2026 MLB (Non-Tigers) Thread

[monkeytargets39]

RIP Garret Anderson.  Very underrated player in his day.

[Hongbit]

Jose Soriano has entered the conversation with Skenes and Skubal.

Dazzles again tonight.   This has got to be the best 5 game stretch for a pitcher in maybe ever.

32.2 IP

11 H

1 ER

13 BB

39 K

0.22 ERA

A solo HR from Drake Baldwin is the only run he’s given up in 5 starts.  

 

[Tiger337]

9 hours ago, Hongbit said:

Jose Soriano has entered the conversation with Skenes and Skubal.

Dazzles again tonight.   This has got to be the best 5 game stretch for a pitcher in maybe ever.

32.2 IP

11 H

1 ER

13 BB

39 K

0.22 ERA

A solo HR from Drake Baldwin is the only run he’s given up in 5 starts.  

 

He has been awesome, but the best five game stretch ever would have to have more than 32.2 IP.  

Edited Saturday at 01:28 PM by Tiger337

[gehringer_2]

Don Drysdale says, “Hold my beer”

[Hongbit]

48 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Don Drysdale says, “Hold my beer”

Oral Hershiser says WTF, man.

Fun Fact: He grew up and played Little League in Southfield until he was 12. 

Maybe I got a bit hyperbolic with my Soriano praise but he’s on fire.  His pitch metrics are off the chart too.   His Sinker is right there with Skubal’s Changeup.  

[chasfh]

As of this morning, the NL has a 80-55 against the AL in interleague play. That's the equivalent of a team playing to a 96-66 record, which is three games better than the "juggernaut" 2025 World Champs.

[IdahoBert]

5 hours ago, chasfh said:

As of this morning, the NL has a 80-55 against the AL in interleague play. That's the equivalent of a team playing to a 96-66 record, which is three games better than the "juggernaut" 2025 World Champs.

NL rules. On a more positive note the Mets are 7–16 have lost 12 games in a row and average slightly over three runs a game. On the negative side of things, depending on how many games they’ve played against the AL, the winning percentage you just quoted would’ve been even higher.

[Motor City Sonics]

So Juan Soto, who is injured, has allegedly not even spoken to his teammates during this 12-game skid. 

 

I always kind of wondered what a player's real role is when they are injured.     I remember seeing Casey Mize on the bench when he was on the Injured List.    I've seen other players around teammates when they were not eligible to play.  

 

As far as Soto and the Mets - I feel like that is a team just completely broken on every single level and no amount of money can fix that.    I don't know that the ghost of Billy Martin could get them right for half a season.      He didn't have SOMETHING he could have offered to his mates?       Who was the pitcher who refused to travel or even stay with teammates, ,was that Kevin Brown?     I get it, some guys are assholes, but it seems like if you really want to win, you'd want to be around your teammates through thick and thin,   But Soto got his money, so he's good.   No need to bother.   Says so much about the Mets, doesn't it? 

 

     I don't know what I'd be like if someone paid me ridiculous money to do my job, but I would hope that I'd try to lift everyone up.  

 

I wanted Bo Bichette for the Tigers.........but not for $42 million a year.    That's going gangbusters.