2026 Misc MLB News Thread

[cragi]

i dont know. Part of Murph's effectiveness is having the guys playing with some looseness and fun, not so uptight. He seems harder on the rookies. Everyone knew the situation that the white flag had been raised. Doesnt require the brewers to let up but im sure Murph saw what was going down and let it play. And after he smoked that ball it made me wonder if he could switch hit in the future without seeing his current splits.

[RWeeksFan23]

7 hours ago, wibadgers23 said:

I can't believe how crappy the NL West is this year.  Outside of the Dodgers, every team is .500 or below.  The Giants and Rockies are especially crappy.  The AL West is in a similar situation and the AL Central isn't much better.  Strange year overall so far.

It's crazy too because I don't think the Padres, Diamondbacks, and even Giants are that bad on paper.

[markedman5]

Appreciate the effort last night Jake

 

[adambr2]

Tristan Peters hit for the cycle yesterday, was named to the AL All-Star team and has a 3 WAR so far for the White Sox this season.

For those who aren’t familiar, we traded him in 2022 for an injured Trevor Rosenthal who never threw a pitch for us. 

[wibadgers23]

2 hours ago, adambr2 said:

For those who aren’t familiar, we traded him in 2022 for an injured Trevor Rosenthal who never threw a pitch for us. 

We have have made some truly awful trades for relievers at the deadline the past few years, not to mention the Zerpa trade in the offseason.

[Frisbee Slider]

3 hours ago, adambr2 said:

Tristan Peters hit for the cycle yesterday, was named to the AL All-Star team and has a 3 WAR so far for the White Sox this season.

For those who aren’t familiar, we traded him in 2022 for an injured Trevor Rosenthal who never threw a pitch for us. 

Ouch. At the same time, San Francisco and Tampa both gave up on him too.

[Jopal78]

16 hours ago, adambr2 said:

Tristan Peters hit for the cycle yesterday, was named to the AL All-Star team and has a 3 WAR so far for the White Sox this season.

For those who aren’t familiar, we traded him in 2022 for an injured Trevor Rosenthal who never threw a pitch for us. 

Yep, and the Brewers traded him to the Giants, who later traded him to the Rays who subsequently sold his contract to the White Sox last December. 
 

Fluky stuff happens for sure. 

[biedergb]

19 hours ago, adambr2 said:

Tristan Peters hit for the cycle yesterday, was named to the AL All-Star team and has a 3 WAR so far for the White Sox this season.

For those who aren’t familiar, we traded him in 2022 for an injured Trevor Rosenthal who never threw a pitch for us. 

The 2021-2023 trade deadlines were pretty bad for brewers Front Office in terms of relievers, losing our best (although we got Contreras ultimately and also still have Gasser), and acquiring the collection of Norris, Curtiss, Rosenthal, Bush, Chafin who all amounted to very little or negative value.  And the team lost Reece Olson (2021 for Norris) and Peters (2022 for rosnethal).

[Brian]

All Star Coverage 2026 Fun Fact:  Jacob Misiorowski was 4 years old when Justin Verlander threw his first no hitter in the MLB. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

The Derby was spectacular and I haven't watched it in years. The new format was much better. Netflix did a great job. Walker's family seem like wonderful people. 

The weirdest part was Bonds on the mic. It was so nonchalant and he was just part of the scene again. 

[Matt]

Here's your Misiorowski extension baseline.

[TURBO]

2 hours ago, Matt said:

Here's your Misiorowski extension baseline.

That seems fair to me...

[tmwiese55]

I figured a Miz discussion would be way more than that so not even worth having. But at slightly more than that, especially if team options are involved there's a chance something could be done that make sense all the way around.   Still doubtful on it but worth kicking the can on 

[yfinn6]

Cal Raleigh has a .577 OPS in 66 games played in 2026 and is striking out approximately 38% of the time. 

[Underachiever]

Red Sox are now the 3rd AL wild card. 13-game winning streaks fix a lot of things 

[Brian]

On 7/19/2026 at 8:41 PM, Underachiever said:

Red Sox are now the 3rd AL wild card. 13-game winning streaks fix a lot of things 

14 in a row now on a Caleb Durbin blast.  Durbin has hit safely in 31 of his last 44 games, with 20 extra-base hits and nine homers.  Batting .308 in his last 107 at bats. 

[owbc]

On 7/18/2026 at 7:59 PM, yfinn6 said:

Cal Raleigh has a .577 OPS in 66 games played in 2026 and is striking out approximately 38% of the time. 

Terry Francona decided to play those numbers by IBBing the hitter in front of Cal to load the bases. It didn’t work out for him. 

[Opening Day]

55 minutes ago, Brian said:

14 in a row now on a Caleb Durbin blast.  Durbin has hit safely in 31 of his last 44 games, with 20 extra-base hits and nine homers.  Batting .308 in his last 107 at bats. 

Good for him, I wish him well in the American league.  Im also happy with the trade.  But he was good for us last year and I respect the way he plays.

[Jopal78]

8 hours ago, Brian said:

14 in a row now on a Caleb Durbin blast.  Durbin has hit safely in 31 of his last 44 games, with 20 extra-base hits and nine homers.  Batting .308 in his last 107 at bats. 

Boston illustrates how fickle and short sighted sports fans a can be, and also how awful sports journalism has become in 2026.

Boston fired their Manager after 27 games, and the journalists in the echo chamber all wanted Breslow’s head on a spike for not having a clue what he’s doing.

Now, as we move towards the trade deadline the Red Sox control their own destiny in a play off position despite their ace Crochet having not pitched since April, Roman Anthony being out since the beginning of May and having two other impact starting pitchers on the IL. 
 

Moreover, the Harrison/Durbin et al swap looks like a fair trade for both teams, and essentially absorbing Gray and Contreras’ contracts from St. Louis looks like a master stroke, and not to mention moving the $250 million dollars guaranteed to Devers over to be San Francisco’s problem. 

[Brian]

7 hours ago, Opening Day said:

Good for him, I wish him well in the American league.  Im also happy with the trade.  But he was good for us last year and I respect the way he plays.

I agree and Durbin was 100% better than Lewis Rengifo but we did get Kyle Harrison, Shane Drohan and David Hamilton who by the way I haven seen in almost 3 weeks. Hamilton that is.