https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/page/8/?d=1enhttps://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/the-new-development-curve-is-changing-how-teams-think-about-prospects-r6324/Not long ago, player development felt like it followed a fairly rigid timeline. Top prospects dominated at every level on the way up and either established themselves in the big leagues by their mid-twenties or were quietly replaced by the next wave of hype. If you were not producing by 25, the...6324Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:15:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/hawk-eye-at-the-plate-what-fans-need-to-know-about-the-automated-ball-strike-challenge-system-r6251/MLB is getting another rule change. The 2026 season will feature the Automated Ball-Strike system for the first time in regular-season play. Baseball has been using the system at various levels of the minor leagues for several years and gave major league players a taste of it in spring training...6251Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:12:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/building-the-ultimate-baseball-team-with-anime-characters-r6084/I have been a purveyor of anime for most of my adult life. (God knows I would be insufferable if I heavily consumed the genre as a young child.) Anime incites strong emotions – most people either love it or hate it. I think the genre is heavily misconstrued. The discourse centers on the otaku su...6084Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:11:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/chaos-at-the-top-what-tony-clarks-exit-means-for-the-mlbpa-the-2026-cba-r6212/Tony Clark is set to resign from his position as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director. The Athletic was the first to report Clark's decision to resign. The decision for Clark to resign comes after the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the E...6212Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:15:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/a-random-2010-home-run-clip-sent-me-down-a-baseball-rabbit-hole-r6121/If you are one of the few real humans still exploring the flaming cesspool now known as X, the everything app, you know the tasty little algorithm will serve you posts you did not ask for but are going to be force fed anyway, like the villains in Bird Box. This is the benefit of the “For Yo...6121Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:12:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/3-free-agent-relievers-who-can-still-help-would-be-contenders-in-2026-r6189/Of all the segments of the MLB free-agent market, the relief pitching one moved fastest. By the time the calendar flipped to 2026, there were relatively few high-leverage arms left on what hadn't been an especially robust market in the first place. Even as January and February progressed, there...6189Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:09:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/understanding-the-duality-of-deferrals-in-mlb-contracts-r6172/Deferred payments in big-league contracts continue to be a hot topic, even as the hot stove winds down and the season itself draws near. For many fans, ever since Shohei Ohtani signed a contract deferring over 90% of his salary each year to maximize the Dodgers' ability to build a championship-c...6172Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:10:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/mlbtv-stays-at-same-price-but-now-comes-with-shady-espn-charges-r5954/MLB.TV subscribers might be able to breathe a small sigh of relief that this season comes without a price hike—but there’s an ESPN catch meant to capture extra cash anyway. While pending a formal announcement, the MLB.TV market packages have gone up on some team websites, with a price of $1...5954Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:15:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/redemption-tour-team-usas-2026-world-baseball-classic-roster-is-complete-its-stacked-r5928/One thing is for certain. Team USA is doing whatever it can to improve upon its runner-up finish from 2023. Manager Mark DeRosa has assembled a star-studded roster for next year’s World Baseball Classic, one that looks far more equipped to finish the job after coming up short against Shohei Ohta...5928Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:12:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/how-tarik-skubal-just-blew-up-baseballs-arbitration-pay-scale-r5918/Tarik Skubal has spent the last two seasons doing everything a pitcher can do to force baseball to pay attention. Back-to-back American League Cy Young Awards tend to do that. What no one expected was that his loudest statement might come in a conference room in Arizona instead of on a mound in...5918Thu, 05 Feb 2026 20:46:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/falling-stars-unforgettable-players-forgettable-teams-national-league-edition-r5892/With the last few high-profile free agents continuing to sign, we are getting a pretty good idea of what clubs will like heading into Spring training in a couple of weeks. Big names like Alex Bregman, Dylan Cease, Kyle Tucker, and Edwin Diaz will look to cement their superstar status with a whol...5892Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:11:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/major-league-baseball/breaking-down-the-american-league-central-zips-projections-r5826/With nearly a week until pitchers and catchers report to spring training, Dan Szymborski released his latest ZiPS Projections this past week on FanGraphs, with the focus of his piece on the projected MLB standings for 2026. Steve Drumwright broke down the National League Central last w...5826Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:15:09 +0000