Jopal78

There will be at least a 60 game season in 2027. Manfred has set up all of the broadcasting contracts in such a way to take them collectively to the market in 2028; a less than a 60 game season would mean several of the national TV contracts extend for another year at the current rates, blowing up the plans they’ve been making for years . Let’s see when March 2027 rolls around what the owners’ actual appetite for losses is and that is probably when the negotiations will start in earnest.

The White Sox winning the pennant would also hurt their narratives. From 100 losses one year to the pennant in the next without spending a pile of money on free agents.

Cynically, with knowing Parsons was likely to miss a large chunk of the season and 11 picks in the 2027 draft which is reported to be unusually filled with talent, they may have viewed this season as more of a soft retooling year anyways.

Trading Wicks for a 6th round pick in 2027 looks pretty foolish now that they have Melton, Moore and Sturdivsnt as their 3-4 and 5th WR

They have cameras all over, if there is footage of Frelick signaling where is the footage of Yelich signaling?

I don’t know, the Padres have a really talented hitting lineup with few if any weak spots They also have received a lot of media credit for their 41-18 tear after July 23rd which resuscitated their season plus their complete suffocation of the Cubs in the WC round. What does gets over looked is the Brewers’ nearly identical 39-21 march after July 23rd. The Brewers were just a little better with their weaker hitters in white knuckle time in Game 2 against a tiring Miller struggling with his command.

Murphy is the best manager in the NL, but you have to respect Stammen. He’s got the best closer in MLB and took a gamble he could get the six out save and head back home tied 1-1, and Miller almost got there. Half the managers wouldn’t have the cojones to take the gamble in the first place. Plus, Stammen might be the only person with San Diego not saying France should’ve had a homer.

Let’s see those pants!

Playing an opponent with an undrafted rookie in his first start at QB and head into half time only up by 3 on a monster FG. Gosh, the Jets are going to love having 2 top ten picks (Their own and GB’s by way of Dallas from the Quinnen Williams trade).

It would be interesting to see who the player pool is. Looking at the metrics we can all see what happened but they do not tell us the “why”. In terms of Frelick he was performing poorly before his shoulder injury and performed even worse after it had healed, so it’s hard to say his poor season was causally connected to injuries. Career trajectory also figures into the equation. 2025 was a lucky one for Sal, his .332 wOBA exceeded his .299 xwOBA. Meanwhile in ‘26 his ground balls were up, line drives down, barrels down and launch angle down. All bad signs heading into ‘27 for a player with very little raw power to begin with. With Lara having a $30M guarantee, Mitchell having a breakout season and Chourio; the question is does Sal bring enough to the table to justify triple the price ($2.4M) of say Lockridge ($800k) as 4th outfielder/platoon player. Like I said the X factor is Murphy’s affinity for Sal which makes an otherwise close decision less so.

Badoo 1150 career PAs .224/.305/.369 Frelick 1725 career PAs .261/.328/.357 If Badoo is a non-tender at a projected $1.3M, I think there’s a more than zero chance Frelick is a non-tender candidate at a projected $2.4M given his career stats and trajectory. However, being Murphy’s boy might trump career numbers and trajectory

It’s the old NFL adage, you’re either getting better or you’re getting worse. They don’t have the talent to seriously compete in the conference, but they have a 43 year old QB who likely has enough juice left to keep them in the hunt for a low playoff seed, ensuring they won’t have top picks to make the inevitable rebuild easier. They have a 63 year old coach, not the guy to shepherd the team through a rebuild but also awkward for a team like the Steelers who are one of the models of stability to fire after a year or two. Can’t blame them for Porter when there’s no daylight between the money he wants and what they’re willing to pay, but with a team built to win now it sure doesn’t help. Like the Packers the Steelers are one of the models of stability and success in the NFL, and it’s strange to seem them suddenly adrift with no real direction (rebuilding vs competing)

43 year old Aaron Rodgers, retread Coach in McCarthy who the Packers fired years ago for lack of innovation, and trading one of their best defensive players for draft picks. A bigger mess than in Green Bay and hurtling towards a lengthy rebuild.

Looks like you might be right and they play them Sunday.

Yeah. Coaches are hired to be fired. Mike Maddux was a genius too before Johnson and has now coached a 1/3 of the teams in the league and has been fired/let go multiple times. In time Hook will likely join them (leave for another organization, get fired, etc)