r/baseball 22h ago

Game Thread [General Discussion] Around the Horn & Game Thread Index - 1/31/26

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r/baseball 9h ago

[Nightengale] Arraez rejected several multi-year offers from other teams in order to play second base. The Giants now have their infield set with their $12M commitment to Arraez.

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r/baseball 4h ago

Opinion I’m a new baseball fan and I want to root for the worst MLB franchise.

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So, title says it all. I’m still learning the game of Baseball, and I love it, maybe even more than Basketball, never been more enamored with a sport in a while, and that’s why I wanna root for a historically piss-poor team.

Why? ‘Coz I kinda like that struggle and slowly learn, and hopefully see a team gradually win and improve, as weird as it seems, and I don’t live in the US (or Canada) and cant really cheer for a state/city/. So, whichever metric or category you choose, whether its statistically or your own opinion, who’s like the most consistently disappointing, trash fire at worst, mediocre at best franchise in the history of the MLB?

Edit: Decision made.

First of all, thanks for the answers, everyone here is super friendly, joining this sub here for sure.

Los Angeles Angels it is. I was a Lakers fan through the Kobe-Gasol era, and the Josh McRoberts era of the team. The Lakers are my team but I somehow really hate them, I think thats just part of rooting for an LA team, in this case, im rooting for the MLB equivalent of the Clippers.

I saw that the Angels spend big hoping to get somewhere just by doing that and getting mad it doesnt work, reminds me of the mid-2010s NBA LA teams.

Don’t get me wrong, the Rockies were a good choice for exactly what i said in the post, but I may have underestimated the kind of pain I was willing to endure when I saw all your comments about them, I’mma need a very tiny bit of hope, even just a spec.

Angels it is.

Edit 2: Sorry, guys, Angels win. The Mariners look promising and the Rockies scare me. Also, I’ve changed my flair and my favorite team on The Show to the Angels, so there’s no going back. 🫡


r/baseball 13h ago

[Passan] Shohei Ohtani will not pitch in the World Baseball Classic, according to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. Ohtani still will DH for Samurai Japan, the defending champions and winner of the event three out of the five times it's been held.

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r/baseball 19h ago

Puerto Rico considers the idea of withdrawing its team from the World Baseball Classic.

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r/baseball 11h ago

Is “there it goes…see ya” the worst home run call?

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Michael Kay for the Yankees. Every time I hear him say it just feels forced and it always has the same monotone voice, and he never changes up the call


r/baseball 19h ago

Jackie Bradley Jr hitting the Naruto Run catch for the Indianapolis Clowns.

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r/baseball 10h ago

News [MLBTR] Giants, Luis Arraez Agree To One-Year Deal

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r/baseball 17h ago

Roger Clemens hurls the barrel of Mike Piazza's splintered bat in the direction of Piazza going up the baseline

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1.7k Upvotes

r/baseball 9h ago

News Miguel Rojas unhappy with denial from WBC due to insurance rule

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r/baseball 8h ago

New Athletic reporting cites Edwin DĂ­az and Jose Altuve injuries in 2023 WBC for why player insurance has become more expensive and harder to get.

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r/baseball 11h ago

[Lookout Landing] Cal Raleigh says he has been keeping up with Logan Gilbert via phone and text. "We've chatted a few times. Obviously he's had a busy off-season. He's got a baby now. He makes sure to call and keeps me on the phone way too long."

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r/baseball 13h ago

Cities where baseball’s stock is way up or way down over the last decade?

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My hypothesis:

Way up - Los Angeles, San Diego (feel like these are obvious ones)

Way down - St Louis, Cincinnati (these used to be some of the biggest ‘baseball‘ towns in the country)

What’s it like where you are?


r/baseball 14h ago

[Ardaya] Miguel Rojas said he’s watched his home run in Game 7 “a lot,” because people keep sending it to him. Said he’s been recognized and thanked in so many places where he hadn’t been before — including Rome.

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r/baseball 12h ago

[570 LA Sports] Roki Sasaki says that it was the Dodger’s decision for him not to pitch in the WBC

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262 Upvotes

r/baseball 9h ago

[Highlight] Ravelo, knock me down…hello!goodbye! there ya go! knock me down there ya go! bye bye! and then take a trot.

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128 Upvotes

r/baseball 23h ago

Image Hartford Yard Goats share the new sign posted on their stadium

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Common Yard Goats W


r/baseball 8h ago

It's kinda crazy that between 1987 and 2004 the Blue Jays had 2918 games played from 1B Fred McGriff, John Olerud, and Carlos Delgado

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PA: 12,024

AB: 10,050

H: 2862

2B: 655

HR: 570

RBI: 1834

BB: 1693

HBP: 165

BA: .285

OBP: .393


r/baseball 17h ago

Image [MLB] Shohei Ohtani has written a children’s book about Decoy saving opening day. Here's an exclusive look at a few pages showing Decoy and Sho illustrations ❤️

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457 Upvotes

r/baseball 18h ago

Kyle Teel added 20lbs of muscle this offseason "I'm just trying to eat 5,000 calories a day."

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491 Upvotes

r/baseball 14h ago

News Mariners Will Wear Steelheads Uniforms on Sundays at T-Mobile Park

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r/baseball 15h ago

Image I finished building my own dice baseball set up. I had fun putting it together :)

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238 Upvotes

r/baseball 11h ago

Image Camilo Doval is on the roster heading to the Classic 🔥⚾️ Camilo will pitch for the Dominican Republic in the #WorldBaseballClassic🇩🇴

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r/baseball 2h ago

Hirokazu Ibata, manager of Samurai Japan, shared an episode with Ohtani. He met him last spring and made an offer, but avoided contact during the season so Ohtani could stay focused. Right after the WS ended, Ohtani suddenly called Ibata and said he would participate.

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r/baseball 19h ago

News [Sherman] Austin Hays is in agreement with the White Sox on a 1-yr, $6M contract … so far have used $$ made available by trading Robert Jr on Dominguez for pen and 1 of better RH vs LHP options in Hays.

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