Around Baseball 2026

[mphenhef]

8 hours ago, ValiantJaysFan said:

Both press conferences today were pretty funny. “What made you want to sign here?” Both Bo and Tucker tried to be convincing when saying anything but “these fools paid me double what I’m worth, how could I say no?”

Can’t wait to watch Bo attempt to play 3B. He’s gonna have to use the pitcher as the cut off man.

 

At least he has a good experienced first basemen to pick balls out of the dirt for him...oh wait.

[Jimcanuck]

11 hours ago, Carlos Danger said:

Sproat is the best piece. Jett is probably a light hitting speedster type when all said and done.

 

The Mets got Myers too who is a solid SP.

17 taters for Jett in the upper minors last year.  High bat speed IIRC

[Laika]

Seems like Jett Williams should be a 2 WAR player of some variety. Just some big questions on defensive home and how the hit vs. power thing will play out for him. 

He could develop into more of a line drive, 10 HR guy or he could forego batting average and be a 20+ HR guy. 

 

BA seems to think he'll be more hit/defense/speed

71. Jett Williams

New York Mets

SS

Ht: 5'6" | Wt: 175 | B-T: R-R

Age: 22

BA Grade/Risk: 55/Average

Adjusted Grade: 45

The Skinny: Williams rebounded from wrist surgery to deliver a strong 2025 season, splitting time between Double-A and Triple-A while showing his trademark energy and versatility. He combines plus speed, on-base ability and defensive flexibility across the middle infield and center field. If his contact quality continues to sharpen, he projects as a table-setting regular with impact on the bases.

Scouting Grades Hit: 55 | Power: 45 | Run: 65 | Field: 50 | Arm: 60

[Terminator]

1 hour ago, Laika said:

71. Jett Williams

New York Mets

SS

Ht: 5'6" | Wt: 175 | B-T: R-R

I didn't realize he was a midget

[Jimcanuck]

Williams is strong defensively, and versatile.  Should be a very useful player for the Brewers.

[sliderguy35]

4 hours ago, Laika said:

Seems like Jett Williams should be a 2 WAR player of some variety. Just some big questions on defensive home and how the hit vs. power thing will play out for him. 

He could develop into more of a line drive, 10 HR guy or he could forego batting average and be a 20+ HR guy. 

 

BA seems to think he'll be more hit/defense/speed

71. Jett Williams

New York Mets

SS

 

Ht: 5'6" | Wt: 175 | B-T: R-R

Age: 22

BA Grade/Risk: 55/Average

Adjusted Grade: 45

The Skinny: Williams rebounded from wrist surgery to deliver a strong 2025 season, splitting time between Double-A and Triple-A while showing his trademark energy and versatility. He combines plus speed, on-base ability and defensive flexibility across the middle infield and center field. If his contact quality continues to sharpen, he projects as a table-setting regular with impact on the bases.

Scouting Grades Hit: 55 | Power: 45 | Run: 65 | Field: 50 | Arm: 60

i feel biased because i just traded for him in BORED a few hours before the brewers did... lmao

i like him b/c he's small and doesn't chase at all so he should be able to run above average OBPs without whiffing too much (his MiLB contact rates are about average). he'll never be a huge raw power guy b/c of the size but he consistently puts the ball in the air to his pull side (he's never had a GB rate above 33% in any year in the minors) so his pop is going to play up (although he probably wont ever be a batting average guy in my opinion).

[Terminator]

1 hour ago, Jimcanuck said:

Williams is strong defensively, and versatile.  Should be a very useful player for the Brewers.

☝️ Guarantee you Jim owns him in one of his dynasty leagues

[Carlos Danger]

1 hour ago, Jimcanuck said:

Williams is strong defensively, and versatile.  Should be a very useful player for the Brewers.

Seems like Durbin 2.0

[Laika]

27 minutes ago, sliderguy35 said:

i feel biased because i just traded for him in BORED a few hours before the brewers did... lmao

i like him b/c he's small and doesn't chase at all so he should be able to run above average OBPs without whiffing too much (his MiLB contact rates are about average). he'll never be a huge raw power guy b/c of the size but he consistently puts the ball in the air to his pull side (he's never had a GB rate above 33% in any year in the minors) so his pop is going to play up (although he probably wont ever be a batting average guy in my opinion).

seems possible he's a .240 hitter with 15 homers 

then the fantasy (roto) value hinges a lot on SB 

[Jimcanuck]

1 hour ago, Terminator said:

☝️ Guarantee you Jim owns him in one of his dynasty leagues

I just traded him to Sliderguy yesterday

Your attempts to slander my reputation are backfiring on you

[L54]

 

 

[Orgfiller]

2 minutes ago, L54 said:

 

 

Oh s*** it's finally happened.

[Laika]

Well that was not expected 

[RobinThicc]

Prospect slop for Gore is solid. 

[Laika]

The five players are shortstop Gavin Fien, right-hander Alejandro Rosario, first baseman/outfielder Abimelec Ortiz, infielder Devin Fitz-Gerald and outfielder Yeremy Cabrera.

Fein was their R1 12th overall in 2025 

Rosario is/was a top 50 ish prospect. Did he have TJS? 

Ortiz is an interesting hitter but it's 5'10" 230 1B only I think 

I have nothing on the other two but Devin Fitz-Gerald should retire because he spells his name wrong and it really bugs me 

[Orgfiller]

2 minutes ago, Laika said:

The five players are shortstop Gavin Fien, right-hander Alejandro Rosario, first baseman/outfielder Abimelec Ortiz, infielder Devin Fitz-Gerald and outfielder Yeremy Cabrera.

Fein was their R1 12th overall in 2025 

Rosario is/was a top 50 ish prospect. Did he have TJS? 

Ortiz is an interesting hitter but it's 5'10" 230 1B only I think 

I have nothing on the other two but Devin Fitz-Gerald should retire because he spells his name wrong and it really bugs me 

Pretty decent get for the Nats for 2 years of Gore, although I'm sure the Rangers are fine with what they're giving up. Always feels like there's an extra level to unlock but Gore just has never really truly broken out.

Rosario was a huge helium guy after 2024 and yes I'm pretty sure he broke and had TJS. Worst part is, he spent all of 2025 trying to heal normally and he just recently had the TJS, so he'll miss all of 2026 as well.

[sliderguy35]

3 minutes ago, Orgfiller said:

Pretty decent get for the Nats for 2 years of Gore, although I'm sure the Rangers are fine with what they're giving up. Always feels like there's an extra level to unlock but Gore just has never really truly broken out.

Rosario was a huge helium guy after 2024 and yes I'm pretty sure he broke and had TJS. Worst part is, he spent all of 2025 trying to heal normally and he just recently had the TJS, so he'll miss all of 2026 as well.

i read somewhere that rosario had a separate medical issue that needed to be healed before he could even have the surgery which is why it took so long. 

i like the return for the nats a lot. all the hitters they got outside of fien are natural pull-side elevators & they can afford to wait on rosario. ortiz will probably even contribute next year even if he's likely limited to the strong side of a platoon. 

god the rangers are so weird. this obviously makes them a bit better but they were already top 3 in SP WAR last year. every hitter in their lineup is projected to have at least a 100 wRC+ but they're still projected to be middle of the pack in hitter WAR? they're the definition of mid

[Eat My Shatkins]

Damn, that's another really good AL rotation in Texas. 

[Terminator]

11 minutes ago, sliderguy35 said:

god the rangers are so weird. this obviously makes them a bit better but they were already top 3 in SP WAR last year. every hitter in their lineup is projected to have at least a 100 wRC+ but they're still projected to be middle of the pack in hitter WAR? they're the definition of mid

Their bullpen sucks really bad too

[John_Havok]

4 minutes ago, sliderguy35 said:

i read somewhere that rosario had a separate medical issue that needed to be healed before he could even have the surgery which is why it took so long. 

i like the return for the nats a lot. all the hitters they got outside of fien are natural pull-side elevators & they can afford to wait on rosario. ortiz will probably even contribute next year even if he's likely limited to the strong side of a platoon. 

god the rangers are so weird. this obviously makes them a bit better but they were already top 3 in SP WAR last year. every hitter in their lineup is projected to have at least a 100 wRC+ but they're still projected to be middle of the pack in hitter WAR? they're the definition of mid

They really counting on a lot of bounce-backs on the offensive side for sure. 25th in wrc+ last season. Seager was really the lone bright spot. Langford might take a step forward, but he has to get that K rate under control. 

[Pendleton]

2 hours ago, Laika said:

The five players are shortstop Gavin Fien, right-hander Alejandro Rosario, first baseman/outfielder Abimelec Ortiz, infielder Devin Fitz-Gerald and outfielder Yeremy Cabrera.

Fein was their R1 12th overall in 2025 

Rosario is/was a top 50 ish prospect. Did he have TJS? 

Ortiz is an interesting hitter but it's 5'10" 230 1B only I think 

I have nothing on the other two but Devin Fitz-Gerald should retire because he spells his name wrong and it really bugs me 

I can just picture some Karen with that last name being like "it's not Fitzgerald, it's Fitz-Gerald" if someone didn't pause long enough 

[Brownie19]

2 hours ago, Pendleton said:

I can just picture some Karen with that last name being like "it's not Fitzgerald, it's Fitz-Gerald" if someone didn't pause long enough 

I assume that's a Fitz marrying a Gerald and they agreeing to hyphenate their name?  I mean it's not often a hyphenated name ends up spelling another common last name.  I hate it.

[Spanky__99]

5 hours ago, Jimcanuck said:

I just traded him to Sliderguy yesterday

Your attempts to slander my reputation are backfiring on you

You still own him in BBDL lol

[Jimcanuck]

1 hour ago, Spanky__99 said:

You still own him in BBDL lol

Not for much longer

[Spanky__99]

16 minutes ago, Jimcanuck said:

Not for much longer

K..... Term was correct.

[Perfect Game]

The Twins announced they’ve traded infielder Vidal Bruján to the Mets for cash.

They acquired him a couple of weeks ago. I didn't expect they'd trade Vidal Sosoon.

I'll see myself out.

[Jimcanuck]

8 hours ago, Spanky__99 said:

K..... Term was correct.

Fine.

Anyway, Jett Williams is a fantastic baseball name and he's the same height as Altuve, a reasonable comp of his power and speed ceiling.

[Olerud363.354]

21 hours ago, Laika said:

He could develop into more of a line drive, 10 HR guy or he could forego batting average and be a 20+ HR guy. 

I can't remember where I saw it, but there was some analysis that this is like the 3 point line in basketball.  The .240 guy with 20 homers walks more to, so it ends up being .280 .330 .400 vs .240 .320 .420 (with a lot more strikeouts and some more walks) and the latter is slightly better WAR and maybe easier to get so have selection pressure in that direction. 

 

[Olerud363.354]

Just now, Olerud363.354 said:

I can't remember where I saw it, but there was some analysis that this is like the 3 point line in basketball

What I mean by 3 point line in basketball there is that chart where in 1990 or something shots were taken all of over the place, in 2020s it is threes and close range only.  

On one hand 2025 Jays are fun and showed trying to hit .280 with 10 homers might work (but did anyone one actually do it?  Ernie and Lukes were more like .265 combined).   On the other hand Luis Arraez has no job so it is really .280 with 10 homers and nice defense and baserunning might work. 

[Laika]

40 minutes ago, Olerud363.354 said:

I can't remember where I saw it, but there was some analysis that this is like the 3 point line in basketball.  The .240 guy with 20 homers walks more to, so it ends up being .280 .330 .400 vs .240 .320 .420 (with a lot more strikeouts and some more walks) and the latter is slightly better WAR and maybe easier to get so have selection pressure in that direction. 

 

It's a great analogy