Busy day on the site today. Catching you up: the Mariners made a trade with a midwest team, just not the one people were talking about: www.lookoutlanding.com/news/138190/...

Congratulations to the four electees of the 2026 National Baseball HaLL of Fame - at least by the baLLots submitted by the staff of @lookoutlanding.bsky.social !! www.lookoutlanding.com/miscellaneou...

It’s Matt Brash day on the site, which means an opportunity to point out Team Canada has both a Matt Brash and a Mitch Bratt, who, delightfully, pitches lefty www.lookoutlanding.com/series-previ... (Thanks to @mikepetriello.bsky.social for the Statcast assist.)

The Royals organization has essentially brought their compelling park closer to T-Mobile Park. Homers are not too difficult, but any other sort of offense? Good luck.

My take on the Kauffmann thing: smaller ballparks are an enemy of BABIP, taking extra bases, spectacular outfield defense and generally everything good about baseball other than homers. It sucks. MLB would benefit from more Kauffmann-like ballparks, not less.

In response to CBS News, BP is going to begin Water Wednesdays. Basically everything will be the same, we’ll just remind you every so often in the middle of an article to make sure you’re hydrated

Join @katepreusser.bsky.social, @johntrupin.bsky.social and @95coffeespoons.bsky.social as they celebrate and catalog the 2026 hall of fame class. Who's in? Who's out? What of the King? @lookoutlanding.bsky.social / @ffsn.bsky.social #Mariners #GoMariners #GOMS open.spotify.com/episode/1qJ4...

One of the best things about baseball is the unique designs of the stadiums. So naturally, most clubs are trying to make their stadiums basically the same. Now the #Royals enter this game too. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

J.P. Crawford is our shortstop. Somebody else will be soon. Previewing what could be the final season in Seattle for an all-time great Mariner, for @lookoutlanding.bsky.social

If you have been wanting a book that has me talking about how Cal Raleigh is sort of like a farm animal, there exists just such a book!

hello, we have shipped the 2026 BP Annual to the printer. You can order it from our distributor directly, Bookshop, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble, links to all of which can be found at here:

If you see this, post an archer.

The year 897 CE was a tough one if you were a pope. Might it have benefitted from some Casey Legumina? www.lookoutlanding.com/series-previ...

Just reposted the rest of the thread about Eutaw into the timeline, because I said what I wanted to say then and only wanted to add what I left out. 1) A gift link to the full story. History is long and that attempted coup led to just under a century of pain. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

here's this vintage jeopardy clip with ken jennings

just a heads up that to enable adult content, it can’t be done on the app, has to be done on the web under moderation

Team hat designs for the 2026 World Baseball Classic are out:

Since the start of Seattle's "step-back," Julio Rodríguez has shouldered the weight of expectations to be the Mariners' salvation. He's become the best CF in the world. And yet, for the first time since he debuted, he's not his own team's biggest star. www.lookoutlanding.com/series-previ...

Bryce Miller had (perhaps) the best five-start debut in MLB history while throwing nothing but fastballs. He's since developed a deep arsenal of secondaries, and few pitchers have more to offer. But a bone spur derailed what was supposed to be his breakout season in 2025. It's still in there.

Seeing some sun-baseball discourse today, so allow me to indulge. I stared directly into the sun last year to better understand how it changes what a batter sees in Seattle.

Good to see former Seattle Mariners reliever & undrafted free agent RHP Devin Sweet signed. A gorgeous changeup helped him excel after graduating from North Carolina Central, an HBCU which cut baseball due to COVID. Sweet is the only NCCU Eagle to ever play in MLB. www.masslive.com/redsox/2026/...

the Dodgers have checked in on their Venezuelan players and staff regarding their well-being and needs, a source has confirmed to me. I've asked MLB if there will be a league-wide response but have not heard anything.

sigh, good morning

Difficult to think the U.S. can be trusted to host the World Baseball Classic, World Cup, or Olympics this year. Venezuela’s scheduled for Pool D of the WBC in Miami, Florida from March 6-11.

Katie Wilson didn't say the word "urbanism" today, nor did the speakers that paved the way for her swearing-in. But the vision she laid out was an explicitly urbanist one, a vision of a city that makes room for everyone.

Absolute treasure trove of former Mariners (and MiLB affiliates) greats on display at 3:30 pm PT. José Marmolejos, Leody Taveras, Jonatan Clase, Junior Lake, Luis Liberato, David Bañuelos, Steven Moyers, and more throughout these rosters.

Wow. Cynthia Green, 8-decade resident of Seattle. “In her, we saw the sort of person we need more of, someone with the bravery to risk failure and move with love and justice…’realism’ is the language of people who have grown comfortable with inequity.” Cannot keep up with her great lines here!

I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...

Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

Luis Castillo is something almost rarer than an ace. He’s a true member of the upper-middle class, and he’s continued making life easy on the Seattle Mariners. www.lookoutlanding.com/series-previ...

The 1 Line will operate until approximately 3 am tomorrow night, according to Sound Transit.

Renewing this call for help as this problem has re-emerged over the last few days. Anyone know someone at Microsoft/OneDrive who might be able to exempt the Tracker from whatever new limitations are in place?

Spotted at Westlake @lookoutlanding.bsky.social

SCOOP — according to public records, the Modesto Nuts left the city due to 9% rent escalation over five years in the city's counterproposal to the Seattle Mariners. the Mariners' proposal had a 3% escalation, and the team was to be responsible for capital improvements to renovate JTF.

“it is illegal for you not to like me”

Christmas gifts to myself this year were annual memberships for Baseball Prospectus and Fangraphs and also this mug

Today I learned (in a conversation with @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social about her new bill, HB 2095) that in Washington a driver is currently presumed liable for a collision if they strike a bridge, but not if they strike and harm someone walking on a sidewalk.

last effort: I run a baseball site with some of my best, smartest, and most talented friends. we do fun and engaging work all year long, and it's about to get more expensive to read that work as of 1/1. I'd much rather you get in the door as cheap as possible. It also makes for a great gift:

Someone has an anti-Brendan Donovan agenda and they’ve gone guerilla

Spotted today in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood - a sticker of White Sox infielder Chase Meidroth. Why? It fascinates me.

Shawn O’Malley has made it back to the bigs, after several years in the Mariners system as a manager.

bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public

The ultimate NIMBY.

The Mariners signing Rob Refsnyder makes me think Luke Raley is not long for this roster.

hi hello, tomorrow is the last day to order BP360, please lock in your savings while you can!

Pitch your questions for a Christmas Mailbag Podcast here or send to [email protected]!

One of the joys in writing (and hopefully reading) the @baseballprospectus.com Minor League Update is the chance to find far-flung prospects beyond my usual Western scope. Yhoiker Fajardo is one of the most impressive prospects I saw last year, w/all the tools to be a high-quality starting pitcher.

I agree with Jon. Why aren't these illegal deals more enforceable?