October Boys

Congratulations to all the 2025 MLBoyfriends who are going forward into the postseason!

Randy Arozarena

William Contreras

Pete Crow-Armstrong

Hunter Greene

Riley Greene

Bryce Harper

Kiké Hernández

Aaron Judge

Max Muncy

Shohei Ohtani

Cal Raleigh

Tarik Skubal

Christian Yelich

Bryce Harper

Sometimes, you just have to go with an old favorite. Bryce Harper has already won the MLBoyfriend title five times. That seems like a lot of wins, but really, he's been one of the best players in baseball for the nine years this blog has been going.

Last week, Harper went 8 for 25 at the plate with 2 doubles and 3 home runs giving him a .320 average and 1.229 OPS. He scored 8 runs and batted in 9. He also had one stolen base.

Of course, all posts about Bryce Harper must contain one photo of his magnificent hair. Apparently, he is mentoring teammate Alex Bohm on the art of the flow.

Congratulations, Bryce Harper! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week.

October Boys

A dozen of this season's MLBoyfriends will be playing in the postseason. Here they are, in alphabetical order, for another look.

Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks

Nick Castellanos, Philadelphia Phillies

Jazz Chisholm Jr., Miami Marlins

Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies 

Alex Kirilloff, Minnesota Twins

Royce Lewis, Minnesota Twins

Michael Lorenzen, Philadelphia Phillies 

Whit Merrifield, Toronto Blue Jays

Drew Rasmussen, Tampa Bay Rays

Anthony Santander, Baltimore Orioles

Marcus Semien, Texas Rangers

I offer my congratulations to all twelve of you. However, I'm only wishing good luck to Alex & Royce.

PS: I created this post on my phone which is not ideal. Apologies for any wonky formatting.

Bryce Harper

This year, I've been trying to feature new faces here. Sometimes, however, I can't help but give a shout out to an old favorite. Bryce Harper made it very easy to pick him this week.

Harper had 12 hits in 23 at-bats giving him an impressive .522 average. He scored 6 runs and had 10 RBI. He had 3 home runs including one inside-the-park which is always fun to watch.

No Bryce Harper post would be complete without some admiration of his flowing locks. Fortunately, his helmet came off as he was rounding the bases for his inside-the-park home run. So, there are lots of pictures of his glorious mane.

Congratulations, Bryce Harper! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week.

Rhys Hoskins

Last week, I talked about how much fun watching Bryce Harper in the playoffs has been. Turns out, his teammate, Rhys Hoskins is also a blast.

Harper and Hoskins have both been playing very well in the postseason and were key to the Phllies winning the National League Pennant. At times, Hoskins may have gotten a little cocky.

However, he has every right to celebrate when he's hitting clutch home runs like these two:

And this one:

So, go ahead and flip or slam your bat, Rhys. You earned it.

Congratulations, Rhys Hoskins! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week. You probably would have won the title anyway, but it doesn't hurt that your #17, and 17 is my favorite prime number.

PS: Thanks to my friend and hardcore Phillies fan Josh for nominating Rhys Hoskins. I'm very happy for him that his boys are going to the World Series.

Bryce Harper

I hadn't really watched a Phillies game during the regular season. I managed to catch some of their postseason play, and it reminded me of a couple things about Bryce Harper: 1. he's very good at baseball, and 2. he's super fun to watch.

Harper is having a great run in the two series the Phillies have played and won this postseason. He has a .435 batting average and 1.437 OPS with 3 doubles, 3 home runs and 6 RBI in just six games. MLB was kind enough to put together a reel of Harper's highlights in the NLDS

Seeing him play last week also reminded me that, somehow, Harper manages to be extremely cocky....

...and a total goofball--often at the same time.

It just so happens that cocky and goofy are two traits I really appreciate in a baseball player. Harper also has other attributes that I like to see--as evidenced by his many appearances on this blog.

Speaking of Harper's assets, I would like to thank the person at Topps who is responsible for this card celebrating his performance in the NLDS.

Congratulations, Bryce Harper! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week. Also, HAPPY (one-day-belated) BIRTHDAY! It's nice to celebrate a fellow October baby during Libra Season.

Jean Segura

Jean Segura's biggest competition for the MLBoyfriend title this week came from his teammate, Bryce Harper. Even though Harper's numbers were slightly better last week, I chose to go with Segura for two reasons. First, Harper has already been my MLBoyfriend three times, and I am trying to get some fresh faces on the blog. Speaking of faces, that brings us to the second reason.....

Don't get me wrong. Segura had some great stats last week. He had a .478 batting average and 1.615 OPS with 4 home runs, 8 RBIs, 10 runs and 2 stolen bases. But also, this:

I'm just going to leave this Instagram post here as my final piece of evidence.

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Congratulations, Jean Segura! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week. When you celebrate with your teammate Bryce, make sure to tell him not to worry--I still love him.