2026 Misc MLB News Thread

[titanrick]

1 hour ago, Jopal78 said:

They gave up spare parts that were not in their future plans to get Durbin, Monasterio a comp pick and Seigler. I’m sure they’ll be okay with the deal even if Durbin doesn’t play well this year.

If Harrison and Drohan are considered spare parts, what are Mona and Seigler considered?

[Team Canada]

Other than kinda by definition if you're trading someone you feel ok about moving forward without them, I don't think it's at all accurate to classify the pitching Boston sent back as "spare parts".

[Jopal78]

58 minutes ago, Roderick said:

Harrison is much more than a spare part.  And Drohan looks to be a cheap pen guy sooner than later.  Hamilton would be classified as spare parts for Boston, he didn't hit enough to keep a backup infielder spot.

Harrison could be a key contributor for the Brewers. BUT that doesn’t mean he was more than spare parts in Boston or part of their future. 
 

Look at the facts. Harrison was in the Giants rotation for more than   a whole season when he was traded. The Red Sox then immediately sent him to AAA and he stayed there until September while Boston used 11 different pitchers to start a game between when he was acquired on 6/15/25 and when he ultimately debuted for Boston on 9/10/25.

When the season ended the Red Sox added Sonny Gray, Ranger Suarez and Johan Oviedo to Crochet and Bello. They have 2 Top 100 prospects in Early and Tolle ready for the majors.

 So yeah, Harrison spare parts and the text book definition of a guy who obviously was not without value but was not a key player in Boston nor seemingly in their immediate future plans.

[Jopal78]

23 minutes ago, Team Canada said:

Other than kinda by definition if you're trading someone you feel ok about moving forward without them, I don't think it's at all accurate to classify the pitching Boston sent back as "spare parts".

What do you call an SP with 38 career stats who was probably no higher than maybe 7th on the Boston depth chart? 
 

That the Brewers liked him, doesn’t make the other not true. 

[homer]

1 hour ago, Jopal78 said:

They gave up spare parts that were not in their future plans to get Durbin, Monasterio a comp pick and Seigler. I’m sure they’ll be okay with the deal even if Durbin doesn’t play well this year.

If Harrison turns into a reliable middle of the rotation starter they will probably wonder why they suck so bad at developing pitching.,

[Jopal78]

21 minutes ago, homer said:

If Harrison turns into a reliable middle of the rotation starter they will probably wonder why they suck so bad at developing pitching.,

Tolle (MLB Top 100/#17) and Early (#54).
 

For whatever reason (maybe they were never really enamored with Harrison but needed to move Devers quickly, but his contract limited the suitors and their offers, so they simply took the best controllable talent the Giants were willing to part with) Boston seemingly was not very high on Harrison despite trading for him, and  I really don’t think the Red Sox front office will lose sleep if he emerges as a reliable front end starter in Milwaukee, or if Durbin is a complete bust. 

[Fear The Chorizo]

If I'm Boston I think I stop trading young pitching they can't get the most from to Milwaukee - it was just about a year ago they sent Priester to us for Yophery (still a solid prospect but he had a subpar 2025 in high A for the Red Sox).

[owbc]

Let’s not pretend like we unloaded anyone of high value in that trade either. 

[jl419]

Maybe saying the Sox traded from depth is more apt.

[gregmag]

A lot of preseason assessments of the Brewers dwelled on the team’s success last year in scoring without hitting the ball hard, emphasizing how unsustainable that is. 
 
What those assessments seemed to miss is that we had 3.5 hitters who accounted for a lot of that weak contact success — Collins, Durbin, Frelick, and Mona (the .5) — and we traded 2.5 of them. That’s a deliberate change to move on from offensive smoke and mirrors.

If the guys Boston traded were spare parts to them, you have to view the guys we traded the same way. The Brewers clearly did not view Durbin and Mona (let alone Siegler) as meaningful contributors going forward.

 

[Ewitkows1]

Durbin currently 0-18 with 1 walk and 5 SO

[markedman5]

Pirates going all in on Griffin 

 

 

[long ball]

1 hour ago, markedman5 said:

Pirates going all in on Griffin 

 

 

Probably pretty good framework on what it would take to sign Made to a long term deal. 
 

i know griffin is considered to be a better prospect than Emerson, but this is a heck of a lot more. 

[Frisbee Slider]

Yankees allowing one run per game without the benefit of their "good pitchers."

Dodgers already lost twice and scoring fewer than four runs per game. Freeman, Betts, Hernandez, Tucker and Ohtani with slow starts with the bat.

Yankees, Brewers and Marlins (?) tied with 5-1 records.

[markedman5]

 

[Team Canada]

On 4/2/2026 at 7:23 AM, Ewitkows1 said:

Durbin currently 0-18 with 1 walk and 5 SO

He got a hit today!

[formerlybis]

1 hour ago, markedman5 said:

 

I might be totally misremembering this, but didn't the Cubs pitch Horton more innings last season than what "the formula" says (like we kept hearing for Miz)? Disregard if that's not accurate, but if it is, are the chickens coming home to roost with this? Or does that only apply to the season where you exceed the innings? Just curious. Also can happen to anyone at any time, and maybe this is nothing, too.

[wiguy94]

8 minutes ago, formerlybis said:

I might be totally misremembering this, but didn't the Cubs pitch Horton more innings last season than what "the formula" says (like we kept hearing for Miz)? Disregard if that's not accurate, but if it is, are the chickens coming home to roost with this? Or does that only apply to the season where you exceed the innings? Just curious. Also can happen to anyone at any time, and maybe this is nothing, too.

He did have a pretty big jump. Here's how his IP per year have looked.

2022 - 53.2

2023 - 88.1

2024 - 34.1

2025 - 147

Jumping from a previous high of 88 to 147 is definitely a pretty big jump especially when you factor in he only threw 34 innings in the season between those.

[valpocrewsader]

14 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Yankees, Brewers and Marlins (?) tied with 5-1 records.

Saw a graphic on MLB Network today that the Marlins have the 5th best record in baseball since like mid/late June last year. I was not aware. Brewers face them on the road in 2 weeks. 

[Playing Catch]

14 hours ago, valpocrewsader said:

Saw a graphic on MLB Network today that the Marlins have the 5th best record in baseball since like mid/late June last year. I was not aware. Brewers face them on the road in 2 weeks. 

They looked good when they played the Crew last year. If Alcantara is back to his old ways, and some of those kids grow up, they'll be in the hunt.

[adambr2]

Joey Wiemer’s .588 batting average may not be sustainable …

I absolutely hated that trade for Montas — and Wiemer may in fact plummet back down to earth - but, given the fact that Wiemer was DFAed in December and available to anyone, if he pans out, hard to blame any GM, just credit to the Nats. But I hope he does pan out as a late bloomer.

[Team Canada]

Best defensive performance of all time?

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48400896/jo-adell-robs-mariners-three-homers-angels-1-0-win

 

[ClosetBrewerFan]

10 hours ago, Team Canada said:

Best defensive performance of all time?

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48400896/jo-adell-robs-mariners-three-homers-angels-1-0-win

 

Its pretty incredible.  I'm just trying to grapple with the odds of three fly balls that were hit in one game that were near enough to the fence that they could be robbed.  Let alone they all go to the same guy.  Obviously its a great defensive performance but there was a lot luck involved for him to be in the position to rob them.

[markedman5]

 

[pitchleague]

I don’t know how miscellaneous this is, but are the Brewers not doing a pregame show for road games this year?  All four games so far did not offer one on the MLB.TV app.  Last season they had pregame shows for home and road available.

So, just checking in case I’m missing something.