2026 Misc MLB News Thread

[liveforoctober]

Bill has challenged and has won the most challenges behind the plate and 2nd place isn't particularly close in either category. % wise not so much ... but volume is all Contreras.

2026 MLB ABS challenge system tracker: Team, player rankings - ESPN

Also, Sanchez being 8 for 20 at the plate challenging is hysterical.

I wonder if Angel Hernandez was still around what kind of earth shattering numbers he would be putting up with the challenge system...

[igor67]

Brewers with the highest challenge rate for catchers/pitchers and the lowest for batters.

[Samurai Bucky]

The Brewers challenge less often when hitting than any other team.  I guess they haven't heard yelling from our household:  TAP YOUR HELMET!!!

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, Samurai Bucky said:

The Brewers challenge less often when hitting than any other team.  I guess they haven't heard yelling from our household:  TAP YOUR HELMET!!!

I don't really like how the Brewers have handled the challenge system but according to the team summary leaderboard on savant the Brewers are 5th in runs gained vs expected from challenging so their plan at least seems to be working.

[Samurai Bucky]

15 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

I don't really like how the Brewers have handled the challenge system but according to the team summary leaderboard on savant the Brewers are 5th in runs gained vs expected from challenging so their plan at least seems to be working.

I wonder about the Gary Sanchez coefficient... LOL

[HarryDoyle]

Only 1000?

 

[wiguy94]

Anyone else think this is a very generous triple ruling for Harper to get his cycle?

 

[liveforoctober]

Oh my gosh Freddy got pummeled. His era is in the upper 4s now. New York media has already been hard on him this year.. They are going to throw him under the bus this week.

[HarryDoyle]

8 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

Anyone else think this is a very generous triple ruling for Harper to get his cycle?

 

I don't know the exact rule in what constitutes a triple in that situation (how far you round second) but if the idiot shortstop throws to third instead of home with a ten run deficit, they got Harper dead to rights. The throw home is the bigger question. He had no shot throwing him out at home. If it's a tie game, no way Harper tries for three.

[Frisbee Slider]

8 hours ago, liveforoctober said:

Oh my gosh Freddy got pummeled. His era is in the upper 4s now. New York media has already been hard on him this year.. They are going to throw him under the bus this week.

I wonder how it affects his next contract. 

[HarryDoyle]

21 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

I wonder how it affects his next contract. 

Probably not much. This is what happens when you bill someone as an ace when in reality he's a #3 or low end #2. I don't know why it was so hard for some people here to admit that.

[Frisbee Slider]

8 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Probably not much. This is what happens when you bill someone as an ace when in reality he's a #3 or low end #2. I don't know why it was so hard for some people here to admit that.

Peralta is coming off three consecutive seasons of 200 strikeouts. Only Dylan Cease has more strikeouts than Peralta since 2023. Cease is probably a good comp for Peralta and he got $210 million. I doubt Freddy comes close to that number, though.

[Jopal78]

11 hours ago, liveforoctober said:

Oh my gosh Freddy got pummeled. His era is in the upper 4s now. New York media has already been hard on him this year.. They are going to throw him under the bus this week.

Interestingly,  the immediate impact of the Peralta trade for both clubs is negligible. Myers and Sproat have negative WARs, Peralta is 0.1 and Williams has yet to play in the majors. 
 

5 years is a long time, but anyone would be hard pressed to say the arrow is pointing up on either Sproat or Williams right now too. 

[owbc]

4 hours ago, HarryDoyle said:

I don't know the exact rule in what constitutes a triple in that situation (how far you round second) but if the idiot shortstop throws to third instead of home with a ten run deficit, they got Harper dead to rights. The throw home is the bigger question. He had no shot throwing him out at home. If it's a tie game, no way Harper tries for three.

Correct ruling IMO.

Harper had no plans to stop at 2nd even if he was out by a mile. He was going full speed and not even looking at the cutoff man. 

[umphrey]

I think if a team let's Freddy focus on 5 and dive they would get ace level rate stats. Always thought he would go to a team with a good bullpen that would just pull him early every game. 

[markedman5]

 

[owbc]

MLB run differential leaders:
LAD: +133
MIL: +119
NYY: +112
ATL: +97
The other 6 teams with positive run differentials combined: +84

[Fear The Chorizo]

On 6/21/2026 at 8:19 AM, Jopal78 said:

Interestingly,  the immediate impact of the Peralta trade for both clubs is negligible. Myers and Sproat have negative WARs, Peralta is 0.1 and Williams has yet to play in the majors. 
 

5 years is a long time, but anyone would be hard pressed to say the arrow is pointing up on either Sproat or Williams right now too. 

Sproat's arm/raw stuff and Williams simply being a MLB-caliber middle infielder yet to break into the major leagues means the Brewers won this trade by a landslide - if the Mets were to offer Peralta back and wanted Sproat +Williams in return it would be an awful trade for the Brewers.

I get that MLB results haven't been good for Sproat in terms of an "arrow up" outlook on him as a pitcher as he is breaking into the majors as a starter who still needs more development, and may be better suited at present in a long relief/setup - type role....Corbin Burnes was once statistically the worst starting pitcher in MLB early in his Brewers career, and he won a Cy Young not long after.

[Brian]

Cardinals pushing to get Sonny Gray from Red Sox with a 8-1 record on a last place team and a 3.12 ERA. I would take him hands down over Skubal because he is injury free. 

[Jopal78]

1 hour ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

Sproat's arm/raw stuff and Williams simply being a MLB-caliber middle infielder yet to break into the major leagues means the Brewers won this trade by a landslide - if the Mets were to offer Peralta back and wanted Sproat +Williams in return it would be an awful trade for the Brewers.

I get that MLB results haven't been good for Sproat in terms of an "arrow up" outlook on him as a pitcher as he is breaking into the majors as a starter who still needs more development, and may be better suited at present in a long relief/setup - type role....Corbin Burnes was once statistically the worst starting pitcher in MLB early in his Brewers career, and he won a Cy Young not long after.

Like I said 5 years is a long time so who knows but not a landslide by any measure. 

Williams is a .700 OPS 3B in AAA he will have to show significant improvement before even being considered for the major league roster. But equally important with Turang and Chourio with years of control remaining,  Pratt and Lara signed longterm and Made hot on his heels there is no regular playing time in Milwaukee in the foreseeable future at 2B, SS, and LF, CF. Certainly not a situation or a statistical profile to date that makes one say his arrow is pointing up. 
 

Sproat is the same pitcher he was with the Mets, big arm but lacks command of the fastball and consistency  of his secondary pitches. He’s pitching in the Brewers rotation more because he’s been fully healthy than anything else. Could he still figure it out, absolutely; but with an era of nearly 6, a FIP of 5.52 and ERA+ 71 and a HardH% against of 43.3% suggests he probably should be in AAA.

[Fear The Chorizo]

1 hour ago, Jopal78 said:

Like I said 5 years is a long time so who knows but not a landslide by any measure. 

Williams is a .700 OPS 3B in AAA he will have to show significant improvement before even being considered for the major league roster. But equally important with Turang and Chourio with years of control remaining,  Pratt and Lara signed longterm and Made hot on his heels there is no regular playing time in Milwaukee in the foreseeable future at 2B, SS, and LF, CF. Certainly not a situation or a statistical profile to date that makes one say his arrow is pointing up. 
 

Sproat is the same pitcher he was with the Mets, big arm but lacks command of the fastball and consistency  of his secondary pitches. He’s pitching in the Brewers rotation more because he’s been fully healthy than anything else. Could he still figure it out, absolutely; but with an era of nearly 6, a FIP of 5.52 and ERA+ 71 and a HardH% against of 43.3% suggests he probably should be in AAA.

All of that is true, but what also is true is Peralta isnt having a great season and the Brewers get sproat plus williams for 11 more years of team control after this season.  Even a 1-2 year window of above average mlb production from either of those guys makes the trade a net positive for the Brewers.  My gut tells me 1 or both of those players are going to be part of future trades and not become Brewer mainstays, but its way, way too early to write off top 100 prospect level talent.

 

Its not highway robbery like the trade to Boston for Harrison, Drohan and Hamilton, but the Peralta/Sproat and Williams trade is a huge win for the Brewers organization

[Thurston Fluff]

48 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

All of that is true, but what also is true is Peralta isnt having a great season and the Brewers get sproat plus williams for 11 more years of team control after this season.  Even a 1-2 year window of above average mlb production from either of those guys makes the trade a net positive for the Brewers.  My gut tells me 1 or both of those players are going to be part of future trades and not become Brewer mainstays, but its way, way too early to write off top 100 prospect level talent.

 

Its not highway robbery like the trade to Boston for Harrison, Drohan and Hamilton, but the Peralta/Sproat and Williams trade is a huge win for the Brewers organization

Maybe it's just my impression but it seems like Sproat starts to struggle after a couple innings. All things considered, if he ended up being just a multi inning reliever and Williams never panned out at all I'd still consider it a win. 

[Brian]

7 hours ago, Thurston Fluff said:

Maybe it's just my impression but it seems like Sproat starts to struggle after a couple innings. 

I'll take 6 innings of 1 hit baseball every game from any starter like Sproat did tonight. 

[Thurston Fluff]

12 hours ago, Brian said:

I'll take 6 innings of 1 hit baseball every game from any starter like Sproat did tonight. 

Anyone would. One start doesn't erase what he was until then nor mean he's not going to struggle to go longer again. To be clear my point wasn't that Sproat isn't ever going to be a quality starter. It was that even if he was only ever a once through the order guy he was more valauble to the Brewers than one season of Peralta.

[markedman5]