- dodgers underperform expectations and eke out a wild card berth, then run it back and win the world series in 5 games. the team immediately implodes shortly after due to a scandal
- mariners miss the postseason by one win
- phillies find yet another technically legal way to modify their uniforms
- mr. met is arrested in london for alleged television licence evasion
- climate activists glue themselves to the green monster
- someone cuts open baseballs and uncovers a scandal that MLB has been feeding dodgers stadium off-spec balls
- a team owner accidentally starts demolishing their ballpark before the season is over or before they even have grifted taxpayers into building a new one
- bobblehead giveaway gone wrong
- umpire sports betting scandal
- rob manfred is revealed to be the terminator and was sent back in time to destroy baseball
