2026 MLB Season Thread

CP1708 said:
Pitching. Its all on the IL.

Boyd
Horton
Cabrera
Steele
Hodge

And just recently got 2 relievers back. :{
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Maybe so, but Steele, Horton and recently Boyd been out and they were still on a run...definitely does seem like those injuries are starting to take a toll.

Their offense was lightining it up though, but now theyre all out of sync. Seems like once Nico cooled down the whole lineup slowed up. And Bregman hasn't really stood out. Still curious how that lineup looks when Summer comes through.
 
Floor and Cap need to have a larger disparity to be a serious offer from the billionaires.

8 teams have to eliminate $578 mil from their roster.
15 teams have to add $875mil to their roster.

That's a owners not spending problem. If the number was even on both sides then you can make the argument.

What will happen is the 8 over teams, and the handful of tweener teams will concentrate the stars. The big name teams won't pay for mid-level talent. And the bad 15 teams will be taking on the bad contracts, and overpay on the decent players to hit the floor.

And unless they also eliminate revenue sharing as well, MLBPA will balk out of it, and big market teams will start to walk away as well. If you're forcing a cap, you must also not subsidize the lesser markets.

Also your Ryan McMahon's of the world, who got his deal because he was a late 20s decent player at the time, would be lucky to get half of what he received because teams will be scared ****less to commit money to guys that don't move the needle. The top will stay the top. The young players will be exploited for service time. And the middle will have half its players get overpaid, and the other half struggling to get a dollar. Relief pitchers market would be really weird.

Make the luxury tax more painful over $300mil. Disqualify teams from tax revenue if they don't invest in their team salary. Essentially soft floor and cap. Eliminate deferred money.

But the other problem is how do you enforce caps on deals already done? You'd have to set the cap out a number of years. Do Dodgers still have Ohtani for $2mil under this system. Because that would be hilarious (no hate to Dodgers, I respect their efforts).

Arbitrations will be a MESS too.

Floors and caps are horrific ideas, and won't increase parity more than parity already exists.
 
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Each floor and cap includes $20mil in benefits that teams must pay out.

This is going to be a mess.
 
essential1 said:
Floor and Cap need to have a larger disparity to be a serious offer from the billionaires.

8 teams have to eliminate $578 mil from their roster.
15 teams have to add $875mil to their roster.

That's a owners not spending problem. If the number was even on both sides then you can make the argument.

What will happen is the 8 over teams, and the handful of tweener teams will concentrate the stars. The big name teams won't pay for mid-level talent. And the bad 15 teams will be taking on the bad contracts, and overpay on the decent players to hit the floor.

And unless they also eliminate revenue sharing as well, MLBPA will balk out of it, and big market teams will start to walk away as well. If you're forcing a cap, you must also not subsidize the lesser markets.

Also your Ryan McMahon's of the world, who got his deal because he was a late 20s decent player at the time, would be lucky to get half of what he received because teams will be scared ****less to commit money to guys that don't move the needle. The top will stay the top. The young players will be exploited for service time. And the middle will have half its players get overpaid, and the other half struggling to get a dollar. Relief pitchers market would be really weird.

Make the luxury tax more painful over $300mil. Disqualify teams from tax revenue if they don't invest in their team salary. Essentially soft floor and cap. Eliminate deferred money.

But the other problem is how do you enforce caps on deals already done? You'd have to set the cap out a number of years. Do Dodgers still have Ohtani for $2mil under this system. Because that would be hilarious (no hate to Dodgers, I respect their efforts).

Arbitrations will be a MESS too.

Floors and caps are horrific ideas, and won't increase parity more than parity already exists.
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Great analysis

A few sticking points for me.

1. The fact that it will be a mess does not mean a salary floor and cap isn't needed, enforcement is a separate issue than the need for a policy.

2. I fail to see how a cap harms players as a whole, sure the Ohtanis of the world may take a hit, but I feel it hurts the lower end players and certain seasons where teams just opt out entirely of a position because they don't need to spend

3. I agree the floor should be higher, as should the distance between floor and cap. As a twins fan I am sick of owners cutting payroll because of "business reasons" If a floor is raised, even at it's proposed level that is almost 300M more dollars in the players hands.

4. NBA has smartly decided parity over dynasties (second apron) in an effort to be more like the NFL, the MLB has made great strides to improve the game and they would be wise to carry that momentum into lifting up markets that either have owners that don't want to compete, or would need to sell because they can't.
 
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