The 2025-26 MLB hot stove has been lit just days after the Los Angeles Dodgers hoisted their second consecutive World Series championship trophy.

Will Skubal be dealt? Who could sign Schwarber and Tucker? Here's what we're hearing as the 2025-26 hot stove ignites.

As the Dodgers celebrated their title in Los Angeles, a handful of players triggered opt-out clauses to enter free agency.

Chris Sale's $18 million option for the 2026 season has been exercised by the Atlanta Braves. Per Jon Heyman of the New York Post and MLB Network, the Braves will pick up the option to keep Sale on their roster.

A Reddit post showing a Major League Baseball broadcast jammed with on-screen ads frustrated many baseball fans, who said that the excessive advertising made the game harder to watch. "This is getting out of hand," wrote a commenter — a sentiment that echoed across the replies.

In late October 2025, a screenshot claimed to show a post from U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social account in which he refused to invite the winner of MLB's World Series to the White House and claimed the ongoing championship was "rigged by the Dems & the Mafia.

Former MLB pitcher John Rocker ripped New York City as the mayoral election neared and Zohran Mamdani appeared to be the favorite to win.