2026 MLB (Non-Tigers) Thread

[tiger2022]

Mark Prior and Kerry Wood.  So much potential but then Dusty Baker was their manager.

[NorthWoods]

3 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

I don't know.   Playing in Fenway helped a lot.    We'll never know.    Such a horrifying injury.    It had to have contributed to his early death.    

He's always stuck with me, it happened when I was a kid and it all seemed so unfair.  As you get older you realize that life is unfair.  We had a kid on my 7th and 8th grade football teams that literally was unstoppable as a RB.   Last game 8th grade, tears his knee up and never plays again.  Things being so different then he rode the team bus home before they took him to the hospital.  50+ years later and I still can hear him on that ride. Sort of like Billy Sim's knee, what might have been.......

[casimir]

On 2/10/2026 at 2:43 PM, theroundsquare said:

I think of Bo Jackson

Deion Sanders’ account of his college football encounter with Bo Jackson is an all timer.

 

[Tigermojo]

Paddack to Miami. We play them in April. Score runs dummies! 

[Motor City Sonics]

Nick Castellanos has had a strange career.      I don't think it's over now.   I think he can redeem himself, but only as DH.  That guy couldn't catch a cold.       

I don't know if he's the worst defensive player of all time, I doubt it.  I am sure there are several guys that I've never heard of that were worse, but in the 21st Century - you could make an argument. 

Delmon Young was an adventure.  

Edited Friday at 01:22 AM by Motor City Sonics

[Tenacious D]

16 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Nick Castellanos has had a strange career.      I don't think it's over now.   I think he can redeem himself, but only as DH.  That guy couldn't catch a cold.       

I don't know if he's the worst defensive player of all time, I doubt it.  I am sure there are several guys that I've never heard of that were worse, but in the 21st Century - you could make an argument. 

Delmon Young was an adventure.  

The article in the Athletic does not paint a pretty picture.

He never could field, now can’t hit and is a prickly d-bag.  I don’t see another team pursuing him.

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, Tenacious D said:

The article in the Athletic does not paint a pretty picture.

He never could field, now can’t hit and is a prickly d-bag.  I don’t see another team pursuing him.

Hope he saved up some money. He's gonna need it.

[Tigermojo]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/02/tony-clark-resign-mlbpa-executive-director.html

[theroundsquare]

I think the players would be wise to go back to having somebody other than a former player for this role

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Tigermojo said:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/02/tony-clark-resign-mlbpa-executive-director.html

the shoe finally dropped. I hope this becomes an opening for better future outcomes.

[Tiger337]

Tony Clark is too soft.  He just doesn't  care enough.  You can tell by his body language.  He has the talent, but never does  anything when it counts.  We would lose all of April and May with him in charge.  now, we can hope for a full season.    

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Tony Clark is too soft.  He just doesn't  care enough.  You can tell by his body language.  He has the talent, but never does  anything when it counts.  We would lose all of April and May with him in charge.  now, we can hope for a full season.    

what else can you expect from a guy with a silly beard?

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Edited yesterday at 05:33 PM by gehringer_2

[NorthWoods]

4 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

what else can you expect from a guy with a silly beard?

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"inappropriate affair" with his sister in law.   She probably couldn't resist the beard.

[Motor City Sonics]

This is an odd time for the Tony Clark thing. 

 

There will be no 2027 season.  

[Tenacious D]

3 hours ago, NorthWoods said:

"inappropriate affair" with his sister in law.   She probably couldn't resist the beard.

Is “inappropriate” really necessary in that sentence?

[oblong]

Was it his brothers wife or wife’s sister?  

[gehringer_2]

7 hours ago, NorthWoods said:

"inappropriate affair" with his sister in law.   She probably couldn't resist the beard.

do a terrible job for 10 yrs, waste money on possibly fraudulent activities, featherbed your buddies, but then get fired for who you sleep with? As American as apple pie and.....baseball.

Edited 17 hours ago by gehringer_2

[tiger2022]

The union leaders are also under investigating because they were using a company to financially enrich themselves.  Unbelievable.  Who would ever believe that union bigwigs would ever do anything unethical?

[RatkoVarda]

Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write:

I'm pretty sure the head of the MLBPA can bang as many of his sisters-in-law as he wants without losing his job

the problem is, he had an inappropriate relationship with a union employee, who happens to be his sister-in-law

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, RatkoVarda said:

Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write:

I'm pretty sure the head of the MLBPA can bang as many of his sisters-in-law as he wants without losing his job

the problem is, he had an inappropriate relationship with a union employee, who happens to be his sister-in-law

that's even better.

[NorthWoods]

12 hours ago, oblong said:

Was it his brothers wife or wife’s sister?  

According to the article I read it was his wife's sister.   Certainly makes it more understandable since he was attracted to the type.

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, RatkoVarda said:

Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write:

I'm pretty sure the head of the MLBPA can bang as many of his sisters-in-law as he wants without losing his job

the problem is, he had an inappropriate relationship with a union employee, who happens to be his sister-in-law

True as this is, that angle also makes it even more unseemly and serves to increase public support for his ouster.

[gehringer_2]

maybe shouda just joined the LDS?

 

[oblong]

My wife and her sister look like twins, even though they are half siblings.  My wife is blond/brown and sister is a brunette. That's the only difference.

But I never ever thought of her that way. It would be gross, I think of her like my sister, and it's incestuous.  I don't mean gross in a moral way, just being a good boy, or whatever.  It's just wrong. It would be like kissing my sister.

[Tenacious D]

6 hours ago, NorthWoods said:

According to the article I read it was his wife's sister.   Certainly makes it more understandable since he was attracted to the type.

If they are twins, I think he has a solid defense.