this is insanely cool omg

Knock Me Down; There You Go! Home Run Call YouTube video by Brooklyn Tortellini

you’re gonna be on hold for 45 minutes and this on repeat will be the hold music youtu.be/Tc88OwymTak?...

Earlier this week, @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com and I talked about how to use batted ball metrics on the newest episode of The Approach Angle.

We dig deep into why average exit velocity is bad, which exit velocities matter, and how to use them in context with launch and spray angle.

Mike Burrows going to maintain that sleeper status after this start.

The slider is essentially a cutter now (up 3mph from last year) and he can throw it in the zone. I love the sinker location too as he just needs to find ways to be unpredictable with 4 offerings to RHB.

Best Opening Day tradition in baseball

*taps sign*

nothing like the bliss of opening day

and

nothing like the anger of tmrw being an offday

I would love to watch a baseball game on tv some day

New episode of the pod! Kyle (@blandalytics.pitcherlist.com) and I talk about WHIP and its importance as a "forgotten" stat, then discuss Str-ICR as a way to analyze and predict WHIP.

Give it a listen wherever you get your podcasts, and I assure you the intros will get better lol

Draft season officially done!

11 leagues and here's the list of "my guys" that I ended up with the most. I'll gladly own my Sal Stewart love across more than half my leagues.

Fun names that just missed the cut: Basallo, Abel, DeLauter, Marsee, Wallner, Mis

TAA 2 - Auction Calculators and Other Draft Evaluation Tools | The Approach Angle The Approach Angle Nate Schwartz and Kyle Bland are joined by Alexander Chase to discuss auction values and other draft evaluation tools for upcoming fantasy drafts.

Episode two of The Approach Angle came out yesterday! @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com and @chaserate.bsky.social discuss auction calculators and other draft evaluation tools.
Available here or on wherever you get your PL pods: the-approach-angle.simplecast.com/episodes/taa2

Trying to post here more

Really tough ending, will not be remembered as well as he should be (rightfully so for the off-field stuff)

since 2010, only him and Waino have three consecutive 3+ fWAR seasons as a Cardinal starter

cardinals fans look away

I am really excited to see Chad Patrick in the rotation this year.

Triforce of fastballs is soooo much fun

I haven't watched much spring training, but I tune into one Cardinals game and we're so back.

Quinn Mathews looks incredible and I cannot wait to see him in St. Louis. Reckless optimism season is here

so much fun :(

Phillies ‘doing everything we can’ to part with Nick Castellanos before first full-squad workout If the Phillies don’t trade Castellanos, they’re expected to release him. Either way, they will pay all or most of his $20 million salary.

It's still funny how out in the open this entire thing is www.inquirer.com/phillies/nic...

Felix Hernandez will be the barometer for reframing Hall of Fame pitchers. He was an Ace for an extended amount of time in the modern era and has *close enough* counting stats to make it work. If not him, I worry a large swath of worthy guys will miss it

Things that sink a fringe team: absolutely atrocious defense.

I don't see many (if any) impact defenders on this roster, and one Konnor Griffin can't save them all. If you're going to focus on run prevention in a team build, you should probably care about defense

Bingo

bingo! he’s so underrated and is in the top of the tigers lineup. hard not to love at cost

Which second baseman led the position in Process+ last year?

One of my favorite targets for fantasy in a really shallow position

skubal’s arb case did numbers already

TAA 1 - Advanced Metrics that Matter - Premiere at PitchCon!

Episode 1 of the Approach Angle is up! @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com and I will be talking all things baseball analytics (and hopefully, teach you a thing or two).

While the intro is still in spring training form, give it a listen!

open.spotify.com/show/1H2ApRf...

Death of a Sports Section The Washington Post sports department was dismantled before its leaders gave it a chance to change

Me on the death of the Washington Post sports section.

This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry.
www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/m...

Ke'Bryan Hayes is at least one I think

So many great writers don’t deserve this and it’s just another moment in how enshittified everything useful has become. With sports specifically, it’s unfathomable that the local paper in a major city won’t cover a full slate of teams.

Support independent writers

the other two make this something really nice. I’m happy

Cijintje and Peete is about as expected return, but that absolutely works. I don’t think a haul was going to be in the cards (especially with the Giants dropping out), but it’s an exciting RHP and a reclamation project for a guy with pedigree.

Need these types to build out a strong pipeline.

Herrera to TB would be an incredibly Tampa/STL kind of deal