Brian Recca

I would think which team you are taken by has a significant effect on outcomes in a given range. There's more reason for excitement when TEAM A takes a certain player in the late 20s instead of TEAM B

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My top 5 high school prospects in the northeast for the 2025 #mlbdraft

Northeast College MLB Draft Ranks: 1-15 Ranking the top college players in the northeast for the 2025 MLB Draft

Is MLB draft fever kicking in for you yet? Then you'll want to check out this!

On Friday I ranked the top 15 college baseball players in the northeast for the 2025 MLB Draft. I'll be expanding the list to 30 tomorrow!

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Ernie Johnson with an emotional sign-off from 'Inside the NBA' on TNT. 🏀📺🎙️❤️ #NBA

Per the club’s PR, Cole Young is the first player in Mariners history to deliver a walkoff in his MLB debut.

Delon Wright playing in the 4th quarter of an elimination game down 10. Takes 2 3s and misses both. Not a guy who should be playing late in games but Thibs does it anyway.

The only player who can stop Karl-Anthony Towns is Karl-Anthony Towns

🚨Velo Leaderboard Update🚨

Two new additions from Yale + Landon Mack moves up after reaching 96 MPH vs Penn State!

For example, Google Search was a tool designed to help people by providing quality info quickly and easily. Improving that tool was the primary focus for the search team. But over time, it became a tool for Google to increase engagement with their products + advertisers. And now Google Search sucks.

The incentive to maximize human engagement/data is greater than providing accurate information and improving users' lives.

We've seen this scenario play out over and over again with meta, google search, amazon, twitter, etc. There's no reason why we should trust these corporations this time around.

Big issue I have with LLMs and AI assistants right now is the incentive structure for these tech companies.

Growing/building the product requires increased human interaction. Tech companies will be motivated financially and from an R&D perspective to maximize engagement.

From Jersey and I never had a strong opinion on his music. But The Rising made me a fan.

The Nuggets have solid role players. Peyton Watson and Julian Strawther are good players. David Adelman is much better at deploying them than Mike Malone.

Christian Braun is having the time of his life right now.

'Dude's on another level': How Nikola Jokic quietly became a defensive analytics darling From kicked ball violations to memorizing plays, Nikola Jokic has elevated his IQ to become one of the league's best defenders.

With @bannedmacmahon.bsky.social: How Nikola Jokic quietly became the NBA’s *defensive* analytics darling www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

I have a strong feeling that there is a faction of tariff supporters who genuinely think this is the best path for America. I also think there are plenty of folks who don't really care about how this is being implemented and see a way to enrich themselves.

I haven't worked in a financial job in about 10 years, so what do I know?

But it will take years, maybe decades, to build enough infrastructure and empower the domestic workforce for these tariffs to make sense.

Velo Leaderboard Update!
-Caleb Leys moves up from 4th place and is now tied for 2nd
-4 new additions this week. 2 prep + 2 D1
-6 way tie for 5th place!

Another week, another velo leaderboard. New Additions:
Truman Pauley + Callan Fang, Harvard
Alistair Morin, Siena
Ben Alekson, Fairfield

NEW: First edition of the Northeast Draft Guide Spring Velo Leaderboard for 2025! Only including velo readings I personally witnessed. Should be fun to track this all spring long.

“Show me the incentives and I’ll show you the outcome.”

Influencers make content to appeal to audiences and to algorithms.

Views on clickbait topics are higher. Feedback from both audience and analytics encourages them to make more.

Audience capture is real. The money and clout are, too.

We have countless examples of his sociopathic behavior that has absolutely nothing to do with business. Seems pretty damn relevant.

"And Jordan Belfort was the protagonist, actually."

I have no problem with SGA winning MVP. But I'd like folks to be honest about it. If it's about team W-L and/or Jokic 'fatigue,' I can accept that. SGA is having an all-time great season and plays every night. He's worthy. But don't tell me he is the better, more impactful player.

Bluesky has 3 minute videos now?!?! Time to get some fresh content on here

YouTube video by Matt Hallgren Succession - Roman's Failed Rocket Launch

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Culture issue

YouTube video by Karl French Senator Claude Malhuret Speech (English Subtitles)

If you watch one thing today, let it be this.

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