> Of the 430 hitters on Opening Day rosters, 225 lost at least one inch off their previously listed heights in 2024 and 2025, according to data compiled by The Athletic through players’ official and historical heights on MLB.com. Six have lost three inches, 48 have lost two inches, and 171 lost one inch. On the other side, 45 players gained an inch, and two players gained two.
> In total, baseball players lost nearly 20 feet worth of height thanks to the more precise measurements. That equates to three full Aaron Judge-sized human beings, vanishing off the face of the sport. An issue once reserved for the NFL combine or dating app disasters has now reached the shores of MLB.
> “It’s age,” Angels catcher Travis d’Arnaud said with a smile. “Everybody gets shorter with age.”
> d’Arnaud went from 6-foot-2 to 6 feet flat, with the 37-year-old noting that he’d been listed at 6-foot-2 since he entered the league 14 seasons ago.
> « It’s always been like that, from what I remember. I feel like everybody always put an inch or two taller,” he said, while expressing some relief with the number he was ultimately assigned.
> »At least I still got a six.”
> There are many who can no longer say the same.
WabbitCZEN
>In total, baseball players lost nearly 20 feet worth of height thanks to the more precise measurements. That equates to three full Aaron Judge-sized human beings
Americans really will measure with everything but metric.
ajteitel
The room they took the measurements was cold!
maximian
This reminds me of a brilliant podcast that ran for just one season: Starlee Kine’s “Mystery Show.”
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> Of the 430 hitters on Opening Day rosters, 225 lost at least one inch off their previously listed heights in 2024 and 2025, according to data compiled by The Athletic through players’ official and historical heights on MLB.com. Six have lost three inches, 48 have lost two inches, and 171 lost one inch. On the other side, 45 players gained an inch, and two players gained two.
> In total, baseball players lost nearly 20 feet worth of height thanks to the more precise measurements. That equates to three full Aaron Judge-sized human beings, vanishing off the face of the sport. An issue once reserved for the NFL combine or dating app disasters has now reached the shores of MLB.
> “It’s age,” Angels catcher Travis d’Arnaud said with a smile. “Everybody gets shorter with age.”
> d’Arnaud went from 6-foot-2 to 6 feet flat, with the 37-year-old noting that he’d been listed at 6-foot-2 since he entered the league 14 seasons ago.
> « It’s always been like that, from what I remember. I feel like everybody always put an inch or two taller,” he said, while expressing some relief with the number he was ultimately assigned.
> »At least I still got a six.”
> There are many who can no longer say the same.
>In total, baseball players lost nearly 20 feet worth of height thanks to the more precise measurements. That equates to three full Aaron Judge-sized human beings
Americans really will measure with everything but metric.
The room they took the measurements was cold!
This reminds me of a brilliant podcast that ran for just one season: Starlee Kine’s “Mystery Show.”
In this episode, she investigated why Jake Gyllenhaal described himself as “happily six foot”: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XXvr5pZY2Ax4HvvCcgQMG?si=7BOrry1GSCa-Q3pZufWaSw
I want to know who the two players that were understating their height by 2” are.