Around Baseball 2026

[jaysblue]

On 5/21/2026 at 9:54 AM, Brownie19 said:

Thoughts on whether Chris Sale is a HOFer?  

He'll probably exceed 60 career WAR this year, career ERA, xERA, FIP and xFIP all below 3.00, 11.1 K/9, 2.1 BB/9

Yeah I think he's a HOFer. 

If he pitches for another 3-4 years, might even eclipse 70 WAR. 

[Spanky__99]

I've been posting with this group since '03, it just keeps getting worse, I just like to talk to about 10 posters or so, it's f*cking ridiculous.

 

[Brownie19]

9 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

If I get banned for this, so be it... just remember for 13 years on this platform I've shared large amounts of PPV s***, and have kept myself real since day 1. I'm not lying when I say a lot of GREAT posters have left cause of the troglodyte theme... it seems to be excepted and they left.

In the end, IDGAF.

Spanky - I don't know what's going on, but this sounds serious. Deep breath friendo. Don't let him get the best of you. 

[Spanky__99]

Someone explain this to me, please!!!

[Stangstag]

Me reading the last page of this thread

[Spanky__99]

Certified mentalcase.

 

[Smokinitup420]

This thread got dark 

[Stangstag]

32 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

You just sent this to my gmail are you f***in' mental, bro?

 

And yet… you keep on going? You know this ends with a permaban dude right? Just shut up

[Stangstag]

11 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

Zero fuxks given, friendo.

 

Sober Spanky gonna be pissed tomorrow when he wakes up with a deleted account lol

[Spanky__99]

2 hours ago, Stangstag said:

Sober Spanky gonna be pissed tomorrow when he wakes up with a deleted account lol

Nah

I'm chill bro, just, dude's twisted.

[max silver]

8 hours ago, Spanky__99 said:

If I get banned for this, so be it... just remember for 13 years on this platform I've shared large amounts of PPV s***, and have kept myself real since day 1. I'm not lying when I say a lot of GREAT posters have left cause of the troglodyte theme... it seems to be excepted and they left.

In the end, IDGAF.

Are you experiencing a psychotic episode? This is just a baseball forum and there's no need to make disagreements so damn personal to this degree. You've always received nearly infinite rope to be a downright beligerant a@@hole at times but even you are eventually going to run out chances. 

[BTS]

Misiorowski threw 57 pitches over 100 mph yesterday. I don't know if anyone can physically keep this up. 

[hanton]

32 foul balls!

LA up 15-1 (Rockies lol) so he's in-line for the W

[jaysblue]

6 hours ago, hanton said:

32 foul balls!

LA up 15-1 (Rockies lol) so he's in-line for the W

Dodgers going to have to score 10-15 runs each game so Lauer can get his W's haha. 

 

[max silver]

22 hours ago, BTS said:

Misiorowski threw 57 pitches over 100 mph yesterday. I don't know if anyone can physically keep this up. 

That outlines my fear with him as well. I can't help but think of Jacob DeGrom and the constant trips to the injured list for a good chunk of his prime when he was averaging 99 MPH with the 4 seamer.

[hanton]

2 hours ago, jaysblue said:

Dodgers going to have to score 10-15 runs each game so Lauer can get his W's haha. 

 

haha yea, looks like he's sticking in the rotation until glasnow or snell are back.

32 foul balls against a weak hitting team - they were fouling off everything

[glory]

[John_Havok]

7 hours ago, glory said:

Laughable, but what do we really expect from a first offer. 

[Abomination]

2 hours ago, John_Havok said:

Laughable, but what do we really expect from a first offer. 

Yep, there's gonna be a strike.

[John_Havok]

6 hours ago, Abomination said:

Yep, there's gonna be a strike.

Lockout more likely. I wish i had faith they were smarter than this and will capitalize on the MLB's momentum in popularity and not risk alienating fans but, I feel like this is the year where the owners get stupid and demand a salary cap and dig their heels in

[G-Snarls]

It's easy to pick on the Angels but damn they continue to suck

I think every pitching addition they made this year has tanked so far:

 

 

Alek Monaoh

 

 

 

 

[mphenhef]

22 hours ago, glory said:

well, See them in 2028.  

 

I question what goes on within the union when Qualifying offers repeatedly are bargained for changes.  Seriously, such a small percentage of members ever receive one that you would think the union would focus more on the arb changes and pre-arb salaries.

[G-Snarls]

6 minutes ago, mphenhef said:

well, See them in 2028.  

 

I question what goes on within the union when Qualifying offers repeatedly are bargained for changes.  Seriously, such a small percentage of members ever receive one that you would think the union would focus more on the arb changes and pre-arb salaries.

Plus it's WAY less of a problem now that you don't forfeit a first round pick

And a few players have definitely benefitted from a 20M payday they probably didn't really deserve because the team hoped they'd turn it down LOL

[John_Havok]

Owners offer today!

Key details of the owners' offer include:

Cap and Floor: A maximum team spending limit of $245.3 million and a minimum team payroll of $171.2 million.

Revenue Sharing: A 50/50 split of baseball revenue, alongside centralized sharing of local media revenues to combat TV blackouts and reduce the spending gap between small and large-market teams.

Tax adjustments: A "competitive-integrity tax" for low-spending teams, mirroring the luxury tax penalty.

 

Teams currently over that proposed cap = 6

Teams currently under the proposed floor = 15

[G-Snarls]

9 minutes ago, John_Havok said:

Owners offer today!

Key details of the owners' offer include:

Cap and Floor: A maximum team spending limit of $245.3 million and a minimum team payroll of $171.2 million.

Revenue Sharing: A 50/50 split of baseball revenue, alongside centralized sharing of local media revenues to combat TV blackouts and reduce the spending gap between small and large-market teams.

Tax adjustments: A "competitive-integrity tax" for low-spending teams, mirroring the luxury tax penalty.

 

Teams currently over that proposed cap = 6

Teams currently under the proposed floor = 15

The Marlins, Rays and A's are willing to pay 171M in payroll????

[max silver]

20 minutes ago, John_Havok said:

Owners offer today!

Key details of the owners' offer include:

Cap and Floor: A maximum team spending limit of $245.3 million and a minimum team payroll of $171.2 million.

Revenue Sharing: A 50/50 split of baseball revenue, alongside centralized sharing of local media revenues to combat TV blackouts and reduce the spending gap between small and large-market teams.

Tax adjustments: A "competitive-integrity tax" for low-spending teams, mirroring the luxury tax penalty.

 

Teams currently over that proposed cap = 6

Teams currently under the proposed floor = 15

Yeah I see 0% chance that the MLBPA would accept this proposal. 

[Jonn]

1 hour ago, G-Snarls said:

The Marlins, Rays and A's are willing to pay 171M in payroll????

About time those loser owners have to spend money.

[Abomination]

5 hours ago, max silver said:

Yeah I see 0% chance that the MLBPA would accept this proposal. 

There's 0% chance either side accepts anything close to the other's proposal.

[glory]

The owners seem united. First time they’ve formally proposed a salary cap system since 1994 apparently, and looks like their proposal involves centralized local revenue, which is huge because that’s where much of the revenue disparity exists among teams. 

A year ago I thought losing games in 2027 was unlikely. Now I feel like it’s inevitable. How many games they are willing to lose is the question. If owners have agreed to consolidate local revenue then they are clearly all in.

The strange thing is the owners proposal is more in line with what most baseball fans want from the looks of it. The MLBPA will be the heels this time around, especially if they miss a bunch of games.

[Terminator]

Does anyone have an actual link to the proposal?

Fans are eating up what the owners proposed but I guarantee you that 171M floor is all fugazi. I've seen that it already includes player benefits, thus taking the real payroll number down to 150. I've read it includes amateur bonuses too but I'm not sure if that's accurate or not. 

It's apparently 200 pages long, so I'm sure there is all sorts of bullsh*t in there.