MLB HOT STOVE ‘25-‘26

[Shaka Shart]

Think of how much sand that could buy

[MU82]

I'm amused the Brewers fans here are upset at the deal and not the Cubs fans who lost their player.

My son, a big Cubbie fan, said: "I am getting so sick of this sh!t."

That's life in the big leagues, kid.

[JWags85]

My son, a big Cubbie fan, said: "I am getting so sick of this sh!t."

That's life in the big leagues, kid.

I mean, speaking as a Cubs fan, I'm not thrilled about losing Tucker, but they just signed a big name All Star/Gold Glove third baseman for $175MM last week.  They signed another All Star/Gold Glove player in Swanson a few offseasons ago.  They aren't Little Sisters of the Poor who can't afford any top free agents.

If not the Dodgers, the Mets were gonna overpay for Tucker.  He was gone anyways.

Listen, what the Dodgers are doing is absurd.  I saw that they are actually paying $120MM a year for Tucker (The $60MM plus luxury taxes on it).  That's larger than some team payrolls.  They have more than $800MM in contracts in excess of the total contracts of the Padres, who are second, and have a bunch of inflated contracts of their own.  Any disappointment I have is divorced from any Cubs fanship cause I assumed he'd likely be going to Queens anyways.

What I think is more insane is, while he is a very good player, Tucker (4x AS, 1 GG, 2 SS) is making DOUBLE the annual salary of Mookie Betts (8x AS, 1 MVP, 6 GG, and 7 SS) and only $10MM (14%) less than Ohtani who is the best player of the last 25 years and who has a realistic chance of chasing down Bonds' 7 MVPs.

[18thandWells]

I'm amused the Brewers fans here are upset at the deal and not the Cubs fans who lost their player.

This isn't about the Brewers. This is about every 97-win team who can only muster 4 total runs in the Championship Series due to a poor system of revenue sharing.

[wadesworld]

At least the Dodgers' payroll for 2026 as it stands is less than $100MM more than the second highest payroll.  They're only $96.5MM more than the Mets.  Baseball has this figured out.

[GB Warrior]

Is there any calculus for the Dodgers in this with respect to the CBA? Like surely a salary cap helps them too - pure profit if they are limited by rule. And if they keep making these absurdist moves that stretch the game to its limit, a cap becomes a move in self-preservation.

Or is this just a calculus of Dodgers money printer go brrrr

[JWags85]

This is *chefs kiss*

https://x.com/mattmccarthy985/status/2011999828503576982?s=46

[TallTitan34]

Bichette to Mets.  3/$126.  Two opt outs.

[JWags85]

After Jhostynxon "The Password" Garcia and his brother, Johanfran "The Username" Garcia, we have another entry to the "real MLB player or minor character from Major League", welcome the new Brewers signing from the DR...

https://x.com/benbadler/status/2011895597952090213?s=46

Ricky Moneys!! You could reasonably assume it's a nickname Ricky Henderson gave himself

[GB Warrior]

After Jhostynxon "The Password" Garcia and his brother, Johanfran "The Username" Garcia, we have another entry to the "real MLB player or minor character from Major League", welcome the new Brewers signing from the DR...

https://x.com/benbadler/status/2011895597952090213?s=46

Ricky Moneys!! You could reasonably assume it's a nickname Ricky Henderson gave himself

Brewers 2035 Word Series is so back on the schedule.

[18thandWells]

After Jhostynxon "The Password" Garcia and his brother, Johanfran "The Username" Garcia, we have another entry to the "real MLB player or minor character from Major League", welcome the new Brewers signing from the DR...

https://x.com/benbadler/status/2011895597952090213?s=46

Ricky Moneys!! You could reasonably assume it's a nickname Ricky Henderson gave himself

"Hey, Hey, Hey," we used to drop Rickey money at 26th and State.

[Shaka Shart]

Brewers 2035 Word Series is so back on the schedule.

Ideally by then the Ishbias are spending a chunk of change on the luxury tax in Chicago so Brewers fans have something else to complain about.

I assume by then the Ricketts will have built a hotel casino on the field itself and the team is forced to move.