Well, this and @marcnormandin.bsky.social on the same topic www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

If you're going to read one thing today, make it this banger on MLB's never ending quest to maximize billionaire owners' profits from @dszymborski.fangraphs.com blogs.fangraphs.com/how-much-wou...

This is an insane argument to make, because I am going decide that "Actually Trader Joe's employees should be guaranteed their wage just like MLB players" instead of "No one deserves a guaranteed wage"

it's mentioned in here, but one thing I always bump up against is when people say an international draft would get rid of the ethical issues in international scouting and free agency ... that are caused by MLB simply choosing not to follow its own established rules on these topics.

Nick Loftin batting second today. Lol

Egypt and Iran have requested that Pride events in Seattle during their World Cup match be canceled and… no. Welcome to Seattle. This might be the most patriotic I’ve felt in my life. Pride isn’t happening during your game; you’re here during Pride. Suck a rainbow. apnews.com/article/worl...

It's almost like they've been letting him play when he really shouldn't have been.

David shares his thoughts on the state of FanGraphs, what we've accomplished in the last year with the support of our Members, and the challenges ahead, both for us specifically and digital media more generally. I think the site is very special, and I hope you'll consider becoming a Member.

I just set a new record for how early I could complete my Christmas shopping for the year...

My latest for @baseballprospectus.com is on quite a bit of what's wrong with MLB's proposal to shut high school players out of the draft, institute an international draft, lean on college for player development, and how there is no way they don't eventually try to cut more MiLB teams

I have never once regretted my FanGraphs membership. The ability to create my own table of statistics at the top of every player page is worth it even before you get to the amazing writing and data visualization work they do!

Ngl, I'm kinda rooting for the White Sox. Better them than the Tigers or Guardians. Plus they've got my Italians Antonacci and Teel. And I love the stories of Murakami and the Montgomery boys.

TOO CRUEL

Benetti is the best

All future consoles may cost a bare minimum of $1000 but at least you can ask chatgpt if it's raining outside

Why is it always the fault of feminism and never men being live-action trash can fires?

Oh man, that poor kid.

Sending our congratulations to Seth Lugo as he reaches 10 years of Major League service time today!

We’re just normal men

This and many other little tendencies on the “””book internet””” essentially amount to basic incuriosity and pessimism about reading that they then try to package as progressivism. It needs to be stamped out.

We all literally have multiple infinite dictionaries in our pockets at all times. They're even integrated into many of the reader apps we are using! Come on, y'all.

i know we all have different lives and schedules but sometimes i’ll log in on A saturday and see someone being mad online all day and it’s like wow. on a saturday? i think you should save that for when you’re on the clock and trying to avoid work . go get some chips and eat them. take a walk. etc

Happy Pride

The first whole cycle in... Two years. Sheesh.

They laid off 1500 of us and then acquired actiblizz a couple weeks later for $68 billion, with a B. That's $45 million per person they laid off.

Neither Scherzer nor Verlander should've pitched this year but because they did we've been deprived of a Kershaw-Verlander-Scherzer Hall of Fame induction in four years. That, while objectively amazing on the merits, would've limited the amount of camera time Kershaw is gonna get on his own.

The thing about discussions of increasing the price of games to make dev more sustainable is that we still are getting quarter after quarter of record profits from major publishers so idk seems like the layoffs have very little to do with AAA pricing and a lot to do with business strategy

I've been watching Babylon 5 (along with @merrittk.com) and it's striking how almost every episode is criticizing a) fascism, b) xenophobia/racism, c) homophobia, d) theocratic conservatism. @straczynski.bsky.social wrote that shit woker than The Pitt S2. No way an exec would greenlight it today.

Any Critters wanna tell me something? If I think I want to watch both, should I watch the Amazon animated shows first or the Critical Role streams first?

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! Just the old 5-6-3 out. NOT a double play. Michael Massey and Tyler Tolbert look like they could do this all day!

Walker is clearly used to not being able to find his balls

Every time I hear an executive be like “what if we introduced an ad supported game console?” I hear in a local newscaster voice “They’re calling it the most hacked video game console in history”

Getting blocked by the mens wear guy because you keep sending him this picture and asking “thoughts?”

Sometimes I feel discouraged that posting on social media often feels like shouting into the void. Then one of my posts actually gets seen and I remember how much better it is when people just ignore me.

Would the Yankees like a slightly used Salvador Perez?

Now? I wrote about this four years ago. Nothing has improved. Source: Royals Review share.google/7V0fhPXGPMsm...

Ya know, @megrowler.fangraphs.com makes a good point about how an accountant wouldn't be able to get away with the anti-queer Bible verse shit. I am pretty sure it would be an actual hostile workplace thing, legally. The only reason MLB players get away with it is because of the money involved.

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Sluggerrr taking in the Kauffman Stadium views 🦁

Not again. :(

Remember: every single proposal MLB makes is to reduce salaries. Unlike other industries in which employers have competing areas for spending (e.g. equipment, raw materials, and R&D) baseball has none of those expenses. The only competition for spending on salaries & player development is profit.

An impression of my book from someone who just bought a #protomen beer called “Light’s Last Lager,” so you KNOW it comes from an ascended place. (Really do wish I was in Nashville this weekend!)

If you're wondering why Rockstar is going all out on the GTA 6 cover art reveal its the poisoning news results about them losing their union busting suit

It seems unfair for the power to flicker on for a moment and then still not be fully back 30 minutes later.

the unfortunate reality is, most MLB owners (and increasingly, sports leagues in general), are hung up on how much communities are willing to invest in them

Being at my parents' when it rains even a little bit is a solid reminder that I never want to live in the middle of nowhere because the power goes out easy and takes forever to come back.

Ted Williams had accumulated 34 bWAR had hit 127 homers and had batted .400 by his age 23 season. But he didn't make much money, see, so that's different.