MLB Off Season 2026-2027
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MLB Off Season 2026-2027
To start off, mostly likely a long lockout.
My team (Yankees), need improvement in the catcher position, center field and 3rd base. Starters are excellent and relief might need some adjustments. Stanton is huge question mark do to health. Judge need to get back too.
Oh and fire Boone.
My team (Yankees), need improvement in the catcher position, center field and 3rd base. Starters are excellent and relief might need some adjustments. Stanton is huge question mark do to health. Judge need to get back too.
Oh and fire Boone.
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LA is aging out on a few of their players. Tough times because they are staples to their past success and well liked but it’s time
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Seriously. WTF????
Cleveland cadavers pitchers throwing pitches into the dirt for gamblers placing bets????
Ban these assholes for life. Pete Rose death penalty.
Wow. Just f[raiders_icon]cking wow.
Cleveland cadavers pitchers throwing pitches into the dirt for gamblers placing bets????
Ban these assholes for life. Pete Rose death penalty.
Wow. Just f[raiders_icon]cking wow.
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MLB’s ardent push for a salary cap is now coming with a new inducement as it tries to win over highly skeptical players: a one-year delay in the implementation of a hard cap and floor.
As part of ongoing negotiations between the league and MLB Players Association, management has proposed a delay in starting a cap-based system until 2028. That’s a sizable change from the intended 2027 beginning of a cap that had been formally proposed in late May and has been the foundation of team owners’ labor platform in the five-plus months since then.
With the proposed delay, club owners have also offered to change the prior offer of a $245.3 million salary cap to $258.2 million, while also lifting the initial floor from a prior $171.2 million to $180.2 million.
Even with that change, 12 clubs would need to increase their payroll by a combined $636 million, based on 2026 luxury-tax payrolls, a group that includes the defending World Series champion Brewers and American League pennant winner Rays. Eight clubs, meanwhile, would need to reduce payroll by a combined $528 million, most notably the Dodgers, who had a 2026 luxury-tax payroll of $433 million.
As part of ongoing negotiations between the league and MLB Players Association, management has proposed a delay in starting a cap-based system until 2028. That’s a sizable change from the intended 2027 beginning of a cap that had been formally proposed in late May and has been the foundation of team owners’ labor platform in the five-plus months since then.
With the proposed delay, club owners have also offered to change the prior offer of a $245.3 million salary cap to $258.2 million, while also lifting the initial floor from a prior $171.2 million to $180.2 million.
Even with that change, 12 clubs would need to increase their payroll by a combined $636 million, based on 2026 luxury-tax payrolls, a group that includes the defending World Series champion Brewers and American League pennant winner Rays. Eight clubs, meanwhile, would need to reduce payroll by a combined $528 million, most notably the Dodgers, who had a 2026 luxury-tax payroll of $433 million.
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I'd take it over Guardians.
Just give me back my Indians.
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• Shawnee: Lived primarily in southern and central Ohio along the Scioto and Ohio River valleys.
• Wyandot (Huron): Inhabited northwestern Ohio along the Maumee and Sandusky rivers, becoming the last tribe to leave Ohio after their 1843 removal.
• Miami: Resided in western Ohio and the valleys of the Great Miami and Little Miami rivers.
• Delaware (Lenape): Settled across parts of central and eastern Ohio after fleeing European expansion further east.
• Ottawa (Odawa): Lived in the wooded regions of northwestern Ohio.
• Mingo & Seneca (Iroquoian groups): Located in eastern and southeastern Ohio, including the Ohio River Valley and Muskingum areas.
• Erie: Controlled much Controlled much of northern Ohio along Lake Erie during the 1600s before being dispersed.
Kickapoo: Occupied parts of northwestern Ohio prior to moving west.
Which one ya want Ghost?
Cleveland Mingo sounds good.
Cleveland should have invited the Natives in and honored their heritage like my Blackhawks did.
I can see the redskins going bye.
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• Wyandot (Huron): Inhabited northwestern Ohio along the Maumee and Sandusky rivers, becoming the last tribe to leave Ohio after their 1843 removal.
• Miami: Resided in western Ohio and the valleys of the Great Miami and Little Miami rivers.
• Delaware (Lenape): Settled across parts of central and eastern Ohio after fleeing European expansion further east.
• Ottawa (Odawa): Lived in the wooded regions of northwestern Ohio.
• Mingo & Seneca (Iroquoian groups): Located in eastern and southeastern Ohio, including the Ohio River Valley and Muskingum areas.
• Erie: Controlled much Controlled much of northern Ohio along Lake Erie during the 1600s before being dispersed.
Kickapoo: Occupied parts of northwestern Ohio prior to moving west.
Which one ya want Ghost?
Cleveland Mingo sounds good.
Cleveland should have invited the Natives in and honored their heritage like my Blackhawks did.
I can see the redskins going bye.
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Why is it less offensive to adopt a single tribe's name than generic "Indians"?
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A lot of fun and low-brow bathroom humor to be had with The Cleveland Kickapoos.
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It isn't. This was a woke thing. The largest percentage of Ohio's Native tribes were all for keeping the name. They looked at it as a compliment. There were very few tribes that saw it the other way. But... the few that make the most noise won out. It was a sad day for the Cleveland INDIANS. They will forever be the INDIANS... just look at all the Wahoo logos in the stands at every game. They need to change the name back.Cruisin with Tooz wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2026 4:25 pm Why is it less offensive to adopt a single tribe's name than generic "Indians"?
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Ranking the teams going into the hot stove.....If you want me to post a team you don't see, shout me out.
-The Athletic
1 Dodgers
Top free agents: RP Evan Phillips, SP Tarik Skubal, RP Alex Vesia
Biggest needs: Second base, bullpen, rotation depth
That’s right, still No. 1. An embarrassing four-game sweep at the hands of Milwaukee in the NLCS does not change the projections going into the next season, nor should it. (After all, the 2026 Brewers were coming off the exact same setback.) It’s true that Skubal, Phillips and Vesia are valued free agents, and it’s true that the infield in particular is aging quickly. With Max Muncy and Freddie Freeman entering the final years of their contracts, maybe things really do start to look different here soon.
But let’s not overthink this, either. You’ll still have a presumably healthier Shohei Ohtani, plus Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Freeman, Andy Pages, Mookie Betts, Muncy and all the rest. If Josue De Paula can field even a little, that’s another bat everyone expects to be very good to potentially elite. If Kyle Tucker’s late-season rebound carries into 2027, then the lineup is that much deeper. Sure, they could badly stand to import a second baseman to make Tommy Edman a utilityman; they, like everyone, could use a boost in the bullpen. But they did just win 100 games, and it’s hard to see a version of this where they aren’t the favorite again.
7 Guardians
Top free agents: SP Foster Griffin, C Austin Hedges, 1B Nathaniel Lowe
Biggest needs: First base, rotation depth, backup catcher, bullpen
It feels extremely weird to us to go into a Cleveland offseason saying that the lineup actually feels pretty solid, but the pitching needs work. That’s where we find ourselves, though, after youngsters Chase DeLauter, Angel Martínez and Travis Bazzana all made their marks in 2026. Put them around Steven Kwan, José Ramírez and Brayan Rocchio, find the right role for Jo Adell, and all of a sudden you’ve filled out most of the non-catcher core. They’ll need a first baseman, because Kyle Manzardo hasn’t claimed the job, and maybe Ralphy Velazquez isn’t ready yet. They’ll likely find a catcher to pair with Patrick Bailey, either Cooper Ingle or an outside vet. But the position player core feels … fine?
Meanwhile, the top of the rotation is strong, with Gavin Williams and Parker Messick, yet there’s several questions beyond that. It's a similar story in the bullpen, where the depth tapers off after a top group led by Cade Smith.
8 Twins (tie)
Top free agents: 1B Josh Bell, C Ryan Jeffers, RP A.J. Minter
Biggest needs: Rotation, bullpen, catcher, power
A surprisingly high ranking for a 77-85 team? We’re not so much defending this as explaining it: While the Twins lineup doesn’t really look to have any stars, there’s not a lot of holes, either, and that does a lot to juice your rankings. Maybe, you think, there's too much optimism on Kaelen Culpepper or Victor Caratini, and hey, fair enough. But we get that’s happening here, at least. Even on the mound, you can look at Taj Bradley’s breakout, along with Joe Ryan and the pending return of Pablo López, and think: OK, I get it.
Not that there’s no room for improvement. Without Jeffers, a catching addition is a must. Replacing Bell’s 21 homers has to happen, too. The bullpen badly needs reinforcements. The rotation is quite top-heavy, and can’t commit hundreds more innings to Bailey Ober, Zebby Matthews and Dean Kremer. It’s just not nearly as dire as the record would have you think. The start of a good team is there.
-The Athletic
1 Dodgers
Top free agents: RP Evan Phillips, SP Tarik Skubal, RP Alex Vesia
Biggest needs: Second base, bullpen, rotation depth
That’s right, still No. 1. An embarrassing four-game sweep at the hands of Milwaukee in the NLCS does not change the projections going into the next season, nor should it. (After all, the 2026 Brewers were coming off the exact same setback.) It’s true that Skubal, Phillips and Vesia are valued free agents, and it’s true that the infield in particular is aging quickly. With Max Muncy and Freddie Freeman entering the final years of their contracts, maybe things really do start to look different here soon.
But let’s not overthink this, either. You’ll still have a presumably healthier Shohei Ohtani, plus Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Freeman, Andy Pages, Mookie Betts, Muncy and all the rest. If Josue De Paula can field even a little, that’s another bat everyone expects to be very good to potentially elite. If Kyle Tucker’s late-season rebound carries into 2027, then the lineup is that much deeper. Sure, they could badly stand to import a second baseman to make Tommy Edman a utilityman; they, like everyone, could use a boost in the bullpen. But they did just win 100 games, and it’s hard to see a version of this where they aren’t the favorite again.
7 Guardians
Top free agents: SP Foster Griffin, C Austin Hedges, 1B Nathaniel Lowe
Biggest needs: First base, rotation depth, backup catcher, bullpen
It feels extremely weird to us to go into a Cleveland offseason saying that the lineup actually feels pretty solid, but the pitching needs work. That’s where we find ourselves, though, after youngsters Chase DeLauter, Angel Martínez and Travis Bazzana all made their marks in 2026. Put them around Steven Kwan, José Ramírez and Brayan Rocchio, find the right role for Jo Adell, and all of a sudden you’ve filled out most of the non-catcher core. They’ll need a first baseman, because Kyle Manzardo hasn’t claimed the job, and maybe Ralphy Velazquez isn’t ready yet. They’ll likely find a catcher to pair with Patrick Bailey, either Cooper Ingle or an outside vet. But the position player core feels … fine?
Meanwhile, the top of the rotation is strong, with Gavin Williams and Parker Messick, yet there’s several questions beyond that. It's a similar story in the bullpen, where the depth tapers off after a top group led by Cade Smith.
8 Twins (tie)
Top free agents: 1B Josh Bell, C Ryan Jeffers, RP A.J. Minter
Biggest needs: Rotation, bullpen, catcher, power
A surprisingly high ranking for a 77-85 team? We’re not so much defending this as explaining it: While the Twins lineup doesn’t really look to have any stars, there’s not a lot of holes, either, and that does a lot to juice your rankings. Maybe, you think, there's too much optimism on Kaelen Culpepper or Victor Caratini, and hey, fair enough. But we get that’s happening here, at least. Even on the mound, you can look at Taj Bradley’s breakout, along with Joe Ryan and the pending return of Pablo López, and think: OK, I get it.
Not that there’s no room for improvement. Without Jeffers, a catching addition is a must. Replacing Bell’s 21 homers has to happen, too. The bullpen badly needs reinforcements. The rotation is quite top-heavy, and can’t commit hundreds more innings to Bailey Ober, Zebby Matthews and Dean Kremer. It’s just not nearly as dire as the record would have you think. The start of a good team is there.