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D-train wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 23, 2026 2:17 pm

GL_Storm wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 23, 2026 6:51 am

Dane Dunning is fine to stash in Tacoma. Chances are good he stays there the entire season and never sees the major league roster.

Sure but how is that interesting. It isn't in the least.

It's sort of mildly interesting.

Dane Dunning is fine to stash in Tacoma. Chances are good he stays there the entire season and never sees the major league roster.

Maybe they can do a floor and just increase the lux tax? But these high end salaries just took a huge bump up. For about 20 years it was basically the Arod deal was about the max. AAV Now 60M to Tucker, 42M for Bo, 765M for Soto, 700M for Ohtani. That is a crazy jump up in terms of how much the top...

From The Economist. America is now the biggest market for international football Europeans may scoff, but it’s all about the soccer Nov 12th 2025 3 min read By Tom Wainwright, Media editor, The Economist The last time America hosted a men’s World Cup, in 1994, purists sniffed that it was not a prope...

I saw something in the last week saying the baseball and major league soccer were at about the same level of popularity? I don't have the source so I don't know what the methodology used was.

I think owners will push hard for a cap but may not be willing to go far enough to get it, and as a consequence we could wind up losing most or even all of the 2027 season. What is going far enough to get it??? 2 seasons? 3? 5??? All the capped sports have agreements on percentage of revenue, which...

I think owners will push hard for a cap but may not be willing to go far enough to get it, and as a consequence we could wind up losing most or even all of the 2027 season.

AYep the Dodgers are just buying WS Titles. If there was a Cap they would be lucky to win 60 games. :lol: :lol: :lol: Screenshot 2026-01-16 160902.png The Dodgers' elite farm system is actually a product of their wealth because they can afford the best scouts, technology, and analysts to find and d...

The Mariners apparently signed 3 of the top 50 international prospects, as defined by MLB pipeline. Here's the article: https://www.mlb.com/news/seattle-mariners-2026-international-signings These kids are so young, and the failure rate on Latin American prospects is so high, that I'm not even sure w...

I found this old scouting report from 2023, when pipeline had him as the #3 Blue Jays prospect. Obviously, things went south on him after that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scouting grades: Fastball: 70 | C...