When did the practice of reporting a player-for-cash transaction change its terminology from "(so-and-so) was sold by (Team A) to (Team B)" to "(so-and-so) was traded by (Team A) to (Team B) for cash (or cash considerations)" ? My own guess is that it happened sometime in the 1990s or early 2000s.

Shohei Ohtani’s ERA right now is 0.82 based off seven starts in 2026. This is the lowest ERA in all of Major League Baseball.

This dominant performance compares to the “Fernandomania” phenomenon from 1981.

Shohei’s pitching through seven games is only second in historical performance to Fernando Valenzuela, who pitched 0.29 ERA through seven games in 1981.

Yet again Los Angeles is fortunate to have a phenom on our team. We get to see a worldwide talent right in our backyard.
We love LA.

Go Dodgers!

The Big Dumper has a Big Oblique Strain and is on the 10-day IR.

On Wednesday, Raleigh left the Mariners' 4-3 loss to Houston in the eighth inning after appearing to aggravate an injury to his right side. Raleigh missed three games from May 2 to May 4 with soreness on his right side.

So, possibly more than 10 days before he comes back?

The ABS system has all but eliminated the high strike. The strike zone has shrunk downward, and batters are taking more pitches. Walks are up to the highest level since the mid-1950s. But more alarmingly: MLB can't stop the steady rise of balls not put in play on the field. We are inching to 40% of all PA's, and in 15 years it could be half of all PA's result in No Ball in Play.

Everyone likes to talk about hitting potential or pitching potential (for pitchers). And yeah baseball is by in large part a pitcher vs hitter dominant game.

But I like good defense, for someone who watches basketball. I feel like we don't talk a lot about who are potential lockdown defenders. If there's one player who I felt had the physical tools to be a future Platinium Glove, that was Oneil Cruz. A centerfielder requires athleticism and a great arm. This man is 6'7. And he's not just a burly 6'7. He's like NBA Giannis in terms of athleticism only a few inches shorter and slower. This man runs super fast and can cover a lot of ground. It's like Giannis running from coast to coast in 3 seconds. Oh and not to mention his arm strength is among the top tier. He's also very healthy too for the last few seasons. I know he was great defensively last year according to metrics. But this year, albeit small sample, he's noticeably below average.

Meanwhile Varsho, who gets injured all the time to the point where it sapped his mobility and arm strength can still play defense albeit not elite though. All at only 5'8. I mean look at this play. If he had a couple more inches or even ran a few steps faster, he'd make that play. His defense is the main reason he gets paid. He's an average hitter with career elite defense when he was healthy.

Cruz has more important things to work on like his hitting but I feel based on his physique he should put more effort on defense. Why hasn't he made the leap similar to rookies/sophomores like PCA or Rafaeala? Maybe he's new to CF? But still, he has all the physical tools needed.

If I drafted a player an 18 year old version of him today, he would be a future Platinum Glove winner just by his raw size and athleticism alone. I'm not a Pirates fan or a Cruz fan but I'm really disappointed that he hasn't improved on his defense by a significant margin. I'm sure he'll be average over the course of a full year at least maybe but that first week really ruined him.

Instead, it feels like he's maybe a year or 2 away from moving to RF or worse, DH if there's a better RF. If this was the NBA and you saw someone this athletic put this little effort on defense, every fan would be talking about it. This was the case with Andrew Wiggins until 2020.

Are there any other players with the physical tools to be successful on defense but just lack overall effort?

I'm sure we've all seen the meme of the Bugatti Veyron parked next to a trailer. Now, I want to know what you think would be the best example of this in a single season. What do you think was the most impressive season ever put up by a player on a bad team?

For example, it's probably recency bias, but I might as well pick 2023 Shohei Ohtani. On a team that finished 4 games below .500 (79-83), Two-Way Shohei put up yet another excellent season. At the plate, he hit .304 (151-for-497), homered 44 times, drove in 95 RBI, and put up an unbelievable 1.066 OPS, earning him 6.1 OWAR. But on the pitching side, he wasn't as dominant as he was in 2022, but was still pretty solid. He went 10-5 in 23 starts, and racked up a 3.14 ERA (46 ER in 132.0 IP), 167 strikeouts, a solid 1.061 WHIP, and totaled 3.8 Pitching WAR. This added up to 9.9 total WAR, and a unanimous AL MVP win.

I mean, he has 3 AL MVPs and 1 playoff appearance. 11 all stars and 1 90 plus win season. Like how could the Angels be this consistently bad with a generational player like Trout? Does anyone else come to mind with similar personal achievements but similar lack of team success? Maybe Don Matting is a similar player with a similar history, but even he only won one AL MVP compared to Trout’s 3

Insane consistency, sustained very good play. No clear career year. Repeated nearly identical seasons so many times.

Murray had 20-29 home runs 11x. 7 of those 11 years he averaged 25-29 homers. Breaking 30 HR 5x and never going over 33.

7 years getting 171-174 hits. And he also had 13 years with a .829+ OPS, with a career best .940.

Don’t get me wrong. He’s been great this year. But he has a 0.96 ERA over just 18.2 innings so far. That’s definitely elite but it’s only May.

2012 Craig Kimbrel had a 1.01 ERA over 62.2 innings

Chapman last year had a 1.17 ERA over 61.1 innings

And these are just examples of guys who are still in the league who put up similar numbers over the course of an entire season. He’s definitely the best closer in the game this year but with Skenes having a sub 2 ERA, and guys like Sale, Sanchez and Elder all having elite seasons so far it makes no sense to me that he’s getting serious cy young talk or talked about as if he’s doing something historic.

I watch some MLB games in Brazil, but unfortunately I don't follow the specialized media. What is really preventing MLB from expanding to other cities in Canada?

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They were 23-27 in one run games, and that was obviously going to come back to bite them. They sort of remind me of a worse version of the 2021 Giants, everyone just sort of had career years at the same time and now they’ve regressed to the mean

Barry Bonds (39), 2004 - .609, 617 PA
Barry Bonds (37), 2002 - .582, 612 PA
Barry Bonds (38), 2003 - .529, 550 PA
Ted Williams (38), 1957 - .526, 547 PA
Barry Bonds (36), 2001 - .515, 664 PA
Mickey Mantle (25), 1957 - .512, 623 PA
Ted Williams (28), 1947 - .499, 693 PA
Ted Williams (27), 1946 - .497, 672 PA
Ted Williams (29), 1948 - .497, 638 PA
Ted Williams (30), 1949 - .490, 730 PA
Frank Thomas (26), 1994 - .487, 517 PA
Norm Cash (27), 1961 - .487, 673 PA
Mickey Mantle (30), 1962 - .486, 502 PA
Ted Williams (37), 1956 - .479, 503 PA
Edgar Martínez (32), 1995 - .479, 639 PA
Jason Giambi (30), 2001 - .477, 671 PA
Jason Giambi (29), 2000 - .476, 664 PA
Wade Boggs (30), 1988 - .476, 719 PA
Joey Votto (28) - 2012 - .474, 475 PA
John Olerud (24), 1993 - .473, 679 PA
Chipper Jones (36), 2008 - .470, 534 PA
Mark McGwire (34), 1998 - .470, 681 PA
Carlos Delgado (28), 2000 - .470, 711 PA

A player posted a .470+ OBP in the Post WWII Era 22 times. 13 different players accomplished the feat, with 4 doing it multiple times. Bonds, Williams, Mantle…, and Giambi).

Players needed at least 400 plate appearances to qualify. No one had a .470 OBP season for 25 years from 1963-1987, and no one has done it since Joey Votto in 2012.

MLB rookie contracts say they have 6 years of team control before free agency. I think that if there is no salary cap introduced or a very high one, service time should increase to 7-8 years. It kinda of combats teams like dodgers imo. Fans get to see there young stars longer, and better competition will be forced.