Congratulations to all the 2025 MLBoyfriends who are going forward into the postseason!
Pete Crow-Armstrong
Monday, September 29, 2025
Monday, September 22, 2025
Matt Olson
My sincerest apologies to any Detroit Tigers fans out there, but it was clear that an Atlanta player was going to win the MLBoyfriend title this week. The three best batters of the week all play for the Braves.
Rookie catcher, Drake Baldwin, had a .393 batting average and 1.290 OPS hitting 4 doubles, 1 triple and 3 home runs. He scored 9 runs while batting in 10. Very impressive.
Former MLBoyfriend and fashion icon, Ronald Acuña Jr., also put up some very impressive numbers. He had a .423 batting average and 1.225 OPS with 2 home runs, 8 runs and 4 RBI. He also had 2 stolen bases.
In the end, I chose Matt Olson--who, surprisingly, has never won an MLBoyfriend title despite being a very good player for the last 10 years.
Olson had a .400 batting average and a whopping 1.386 OPS last week. He hit 4 doubles, 1 triple and 3 home runs. He scored 9 runs and had 10 RBI. Those numbers were enough to win him the National League Player of the Week Award.
Congratulations, Matt Olson! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week.
Monday, September 15, 2025
Anthony Rizzo
This week's MLBoyfriend did not play at all last week. In fact, he hasn't played all season. However, I could not pass up the opportunity to celebrate an MLBoyfriend favorite on last time.
Anthony Rizzo officially retired as a player last week. While the last roster he was on was the 2024 Yankees (more on that later), Rizzo retired as a Chicago Cub--which is as it should be.
Internet algorithms know what they are doing. My feeds have been full of Rizzo for the last few days. Let's take a look at some highlights of his retirement via Instagram. First, Rizzo literally wore his heart on his sleeve by wearing a jersey signed by children who have battled cancer.
Rizzo did not go to the executive suite to watch the game after the ceremony. Instead, he head to the bleachers for what has rightly been called "Retirement-Palooza".
Rizzo's buddy, Ian Happ, threw a ball to Tony with a note and beer money.
The Cubs' Moisés Ballesteros hit his first career home runs, and Rizzo almost caught it. (Click through for video.)
Finally, during the seventh inning stretch, Rizzo sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" with Cindy Crawford and Eddie Vedder of all people. Crawford and Vedder are from the Chicago area and Cubs fans, but still... so random. (Click through for video.)
An "adult beverage" fueled good time was had by all.
Rizzo is retiring with a Hall-of-Fame-worthy record. He has a very respectable career batting average of .261 and an equally good career OPS of .828. In 13 years playing in the MLB, he had 1644 hits, 922 runs, 303 home runs and 965 RBI. He's a 3 time All-Star. In terms of awards, he won 4 Golden Gloves (including one Platinum Glove), 1 Silver Slugger, 1 National League Defensive Player Of The Year, and, most impressively, the Roberto Clemente Award. And there was that time Rizzo made the final out in the Cubs' first World Series win in 108 years.
Of course, here at MLBoyfriend, Rizzo has another quality that has earned him this retirement post: he's totally adorable. Even after a few "adult beverages" in the bleachers, he was looking good.
And, while he did fill out Yankees Pinstripes very nicely...
...It was great to see Rizzo retired in the uniform he looks best in: The Cubbies.
Congratulations, Anthony Rizzo! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week.
Monday, September 8, 2025
Juan Soto
It's been far too long since Juan Soto was featured here at MLBoyfriend Central. He has won the honor twice, but the last time was in 2021. That's crazy talk since he's both one of the best players in MLB and one of the best looking.
The four-year drought ends today.
Last week, Soto had a .435 batting average and a 1.509 OPS--both of which are very good. He hit 3 home runs, scored 7 runs and batted in 9. He also stole a base 3 times.
Congratulations, Juan Soto! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week.
Monday, September 1, 2025
José Soriano
Yikes, the Labor Day holiday somehow made me forget it was Monday and MLBoyfriend day. So, this week's entry will short and sweet--but the winner is no less deserving.
On Monday, August 25, José Soriano threw 5.2 innings against the Texas Rangers. He gave up just 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 6 hitters. Then, he went 7 full innings against the Houston Astros on Sunday, August 31. He gave up only 1 hit and 3 walks while striking out 8. He gets bonus points for smoking two teams from Texas.
Soriano ended the week with 2 wins. He had a very low 0.71 WHIP and a 0.00 ERA.
Monday, August 25, 2025
Vinnie Pasquantino
Busy day today, so I'll keep this short and sweet.
Vinnie Pasquantino had a great week at the plate. He had a .438 batting average and a 1.507 OPS. He had 7 runs, 6 home runs, and 12 RBI.
Congratulations, Vinnie Pasquantino! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week.
Monday, August 18, 2025
Francisco Lindor
Francisco Lindor's MLB career started the same year as this blog began, but I was surprised to discover that he has never won the MLBoyfriend title. He has been a very good player for the last decade and surely deserved the title many times, but it has eluded him until this week.
Last week, Lindor had an astonishing .560 batting average with 14 hits in 25 plate appearances. He had a 1.647 OPS with 3 doubles and 3 home runs. He scored 7 runs and batted in 7. He also had 2 stolen bases. All this rightly earned him the National League Player of the Week title.
Those killer stats plus being super cute earned Lindor the MLBoyfriend title.
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