2026 MLB Thread

[StillAWarrior]

Jo Adell, the Angels RF who robbed 3 HR in one game earlier this season, pulled a "Canseco" last night, with a deep fly bouncing off his head and going over the wall for a HR.

I was at that Canseco game.

[Jockey]

Brewers led MLB in ERA for the month of May.

Every starter had less than 2 years of MLB experience.

[MU82]

Ohtani had three hits last night ... and allowed only two.

Six shutout innings, lowering his ERA to 0.74.

Utterly ridiculous.

[Pakuni]

Another highlight-worthy moment from MVPete tonight.

[TallTitan34]

Another highlight-worthy moment from MVPete tonight.

Surely you mean his first career walk off hit.

Or his home run?

[Pakuni]

Surely you mean his first career walk off hit.

Or his home run?

Ha.

[MU82]

[TallTitan34]

9th in MLB in rWAR and 10th in fWAR.

[MU82]

Aaron Judge out for a while - he has a stress fracture in a rib and won't even be re-evalutated for another 4-6 weeks.

He's no MVPete, but the Yankees will still miss him.

[MU82]

The wind is blowing out at Wrigley today ... but apparently only for the Giants' batters.

[Shaka Shart]

9th in MLB in rWAR and 10th in fWAR.

Being a fast dynamic centerfielder sure helps juice that war. Legit enviable defensive player.

Though why wasn't that fly ball scored an error last night 🤔

[MU82]

In a shocking development, a bellicose billionaire sided with his fellow billionaires in the MLB labor situation.

From The Athletic:

Just a week into baseball's labor talks, President Donald Trump has taken a side.

The president said Friday that he supports a salary cap in Major League Baseball, aligning himself with the owners in a nascent negotiation that could grow contentious enough to cancel games next year.

"If you don't have a salary cap you don't have a sport, because they can't help themselves," Trump told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One, per audio published online by the White House. "They should have done it a long time ago."

The president added it was "shocking, frankly, that they didn't put a cap on many years ago."

[Uncle Rico]

In a shocking development, a bellicose billionaire sided with his fellow billionaires in the MLB labor situation.

From The Athletic:

Just a week into baseball's labor talks, President Donald Trump has taken a side.

The president said Friday that he supports a salary cap in Major League Baseball, aligning himself with the owners in a nascent negotiation that could grow contentious enough to cancel games next year.

"If you don't have a salary cap you don't have a sport, because they can't help themselves," Trump told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One, per audio published online by the White House. "They should have done it a long time ago."

The president added it was "shocking, frankly, that they didn't put a cap on many years ago."

Fiscal conservative wants to limit salaries.  News at 10.

So much for capitalism.

[dgies9156]

The players will NEVER agree to a cap.

The owners are their own worst enemies!

[Jockey]

In a shocking development, a bellicose billionaire sided with his fellow billionaires in the MLB labor situation.

From The Athletic:

Just a week into baseball's labor talks, President Donald Trump has taken a side.

The president said Friday that he supports a salary cap in Major League Baseball, aligning himself with the owners in a nascent negotiation that could grow contentious enough to cancel games next year.

"If you don't have a salary cap you don't have a sport, because they can't help themselves," Trump told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One, per audio published online by the White House. "They should have done it a long time ago."

The president added it was "shocking, frankly, that they didn't put a cap on many years ago."

He also thinks old men should have access to young girls.

IOW, his opinions means nothing.

[Pakuni]

Fiscal conservative wants to limit salaries.  News at 10.

So much for capitalism.

Free marketers hate free markets.

[MU82]

A brutal assessment of the Angels by The Athletic:

Has your team ever had the second-worst farm system in baseball, sat in last place, trailed 7-0 at home against a team that lost 119 games a year ago, and then gone down more when your right fielder missed a fly ball with his glove and volleyed it over the wall with his head for a home run, helping to clinch a series loss against said 119-loss team right before your team drives up the interstate to face its biggest rival, which recently signed away your longtime superstar, the best player ever, and then won back-to-back World Series, with your former star winning consecutive MVPs (don't worry; he's now on his way to a third) while your fans begged on their hands and knees for the owner to sell the team?

However bad you think the Angels are, they're worse. This is now the bleakest team outlook in the major North American professional sports.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

In a shocking development, a bellicose billionaire sided with his fellow billionaires in the MLB labor situation.

From The Athletic:

Just a week into baseball's labor talks, President Donald Trump has taken a side.

The president said Friday that he supports a salary cap in Major League Baseball, aligning himself with the owners in a nascent negotiation that could grow contentious enough to cancel games next year.

"If you don't have a salary cap you don't have a sport, because they can't help themselves," Trump told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One, per audio published online by the White House. "They should have done it a long time ago."

The president added it was "shocking, frankly, that they didn't put a cap on many years ago."

They should definitely take his advice given his wonderful results with the USFL

[Uncle Rico]

They should definitely take his advice given his wonderful results with the USFL

Like so many things, Pete Rozelle was often ahead of the curve

[TallTitan34]

PCA hits his second home run of the day to tie up the game with two outs in the ninth.

https://x.com/mlb/status/2063367366977667205?s=46

Hitting 19-46 (.413) with 5 homers in an 11 game hit streak.

[wadesworld]

PCA hits his second home run of the day to tie up the game with two outs in the ninth.

https://x.com/mlb/status/2063367366977667205?s=46

Hitting 19-46 (.413) with 5 homers in an 11 game hit streak.

MVPete!

[Shaka Shart]

PCA hits his second home run of the day to tie up the game with two outs in the ninth.

https://x.com/mlb/status/2063367366977667205?s=46

Hitting 19-46 (.413) with 5 homers in an 11 game hit streak.

You didn't answer me why his misjudge and give up wasn't ruled an error. Weird

[The Sultan]

You didn't answer me why his misjudge and give up wasn't ruled an error. Weird

Are misjudged fly balls usually ruled an error?

[TallTitan34]

You didn't answer me why his misjudge and give up wasn't ruled an error. Weird

I'm pretty sure they rarely, if ever, give an error on a ball you don't see.

[Pakuni]

I'm pretty sure they rarely, if ever, give an error on a ball you don't see.

Yeah, that's not going to be ruled an error and if he lost in the lights ... it happens.
Him turning around and watching the ball roll away, rather than make any effort to go retrieve it, is the bad look there.
He may be a bit unfairly under the microscope on these kinds of things, but if you're going to be an attention-seeker, then it goes both ways.