I thought the "should Skubal get traded" stuff was going to be obnoxious, but ... the Tigers have 93 losses over the last calendar year. They're tied for the worst record in MLB right now. No, they've made this decision easy on us.

“It’s my thing,” Wrobleski said. “I love spreadsheets." That's a hell of a quote. --> www.nytimes.com/athletic/732...

Ben Brown gave up a homer to the very first batter he saw, this season, back in March. He's now gone 200 consecutive PA without giving up another one. How cool is that?

Among all batters w 150 PA in AAA, James Tibbs is 4th in hard-hit and 2nd in barrels/PA. I would find it extremely funny if the next great LA OF was a .. Giants 1st round pick .. who LA got from BOS for a few months of a veteran pitcher they didn't need. baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast-sea...

This is one I've been thinking about for a while. Brandon Marsh has the 2nd highest BABIP in history, to Ty Cobb. It's not a fluke. It's a thing he does. A story about being indefensible and how he's more like Freddie Freeman than you'd think.. --> www.mlb.com/phillies/new...

Wrote over the weekend about how everyone assumed that ABS would massively benefit Aaron Judge, but .. ⚾️He's barely used it ⚾️He's accruing value in other ways ⚾️He's barely had any missed calls anyway ⚾️Short guys benefit more than tall www.mlb.com/yankees/news...

oh well if candy crush businessman mel morris says so

The parent coordinator at the school my son is going to next year is named Tracy Jordan and .. I'm not going to last 3 years there

Too much talking about the struggles of the Cubs offense not enough talking about how they don't have a better option than Jameson Taillon and his 2.8 HR/9 the last time a qualified pitcher had a HR/9 that high was ... well, never. You don't get to pitch enough to qualify that way.

I got to say on national TV today that no, Nolan Ryan did not throw 108, stop it, which by definition makes it a good day.

This is one I've been thinking about for a while. Brandon Marsh has the 2nd highest BABIP in history, to Ty Cobb. It's not a fluke. It's a thing he does. A story about being indefensible and how he's more like Freddie Freeman than you'd think.. --> www.mlb.com/phillies/new...

I know the media ecosystem is broken, I know nothing can be "the biggest story" at any given time but: there's a NJ Congressman running for re-election who hasn't been seen in public in 2 months and no one will say what happened to him and it's not the only thing we're talking about every second

Wrote about part of what's ailing the Cubs, which is: the second-highest rate of breaking balls in May any team has seen in any month ever -- and a big jump from April. --> www.mlb.com/cubs/news/cu...

COGE ain't it, man. I like the mayor, I like what he's attempting to do here, but joking on DOGE doesn't make me laugh, it makes me cringe.

Trivia question, don't cheat. Mostly just curious how wide the disparity in answers will be. Aaron Judge has seen ___ pitches this year that A) would have been overturned via ABS in his favor and B) he didn't do so? i.e., how many bad calls did he fail to correct?

There's some pretty stunning numbers on Keibert Ruiz in this very good piece from @spencernusbaum_ www.nytimes.com/athletic/731...

100%. willful misreading of what happened.

All the talk about Ks overlooks that K% is a P stat more than it is a hit stat. You mostly can't be a good pitcher if you don't miss bats. But good hitting comes in many shapes and sizes. For example: TB & CHW have identical R/G. TB: lowest K% CHW: 2nd-highest K%.

Pretty interesting to look at ABS challenges in terms of how teams decide which side of house gets to use them. Clear that Miami (and MIL, CWS) have said: shut it down, hitters. Catchers only. Interesting also to see Baltimore with opposite approach. -> baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...

Motivational thinking .. for the opponent

Xavier Edwards getting 10 pitches out of Kevin Gausman and doubling to lead off the game is such a cool at-bat.

Whenever ghouls like Sam Altman and Elon Musk say things like "think AI first", know that they are the Jets of the tech industry

The three weakest May lineups (OPS): DET, SD, CHC The five best May lineups (OPS): NYY, WSH, LAD, PIT, TB what a weird, weird month this has been

My local hardware store, like many places, has outsourced customer service to AI. As frustrating as that is for a million reasons .. shouldn't one benefit of that "not having to wait for 238 other people to go first?"

Politics aside, how many people under 40 know who Alfred E. Neuman is? 1%?

Scouting report's out on Seiya Suzuki, i think

OK, spam text. Points for creativity.

If Player's Weekend came back with nicknames on the jerseys, Kimbrel should pick "I can fix him"

The Twins bullpen hasn't allowed a homer since May 7 in Washington. That obviously is going to hit back hard soon, but .. that's pretty good for a unit we all thought would be awful.

Have to admit, I did not think I would have this much fun writing about Brandon Marsh, but .. he is pretty fun, and surprisingly good.

@nycsanitation.bsky.social I’d like to report a sweep

Emmet Sheehan day All of his gloves say “K ALS” Strike out ALS Each time that sentiment is on an MLB mound is truly amazing 😭💙 #EndALS

Tatsuya Imai just threw a scoreless inning .. somehow

Jacob Misiorowski averaged 101.1 MPH on 73 four-seamers today, tying his own previous record for hardest four-seam velo in a game by a starter (min 25). baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_sea...

We're going to have to start doing this meme for Misiorowski

Fernando Tatis Jr. still doesn't have a HR and is slugging .276. It's one of the most incredible and inexplicable things I think I've ever seen.

Forget NYC as a whole. The Nets aren't even the most popular pro basketball team in their own arena.

I had never heard the name Byron Allen before a week ago, but he's apparently been in show biz for 40 years Not entirely sure if that says more about me or him. Both I guess. Probably more me. www.cnn.com/2026/05/22/m...

This is a cool story about Ron Washington but it also makes me never want to see him manage my team, ever. Why do that when it just takes away from the thing he's legendary at? www.mercurynews.com/2026/05/22/r...

I am writing about a silly Phillies thing, the best kind of silly Phillies thing

You know what, I don't think Riley Greene is going to keep this BABIP forever. I am going out on a limb with this prediction.

This is from a goalie (Wedgewood) on the state of hockey today, and it sounds exactly like a pitcher talking about how it used to be that only a few guys could take you deep and now everyone can --> www.nytimes.com/athletic/729...

"Mayor attends huge local sporting event and doesn't even get comped seats or sit in the best spot" is such a hilarious way to try to burn someone, really nypost.com/2026/05/22/u...

So you let Patrick Bailey take you deep

This is not tarps off. This is just a man without a shirt.

Only 3 Cubs teams in history have allowed more HR through first 50 games. 78 -- 2000 70 -- 1956 68 -- 1999 67 -- 2026, 2006 Another indicator of how badly they need to fix this pitching staff, but also ... what the hell was going on in 1956?

IT WAS THE RUSSIANS WHO HAD BO NAYLOR BREAKING OUT

Lowe's is the 6th inside the park HR this year. Last year, there were 9. The year before, 8. Long way to go to get to 2017's 20, though ... baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_sea...

Man, if Ke'Bryan Hayes is just an average fielder now and not an elite one ... I do not know how the Reds can keep playing him.

"Schlitter's full" (regarding the percentile graph)