Mariner Talk Chat Forum

D-train wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 21, 2026 6:57 pm

I have actually been wrong many times but not this time.

Well, if you were right, I'd agree with you.

D-train wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 21, 2026 6:35 pm

So that makes it official. The top 10 FAs signed with 10 different teams and Naylor signed with us. Weird because I am told only 2-3 teams dominate the FA market and that is destroying baseball.

Yes. You're right, D-Train.

You're always right.

Cody Bellinger to the Yankees. Shockingly. https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/2014039399961415912?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet 5 years, $162 MM. This after the Mets acquire CF Luis Robert Jr. from the Chicago White Sox in return for infielder Luisangel Acuña and right-handed pi...

I'm sure everyone is completely bored with talk of salary caps, and everything associated with it. I will cease and desist on this particular rabbit hole, and get back to the offseason topics. But god it's been a boring offseason!! I will end by pasting in an article from The Athletic that is as tim...

I just don't see the relevance of comparing MLB to NFL or MLS or the NBA. It is played in the spring and summer so it barely competes with the NBA and NFL and Soccer is just a blip and a totally different demographic for the most part. Baseball attendance is up about 700% since the 1940s. I think M...

All owners care about is revenues and they have been growing at a rapid rate this entire century and are at an all time high as the graph below shows. People thinking that a salary cap and floor is going to lead to some jump in attendance and viewership are a bit naive imo. You will still have the ...

Are you guys aware of Google and AI? I am aware. I rarely post something without fact checking. I don't type something into Google and copy/paste the first thing that pops up. Maybe my post was a little unclear, but it is no less factually based. See my post to bpj for clarification. I agree with y...

I hadn't heard this about the plummeting interest, and hearing so surprised me. Hi bpj - My claims about the waning popularity of baseball are based on long term trends, not on the last 5 years.Baseball has been tweaking rules the last 5 years (shift-banning, pitch clocks, bigger bases etc) specifi...

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??? Maybe they can do a floor and just increase the lux tax? But these hi...

Even if you have a $300M salary cap and a $100M floor you have the rich teams spending 3x more than the poor teams so what is the point. Certainly isn't worth losing a season over like all the freaks on X are begging for. I think you’re missing my point. I think that you’re thinking a 3x spending g...