Brother in law just asked me “who the fuck is Andy Ibañez” and I’ve never been more ready to answer a question in my life

Zack Wheeler is incredible.

I love when people say that measuring something is ‘analytics’ (derogatory) or a ‘bad stat’. Things exist regardless of if we measure them or not; we’re just observing them now. Didn’t realize you were so into quantum mechanics bro

I have discussed Eric Wagaman approximately once every other month with @notthebobbyorr.bsky.social for several years, big day for me personally

Nobody remembers when it started. There’s rumors of a time the Phillies had more runs than their opponents, but those are only ever whispered in hushed, hurried tones; the city elders have jailed men for less. All there is now is The Streak. All there ever can be is The Streak.

A few updates: -hitter/pitcher/team gamelogs sortable by date & player -pctile pages that recalculate based on a threshold you choose (i.e. 50 BBE, PA, etc.) -an Execution Grade based on locations + tunnel metrics specific to a pitcher to grade how well he’s using his stuff

A few updates: -hitter/pitcher/team gamelogs sortable by date & player -pctile pages that recalculate based on a threshold you choose (i.e. 50 BBE, PA, etc.) -an Execution Grade based on locations + tunnel metrics specific to a pitcher to grade how well he’s using his stuff

That was the most Braves™️ inning since the last time they were a competent baseball team about 2 years ago

It’s early but this isn’t a great trend

I think these WNBA teams started their draft prep last week

for his entire career, Jose Altuve has had to fight off an unfairly high strike zone. Until the ABS zone redefinition, that is. On the smallest hitter in the majors suddenly finding himself in a fair fight up in the zone @baseballprospectus.com www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

fun fact: Dub Gleed was the name George Lucas was going to use before Jar Jar Binks

it’s important to remember the rules for opening day reactions. If it: - confirms something you already thought, it’ll last all year; you have the gift of foresight - makes you look bad, then it’s just one day in a long season; it’s a marathon, not a sprint

The Ben Rice helium has deflated. It shouldn’t. Cags hits the ball as hard as Kurtz in the air—but not often enough—with better contact skills. Is he a Kurtz/Yandy mashup? With assists from @notthebobbyorr.bsky.social’s awesome new app: open.substack.com/pub/michaelc...

FIRST DAY OF BRAVES CAMP [Jeremy Hefner drags a thick burlap sack to the mound, tearing a hole in the bag. Bowling balls roll everywhere] STRIDER: what are those for HEFNER: warm-ups

now includes minor league pitcher equivalencies and folds those into the Pitcher Comps page the same way

fun new update: I added a page for MLB equivalencies that translates stats from the minor leagues to MLB, and those outputs can be used to look at your favorite minor leaguers on the Hitter Comps page:

Some news for those of you that use my app: I’m rolling out an improved version with a ton of new features, including splits, customizable hitter & pitcher comps, plots on each page, updated SEAGER/damage/pitch models, sample size adjustments, and more. py-players.streamlit.app

Realized it wasn’t accessing the MiLB data I had compiled and fixed that. Should have all the statcast from the minors available in the stats/auto-regressed/splits pages now too

the crashing issues should be better now. Was not prepared for the influx of traffic at first 😭

Some news for those of you that use my app: I’m rolling out an improved version with a ton of new features, including splits, customizable hitter & pitcher comps, plots on each page, updated SEAGER/damage/pitch models, sample size adjustments, and more. py-players.streamlit.app

When an athlete thanks God in an interview it always makes me wonder just how into X’s & O’s they think the big guy is. Would JC run a west coast offense or is he more of a triple option guy? Does he appreciate moving the runner over or does he dig the long ball?

there were two middle infielders in 2025 with 500+ PA and five HR or fewer: Chase Meidroth and Xavier Edwards 24 middle infielders did that in 1976.

the White Sox infield has a little bit of everything Chase Meidroth-Luisangel Acuña middle infield would be straight out of 1973 A Munetaka Murakami-Colson Montgomery left side would be straight from 2073

Cignetti just completed the greatest NCAA save anybody has ever played

Carson Beck kinda has Blake Snell Face

CRIS COLLINSWORTH: My gosh, can you believe it? I tell ya, this is just like The Battle of Tsushima MIKE TIRICO: and so that’ll be Rams ball at the 30

I think Vic Caratini is one of the most underrated players in the game.

gonna guess a 29 yo Bo will get more than 6/158 next winter if he has even a halfway decent season so can’t really blame him for taking that

there’s a saying in soccer: it’s a simple game where 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end, the Germans always win. can be applied to the MLB offseason now: it’s a simple time where 30 teams chase stars for 5 months and at the end, the Dodgers sign everybody.

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...

AA isn’t for Alex Anthopoulos it’s for AARP

Kill your pookies. -David Stearns

My advice to Coby Mayo: download Zillow and start browsing in Miami

Gotta say I find it a bit odd the org that churns out Jack Dreyers and Anthony Bandas for fun every year has suddenly decided to invest heavily in what is famously the most volatile free agent demographic.

Ken Rosenthal with the groundbreaking news that the Reds like Schwarber but probably won’t offer him as much as the Phillies. What would we do without such insight

Teams just pay for Ks. It’s the most predictable, reliable way to prevent runs and being able to miss bats with spin is something that ages better than nearly anything else—velo can wane but wicked break can last forever.

Been thinking about this and the other words to describe his tenure/ethos that come to my mind are “dogmatic” & “rote”. The job demands a creative element to set it apart from just hitting “accept” on every +EV decision in a model. Has he run the O’s any differently than a naive BTV model would?

probably didn’t take much to convince Brandon Nimmo to move from NYC to Texas

His medicals must turn you to stone after looking at them there’s no other reason to do this

he looks like he’s about to tell Dave Dombrowski that time is a flat circle

The year is 2072. Darkness blots out the sun. It’s November and a crisp 92 degrees in NYC. José Ramirez just place 3rd in the AL MVP race, extending his record to 29 third place finishes.

You could argue Sánchez had a better season than Skenes straight up, so the unanimous vote is kinda puzzling to me.

teaching myself python for professional reasons (always used R) and thought the best way would be recreating my previous work and somehow I ended up accidentally making a version of SEAGER less biased by hitters’ intrinsic raw power? lmao

Can’t lie, I kinda love that Snell did that.

Just a 99th percentile dawg in him season from Taijuan Walker.

The twins have been placed in an incredibly strong position to grab a ton of talent by dealing one or both of their hi lev arms now.

One blank check is not enough. Give him the whole checkbook

Woke up thinking about Cris Sánchez’s changeup

Will Benson reminds me so much of what Jo Adell was ~2ish seasons ago.