2025-2026 offseason thread

[Metaphysicist]

someone might want to look at Kinley's BAbip while in ATL, then re-rank those relievers... So let me re-rank Iggy/Saurez tier 1... Lee tier 2.. Bummer/Kinley doesn't make my eyes bleed.. everyone else, hold your nuts.

So your re-rank of those four… is the exact same order?

 

[MadduxFanII]

It's actually kind of funny how little value Castellanos has generated for the Phillies. 1.3 WAR and a 100 OPS+ over four years for what will be $100 million.

 

[zitothebrave]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022034553313894535

Now you can see if he wants to platoon at DH on a MiLB deal.

https://www.mlb.com/news/nick-castellanos-released-by-phillies

Phillies beat writer has almost nothing to say positive about Castellanos including mentioning "insubordination"

Phillies paid NC 100 million to be like a 1.4 WAR player (0.7 if you prefer fWAR)

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Dude killed the Braves in 22 if I remember.. somehow catching everything hit his way and getting like 47 RBI's.

Hell, it might have been 23.. maybe booth. He sucked unless it was against the Braves.

 

[bravesnumberone]

I’d take a shot with him. Why has another entire day gone by without a starter being acquired?

 

[Hudson2]

I’d take a shot with him. Why has another entire day gone by without a starter being acquired?

I think he's trying to work a trade but it's gonna be hard this close to ST. I doubt he ever had interest in Bassitt if the financial numbers are real.

 

[jpx7]

A salary cap system doesn’t need to mean players make less money. Align on the revenue split and peg the cap and floor accordingly.

It doesn’t need to mean players make less money, but that’s clearly the owners’ intention here.

 

[chop2chip]

It doesn’t need to mean players make less money, but that’s clearly the owners’ intention here.

I have no doubt that’s their intent. They of course are negotiating with their own best interests at heart. But if the players position is no salary cap structure vs the owners version of a salary cap, then I’m going to side with the owners version.

If the players want to offer an alternative salary cup structure that’s player friendly (ie higher revenue split) then I’ll support that. I’m going to take the side that leads to more parity

 

[Enscheff]

The MLBPA cares about players getting huge contracts. The owners care about their team values going up. Neither of those things require any sort of salary cap, or floor. Neither side cares about “parity”.

I think the narrative this labor dispute will be drawn out is way overblown.

 

[bravesnumberone]

I think he's trying to work a trade but it's gonna be hard this close to ST. I doubt he ever had interest in Bassitt if the financial numbers are real.

I won’t belabor the point that he shouldn’t have committed so much money to two closers when he openly acknowledged he needed another starter if that was actually an issue, but I don’t care how hard it is. He needs to get it done.

 

[Southcack77]

Player’s Association is at real risk of losing the PR war. Every baseball fan I know is disgusted with the payroll disparity (both at the top and bottom end).

A salary cap system doesn’t need to mean players make less money. Align on the revenue split and peg the cap and floor accordingly.

Pretty much does mean that.

 

[Metaphysicist]

Even hypothetically speaking, salary cap is a complete nonstarter unless it pegged to a specific percentage of league revenues equal to or greater than what the players get currently. That is only feasible if owners all open their books to such a degree that MLBPA can’t argue that they are playing games with the numbers. I am fairly doubtful about how eager the MLB owners are to do that.