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[John_Havok]

8 hours ago, Terminator said:

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.

Oh definitely far more to it than the simple numbers i posted, no doubt. 

I think the biggest takeaway was the centralized revenue sharing, 50/50 split players/owners ans rising floor and cap as revenues grow which are objectively good ideas even if the numbers they put out there fir the cao and floor are a bit ... off.

Thing is, the owners will say these things are only on the table with a hard cap and floor, which the PA will fight against with everything they have. 

I remember back to the days when the NHL was going through this exact thing, losing shitloads of games and money and thinking " come on, everyone knows youre going to end up with a cap and floor, the solit will be 50/50 and the numbers will change as the money pot grows... just get it done already"... but no, both sides had to try and nickel and dime the others for optics. 

It's really tiresome to know exactly where it has to end up eventually, but have to watch the trainwreck first

[hanton]

nothing like a walk off home run, Bryan Reynolds and Miguel Vargas walked it off yesterday for their respective teams

 

 

[hanton]

wait....there was actually 4 walk off home runs yesterday

 

 

[Jonn]

Twins DFA’d SWR

He looked like he was putting it all together last year and was just awful this year.

He’s still only 25 so a team will try to fix him. Honestly kinda hope its us but think an NL Team will snag him.

[G-Snarls]

Eury Pérez To Miss Eight Weeks With Gracilis Strain

By Darragh McDonald | at May 29, 2026 4:40pm CDT

The Marlins announced that right-hander Eury Pérez has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to May 28th, with a right gracilis (inner thigh muscle) strain. His recovery will last eight weeks, per Christina De Nicola of MLB.com

 They began the season with Pérez, Sandy Alcantara, Max Meyer, Chris Paddack and Janson Junk in the rotation, with Braxton Garrett, Robby Snelling, Thomas White and others in Triple-A.

In early May, they gave up on Paddack. He was designated for assignment and landed with the Reds. Snelling was called up to take his rotation spot but then Snelling suffered a sprain of his ulnar collateral ligament after just one start in the big leagues. He underwent internal brace surgery and will miss the rest of the year. Garrett was then called up to replace Snelling but Garrett’s two starts resulted in just 4 1/3 innings with seven earned runs allowed. He was optioned back down to the minors after that. White hasn’t been an option because he landed on the minor league IL a couple of weeks ago.

With Pérez now out, the Fish are basically down to Alcantara, Meyer and Junk from their season-opening group.

[jmomcc]

1 hour ago, Jonn said:

Twins DFA’d SWR

He looked like he was putting it all together last year and was just awful this year.

He’s still only 25 so a team will try to fix him. Honestly kinda hope its us but think an NL Team will snag him.

Sign him for a spot start? 

[jmomcc]

As a euro, north american sports are so weird. They are all based on (and baseball is going this way) gouging fans in big markets to subsidize fans in small markets. 

In terms of fan experience, it would make sense to have more teams and a higher percentage in big markets.. that can afford them. 

Like there should be three hockey teams in the GTA for example. 

[glory]

15 hours ago, John_Havok said:

Oh definitely far more to it than the simple numbers i posted, no doubt. 

I think the biggest takeaway was the centralized revenue sharing, 50/50 split players/owners ans rising floor and cap as revenues grow which are objectively good ideas even if the numbers they put out there fir the cao and floor are a bit ... off.

Thing is, the owners will say these things are only on the table with a hard cap and floor, which the PA will fight against with everything they have. 

I remember back to the days when the NHL was going through this exact thing, losing shitloads of games and money and thinking " come on, everyone knows youre going to end up with a cap and floor, the solit will be 50/50 and the numbers will change as the money pot grows... just get it done already"... but no, both sides had to try and nickel and dime the others for optics. 

It's really tiresome to know exactly where it has to end up eventually, but have to watch the trainwreck first

If the owners are all in for a cap, then yeah, the 2027 season is in jeopardy and it will just be waiting around until the players finally cave (and they will the longer it lasts). Hopefully it doesn't go that far. MLB hasn't had this level of national momentum for like 2 decades. Just 5 years ago ESPN was ashamed to even talk about baseball on their programming. Completely different now after the pitch clock and rise of Ohtani and Judge. It would destroy all that momentum just to increase franchise values, which would probably increase anyway after the next media rights deal.

This will end one of two ways: similar to 2021-22 where they agreed to something in the beginning of March and just condensed spring training to get in all 162, or it will wipe out most or all of 2027. Just a matter of how deep the owners are with wanting a cap. If they are where the NHL owners were all those years back, then we need to enjoy 2026. 

[jaysblue]

Ha-Seong Kim has now sat three games in a row, and honestly, it’s hard to argue with the decision. Through 12 games, he’s hitting .095/.191/.095 with a .287 OPS, 0 HR, 2 RBI, and 13 strikeouts. For a player AA and the Braves committed $20M to be their shortstop, that’s been a massive swing-and-miss so far. One of Anthopoulos’ worst signings in recent memory.

[hanton]

PCA

5% catch probability

[Brownie19]

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5,523 likes, 102 comments - jomboymedia on June 1, 2026: "Check swing challenges are now in...

I didn't know they had a check swing ABS challenge system in AAA this year.  I like it.  Asking an ump who's 100 feet away was always a bit suspect (although they do a pretty good job).  I wonder at what rate umps get check swing calls right at the ML level - using whatever threshold they've determined for this ABS system...

 

[Terminator]

13 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

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5,523 likes, 102 comments - jomboymedia on June 1, 2026: "Check swing challenges are now in...

I didn't know they had a check swing ABS challenge system in AAA this year.  I like it.  Asking an ump who's 100 feet away was always a bit suspect (although they do a pretty good job).  I wonder at what rate umps get check swing calls right at the ML level - using whatever threshold they've determined for this ABS system...

 

Glad to see it. Check swings were probably the one MLB rule that nobody really knew how to define and that wasn't called consistently.

The NBA is a total mess on what constitutes a foul or not. And the NFL still can't seem to agree on what a catch, holding, or pass interference is.

Good on the MLB for getting this stuff figured out.

[Laika]

25 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

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5,523 likes, 102 comments - jomboymedia on June 1, 2026: "Check swing challenges are now in...

I didn't know they had a check swing ABS challenge system in AAA this year.  I like it.  Asking an ump who's 100 feet away was always a bit suspect (although they do a pretty good job).  I wonder at what rate umps get check swing calls right at the ML level - using whatever threshold they've determined for this ABS system...

 

people will be mad for a couple of years because they didn't use the front of home plate as the line in the sand 

[Brownie19]

15 minutes ago, Laika said:

people will be mad for a couple of years because they didn't use the front of home plate as the line in the sand 

What did they determine the "line in the sand" was?  Based on that video, it looks like it's about a 45 degree angle in front of the plate? 

I always thought there was no official "rule" - it was simply the umpires judgement as to whether it was a swing or not.  The old adages like "he broke his wrists" or "bat crossed the front of the plate" aren't in the rule book, but they kinda defined what umps were looking for?

But yes - you can see in the comment section that people are generally confused because they think if the bat crosses the front of the plate, it's a swing.  Fans will adjust, they have with every new rule change that's been implemented recently.  I actually think having a set in stone rule to follow will help...

[Laika]

1 hour ago, Brownie19 said:

What did they determine the "line in the sand" was?  Based on that video, it looks like it's about a 45 degree angle in front of the plate? 

I always thought there was no official "rule" - it was simply the umpires judgement as to whether it was a swing or not.  The old adages like "he broke his wrists" or "bat crossed the front of the plate" aren't in the rule book, but they kinda defined what umps were looking for?

But yes - you can see in the comment section that people are generally confused because they think if the bat crosses the front of the plate, it's a swing.  Fans will adjust, they have with every new rule change that's been implemented recently.  I actually think having a set in stone rule to follow will help...

Yeah there is no definition 

https://www.mlb.com/news/check-swing-challenge-comes-to-single-a-florida-state-league

the 45 degree thing was used for various reasons, one of them being that the umps from the baselines CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE REFERENCE since they are on the lines. If the bat points straight at you, it's a swing. So if the rules shifts to that, the humans can make calls. Right now, they can't even actually tell if home plate is crossed, for example, they just guess. 

It's also interesting that historically a check swing was way more liberal (see above link). 

You can't use home plate because then players who are more forward in the box or drift more are at a disadvantage 

Personally I like it. The 90 degree thing never really seemed like a SWING or an actual OFFERING at the pitch, to me. Like, if you hit the ball it's just a bunt... 

Also, from a policy perspective, strikeouts are so high and stuff is so nasty. Pitchers don't really need those extra few whiffs, do they? 

[Terminator]

Jon Heyman will s*** himself. He thinks twitching your hip should count as a swing.

[hanton]

Murakami out for up to 8 weeks - one report says 4-6 weeks another say 8 guess it just depends how he heals.  Huge blow

[Stangstag]

WTF am I watching with this Rays/Tigers game

Rays have 9 horseshoes stashed up their rectums this year

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, hanton said:

Murakami out for up to 8 weeks - one report says 4-6 weeks another say 8 guess it just depends how he heals.  Huge blow

Honestly just sucks that he probably won’t reach 40 homers now.

[hanton]

Tigers hang on

[hanton]

switching over to the LA game, met/sea should be good as well

[jaysblue]

The Pirates activated Mlodzinski from the restricted list Monday, Jason Mackey of MLB.com reports.

Mlodzinski's stay on the restricted list lasted 24 hours after he expressed frustration following his removal from the Pirates' rotation with the activation of Jared Jones from the injured list this past weekend. Mlodzinski is now putting his feelings aside and said Monday that he's willing to do whatever he can to help the team, as he's now going to come out of the Pittsburgh bullpen.

Wouldn't be a bad trade target if the Jays are looking for a SP. 

[BTS]

DeGrom got his 100th career win last night 

[Brownie19]

17 hours ago, Laika said:

Yeah there is no definition 

https://www.mlb.com/news/check-swing-challenge-comes-to-single-a-florida-state-league

the 45 degree thing was used for various reasons, one of them being that the umps from the baselines CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE REFERENCE since they are on the lines. If the bat points straight at you, it's a swing. So if the rules shifts to that, the humans can make calls. Right now, they can't even actually tell if home plate is crossed, for example, they just guess. 

It's also interesting that historically a check swing was way more liberal (see above link). 

You can't use home plate because then players who are more forward in the box or drift more are at a disadvantage 

Personally I like it. The 90 degree thing never really seemed like a SWING or an actual OFFERING at the pitch, to me. Like, if you hit the ball it's just a bunt... 

Also, from a policy perspective, strikeouts are so high and stuff is so nasty. Pitchers don't really need those extra few whiffs, do they? 

Yeah - that's a good point, pitchers don't need more advantages these days.  I have seen those old videos showing what check swings used to look like - they are wild.

To be honest - I kinda just trust MLB these days.  They've been spot on with almost all the recent changes.  

[John_Havok]

19 hours ago, Terminator said:

Glad to see it. Check swings were probably the one MLB rule that nobody really knew how to define and that wasn't called consistently.

The NBA is a total mess on what constitutes a foul or not. And the NFL still can't seem to agree on what a catch, holding, or pass interference is.

Good on the MLB for getting this stuff figured out.

Its because its not defined at all in the rule book. It's pure interpretation

[G-Snarls]

MLB.com

NEW YORK -- Aaron Judge was sent for imaging after his swings were affected by discomfort in his right shoulder and upper rib area during the Yankees’ recent series in Sacramento, manager Aaron Boone said on Tuesday.

Initial results revealed a bone bruise in his right rib cage, according to the team. Boone said that Judge would be further evaluated by a team physician on Tuesday.

The Yankees captain was not in the lineup for the club’s series opener against the Guardians. Boone said Judge, who had been in the starting lineup every game so far in 2026, could be considered day-to-day.

[Brownie19]

Rockies gifted HR after ball bounces off head of Angels' Adell 😬
https://thescore.com/s/35754215

Adelle pulls off the Canseco - yikes!

[hanton]

The ump in this LA - dbacks game cannot see the bottom of the zone - he's literally just guessing