Baseball Prospectus (emeritus) | author of "The Shift: The Next Evolution in Baseball Thinking" and "The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Modern Baseball" (Triumph) | Quad-A Sabermetrician | he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3mj5f4c3lxk2mHappy birthday to you. (And Mandy Moore)10 Apr 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5f4c3lxk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3mgvfy5n2tc2qOh @sammillerbb.bsky.social, I'm in tears. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Mar 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvfy5n2tc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3mfs3jmifes2yABS is going to kill catcher framing, but it's going to create a new class of catchers who are good at working the ABS system. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfs3jmifes2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3mckpoeyty22zSo... Bichette.16 Jan 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckpoeyty22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3mbdmfc6stk2cMade it. Somehow.01 Jan 2026 05:08 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbdmfc6stk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3m7hbjzls2225Jeff... Kent?08 Dec 2025 05:14 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7hbjzls2225https://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3m6rz652pec22Inflation is out of hand!29 Nov 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6rz652pec22https://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3m6rydnsofk22Well this is awkward. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Nov 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6rydnsofk22https://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3m6o2ohfwpk2rToday, I am grateful for... [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Nov 2025 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6o2ohfwpk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3lvrv7knuyk23Move fences back. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2025 04:21 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvrv7knuyk23https://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3lvrijmrbms2vSome personal news: After 15 occasionally interrupted years @baseballprospectus.com providing weekly #GoryMath, I am taking a step back. No, I haven't been hired by a team or another outlet. No, I'm not doing a Substack. No, I'm not mad at BP. They're amazing. Yes, I will still write occasionally.07 Aug 2025 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvrijmrbms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3lvc4v4gr5c2aMy wife just hugged me. #HugWatch31 Jul 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvc4v4gr5c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3lvbqgtn2gk2qAs always, my sources tell me "Dude, we're a little busy today. Can't really talk." They tell me that when it's not the trade deadline too.31 Jul 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbqgtn2gk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3lv7fen3ov22qShameless self-promotion: Let's talk about actual rule changes that might just happen in the near future. @baseballprospectus.com https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/100213/so-youve-decided-to-change-some-rules/30 Jul 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv7fen3ov22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3lv7ejoeddk2qFrom the archives: For some reason, this seems relevant. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/85148/baseball-therapy-angels-waivers/30 Jul 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv7ejoeddk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3lv2i7oy7wc2tIn 1997, Jed Hoyer was an admissions officer at Kenyon College and I was a high school senior. After he did my admissions interview for what became my alma mater, he confided that he wanted to some day get a job working in baseball. Apparently, it worked. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2025 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv2i7oy7wc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3lbqbfh62nk2d1/ I wanted to bring this thread to BlueSky (with some new information!) It's about the "Sockalexis Myth" that the Cleveland Guardians, formerly Cleveland Indians, were so named as an honor to former player Louis Sockalexis. There is very little evidence for this idea.25 Nov 2024 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbqbfh62nk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3lu6pdftdo224Want to have a great second half to your season? Subscribe to @baseballprospectus.com! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu6pdftdo224https://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3lpplgwgr5s2pShameless self-promotion: My humble case for bringing back the infield shift. @baseballprospectus.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpplgwgr5s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3looeuutifk2hEvery decade or so, I get a reminder that I used to be Catholic.08 May 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3looeuutifk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pizzacutter4.bsky.social/post/3lluxomctts23Shameless self-promotion: Did the 2024 Tigers show us the future of pitching? [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2025 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:bk33ckuvvescevstclkslo42/app.bsky.feed.post/3lluxomctts23