2026 MLB (Non-Tigers) Thread

[diaspora04]

2 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said:

 Clearly he just doesn’t want it bad enough

Insufficiently gritty?

[Tiger337]

10 minutes ago, diaspora04 said:

Insufficiently gritty?

He just plays to pad his stats and increase the number of MVP and HoF votes he gets.  

[Tiger337]

16 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

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

He did play in one playoff series in 2014, but they got swept the Royals.  That shows that he is mentally weak and lacks the RBI mentality.  

[monkeytargets39]

7 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

He just plays to pad his stats and increase the number of MVP and HoF votes he gets.  

We still talking about Trout?  Or did we switch to Deuce?

[Sports_Freak]

37 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

He did play in one playoff series in 2014, but they got swept the Royals.  That shows that he is mentally weak and lacks the RBI mentality.  

Or his GM never got enough talent around him to make a serious run deep into the playoffs. Waste of a superstar talent. Like him or not, he was a great player.

[Sports_Freak]

6 hours ago, chasfh said:

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

Minnesota will finish closer to the bottom in the AL than the top.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48487941/orioles-albernaz-cheek-fractures-broken-jaw-liner

yikes

[Motor City Sonics]

Having fun with A.I. image generator  for fictional MLB teams that I will use in OOTP.  

 

I present, the eventual expansion team............The Indianapolis Ignition

[Tiger337]

Another home run by Trout tonight.  His 6th homer.  He now has a 166 wRC+  His career is over.  

[Tenacious D]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Another home run by Trout tonight.  His 6th homer.  He now has a 166 wRC+  His career is over.  

So sad to see him limp to the end.

[Hongbit]

I’m not sure it gets enough attention that we are witnessing the greatest baseball player of all-time.  Truly remarkable.  

[chasfh]

15 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

I’m not sure it gets enough attention that we are witnessing the greatest baseball player of all-time.  Truly remarkable.  

Do you mean Trout, or are you pivoting to Ohtani, who pitched last night?

[Hongbit]

I wasn’t trying to be clever by not mentioning him by name.  I thought it was very obvious.    It’s Ohtani.  

Mike Trout could maybe be thought of in some regard 9 or 10 years ago.   Even his prime is nowhere close to the total package that we are seeing from Ohtani.

To pivot back to Trout, what a crazy first 3 weeks to start the year.  

On fire for the first week,  a hitless strikeout machine in week two, then even hotter than he started in week 3.  

I’m excited to find out what happens with him next week.  

Edited 9 hours ago by Hongbit

[Tenacious D]

30 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Do you mean Trout, or are you pivoting to Ohtani, who pitched last night?

Think it’s obvious he was talking about McGonigle 

[Sports_Freak]

The Angels blow 9th inning leads the last 2 games in NY. I bet they wish they would have locked Jansen up...

[chasfh]

5 hours ago, Hongbit said:

I wasn’t trying to be clever by not mentioning him by name.  I thought it was very obvious.    It’s Ohtani.  

Just asking because the conversation right up to your post was about Mike Trout, and he did have a potential claim to that at one time. 

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Just asking because the conversation right up to your post was about Mike Trout, and he did have a potential claim to that at one time. 

This thread is taking some strange turns.

First, Trout's career is over.  Then he's the greatest player in the history of the game.  

[Tiger337]

As for Ohtani, if he isn't talked about enough(don't know if that's true), it could be because he is surreal.  There has never been anybody who was a great hitter and pitcher at the same time.  I think Ruth could have done it if they had a DH when he played.  

[Tiger337]

Another home run for Trout today.  That is five home runs in the series, the most ever in one series for a visting player in Yankee Stadium.