(1:21)Open Extended ReactionsBack for the second straight year after a 2024 return, MLB Players' Weekend kicked off across the league Friday. From customized bats to special cleats, here are examples of the coolest gear and tributes from the 2025 edition of Players' Weekend. pic.twitter.com/rSyg1JWBkM — MLB (@MLB) August 14, 2025A platypus? Drake Baldwin's Players' Weekend bat features everyone's favorite crime-fighting mammal from Phineas and Ferb 🤯 pic.twitter.com/EUpAd2txfQ — MLB (@MLB) August 15, 2025"Big butt... even BIGGER BOMBS!" Cal Raleigh may have won Players' Weekend with this inscription on his bat 🍑 pic.twitter.com/6sUq0lOJVX — MLB (@MLB) August 15, 2025Marcelo Mayer's Lightning McQueen bat for Players' Weekend may be the best piece of custom lumber we've ever seen 😮 pic.twitter.com/EYvN3YVzDH — MLB (@MLB) August 11, 2025Marte's reaction to receiving the bat blew him away 🥹 https://t.co/eHSz9wwKbP pic.twitter.com/v3ZDzuvQMH — MLB (@MLB) August 11, 2025#PlayersWeekend is here!