2026 MLB (Non-Tigers) Thread

[Tiger337]

4 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

How long did Soler get?

7 days, but he is appealing.  I acquired him for my fantasy team shortly before he charged the mound. 

[Sports_Freak]

3 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

7 days, but he is appealing.  I acquired him for my fantasy team shortly before he charged the mound. 

7 games for a position player is much worse than 7 days for a starting pitcher. That's 7 games he'll miss...about the same as a SP getting 35 games. He would miss around 7 starts.

[monkeytargets39]

Baseball fights don’t excite me like they used to.  Nothing really makes me laugh as hard as the Kyle Farnsworth perfect technique tackle or the classic Rod Allen video.

[Tiger337]

8 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Baseball fights don’t excite me like they used to.  Nothing really makes me laugh as hard as the Kyle Farnsworth perfect technique tackle or the classic Rod Allen video.

You growed up.  

[Sports_Freak]

11 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Baseball fights don’t excite me like they used to.  Nothing really makes me laugh as hard as the Kyle Farnsworth perfect technique tackle or the classic Rod Allen video.

But it's good to look back and show the younger generation the aggressive way the game used to be played;

 

[tiger2022]

Good thing he didn't try that on Odor.  McRae would have been carted off on a stretcher. 

Plus McRae probably would have been hit with the ball straight in the face by the throw to 1st by a modern 2nd baseman.

[NorthWoods]

9 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

he won't get that kind of suspension when it was Soler that charged him.

EDIt: He got seven and it was reduced to 5. Which for  a pitcher might not even be one start.

And TBH, the way Soler hangs over the plate, the pitch that hit him in the hands wasn't even that far inside.

The whole "baseball as a weapon" thing seemed like overblown clickbait to me anyway.   I don't think you could punch someone as hard WITH a baseball in your hand.   If anything I think it minimized the blow.

[tiger2022]

21 minutes ago, NorthWoods said:

The whole "baseball as a weapon" thing seemed like overblown clickbait to me anyway.   I don't think you could punch someone as hard WITH a baseball in your hand.   If anything I think it minimized the blow.

You'd have to have a massive hand to wrap completely around the baseball for it to be used as a weapon ala roll of quarters.

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

But it's good to look back and show the younger generation the aggressive way the game used to be played;

 

“And that’s the way they play it in the World Ser …”

[tiger2022]

RIP Mike Trout's career.  You were amazing for a decade but alas, it's time to ride off into the sunset.

[Tenacious D]

On 4/11/2026 at 8:24 AM, tiger2022 said:

RIP Mike Trout's career.  You were amazing for a decade but alas, it's time to ride off into the sunset.

53 AB’s?  Man, that’s cold

[Tiger337]

2 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

53 AB’s?  Man, that’s cold

He also has an OBP of .400 and an OPS+ of 128.  Lots of red on statcast too.  He's not what he used to be, but it's not terrible.  When I read that post, I assumed he had a serious injury.  

Edited 19 hours ago by Tiger337

[Sports_Freak]

Kinda OT but a Blake Snell story...kinda funny;

 

[IdahoBert]

The Twins tonight - on Monday the 13th - just defeated the Red Sox 13–6 in Minnesota. They now have the best record in the American League at 10–7. 

[IdahoBert]

Mike Trout has scored three runs, hit two home runs, and driven in five runs at Yankee Stadium tonight. 

[Sports_Freak]

5 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Mike Trout has scored three runs, hit two home runs, and driven in five runs at Yankee Stadium tonight. 

Feel kinda bad for the guy. He never got to play on a contending team.

[IdahoBert]

2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Feel kinda bad for the guy. He never got to play on a contending team.

He’s also playing centerfield, not merely doing  DH tonight. But the whole thing about a contending team is kind of tragic. He’s sort of like Ernie Banks only injured all the time. And sadly, the Yankees just tied the game 10–10 with a two run homer in the bottom of the ninth. The Yankees have lost five in a row and were on the verge of losing six.

[Tiger337]

Trout hit two home runs tonight.  His wRC+ is up to 156.  For what it's worth, he also leads the Majors in runs scored.  

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

The Twins tonight - on Monday the 13th - just defeated the Red Sox 13–6 in Minnesota. They now have the best record in the American League at 10–7. 

This tells me more about the America League at the moment than it does about the Minnesota Twins.

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Trout hit two home runs tonight.  His wRC+ is up to 156.  For what it's worth, he also leads the Majors in runs scored.  

I think anyone would love to have a career as dead as that!

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Feel kinda bad for the guy. He never got to play on a contending team.

I have a feeling he’s made peace with it.

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I think anyone would love to have a career as dead as that!

a game that sort of encapsulates Trout's career. Great individual performance but it still couldn't pull the Angels over the line.

[NorthWoods]

11 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Feel kinda bad for the guy. He never got to play on a contending team.

Until July when we pick him up for the stretch run.

[monkeytargets39]

13 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Feel kinda bad for the guy. He never got to play on a contending team.

 Clearly he just doesn’t want it bad enough

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, monkeytargets39 said:

 Clearly he just doesn’t want it bad enough

There might be something to that ...