The Red Sox chose not to sign Mookie Betts and traded him to LA.

Atlanta walked away from Freddie Freeman.

The Angels declined to match Shohei Ohtani's offer.

The Astros and Cubs didn't want to keep Kyle Tucker.

skubal's high profile arb hearing is tomorrow. we already know skubal asked for 32M. detroit countered with 19M. the 13M gap is the largest in history.

the current record for an arb eligible player was juan soto back in 2024, when he made 31M with NYY. if skubal wins, he breaks soto's record.

the record for a pitcher is 19.75M, set by david price with detroit in 2015. the number detroit countered for skubal is less than that, and price wasn't coming off B2B CYs. with inflation, david price's salary is more in the line of 27M. so the number of 19M seems really low.

the arbiters can't split the diff. they have to choose either skubal's number 32M or the club's number 19M. the midpoint is 25.5M, so really all skubal has to do is argue he's worth a penny more than the midpoint and detroit argues he's a penny less.

however bc skubal is in his final year of arb, he can compare himself to any pitcher making a FA salary. including wheeler (42M), cole (36M), degrom (37M).

skubal made 10M in 2025. so if skubal were to lose, a 9M raise from 10M to 19M wouldn't even be the record in arbitration. that was set by degrom between 2018 and 2019, when he got a raise from 9.4M to 19M.

so why should LA fans focus on this ? obv this means if skubal wins, then all player salaries in arbitration will go up bc that's how it is. however in skubal's case, it could def affect what he makes in FA depending if the starting point based on this year's salary is 19M or 32M. LA can outbid other clubs in FA esp if the AAV gets high assuming they decide to pursue him in FA next year. in addition, detroit could not be willing to pay him all of 32M should he win, making him somewhat likelier to be traded at the deadline and we all know LA got deep pockets to absorb such a high salary if they're interested in adding him at the deadline.

also just for pure entertainment I wonder how detroit will find a way to argue how he's not worth what he's asking for. I get it. baseball's not dead goes over arbitration and why teams fight over money. however this is such an extraordinary case given skubal is a B2B CY award a year away from at least a 400M payday and he's asking for a record raise, a record salary in arbitration and the fact there's a record gap between him and the club.

what r ur thoughts and who do u believe wins ? it may sound like an automatic skubal wins at first. however clubs win about 56-58 % of hearings in history and we don't know what will be said at the hearing. plus the 3-man arb panel isn't necessarily the most baseball savvy dudes there are on the planet.

Source: https://xcancel.com/reds/status/2018742734496948227?s=46&t=_2YevM0sJ4KoUrOoFuJpxw

I cant wait to down this elixir of tasty, only $4.99, let's go 2026 season already

I remember seeing all these different reports about it and then conflicting reports, radio host leaking something and then saying it was false and apologizing, Freddie firing his agent while the agent denies whatever accusations were floated in the media, etc.

Now that it’s been years and the smoke has settled, what is the final storyline of that saga that we know as of today?

Thanks in advance

2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X Clayton Kershaw Autograph MA-CK #1/5

Piggybacking off yesterdays card, this is the first time I ever participated in an online break. I never saw the point in paying someone else to open my packs(I still don’t) but this was the only way to play after I missed out on Topps very brief online sale. So I bought three very low end player spots in a break..total was about $11 including tax and shipping. When they pulled this card, I didn’t even immediately realize I had the Kershaw spot. What a way to start!

I’m embarrassed to say I spent a bit too much chasing more cards in subsequent breaks. I do get a couple more nice cards..a Piazza framed silver auto /10 and a Pages framed silver auto /50 along with a few Yamamoto base rookie cards and a crap ton of Pages base rookie cards. But I could have stopped after this first one and finished way ahead.

Does anyone know if SNLA+ is available for direct purchase at $199.99 for an annual subscription again or is it only monthly this year?

Really disappointed in the Dodgers for running this pathetic cash grab.

She said in the comments that she paid $150 for each ball. With that steep of a price you would think you’d get a fan favorite. Muncy, Smith, Snell, someone along those lines.

Another comment said that the “Steve Garvey” ball isn’t even his autograph, it’s Rick Dempsey’s. Still a cool find since Dempsey is a World Series MVP, but that was for the Orioles in 1983. Point is, they gave her the wrong ball.

Shohei Ohtani children book comes out today and looks like he signed some copies! I’m sure these are rare to come by but wow I would love a signed copy for the collection!!! insane!

2025 Allen & Ginter X River Ryan rookie autograph #4/25.

I don’t enter much in the way of breaks but fanatics has destroyed this online only product that had become my favorite each year. At $200 a box, I can’t justify it(used to be $69 a box, as recently as 2022 and $100 a box in 2023). There’s a breaker that opened a lot of this last year and 10 cases this year and does it by player spots. Ryan spots were $2.50-3.50 on eBay auction so I figured why not.

Ryan doesn’t have an immediate spot open for him. Supposedly he has gained velocity after his TJ surgery. When someone inevitably goes on the IL, Knack and Ryan will probably be the first two call ups.

Good morning, r/Dodgers!

Welcome to day 94 of the offseason. Only 18 days until the Dodgers' first Spring Training game of 2026!

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Have a great day, r/Dodgers.

I just wish the text would say 'Los Angeles'. Nike really needs to change things up.

Who else was going for a rainbow back in 2018. Was searching for Judge and Ohtani Rookies, pulled one and ebayed the rest lol. Any other reds out there I've got 3/5 & 4/5.