Diamond Digest || This Week's Essential 5 || 5/23/25
Edition #247
Welcome to this week’s Diamond Digest. This is going to be my weekly series that highlights things that happened this week in baseball. Every week, we’ll be looking at key player performances, emerging storylines, trending stats/records, upcoming must-watches, and we’ll end it with a question, something we’ll review each week. I’ll also be sharing one fantasy baseball tip each week.
This column is for people who’ve watched every game this week, have only seen the highlights, or for people have not followed any of the games this week. It’s a very short and concise article that gives you all the baseball info you need!
Key Player Performances:
Currently, Shohei Ohtani and Kyle Schwarber are the leading MLB home run hitters with 17. Aaron Judge is the current RBI leader with 44 RBIs.
The current hit leader remains Aaron Judge, with 74. Jacob Wilson is still 10 behind him. Bobby Witt Jr. remains the current doubles leader with 19.
Marcell Ozuna stays the walk leader with 41, and Michael Toglia remains the official strikeout leader with 71. Meanwhile, the current stolen base king is Oneil Cruz with 18, but the current caught stealing leader is Maikel Garcia. Aaron Judge has the best average in the majors, with an average of .396, and behind him is Freddie Freeman.
Aaron Judge leads the OBP category with a percentage of .486. He is also the leader in slugging percentage and OPS. Freddie Freeman is behind him and takes 2nd place in both of those categories.
This week, Matt Olson emerged as the slugging leader. James Wood was the OBP leader. Logan O’Hoppe was the home run leader this week with 5. Riley Greene and Gunnar Henderson had 12 strikeouts this week. Taylor Ward hit in 12, and Zach Neto contributed 9 runs. Jose Caballero, Chase Meidroth, and Chandler Simpson tied for the most stolen bases this week with 5.
Emerging Storylines:
The Colorado Rockies are off to the worst 50-game start since 1895.
Chase Dollander on IL with forearm tightness.
Cubs and Wrigley Field will be hosting the 2027 All-Star Game.
The Orioles continue to struggle, now 2-8 in their last 10 games. Their overall record is 16-32. The A’s are on a rough skid, now 1-9 in their last 10 games, but have won 22 games and sit in last place, 7 games back from the Mariners. The Giants are 2nd in the NL West. The Rockies have 8 wins. The Phillies are 8-2 in their last 10, and have the best record in the majors.
Trending Stats/Record/Streaks
Series to Watch (May 23-30)
DODGERS VS METS (FRIDAY-SUNDAY) MUST-WATCH
Guardians vs Tigers (Thursday-Sunday)
Padres vs Braves (Friday-Sunday)
Dodgers vs Guardians (Monday-Wednesday)
Giants vs Tigers (Monday-Wednesday)
Yankees vs Angels (Monday-Wednesday)
Poll:
Pro Fantasy Tip:
PICK UP ANDRE PALLANTE. He mostly has good games, and what surprises me is that he’s picked up in only around 4% of the leagues.
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