We are lucky to have her in the Twin Cities.

Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS. Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies. AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS. Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.

Great article here by @jrodrigues39.bsky.social and I love the visuals! www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

well we went three decades between repeat champions so id say yes probably

TA: Bo Bichette, the Met by Bradley Woodrum (@bradleywoodrum.bsky.social) www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Bo Bichette's unexpected addition to the #Mets roster confounds me, but I kind of love the chaos of it all. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

This week's story is about Jim Creighton, and the feud between the Atlantics and the Excelsiors. ourgame.mlblogs.com/a-pictorial-...

I'm starting to suspect Caleb Williams has been the Etsy witch this whole time. #ChiBears

Kauffman Stadium, Why Can’t You Be Normal? by Bradley Woodrum (@bradleywoodrum.bsky.social) www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

One of the best things about baseball is the unique designs of the stadiums. So naturally, most clubs are trying to make their stadiums basically the same. Now the #Royals enter this game too. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Placed my preorder yesterday because the Annual is one of my favorite reads every year and I want to keep supporting the people who make it.

It's been 10 years since David Bowie died, and I still am deeply sad during my annual listening of this album. He lived an exceptionally good, long, successful life. An accomplished artistic career beyond any standard. But I'm greedy. I still wanted more. As he said, he couldn't give it all away.

Nolan Arenado will cost more in prospect development time at big league level than in prospect capital to acquire, but doesn't seem like much left in the tank.

Wow! The #Cubs can hit the ball towards third base again!

You can pinpoint exactly when the Pope woke up

For context, the US uses about 20 million barrels of oil per day. So far they've killed dozens of Venezuelans for between 1.5 and 2.5 days' worth of oil.

I'm excited for a possible Bleday and Myers platoon in Cincinnati. At minimum, the #Reds got themselves two great people. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

last effort: I run a baseball site with some of my best, smartest, and most talented friends. we do fun and engaging work all year long, and it's about to get more expensive to read that work as of 1/1. I'd much rather you get in the door as cheap as possible. It also makes for a great gift:

Yay, Voros!!! 👇👇👇

TA: Murakami Goes To the South Side by Bradley Woodrum (@bradleywoodrum.bsky.social) www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

My analysis of the newest #WhiteSox hitter, Munetake Murakami, has me hoping the Sox coaches might be able to unlock some of the promise Mune showed early in his career. If they do, heck, this could be a fun lineup to watch! www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

St. James Food Pantry is the only pantry serving people in need in the neighborhoods closest to the ballpark - including Bronzeville, Bridgeport, South Loop and Chinatown. Murakami also will donate $10,000 to the Food Pantry to support its ongoing efforts to help Chicagoans.

My analysis of the newest #WhiteSox hitter, Munetake Murakami, has me hoping the Sox coaches might be able to unlock some of the promise Mune showed early in his career. If they do, heck, this could be a fun lineup to watch! www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

This is exciting! If nothing else, the #WhiteSox lineup will be very interesting to watch this season.

Goldilocks waking up:

WHEEEEEEEEEE!

It's finally fun times to be a #CHIBears fan again!!! 😭😭😭

Just wild stuff.

Fantastic writeup here from Marc. He nails why this is so important in real terms, as well as what it symbolizes for the larger culture within baseball leadership.

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

TA: Bell Fits the Bill for the Twins by Bradley Woodrum (@bradleywoodrum.bsky.social) www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

The #MNTwins got a good one in Bell, both on and off the field. Well, for as long as he'll be on their roster. The man is just TOO tradeable. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Skenes/2025 on far left Skenes/2024 on far right Nolan McLean in middle Paul Skenes has no idea how to throw curveball, as whatever he threw was closer to slider. And he agrees seeing his usage went from 11 to 5% And hes STILL top 2 pitcher in baseball. Imagine if McLean would teach him his curve

Wow! This is huge!

Kyle Schwarber, the Cub That Got Away by Bradley Woodrum (@bradleywoodrum.bsky.social) www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Cool cool cool. 🫠

Segregation was not just a Southern phenomenon, it was a national issue. Explore the spatial history of racial segregation and discover how it connects to our communities today: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

My mind is being blown by @finalwhistle.bsky.social's summary of the suffragette terrorist activity! I had no idea they tried to burn down Wimbledon!!!

This is such a great deal. I say this as someone who used to regularly take advantage of it before I even wrote for BP.

Hoy en @enespanol.baseballprospectus.com: La majestuosidad y la tragedia de la LIDOM, por @bradleywoodrum.bsky.social, traducción de @jhernandezlagunes.bsky.social. ¡Para leer todo nuestro contenido en español, ve a baseballprospectus.com/espanol!

The Majesty and Tragedy of LIDOM by Bradley Woodrum (@bradleywoodrum.bsky.social) www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

I think this is *probably* true, but not definitely. Zero doubt that the rise in position player pitching has a lot to say about this. But also, the change to Hawk-Eye in 2020 made tracking of these rainbow pitches a lot more reliable, too.

I love #LIDOM and the balm of off-season baseball that Winter Ball gives us. Unfortunately, most of the data collected there is functionally useless. But I still love it anyway! www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

MLB pitches under 45 MPH: 2008 - 0 2009 - 0 2010 - 0 2011 - 0 2012 - 0 2013 - 0 2014 - 0 2015 - 0 2016 - 0 2017 - 6 2018 - 1 2019 - 0 2020 - 6 2021 - 64 2022 - 183 2023 - 199 2024 - 175 2025 - 424

I love #LIDOM and the balm of off-season baseball that Winter Ball gives us. Unfortunately, most of the data collected there is functionally useless. But I still love it anyway! www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

I'm really happy for Rojas! I would be unsurprised to see him as a head of PD someday. www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/dodg...

I love Wicked. I love Grande and Erivo. But this is a chilling sign for the publishing industry as it grapples with how and when to use AI. I'm pretty sure the AI used to help write (hopefully not _fully_ write) this memoir hallucinated, and wrongly thought Erivo said what Grande clearly said.

Data science folks: Can you recommend any textbooks/classes/resources that you really enjoyed, or that you felt made a particular difference in upscaling your skills? Asking for a friend who has some use-it-or-lose-it professional-development funds to spend before the end of the year.