The Good and the Downright Ugly

If you're having the case of the offseason blues, I know the feeling. With the Winter Meetings set to conclude on Wednesday and Spring Training starting in February, baseball will return before you know it. If you're new to the baseball community and unsure of what the point of the Winter Meetings, they are held the first full week of December, and teams aim to sign players to their respective teams. In case you haven't been up to speed on the happenings of the MLB offseason, here are a list of players who will be wearing different uniforms for the 2026 MLB regular season.

The New York Mets traded Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers for World Series champion Marcus Semien. Another Mets player, whom I'll discuss in a bit, will stay in the National League, but with a different team. Whether Pete Alonso will return to the Mets is uncertain. He signed a two-year, $54 million-dollar contract last February and is currently a free agent for the second year in a row. Alonso is seeking a five-year deal worth $30 million, but the ball club isn't willing to offer him a contract that is more than three years. We'll just have to wait and see how this situation turns out. Sticking with the Mets, closer Devin Williams will be part of the ball club for the next three years, expected to earn $17 million during that span. Finally, Dylan Cease signed a seven-year, $210-million-dollar deal with the Toronto Blue Jays. The bigger question is will the Blue Jays resign Bo Bichette? For the American League champions, it'll be a wait and see approach.

The two players I'll be discussing in this story are Kyle Schwarber and Edwin Díaz. Without further ado, let's talk about both of these players. I don't know these players personally, but I'm just providing my own opinions about them.

The Good: Kyle Schwarber

I love me some Kyle Schwarber and honestly, he should've won the NL MVP Award instead of Shohei Ohtani. If you're a Phillies fan, you should be very excited that the World Series champion will be with the team for five more years, earning $150 million. Plus, he'll be taking part in the World Baseball Classic in March. I know some people wanted him to return to the Chicago Cubs, where he helped the team win their first World Series title since 1908, ending a 108-year-old championship drought. However, he couldn't pass up on the Phillies offer. This was the best news that has happened in the Philadelphia sports community. Phillies fans needed some good news, because the Philadelphia Eagles haven't been doing well lately, despite their record. So, Kyle Schwarber returning to the team is a huge win for Phillies fans.

The Downright Ugly: Edwin Díaz

My, oh, my! Where do we even begin with this? Based on the numerous comments I've seen on Threads regarding Díaz signing a three-year, $69 million-dollar deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mets fans and baseball fans were absolutely furious. The first mistake the Mets made was letting Brandon Nimmo go. The second was letting the best closer in the league sign to a team that has the largest payroll in baseball. An MLB lockout is bound to happen and when it does, we can all thank the Dodgers for their reckless overspending of players, which has gotten out of hand. A salary cap is definitely needed, so that spending doesn't get out of control. They're not building a dynasty. They're buying one. They're greedy, entitled, and selfish. As a Rangers fan, I've already saw through their BS. The Dodgers hate train is now in full effect on Threads. I've written numerous stories about this team, expressing my huge dislike of them. They're definitely ruining baseball and believe that everything has to be about them. The Dodgers are so desperate to sign anyone that they're giving the other 29 teams the middle finger. The arrogance and lack of self-awareness from the organization and their players is comical. They're a yearly Postseason nuisance and a nuisance in general. I refuse to drink the Dodgers Kool-Aid. Major League Baseball loves to push a Dodgers agenda on us, since that's who they talk about 90 to 95 percent of the time on their social media pages. Jealously has nothing to do with me hating this team. They'll have to get used to being the most hated team in baseball and accept any criticism they receive. As for Díaz, he was my favorite closer, until now. I'll no longer support him or have his back.