A Look Into Some of my Ridiculous Player Nicknames

   I call players by a lot of different names when communicating with friends. When you get hyped about a game, you don't have time to say a guy's full name, especially something such as Jurrangelo Cijntje. Heck, I don't even know how to pronounce that.

    Thus, I've given a number of baseball players nicknames, mostly plays on their last names. Here I'll be showing off six of my most-used player nicknames thus far in 2025. 

Tarik Skubal: Ubals

    I think I've called him Ubals on a Don Cardwell post before. This is the most common of the nicknames I've used.

Chris Sale: Saleboat

    I should probably mention that the vast majority of my nicknames are for pitchers. I don't know why, but that's the way it is.

Kristian Campbell: Camby

    Camby's been so impressive thus far that he's already gained a nickname. 

Justin Steele: Steelio

    I just randomly called him Steelio one day. Pretty sure he got smashed in that start.

Jacob deGrom: Deggy, Degasaurus

    He's got two. deGrom's name is far too good to not have any nicknames

Porter Hodge: HodgePodge

    He had a clutch hold for my fantasy team yesterday, so I gave him the nickname on the spot.

    There's a brief look into a few of the things I call players I like. This post was fun and fast to make, and hopefully before too long I can pull out one with cards (I've gotten a few PWEs that need to get posted on). Meanwhile, thanks for reading the blog, have a great week, and happy collecting!