r/Mariners • u/TheAthletic • 7d ago
MLB memo reveals lockout plans: League will scrub website, ban contact with trainers
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7670102/2026/10/07/mlb-memo-lockout-plans-teams-players-ban-contact/?unlocked_article_code=1.HFE.MLAw.oo5FFHGPAPWs&source=emp_shared_article&smid=re-share-ta157
u/FettuccineAlfonzo 7d ago
Not the website!
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u/AliceInLimboland bottom text 6d ago
Why did I hear that in the gingerbread guy from Shrek’s voice
https://giphy.com/gifs/3c9ubRSgiHXlS
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u/Gobbo_Jareth 7d ago
Oh no! All our players are shittier because they didn't get to train!
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u/Sdog1981 7d ago
It would be funny if they had the best season of their careers because they did not deal with the staff all offseason
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u/The_Throwback_King Sole Proprietor of the no World Series Club 7d ago
It would be so Mariners for us to finally win it all in a jank, lockout-derailed, season
I’d take it though. I’m that desperate
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u/Im_a_furniture 6d ago
My first MLB game was as an 8 year old in the Kingdome in 1984.
I am Misery. Born and bred from the darkness of the bottom of the AL West. I have scars upon scars, wounds upon wounds, Mariners upon Mariners.
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u/lastminutealways larry bernandez for HOF 6d ago
Hello fellow 50th seasoner lol. I can’t remember when my first game was or when the Mariners entered my consciousness, they’ve just always been there.
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u/philocity 6d ago
I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding.
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u/Stuckinaboxxx 7d ago
They will probably come back better without our coaching staff fucking them up
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u/Mr-Badcat 7d ago
Let’s hope we get a dodger loss to tide us over. The yankees already did their part. End the evil empires and make baseball worth watching!
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u/Science_oven 7d ago
I hope they ban Stanton from owning the team once they come back
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u/BackwerdsMan 6d ago
He could vanish into thin air and nothing would change with the rest of the ownership.
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u/Hopsblues 7d ago
Sounds like the lockout will happen, question is, can they come to an agreement. They are pretty far apart at the moment on the future desired direction of the league. I wouldn't be surprised if Spring training is delayed to start.
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u/iloveurarse 6d ago
I wouldn't be surprised if the WS is canceled next year. Seen it once before.
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u/Hopsblues 6d ago
That's a long ways away, but spring training and opening day are the first "deadlines".
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u/lastminutealways larry bernandez for HOF 6d ago
They pulled one off after a 60 game season not too long ago, so hopefully it doesn’t come down to cancelling. It did serious damage the last time.
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u/Proshop_Charlie 5h ago
You heard this a lot with the last NFL CBA and you can see that MLB is taking notes.
For those who were unaware, the team union reps told their members to vote no on the proposal. However all the rookie contract and practice squad players voted for it. They made the deal better for them then the Patrick Mahomes etc.
You see that already now with taking a year off arbitration. The raising of the salary floor. They are targeting the players that will only be in the league for a few years instead of the Ohtani's and Judges, etc.
Once there is an actual vote you'll really see how close the sides are.
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u/phantom_metallic 7d ago
That sounds like the type of plan Rob Manfred would come up with.
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u/AnnihilatedTyro RELEASE THE MOOSEN! 7d ago
He's been trying to break the player's union since '94 and failed every time. I'm sure he has a thousand monstrously evil plans for what he'd do if he ever succeeded.
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u/xMrLink My Depression Goes as the M's Don't 7d ago
We don’t even have a coaching staff to talk to lol
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u/Aconductor2 6d ago
Baseball needs a salary cap, like the NFL Let's start the cap at 100 dollars a team. Okay, maybe a bit more.
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u/yr- 6d ago
Do you want your workplace to have a salary cap? Why side with billionaires over millionaires?
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u/Initial-Calendar6468 Poopoo Team Enjoyer 5d ago
I want a league with parity. Pretty simple. Billionaires are going to billionaire. You can hate them all you like, they will just wipe your tears with stacks of money. For real parity we need a floor. It is just as important, so the lesser billionaires, billionaire a little harder. These players play a child's game. They do just fine and will continue to do fine with a cap and floor.
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u/samwyatta17 60 Dumps! 4d ago edited 4d ago
Good thing the Brewers, White Sox, Guardians, and Tampa Bay are all in the bottom half of payroll. Congratulations, you have parity!
But seriously, compared to other major sports, having a repeat World Series Champion is way rarer than a Superbowl or NBA Finals repeat champion. It's only happened twice in my life now.
Remember when Golden State and Cleveland were in the NBA Finals 4 years in a row? That was with a salary cap.
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u/Initial-Calendar6468 Poopoo Team Enjoyer 3d ago
Don't fucking care. Cap and floor. Make the Mariners pony up and the Dodgers spend less.
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u/samwyatta17 60 Dumps! 2d ago
I don't think that will achieve league parity. As I mentioned, other sports have caps and have a greater tendency for Dynastic teams.
You are, of course, free to have a different opinion.
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u/philocity 6d ago
A hundred dollars is like a lot of money. 10 seems more reasonable. You could almost buy a sandwich with that
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u/JPGentry 7d ago
What if, ok hear me out, what if they fired all the coaches so they could communicate with the players during the lookout? Huh?
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u/ReallyLetsGoBrandon 6d ago
Well if the knotheads at the Athletic say it, it must be true. However I won't subscribe to read the article.
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u/Scubahill 7d ago
So everyone has to wear dedicated running shoes to the gym?
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u/IDontNeedAnotherNqme Remember 2 Outs So What? Pepperidge Farms Remembers 🔱 7d ago
Or at least a helmet at BP
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u/elijuicyjones fun fact: I LOVE HIM 7d ago
What a joke. What theater. Incredible performance. Pretending somehow that MLB is in charge is so amusing. If the players strike the owners and mlb are fucked.
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