Daniel R. Epstein

A lot of people also don't understand that offseason prospect rankings lose some validity when the players start playing again and we get more data on them. Some report to ST looking better, some worse. They're not set in stone. Lagrange looks better in Feb/March than he did last year.

I'm proud to say that my first day wearing short sleeves in 2026 is also my first day dripping ice cream on my shirt in 2026. Many more to come.

Zac Veen encuentra su apetito y su fuerza | Baseball Prospectus Tal vez esta sea una historia de "el mejor estado físico de su vida" que realmente importe.

Hoy en @enespanol.baseballprospectus.com: Zac Veen encuentra su apetito y su fuerza, por @depstein1983.bsky.social, traducción de @camarcano.bsky.social. ¡Para leer todo nuestro contenido en español, ve a baseballprospectus.com/espanol!

Czechia's viral electrical worker 'Jedi' who K'd Ohtani bids farewell to Classic TOKYO -- One pitch changed Ondřej Satoria’s life -- and he thought it was a mistake. Facing Shohei Ohtani in the Tokyo Dome three years ago, Satoria -- an electrical controller at ČEZ Group in Ostrava...

This is good and you should read it.

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It's not a test, it's just their slogan.

I have spent 43 years watching, reading, and studying baseball past and present, and the story of Ondrej Satoria and Shohei Ohtani is the most incredible baseball story of all.

If you like the WBC and you aren't following Clair, you're doing it wrong.

Pavel Chadim came to the press room with Baseball Czech’s first ever European bronze medal 🥉 around his neck. Here’s why:

Thank you!

My vertebrae

Thank you!

Belated congratulations to @depstein1983.bsky.social for winning The John Dewan award for defensive analysis at the SABR Analytics Conference.

You can read his article about center fielder defensive positioning here
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Thank you, SABR!

I might wear this on a chain like Flava Flav.

Zac Veen Finds His Appetite, and Strength | Baseball Prospectus Maybe this is a "best shape of his life" story that matters.

Zac Veen Finds His Appetite, and Strength
by Daniel R. Epstein (@depstein1983.bsky.social)
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Congratulations to Bill White, the 2026 recipient of the Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award! ow.ly/uNVQ50Yrs66

Zac Veen Finds His Appetite, and Strength | Baseball Prospectus Maybe this is a "best shape of his life" story that matters.

There are two times in a person's life when they increase their body weight by 21.3% in just five months:

1) From ages 6-11 months
2) When you're Zac Veen

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... No

Oh, I just thought of another idea! We would need King Missile to do the theme song.

... On Fox?

I should pitch them my story about a teacher with acid reflux

How a Czech firefighter led the country to its first World Baseball Classic The following is an excerpt from my upcoming book, “We Sacrifice Everything to Baseball,” which follows the story of how a team of amateur ballplayers from the Czech Republic reached the World Basebal...

Martin Schneider, the famed firefighter and longtime hero for the Czechs, takes the mound. He's returning from shoulder surgery and this could very well be his last game.

Read more about him more in an excerpt from WE SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO BASEBALL: www.mlb.com/news/czech-f...

That's how you know that Brazil is not an MLB team but apparently Minnesota still is.

If a player allegedly violates the rules and is subject to discipline, the union has to represent them for all the reasons Eugene stated, but they also have to protect the collective bargaining agreement by making sure the league adheres to it as it metes out discipline. (Management often doesn't.)

Great thread from Eugene, as always. As a union president, I can add that when a union represents one of its members, it's really defending the collective bargaining agreement. The league's authority to discipline a player, as well as penalties and appeals, are all negotiated in bargaining. 1/2

Combined, they're one 235.8 mph home run

I think you mean not YET

There definitely are some charters that are doing things (kind of) the right way, but they're in the minority. Many also provide a boutique educational experience by declining special ed students and English Language Learners, then brag about their wonderful test scores and low cost per pupil.

Yeah I'm familiar with them. It's like the skeeviest corporation except paid for by your taxes.

All of the above and then some.

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I wrote state legislation that was passed in January to expose and curtail some of the grift.