2026 MLB Thread

[PointWarrior]

baseball is a long season - hottest team in baseball a month ago is back to .500 but still in first place I am told every day...

[BM1090]

I wouldn't lump the Giants in with those other teams. Bad, sure. But at least they play baseball.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I wouldn't lump the Giants in with those other teams. Bad, sure. But at least they play baseball.

The Giants of the second worst record in the majors and tied for the second worst run differential Giants? Those Giants?

[BM1090]

The Giants of the second worst record in the majors and tied for the second worst run differential Giants? Those Giants?

Yeah. I mean, small sample. But I've watched those three teams play 5-6 games each. The Giants (other than Devers) seem like they're trying to win.

The other two are just going through the motions. They still suck thouhg.

[MU82]

baseball is a long season - hottest team in baseball a month ago is back to .500 but still in first place I am told every day...

Most of us let the standings tell us what place a team is in, but it's OK if you use a Ouija board.

But yes, despite being in first place, the Mariners are the definition of mediocrity.

[Jockey]

I never realized Ernie Clement was the best player in the AL.

[The Sultan]

Most teams that aren't Mets, Giants, and Rockies would go 9-2 against the Mets, Giants, and Rockies 

I think most of the Cubs roller coaster is a product of their schedule. Cubs are currently 20-24 against teams with a run differential higher than -20 (and 6-1 of that is against the Phillies before they changed managers). They're 24-13 against teams below that. Their schedule has featured two long stretches of soft teams where to their credit, they took care of business. Once the schedule picked up, they spiraled.

Cubs haven't won a series against a team with better than a -47 run differential since May 3rd. Gonna need to see more against good teams before I believe they are back.

Of course now that I've posted this, they are going to sweep the Brewers.

I am worried because the Cubs are playing in a modern stadium instead of that sh*thole that is their home field. The cream rises to the top when you get to play in places like AFF.

[PointWarrior]

Miz hit 105.5 vs PCA... 

[GB Warrior]

I'm not sure what you do about it but the Brewers offense is a problem. 1-30 RISP this week

[Uncle Rico]

Miz hit 105.5 vs PCA... 

PCA caught it bare-handed

[wadesworld]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaFuyautpfH/?l=1

[MU82]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaFuyautpfH/?l=1

His IQ is much lower than Miz's average fastball mph.

[CreightonWarrior]

His IQ is much lower than Miz's average fastball mph.

but his (perceived) vertical is much higher.

[cheebs09]

Tough to have a loss more frustrating than that one.

[GB Warrior]

Embarrassing series by the Brewers with a chance to put the division significantly out of reach. They're not good enough on offense or in the bullpen. Big swings needed in the next month.

[MU82]

It's July 1, so today's the day Bobby Bonilla gets his annual $1.93 million payment from the Mets, which he has received every year since 2011 and will get through 2035 as part of a contract buyout decades ago. Remains the quirkiest deal in sports.

(From The Athletic)

[Uncle Rico]

It's July 1, so today's the day Bobby Bonilla gets his annual $1.93 million payment from the Mets, which he has received every year since 2011 and will get through 2035 as part of a contract buyout decades ago. Remains the quirkiest deal in sports.

(From The Athletic)

Bruce Sutter's deal with the Braves got him around $1.2 million a year until he passed away in 2022 and that deal was signed in 1984.

[JWags85]

For all the very justified jokes about and towards MVPete...he's been playing absolutely out of his damn mind the last few weeks

[Uncle Rico]

For all the very justified jokes about and towards MVPete...he's been playing absolutely out of his damn mind the last few weeks

Steroids have kicked in

[GB Warrior]

For all the very justified jokes about and towards MVPete...he's been playing absolutely out of his damn mind the last few weeks

He's Pete-ing too soon

[MuggsyB]

Terrible call in the Brewers game. 

[TallTitan34]

For all the very justified jokes about and towards MVPete...he's been playing absolutely out of his damn mind the last few weeks

Added 3.1 fWAR in June alone.

[MU82]

Mel Ott ... Jimmie Foxx ... Joe DiMaggio ... Lou Gehrig ...

And Dansby Swanson!

The all-time great Cubbie slugger now has 26 RBIs in his last 10 games - the most by any MLB player in 87 years.

According to Baseball Reference, that's the fourth-highest 10-game total in MLB history, tied with Ott (1929), and only 1 RBI behind Foxx (1933), DiMaggio (1939) and Gehrig (1930) in MLB history.

[Jockey]

With PCA being the MVP and Swanson being one jog the greatest hitters ever, the Cubs magic number must be getting pretty low.

[TallTitan34]

And Dansby Swanson!

Believe I saw he became the 22nd player in history to have 5 home runs in two games.  He came about two feet away from being the first player with 6.

Granted, one was off a position player pitching.