Regretting that when I got sick in early December, I didn't make myself an advent calendar for the rest of the month full of NyQuil gel caps

Have to admit I didn’t expect this one to be so timely

You might think this premise is goofy, and it is, but I actually went somewhere with it and think it was pretty good actually.

A reminder as you're reading all the great pieces being reshared that today is the nomination deadline for a SABR Analytics Conference Research Award! Winning this in 2013 was a huge boost for my path in baseball. Please take a moment to submit any community work you think is worthy of recognition.

Morning, all. @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com, @ginnysearle.bsky.social and I put together a quick TA for all the recent reliever signings, and I was extremely helpful. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

today is the last day to make MLB trades in order to get the players by Christmas

Hey, so. The world is awful, etc. And because of that, I'd like to ask a favor: Please spend a few minutes between now and New Years sharing the work you were most proud of this year. People might have missed it, but also, it's nice to see people feel good about the work they do

Morning, all. @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com, @ginnysearle.bsky.social and I put together a quick TA for all the recent reliever signings, and I was extremely helpful. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Wrote some really dumb shit for the site tomorrow, hope it helps

we talk about rumors and signings, and then this game...I scream a lot during this game.

Five & Dive Episode 514 is up. Join @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com, @jeffreypaternostro.bsky.social and myself as we talk rumors, a million free-agent signings, and play a game about guessing the prices of game-used memorabilia at the T-Mobile kiosk during the ALCS.

Good morning. TA06 rolls on, looking at the offseason of 2005-06. We've got all the names: Jose Mesa, Juan Pierre, Lyle Overbay. Elmer Dessens. It's almost too much for one article, because back then offseasons basically took place between the Winter Meetings and Christmas.

Today I learned that the guy who wrote the words for "Let's Go, Mets" also wrote the words for Snoopy: The Musical. Do with that what you will

hey if you're wondering "has a baseball website covered whatever the fuck Miller is talking about, for some reason and done it more accurately than he is?" the answer is absolutely, yes: www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

The transaction analysis will continue until morale improves. Today: Kelly, Houser, Griffin, May, and Danny Backstop. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

The Platonic ideal of a free-agent signing is one where the haters and the fans are equally thrilled

The relievers cry out for their roundups

The transaction analysis will continue until morale improves. Today: Kelly, Houser, Griffin, May, and Danny Backstop. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

I am so insanely excited to share that WE SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO BASEBALL, about the remarkable run Czechia made in the WBC, is out on April 1. And if you order from @univnebpress.bsky.social with code 6HLW25 you can get 50% off through 12/31! www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

The Angels are trying to make the 2026 baseball season into a Meatballs sequel

sounds like he's been upgraded to Adrian Vacation Houser

More TA from me today. This time: Detroit's decision to sign a guy to be their fourth or fifth-best reliever and also their closer, and why it's probably fine. Especially if they patch up one little crack in the facade that showed up last year.

SCROOGE: I’m going to go buy the biggest goose in the market, and bring it to Bob Cratchett’s home! It’ll be twice the size of Tiny Tim! And then I’m going to INVENT MEDICINE

Transaction analysis on the Robert Suarez and Tyler Rogers signings, both of which require putting aside misconceptions:

Couldn't find my tab with the Colts-Seahawks score because I had too many tabs open researching Colton Gordon for an Annual comment

Nextdoor, but for nothing except anonymously letting people know they did a good job on their Christmas lights

Everyone picking their uniform numbers based on their kids, pretty soon every team's going to have a guy wearing number 67

Scientists are in their labs, hard at work on making newer, incrementally superior forms of Esteury Ruiz. Nobody knows why, nor can we stop them, they've locked all their doors

Today at @baseballprospectus.com: Continuing our survey of the viewing experience of watching three home games for all 30 teams, the team that went for it '25 before tearing it down

Going to my high school reunion and when everyone asks me what I do, telling them I’m a bounceback candidate

Moving things I liked this year pebblehunting.substack.com/p/beautiful-...

felt like I haven’t had my best writing fastball for a minute. It’s back. On Pete Alonso for @baseballprospectus.com www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

New TA06 up at BP today, with all the latest news on Bob Wickman, Rafael Furcal, Edgar Renteria, A.J. Burnett, and Mark Loretta having one of the emptiest batting lines in modern history.

No better feeling than having insomnia and thinking, "if I can't get to sleep, I'd better get to work." Truly evidence that you've made nothing but correct decisions in your life

Today at @baseballprospectus.com: Continuing our survey of the viewing experience watching three home games for all 30 teams, the team whose home fans sang that song 50 times last season (and four more in the playoffs)

If Tanner Scott is worth four and $72 million, and Edwin Díaz three and $69 million, I'm excited to see who the Dodgers sign next year for two years and $66 million

Before the big news happened this morning, I wrote up all the little news from the past couple of days. Thoughts on Ferrer/Ford, Soroka, Matz, and... Drew Anderson, apparently

Starting to think that maybe my cat might be a Bad Cat

Not many people realize that BP360 is named in recognition of Pete Incaviglia's 360 career walks. Now you know

I keep a Kris Bryant Rockies baseball card under my monitor. It's there to remind me to stay hungry

"If we’ve learned anything out of this process, about Kent or about the others, it’s two things: that it’s easier, mathematically, to get 75% of the vote when there’s 16 voters than when there’s 394 of them; and that not only is it an honor to be nominated, it’s also a mystery."

I've had my head down lately, and will probably continue to do so for a bit, but I should remind folks that BP360 is out now, and for a limited time you can get a one-year subscription, a copy of the book that's killing me, and a T-shirt that isn't killing me, all for one price. It's a good deal!

I've long written at the intersection of baseball, history, and politics @baseballprospectus.com. The freedom I've had has been unlike any other publication I've written for. I'd like to repay that, so once again, show me a new subscription and I'll write your request for a column or player comment.

Lou Whitaker Not Elected to Hall of Fame www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Once again they’ve decided to time the Winter Meetings with the stretch run of the Annual. I can’t say I’m thrilled, but I also can’t say I’m surprised

It's a little tragic that mustache is going to get immortalized in bronze

Man I wish I'd posted my "this is Jeff Kent's time" hunch last week

I’m a little low on Harry Ford and pretty high on Jose A. Ferrer, and I’m very glad for that right now

Netflix is going to create the Casablanca Extended Universe, but it's really just all the stuff happened in December 1941. First season will be about the war, but the second season will be about Lisenba v. California, the Chungpu earthquake in Taiwan, and the death of mathematician Émile Picard