bbwaa // writer with a thrift store degree // managing editor @ baseball prospectushttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3murytejpic2wIt’s wild, because WAR also looks at Taylor Ward’s time with the Mariners and thinks it can assign a number to it, rather than a Lovecraftian rune-symbol that drives the viewer insane [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3murytejpic2whttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mupnjwaeg22uNew episode of Five & Dive is up. @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com, @jeffreypaternostro.bsky.social and I talked Arte, Marte (which do not rhyme, according to the dialect test), another laughable MLB labor proposal, and... Jake Cave? Sure, Jake Cave. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/110010/five-dive-episode-577-bridge-to-nowhere/04 Sep 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupnjwaeg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mupccqmcmd2xToday at @baseballprospectus.com: On the evolution of Pete Crow-Armstrong, and the evolution of the 40-40 club, and why the former doesn't seem to need the latter. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/109993/cold-takes-pete-crow-armstrong-is-not-a-unicorn-40-40-club/04 Sep 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupccqmcmd2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3muocs2jcm62kTook that dialect quiz and had a hard time because it thinks people pronounce vowels04 Sep 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muocs2jcm62khttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3munqu3m5gk26Ball don’t lie? Fine, okay. Did a ball write this04 Sep 2026 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3munqu3m5gk26https://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mumrc5afmk2wReposting this, so morning baseball bluesky can come to terms with it [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumrc5afmk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mulmy2ursi2kSCENE: A collection of computer hackers huddle around a single computer, trying to get it to generate what Ken Phelps would look like without his glasses or mustache03 Sep 2026 04:39 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulmy2ursi2khttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3muljs5cmxc2wThey key to collecting something is to finish the collection exactly one day before you die03 Sep 2026 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muljs5cmxc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3muknu2rjht2sEvery both-sidesing the upcoming lockout is essentially arguing some form of "I don't want economics to work the way it does"02 Sep 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muknu2rjht2shttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mukaiq2fgs2uReading E.B. White’s bestselling collection of essays, One Man’s Meat, and while I appreciate the homespun wisdom, this has to best example of “right place, right time” in literary history. Defending the virtues of rural America at the dawn of WW2 is like a four-game series against the Rockies02 Sep 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukaiq2fgs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3muk5o76nal2kI'm introducing a new tier of support. If you enjoy my writing, and want to go beyond subscribing to BP, you can now mail me a 1982 Topps #629 Johnny Wockenfuss card, one of the five cards I need to complete that set02 Sep 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk5o76nal2khttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3muimzvmm3c26This reads like an 8-bit NES game where there wasn’t enough memory for more than four characters per name02 Sep 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muimzvmm3c26https://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3muiiuut64c2sI need an app on my phone where all it does is you push a button and it shows the clip of Paul Rudd picking up his tray in Wet Hot American Summer, so I can show it to my pre-teens at a moment's notice01 Sep 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiiuut64c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mui4oblgy52mWe have to find new ways to trick rich people into spending their money on things that accidentally help others. Fund cancer research by putting all the labs inside massive ziggurats01 Sep 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui4oblgy52mhttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mui2zlbxgc2tWe're not far from Stan Kroenke accidentally putting a bid in on a team he already owns01 Sep 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui2zlbxgc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3muhpmidhhw26Wrote up the Luis Robert Jr. transaction this morning for @baseballprospectus.com, which meant reiterating the Official BP Transaction Analysis Stance on the Concept of Money in Baseball. Acronym still forthcoming. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/109883/orioles-get-luis-robert-mets-get-lack-thereof/01 Sep 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhpmidhhw26https://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3muhpmidhhw26Wrote up the Luis Robert Jr. transaction this morning for @baseballprospectus.com, which meant reiterating the Official BP Transaction Analysis Stance on the Concept of Money in Baseball. Acronym still forthcoming. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/109883/orioles-get-luis-robert-mets-get-lack-thereof/01 Sep 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhpmidhhw26https://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mugndm5ajp2wColton Cowser's lower half just had one of the greatest lower halves of a home run robbery in baseball history01 Sep 2026 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugndm5ajp2whttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mufjyzf56i2dI think this one turned out pretty well, a mix of non-transaction transaction analysis and philosophy about how we consume modern culture, always slightly detached. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufjyzf56i2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mufjyzf56i2dI think this one turned out pretty well, a mix of non-transaction transaction analysis and philosophy about how we consume modern culture, always slightly detached. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufjyzf56i2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3muf55ts2sg2jGood morning. Today for @baseballprospectus.com I wrote about the Eugenio Suárez waiver situation, and why Terry Francona's heated reaction is both understandable and impossible. Like it or not, half of baseball now is the sport of watching baseball get made. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/109840/baseball-is-a-board-game/31 Aug 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf55ts2sg2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mudbwki3k42pI've always had a soft spot for Samad Taylor, who isn't good but is generally better than the career he's been allowed to have. Then after four years the Padres finally gave him a tiny amount of runway, he's hit quite nicely for them, and then this happens30 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudbwki3k42phttps://bsky.app/profile/euqubud.baseballprospectus.com/post/3mu622fga3s23Thought this was a pretty strong episode. We talked about the dire state of the AL West, the dire state of pro scouting, and then played a game that everyone enjoyed very much. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/109833/five-dive-episode-575-al-west-after-dark/28 Aug 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:6d4brir6mlguabf3ry5yyafc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu622fga3s23