Around Baseball 2026

[BTS]

Sunday Night Baseball isn’t even available on MLB.tv. It’s like MLB doesn’t want people watching their games 

[Jonn]

9 minutes ago, BTS said:

Sunday Night Baseball isn’t even available on MLB.tv. It’s like MLB doesn’t want people watching their games 

You’re not missing much. Cleveland’s LF absolutely sucks. 

[G-Snarls]

2 hours ago, Stangstag said:

Poor Bo

He'll have hot streaks and hit well over a full season 

Should he have taken the long term deal in Philly?  I don't even know though.. those fans are tough too. And that Mets offer would have been hard to turn down. 

[Jonn]

18 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

He'll have hot streaks and hit well over a full season 

Should he have taken the long term deal in Philly?  I don't even know though.. those fans are tough too. And that Mets offer would have been hard to turn down. 

Phillies fans are worse. And they know he backed out of their deal so they are going to let him have it regardless.

[43211234]

I wish Bo well.

 

I'm happy at least that he went to a National League team.

[philly30]

4 hours ago, BTS said:

Sunday Night Baseball isn’t even available on MLB.tv. It’s like MLB doesn’t want people watching their games 

Sunday night games have never been on MLB.TV

[philly30]

2 hours ago, Jonn said:

Phillies fans are worse. And they know he backed out of their deal so they are going to let him have it regardless.

Not me I am very nice, I mean it

[BTS]

6 hours ago, philly30 said:

Sunday night games have never been on MLB.TV

They've been on MLB.tv for as long as I can remember in Canada 

[Olerud363.354]

12 hours ago, BTS said:

Sunday Night Baseball isn’t even available on MLB.tv. It’s like MLB doesn’t want people watching their games 

Insane.  There used to be TV.  You changed the channel and watched a different channel and at this time a year you could watch NCAA.  You could watch Sunday night baseball.  You just changed the channel.  

There is still NCAA for now, but sadly many hotels and bars don't even have normal TV.  Was travelling a week ago and hotel did not have normal TV to catch up on NCAA and neither did hotel bar.  Insane zombies walking the place with no common ground. 

I think people underestimate the effect this is having on society in general.  Humans no longer work right.  My wife teaches and the kids are so messed up.  Can't read.  Can't have any common reference points.  

20 years ago a kid would turn to channel 57 ESPN and watch Sunday night baseball, and they would have common reference point.  10 years ago maybe it become channel 1048 as the cable got weird.  Now it doesn't exist and the kid scrolls mindlessly frying their brain.  Old guys come in for Sunday night sports and go to the channel they used to watch and not there anymore and become grumpy and non-functional.  Happening with all the sports and driving the young and old mentally ill... 

sad to see.  downstream effect of this will be horrible. 

[BTS]

50 minutes ago, Olerud363.354 said:

Insane.  There used to be TV.  You changed the channel and watched a different channel and at this time a year you could watch NCAA.  You could watch Sunday night baseball.  You just changed the channel.  

There is still NCAA for now, but sadly many hotels and bars don't even have normal TV.  Was travelling a week ago and hotel did not have normal TV to catch up on NCAA and neither did hotel bar.  Insane zombies walking the place with no common ground. 

I think people underestimate the effect this is having on society in general.  Humans no longer work right.  My wife teaches and the kids are so messed up.  Can't read.  Can't have any common reference points.  

20 years ago a kid would turn to channel 57 ESPN and watch Sunday night baseball, and they would have common reference point.  10 years ago maybe it become channel 1048 as the cable got weird.  Now it doesn't exist and the kid scrolls mindlessly frying their brain.  Old guys come in for Sunday night sports and go to the channel they used to watch and not there anymore and become grumpy and non-functional.  Happening with all the sports and driving the young and old mentally ill... 

sad to see.  downstream effect of this will be horrible. 

If you wrote a book I would read it 

[John_Havok]

57 minutes ago, BTS said:

If you wrote a book I would read it 

There's a ton of difference websites and companies out there now who will do this for you. My brother gave my mother a "gift" of this service for her to write a compilation of her memories growing up. 

How this one worked, the service sends you a different topic every week and you just write whatever comes to mind about that topic like " your first job " or "the worst boss you've ever worked for"  etc etc ... then after however long you decide to, you stop and they'll put everything together in a hardcover book. She gave each one of her kids a copy. 

I encourage Olerud to pursue this

[L54]

2 hours ago, John_Havok said:

There's a ton of difference websites and companies out there now who will do this for you. My brother gave my mother a "gift" of this service for her to write a compilation of her memories growing up. 

How this one worked, the service sends you a different topic every week and you just write whatever comes to mind about that topic like " your first job " or "the worst boss you've ever worked for"  etc etc ... then after however long you decide to, you stop and they'll put everything together in a hardcover book. She gave each one of her kids a copy. 

I encourage Olerud to pursue this

That’s a really great gift idea, especially for anyone with parents who are a little older 

[Brownie19]

8 minutes ago, L54 said:

That’s a really great gift idea, especially for anyone with parents who are a little older 

There are also books you and buy with questions and suggestions that you can give your parents and ask them to write down stories/thoughts/memories/etc.  I did this with my parents a year or 2 ago.  Not sure if they have written anything - but I hope they have!

[philly30]

3 hours ago, BTS said:

If you wrote a book I would read it 

TITLE:    Life sucks, your brain will fry and then you will die

[philly30]

4 hours ago, Olerud363.354 said:

Insane.  There used to be TV.  You changed the channel and watched a different channel and at this time a year you could watch NCAA.  You could watch Sunday night baseball.  You just changed the channel.  

There is still NCAA for now, but sadly many hotels and bars don't even have normal TV.  Was travelling a week ago and hotel did not have normal TV to catch up on NCAA and neither did hotel bar.  Insane zombies walking the place with no common ground. 

I think people underestimate the effect this is having on society in general.  Humans no longer work right.  My wife teaches and the kids are so messed up.  Can't read.  Can't have any common reference points.  

20 years ago a kid would turn to channel 57 ESPN and watch Sunday night baseball, and they would have common reference point.  10 years ago maybe it become channel 1048 as the cable got weird.  Now it doesn't exist and the kid scrolls mindlessly frying their brain.  Old guys come in for Sunday night sports and go to the channel they used to watch and not there anymore and become grumpy and non-functional.  Happening with all the sports and driving the young and old mentally ill... 

sad to see.  downstream effect of this will be horrible. 

I didn't even have access to cable tv until 1999 because my stupid neighbors did not want the wires put up. No access to even most local games, i was forced to go out and do other things 

[Laika]

Here is a weird one. 

Brewers and Cooper Pratt are finalizing an extension. Seems like an eight year deal worth $50m or so, with a couple of team options. Not an unheard of structure for a top prospect...

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/03/brewers-cooper-pratt-reportedly-working-on-extension.html

... except...

Cooper Pratt hit .238/.343/.348 last year in AA. That's a .691 OPS

The Brewers are a cheap ass team. He was only 20, very young for AA. No doubt their model loves him or they wouldn't do this. But have we ever seen a top prospect post an OPS like that and get a pre-debut deal such as this? 

[Brownie19]

32 minutes ago, Laika said:

Here is a weird one. 

Brewers and Cooper Pratt are finalizing an extension. Seems like an eight year deal worth $50m or so, with a couple of team options. Not an unheard of structure for a top prospect...

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/03/brewers-cooper-pratt-reportedly-working-on-extension.html

... except...

Cooper Pratt hit .238/.343/.348 last year in AA. That's a .691 OPS

The Brewers are a cheap ass team. He was only 20, very young for AA. No doubt their model loves him or they wouldn't do this. But have we ever seen a top prospect post an OPS like that and get a pre-debut deal such as this? 

Reminds me of Scott Kingery - but he was coming off a great minor league season (albeit he was already 23 during that season).

[Spanky__99]

13 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

Reminds me of Scott Kingery - but he was coming off a great minor league season (albeit he was already 23 during that season).

Evan White with Seattle but he too was having a great year and 23 in AA. Than he got hurt every year after, lol. Woof!

That's a crazy gamble by the Brewers.

[Stangstag]

Ranger Suarez was a steaming pile of poop for the Redsox tonight 

[bronson44]

Weird baseball day. Hopefully the Yanks get their first loss today too.

[Jays24]

Yankees lost by 1.  Michael Kay gonna be pissed at the run differential lol

[Spanky__99]

1 hour ago, bronson44 said:

Weird baseball day. Hopefully the Yanks get their first loss today too.

Big Dumper saves the day.

[Brownie19]

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/3511744/report-mariners-top-prospect-emerson-agree-to-8-year-95-m-extension

Colt Emerson signs an 8 year $95M deal with Seattle.  The deal includes a ninth-year club option, a full no-trade clause, and escalators that can bring the total north of $130 million

 

I know this isn't fair, but we may regret taking Nimmala over Emerson...

[Stangstag]

24 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/3511744/report-mariners-top-prospect-emerson-agree-to-8-year-95-m-extension

Colt Emerson signs an 8 year $95M deal with Seattle.  The deal includes a ninth-year club option, a full no-trade clause, and escalators that can bring the total north of $130 million

 

I know this isn't fair, but we may regret taking Nimmala over Emerson...

Thats wild

[mphenhef]

If Pratt and Emerson are getting $50 million and $95-130 million, how much would it take for Griffin to sign an extension right now?   $150 million?  $200 million?

[Orgfiller]

Didn't see this posted anywhere, but Tatsuya Imai struggled in his debut against the Angels. Didn't make it out of the third, walked 4 and struck out 4.

The stuff was...okay, kind of mid. Fastball velo decent but none of the pitches graded particularly well. He did get a few swings and misses on a number of his pitches at least. Obviously smallest possible sample.

 

[L54]

On 3/30/2026 at 11:18 AM, Brownie19 said:

There are also books you and buy with questions and suggestions that you can give your parents and ask them to write down stories/thoughts/memories/etc.  I did this with my parents a year or 2 ago.  Not sure if they have written anything - but I hope they have!

I’ve actually bought both my parents those books. Doubt my dad has filled it in yet but I’m sure my mom has 😂 

[John_Havok]

2 minutes ago, L54 said:

I’ve actually bought both my parents those books. Doubt my dad has filled it in yet but I’m sure my mom has 😂 

My mom did, gave one to each of her kids. I fell asleep in the 1st half page. Suffice to say she is no Shakespeare. 

[mphenhef]

I wish I had done something like that book prior to my mom passing away.  It would be wonderful to have.

[Spanky__99]