network Midwest, with Matrix Midwest as the flagship station. The Royals will air a package of 10 regular season games in simulcast with FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City, with KSMO-TV as the flagship station. These deals resemble arrangements made under some of FDSN's NBA and NHL contracts, which similarly enable teams to simulcast a limited package of games on broadcast television.
** In March 2025, the Brewers and Tigers reached agreements with Fox Television Stations (a former sister to FDSN) to serve as flagships for similar arrangements, with Detroit's WJBK to simulcast 10 Tigers games with FanDuel Sports Network Detroit, and WITI in Milwaukee to simulcast 10 regular season Brewers games and 3 spring training games with FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin. The Brewers' radio rightsholder Good Karma Brands is handling syndication agreements for the Brewers' package, which includes affiliates in other Wisconsin markets.
* On February 18, 2025, the New York Mets and SNY announced that it would offer a DTC subscription package covering most regional games (aside from those carried by its WPIX-led broadcast television package); the service will be distributed via a partnership with MLB.tv, becoming the first third-party broadcaster to host its DTC service on the platform.
* On February 21, 2025, the Seattle Mariners promoted announcer Aaron Goldsmith to lead television play-by-play following the departure of Dave Sims to the New York Yankees' radio booth. The Mariners also parted ways with long-time television analyst Mike Blowers after a 17-year tenure. As a result, analyst duties will be split between Jay Buhner, Dave Valle, Angie Mentink, and Ryan Rowland-Smith. MLB Local Media will also oversee production of Mariners telecasts with Root Sports Northwest's 2024 separation from Warner Bros. Discovery/TNT Sports, but the network will still handle distribution as before rather than use its ad-hoc linear and DTC model.
* On March 3, 2025, the Orioles and Nationals reached a settlement to end the teams dispute over television rights fee payments. Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), which is owned and operated by the Orioles but airs both teams games, pays rights fees to the Nationals. Through the settlement, the Nationals' agreement with the Orioles and MASN will end following the 2025 season.
* On March 12, 2025, the Braves announced that they would introduce Spanish-language commentary on SAP for regional games on FanDuel Sports Network, with Francisco X. Rivera on play-by-play.
* On March 17, 2025, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Spectrum SportsNet LA announced that it would offer a DTC subscription package covering all regional games, branded as SNLA+; the service will be distributed via a partnership with MLB.tv, becoming the second first-party broadcaster to host its DTC service on the platform. Unlike a similar agreement between MLB.tv and the Mets, a bundle with SportsNet LA and MLB.tv is not available.
* On March 18, 2025, the NBC Sports Regional Networks, the broadcast home of the Athletics, Giants and Phillies, announced the launch of a direct-to-consumer streaming service via an add-on subscription to Peacock. Athletics and Giants games will be available for $17.95 a month, while the Phillies will be available for $24.95 a month. Subscribers must also pay for Peacock Premium or Premium Plus.

### Radio
#### National

* This will be the final season that ESPN Radio will be airing games (due to ESPN opting out of this deal along with its TV deal), which includes Sunday night baseball, and the entire All Star Weekend and the entire MLB Postseason.

#### Local

* On November 14, 2024, the New York Yankees announced the hiring of Dave Sims as the team's primary radio play-by-play announcer, succeeding John Sterling. Sims was previously the lead television play-by-play announcer of the Seattle Mariners, holding the job since 2007.
* On November 15, 2024, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced the hiring of Luis Cruz (who played for the team in 2012 and 2013) as an analyst for its Spanish-language radio broadcasts, succeeding Fernando Valenzuela—who had died on October 22, 2024.
* On January 16, 2025, the Milwaukee Brewers' long-time play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker died at the age of 90. A Ford C. Frick Award winner in 2003, Uecker had been the team's primary radio announcer since 1971, and also worked national broadcasts for ABC and NBC. The Brewers will utilize Jeff Levering, Lane Grindle, and Josh Maurer on radio play-by-play during this season, with Grindle and/or Maurer calling games when Levering is on television.

## Retired numbers

* David Wright will have his No. 5 retired by the New York Mets on July 19. This will be the eleventh number retired by the team.
* Ichiro Suzuki will have his No. 51 retired by the Seattle Mariners on August 9. This will be the fourth number retired by the team.
* Billy Wagner will have his No. 13 retired by the Houston Astros on August 16. This will be the eleventh number retired by the team.