Can you imagine all the "the #Dodgers are ruining baseball" takes we would have endured in a more luck-neutral 2025 season?! I alone would have written a dozen articles, I'm sure!

Since people insist on using world's crappiest lying machine, Grok, to prove that Raleigh would have 70 homers if he played in NY, or whatever, let's take a second to dive into how the Statcast numbers about "HR if he played in X park" works..

Wife brought her 100 year old film camera to that pirates game from a few weeks ago and she got this shot that's just perfect

Michael Busch is the 7th player in at least the last 125 seasons with two games with 13+ total bases in a season, joining: 2024 Kyle Schwarber 2005 Alex Rodriguez 1996 Geronimo Berroa 1986 Joe Carter 1961 Willie Mays 1948 Joe DiMaggio

This is awesome stuff!

I almost just caught Francisco Lindor's home run on my way home from work. Or rather, it almost caught me! 😅

The Mariners are looking to reward the fan in this video who generously handed the ball over to a kid! If you know this person let us know!

Students, applications are now open for the 2026 Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship to attend the upcoming SABR analytics Conference in Arizona and more: sabr.org/latest/apply... @slangsonsports.bsky.social

It’s Platoon Splits All the Way Down by Bradley Woodrum (@bradleywoodrum.bsky.social)

Huge QFs at #EuroBaseball! Czechia faces Israel, who knocked them out of Olympics in 2020 and medals in 23. Spain and GB in a rematch of 23 Finals. Croatia, with new MLB coaching staff, takes on the powerful Netherlands. And can Italy get back to semis vs. Germany? Times ET

Get ready everyone! Here comes the drop! www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Players to hit 60+ home runs in a season: 2025 Cal Raleigh 2022 Aaron Judge 2001 Barry Bonds 1998-99, 2001 Sammy Sosa 1998-99 Mark McGwire 1961 Roger Maris 1927 Babe Ruth

😂 I would love to see a team proudly celebrate winning a division with < 90 wins. The ultimate power move.

How can you not be romantic 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 about baseball?

The Automated Strike Zone Will Arrive in 2026 by Craig Goldstein (@cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com)

Meet the new boss(es): www.draysbay.com/rays/85724/m...

How about some good news for your lunch break?

Love this writeup from Connor Farrell. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

"It's one banana, Michael. How much could it cost?"

What an incredible photo of an extraordinarily brave person.

The 7th annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference begins tonight on Zoom! All baseball fans are welcome. Sign up now to hear from Jane Leavy (@ballgirl.bsky.social), Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton, ESPN’s Nicole Briscoe, and more. sabr.org/women-in-bas...

My latest piece for @baseballprospectus.com is an argument in FAVOR of the #Rockies. If they were good, it would be good. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

There's no day like the present to start rooting for, um, a 42nd win!

My latest piece for @baseballprospectus.com is an argument in FAVOR of the #Rockies. If they were good, it would be good. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

At @baseballprospectus.com today: The zombie runner has shortened extra-inning games, but how much?

To be fair, he doesn't sound like a team player. He's too... Independent.

I did a little data exploration, seeing how far a simple question ("Who has faced the most velocity this season?") can spin us around. After 2400 words, I still don't think I've found the perfect answer. It's so wonderful! www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

I did a little data exploration, seeing how far a simple question ("Who has faced the most velocity this season?") can spin us around. After 2400 words, I still don't think I've found the perfect answer. It's so wonderful! www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

"When a foreigner lives with you in your land, don’t take advantage of him. Treat the foreigner the same as a native. Love him like one of your own. Remember that you were once foreigners in Egypt."

Would you believe the #WhiteSox have had the 7th best wRC+ in the 2nd half this season? They still have some of the worst pitching and defense in the league, but a good offense always makes a team more fun to watch! The same is true for the #SFGiants, though their pitching is much better.

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This is perhaps the most striking one. www.pbump.net/o/who-isnt-b...

i'm not sure how i feel about this but it is a fantastic, interesting read

Whatever you think of the proposal itself, this is one of the best discussions of inside-baseball incentives I've read in quite some time

I believe this is coming. The choice is only whether or not we get to enjoy it in our lifetimes.

Carve some time out to read this today, it’s fantastic

I wrote up a short piece arguing why a pyramid system, with expansion baked in, is not only the direction #MLB is naturally heading, but also why it's good for baseball generally. If you have 30 to 45 seconds to spare, I'd give it a read. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

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Every one of these events is this Administration taking opportunities to claw away norms, normalize what we know is wrong & bleed America of its empathy and outrage.

Growing up a #Cubs fan can result in remembering some guys.

"If we do it, they'll all do it. It's only a tenth of a cent -- nobody gets hurt! It's good for the Newsies -- an incentive, make 'em work harder, sell more papers!"

happy labor day

Happy Labor Day 🙂

I've spent my evenings this past week parsing through NPB data so that you wouldn't have to, building two shaky MLE models because I figured you were about to do so anyway, and so now I'm being QUITE helpful. You are most very welcome. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Next, @bradleywoodrum.bsky.social said he wanted to write about Japanese baseball, and I said sure. Instead he built an entire model around predicting how NPB hitters deal with velocity, and used it to supply a guess at who the next promising import might be.

I have an #MLB article coming out some time today, but if you read one thing this day, read this one instead: www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

LOL! Apparently I forgot to attach the photo. But honestly, it's more distressing without it! 😆

It's awesome that without positional adjustment Judge would be 8.1 and Raleigh 6.9 (nice), but intuitively you would say "Raleigh being a catcher and Judge being RF probably means it's about the same value" which fWAR mathematically shows

Very cool moment: Maybelle Blair, 98 and a pioneer of the All-American Girls Professional League, throws out the first pitch to Mo’Ne Davis at Nationals Park before scrimmages capping tryouts for the Women’s Professional Baseball League.