And here I was thinking right-handed hitters were in high demand at the trade deadline.

MLB Trade Rumors@mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 24h ago

Read the whole thing at joesheehan.com

Jason Fry@jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d ago

Those of you eager to serve wealthy MLB owners as volunteer Pinkertons won’t like to read this, but as usual Joe Sheehan nails the real problem:

Ray Knight enjoying live TV haha

Hi @dszymborski.fangraphs.com this was the first Q and A in your chat. Please read a terrific @sammillerbb.bsky.social piece on the same subject. pebblehunting.substack.com/p/i-dream-of...

Respect Dan's effort to propose only "plausible and productive" trades. Standing by for his follow-up piece on implausible and unproductive ideas: Mets trade the stub portion of Bobby Bonilla's contact for postgame access to Bernie Brewer's slide?

Dan Szymborski@dszymborski.fangraphs.com · last wk.

Up on @fangraphs.com I did my yearly imagination trade deadline piece. blogs.fangraphs.com/lets-make-so...

Nothing like a game against the Mets to reanimate the bat of Kyle Tucker. Jeez.

Nothing like a game against the Mets to reanimate the bat of Kyle Tucker. Jeez.

AI thinks every player is Antonio Alfonseca.

Keith Law@keithlaw.bsky.social · 3w ago

even money the AI would call for a pitch that doesn't exist

@cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com Good morning. Yesterday's Couillard article can't be read even after logging into the site.

Looking forward to @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social subscriber meetup at Camden Yards on Friday. The Orioles sure are covering all their bases with promotions this week.

Yes, though I'm also holding Lindor and Alvarez.

Passanthallich@passanthalbot.bsky.social · last mo.

@JonHeyman tweeted Time for Mets deadline sale to begin. Everyone but Ewing, Benge, McLean, Scott and Soto should be made available

1. Mariners "hot dogs from heaven" is an amazing between-innings promotion. It's hot dogs in parachutes thrown from the upper deck. 2. Such a tragedy when a parachute gets stuck on the cable holding up the netting.

This Mariners game is being delayed by introductions of literally the entire USA soccer team.

important update

Is it too soon to nominate @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com?

🎶 One of these things is not like the other. One of these things doesn't belong. 🎵

@cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com The Genzor piece on H.Goodman is suffering from the bug where you log into the site but the site returns to the page saying you're not logged in.

Thanks to @baseballprospectus.com's minor-league update, I learned that a talented Rays outfield prospect went 3-for-5 with two home runs last Sunday. It became my immediate duty to notify @productiveouts.bsky.social of the outfielder's name.

Listen, if you want me to check out your garage sale - this is how you get me to check out your garage sale.🫵

Good time to buy one of these.

Kendall Guillemette@k3nd477.com · 2mo ago

Friends. You have placed 50 orders for Pride shirts. Thank you! I'm so excited to be able to raise money and awareness for @trevorproject.bsky.social and @translifeline.org. All net proceeds will be split between the two great LGBTQ+ organizations.

Tough day for @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social perhaps?

What body part involves the Gracilis? Wrong answers only.

TannHR Bibee?

Nolan McLean three Ks on 10 pitches in the first @sammillerbb.bsky.social How many batters before we officially watch lol?

#BaseballSky #LGM

As we watch Bo Bichette blow another #Mets challenge from the batter's box, here's a great article from @matrueblood.bsky.social about why catchers are best positioned to challenge. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Leave It to the Guys With Two Eyes | Baseball Prospectus

The Marlins are one of the most aggressive ABS challengers, but only because of their catchers.

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Marcus Semien just challenged a pitch that was basically right down the middle. Maybe he can't hit because he can't see? Get him a pair of Ricky Vaughn's glasses?

"The problem with rostering Craig Kimbrel is that you’re eventually going to be forced to use Craig Kimbrel, now on his eighth employer in five years, in a leverage spot." -- @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social

Murakami's NPB HR/FB%: 2023 24.4% 2024 24.1% 2025 36.1% Keep in mind that in NPB, hitters strike out far less than they do in MLB. So even if we ignored 2023 and 2024 and said that Murakami's 2025 HR/FB% is his true talent level, we shouldn't expect him to sustain it when moving to MLB.

ucpete@ucpete.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What was his career HR/FB in Japan? Given how much noise is in HR:FB in short samples I’d expect regression to his career rate

Selections from the all-time MLB HR/FB leaderboard: 1. Judge 31.7% 4. Ohtani 27.7% 5. Stanton 26.3% 7. Joey Gallo 25.8% 9. Miguel Sano 25.5% 10. Domingo Santana 25.3% 11. Franmil Reyes 25.2% 12. Barry Bonds 25.1% 13. Keon Broxton 24.1% 16. Pedro Alvarez 22.8% Munetaka Murakami is at 38.7%!