# 2026 MLB Baseball Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Sports\ **Created:** [November 2, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349 "2025-11-02T16:05:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/324 "2026-10-01T18:08:43Z")
I’d say the series is a coin flip. If Cole pitches well in game one and isn’t throwing gopher balls like he did in a few starts this September and the Yanks win G1, it could be tough for the Rays with Schlittler lined up for G2 & 5. ---
**Author:** ![ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vicefleeble/32/74484_2.png) [@ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ViceFleeble)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/325 "2026-10-01T18:34:03Z")
Definitely better to have Cole start in the pitcher-friendly Trop Field - that could save him a run or two. ---
**Author:** ![ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vicefleeble/32/74484_2.png) [@ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ViceFleeble)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/326 "2026-10-01T20:14:48Z")
> [@dr\_t\_non-fan](#): > > Good that he can just sit on his ass for the rest of his career. > Too bad for Jays fans that the Jays offered that contract. But, Jays fans are not in charge of the Jays. They can only wallow in their misery of choosing the wrong team. Jays will hold onto that contract for a few years before the Mets take it off their hands… ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:58am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/327 "2026-10-02T03:58:16Z")
BravesVision apparently has no dump button, so profanity included below: > **[Andrew Panariello (@andrewyakgator.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/andrewyakgator.bsky.social/post/3mwuhtk6f3c2e)** > > KerrMode™️ Activated. ---
**Author:** ![ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vicefleeble/32/74484_2.png) [@ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ViceFleeble)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/328 "2026-10-02T13:51:29Z")
Finally the Braves overcome the Cheesesteaks. Not sure how much they have left against Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Ezekial\_Cumberland](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ezekial_cumberland/32/178_2.png) [@Ezekial\_Cumberland](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ezekial_Cumberland)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/329 "2026-10-02T15:17:02Z")
As a Philly fan, I’m really not looking forward to that series. Rooting hard for the Brewers/Padres winner!! ---
**Author:** ![ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vicefleeble/32/74484_2.png) [@ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ViceFleeble)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/330 "2026-10-02T19:53:04Z")
Assuming Hollywood beats the Braves, that’s what most of the country will be rooting for, with Chicago/TB in the AL ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/331 "2026-10-02T20:01:43Z")
A White Sox-Brewers WS would be my preference but Yankees-Dodgers has a higher probability. ---
**Author:** ![ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vicefleeble/32/74484_2.png) [@ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ViceFleeble)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/332 "2026-10-02T20:14:33Z")
We know which matchup FOX prefers… ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/333 "2026-10-02T20:25:24Z")
Yeah. The networks want Dodgers-Yankees every year. But I like to see teams that aren’t there very often. ---
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/334 "2026-10-02T20:47:06Z")
I don’t think they want them every year, people get weary. But they do like big market teams to make appearances in WS relatively often. ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/335 "2026-10-02T21:15:52Z")
Big markets have big markets. But it still drives me crazy how they’ll spend half the playoffs hyping the big markets and talking down the not so bigs. The big markets will watch the big markets without the hype. They should be hyping in the other direction. ---
**Author:** ![TheArbitrary](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@TheArbitrary](https://community.goactuary.com/u/TheArbitrary)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/336 "2026-10-02T22:25:18Z")
MLB/Fox wants the Yankees. If they get the Yankees, they want the Dodgers. If they don’t get the Yankees, I don’t think they want the Dodgers… people are bored with that. The owners want the Dodgers, or the Yankees. The players want the Brewers or Rays. ---
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/337 "2026-10-03T02:17:37Z")
Will nobody think of the Guardians or Padres? ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/338 "2026-10-03T05:25:17Z")
What I want: AL - White Sox, of course. TB, if the WS are out. I’m not even going 3rd place here. NL in order of preference - Mil, SD, Atl, LA And if the WS are out, I’d prefer TB to Atl and LA. Maybe over SD, too. I’d have to see who I started rooting for when the game started. ---
**Author:** ![Papasmurf](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@Papasmurf](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Papasmurf)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/339 "2026-10-05T13:41:36Z")
It looks like “cheap” tickets for most playoff games this round are just over 100 but White Sox tickets are 300. May have something to do with them only making the playoffs 8 times in the 46 years owned by Jerry Reinsdorf. I think we’re most likely going to skip this round as we’re also eyeing some Bears / Packers tickets this coming weekend. ---
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/340 "2026-10-05T14:32:19Z")
So Mason Miller is human and the Brewers look in good shape to return to the NLCS. Dodgers only get a split, I’m guessing Atlanta winning the Sale game is critical to them if they are going to knock off the Dodgers. AL series resume after nontravel off day between G1 and G2. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/341 "2026-10-05T15:06:48Z")
> [@Papasmurf](#): > > It looks like “cheap” tickets for most playoff games this round are just over 100 but White Sox tickets are 300. May have something to do with them only making the playoffs 8 times in the 46 years owned by Jerry Reinsdorf. Yep. The White Sox are the most interesting story in the playoffs given how many games they lost in the last two years. That gives hope to a lot of teams’ fans! They are the team I would pay the most to attend a game for. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/342 "2026-10-05T15:19:56Z")
I love the Ray Kerr story: 32yo journeyman pitcher with only 72IP career in MLB shows up with balls of steel in the playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vicefleeble/32/74484_2.png) [@ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ViceFleeble)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349/343 "2026-10-05T16:04:04Z")
Bold moves, especially sticking in Fuentes for almost 4 innings until he gives up a homer. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349.md?page=16) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-mlb-baseball-thread/12349.md?page=18)