2026 Misc MLB News Thread

[cragi]

the Dodgers have no incentive to work for it in the regular season. they can play the B team half the year to keep the arms fresh, nurse every scratch to stay the healthiest, keep up the appearance of competition. Then when its time, they trot out the Cy Young winners and the rest of their allstar team to turn on the jets for the playoffs. And teams like the Brewers, who crushed them during the regular season and havent seen their real pitchers, just get bulldozed. its an ugly look for the sport and unfair to the fans.

[Matt]

58 minutes ago, cragi said:

the Dodgers have no incentive to work for it in the regular season. they can play the B team half the year to keep the arms fresh, nurse every scratch to stay the healthiest, keep up the appearance of competition. Then when its time, they trot out the Cy Young winners and the rest of their allstar team to turn on the jets for the playoffs. And teams like the Brewers, who crushed them during the regular season and havent seen their real pitchers, just get bulldozed. its an ugly look for the sport and unfair to the fans.

Their division is crap. But is there really any reason why San Francisco should be this bad? Or San Diego? If both of those teams were holding up their end of the bargain, the Dodgers wouldn't be pencilled in every year lately. 

[cragi]

30 minutes ago, Matt said:

Their division is crap. But is there really any reason why San Francisco should be this bad? Or San Diego? If both of those teams were holding up their end of the bargain, the Dodgers wouldn't be pencilled in every year lately. 

im not talking about that. im talking about the fact that the brewers went 9-0 during the regular season last year against their B squad players and then got crushed in the playoffs.. again. its a joke. not saying the occasional miracle teams wont come along when all the stars properly align, but its not great for fans.

[Matt]

9 minutes ago, cragi said:

im not talking about that. im talking about the fact that the brewers went 9-0 during the regular season last year against their B squad players and then got crushed in the playoffs.. again. its a joke. not saying the occasional miracle teams wont come along when all the stars properly align, but its not great for fans.

Smith, Freeman, Betts, Pages, Hernandez, and Shohei. Those are the batters who got their asses beat by the Brewers last season in full season series. What are you talking about?

[cragi]

21 minutes ago, Matt said:

Smith, Freeman, Betts, Pages, Hernandez, and Shohei. Those are the batters who got their asses beat by the Brewers last season in full season series. What are you talking about?

the 4 starting pitchers the Brewers lost to in the playoffs faced the Brewers less than 7 innings during the regular season. yes, their hitters got to see our pitchers but ours didnt really get to see theirs. I also wonder if this is why Miz and Harrison didnt face the Dodgers this past week.

[Matt]

1 minute ago, cragi said:

the 4 starting pitchers the Brewers lost to in the playoffs faced the Brewers less than 7 innings during the regular season. yes, their hitters got to see our pitchers but ours didnt really get to see theirs. I also wonder if this is why Miz and Harrison didnt face the Dodgers this past week.

Think you're overthinking this, bud. Stuff happens in a series. Dodgers were awesome and the Brewers were underdogs, but it could have gone the other way. I don't think it's a referendum on the whole system. 

I'd love a salary cap, but like I said, I would worry that it comes with concessions that harm small market teams like the Brewers. The players proposal is trying to head that off by opening with significant boosts to small markets. I think it puts the owners on their heals a bit. 

[Roderick]

Put me down in the increased media revenue sharing and I would be happy for the Brewers. 

Personally, I don't mind not having money to pay for a high priced free agent.  When you have that, those players are worth their cost the first 2-3 years and then are not playing up to the cost of the contract after.  Then the last couple of years, they are not playing good enough to even be in the starting 9, but they keep their spot in the lineup just because they have the huge contract.  

[HarryDoyle]

So someone else besides us has got screwed by the ABS system, except the A's didn't get their challenge back.

Athletics get wrong end of ABS gaffe against Yankees - ESPN

[markedman5]

 

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, markedman5 said:

 

To answer any speculation that may come up from some corners of Brewer fandom................no.

[markedman5]

Another big money pitching contract that has been a disaster to this point

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/06/corbin-burnes-suffers-teres-major-strain-likely-out-until-september.html

[homer]

 

 

[igor67]

Losing it is one thing, but after it drops just standing there pouting about it is a terrible look.

[Stealofhome]

Trevor Plouffe said something interesting about PCA that he wants people to be talking about him instead of just being a ball player. That feels about right to me. Of course I would always have an issue since he's a Cub, but I don't have the same feeling toward Ian Happ and even enjoy his podcast every so often.

Some of the interviews I've seen with PCA make him seem pretty cool and just a good baseball rat, but then he does these on field antics that really sour my opinion. 

[Frisbee Slider]

Not sure how I missed this. Naturally, Lauer has two decent starts for Los Angeles. But FIP suggests nothing to worry about.

Maybe Milwaukee’s rotation will be fine if the Dodgers are proactively adding Eric Lauer?

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/05/dodgers-sign-eric-lauer.html

[homer]

On 5/24/2026 at 9:58 AM, homer said:

Since his OPS peaked at 908 exactly one year ago, here is Pete Crow Armstrong's line over 394 ABs:

230/299/421/720

 

Since this post, Pete Crow Armstrong has a 1.194 OPS. I am going to stop posting about Pete Crow Armstrong.

[formerlybis]

Looking ahead to the Braves series, I see they lost Spencer Strider to injury last week and transferred him to the 60-day IL. Also, Acuna has been on the IL since 6/10 - he could return Saturday.

[liveforoctober]

By my count, the Braves also had 5 different relievers go multiple innings yesterday to clean up the double header. It would be a treat to have them dig into that pen again today going into our series.

[homer]

2 hours ago, formerlybis said:

Looking ahead to the Braves series, I see they lost Spencer Strider to injury last week and transferred him to the 60-day IL. Also, Acuna has been on the IL since 6/10 - he could return Saturday.

They'll get Waldrep back in a few weeks although he is kind of an unproven commodity. I'm very curious to see if Schwellenbach comes back this year.

[Fear The Chorizo]

3 hours ago, homer said:

 

Since this post, Pete Crow Armstrong has a 1.194 OPS. I am going to stop posting about Pete Crow Armstrong.

He basically did the same thing around this time last year to make the AS game and become a fringe MVP candidate...then he stunk across the entire 2nd half of the season.  His K rate is essentially identical to his career averages this season, maybe his walk rate has improved a bit...but im not sure why teams opt to throw him strikes.  Go back to a constant diet kf high fastballs and sliders in the dirt and dont change until he actually stops swinging.

[nate82]

New international draft proposal and other changes to the draft.  Competitive balance picks will be eliminated, draft picks will be eligible to be traded and high school players removed from the draft pool.

 

https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/mlb-domestic-and-international-draft-proposals.html

[jw5511986]

1 hour ago, nate82 said:

New international draft proposal and other changes to the draft.  Competitive balance picks will be eliminated, draft picks will be eligible to be traded and high school players removed from the draft pool.

 

https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/mlb-domestic-and-international-draft-proposals.html

Why would the players say yes to this without getting something in return? The something they get is that levels don't get cut? We're definitely staring down a lock out if this is the stance of the owners and they refuse to negotiate in good faith.

[RWeeksFan23]

3 hours ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

 im not sure why teams opt to throw him strikes.  Go back to a constant diet kf high fastballs and sliders in the dirt and dont change until he actually stops swinging.

Yep, the ol' Javier Baez strategy.

[markedman5]

 

[Underachiever]

In this ranking, the Brewers are third in MLB in Defensive challenges (+2.9), but their hitters are 25th (-0.8).