Bradley Woodrum

Bradley Woodrum

@bradleywoodrum.com

Baseball analyst, economist, and writer. Current Baseball Prospectus writer, former FanGraphs writer, former Marlins analyst. Opinions are my own, but you may borrow them. I have friends everywhere. he/him YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BradleyWoodrum

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Ben Clemens
@benclemens.bsky.social

It took John Smoltz zero pitching changes to bring up the Inevitable Reliever Blowup Theory. You knew it was going to happen. I knew it was going to happen. So I wrote about it, literally today.

FanGraphs Baseball@fangraphs.com

Mathemadage: The Inevitable Reliever Blowup Theory blogs.fangraphs.com/mathemadage-...

blogs.fangraphs.comMathemadage: The Inevitable Reliever Blowup TheoryIf you roll enough dice, you’re bound to hit snake eyes eventually. But how does that translate to playoff baseball?

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Will Harris
@sandwichpick.bsky.social

obviously he said many funny things but this was my favorite zack greinke weirdness

Baseball Birthday@baseballbirthdays.bsky.social

Zack Greinke (43) Whitey Ford Bill Lee Bill Russell (78) George Bell (67) Khalil Greene (47) Jerry Garvin (71) Other Active Players: Ben Bowden (32) Luis Curvelo (26) Christian Moore (24) See more here https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi

Bradley Woodrum
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I also think it's worth highlighting how opener-heavy the #Dodgers were this season. Opener-heavy and starter-light is a worrying one-two punch. It speaks to a lack of confidence in their pitching depth.

Bradley Woodrum@bradleywoodrum.com

In my wrap on the #Dodgers season, I couldn't help be examine how basically the entirety of MLB's best teams have at least some front office experience with Andrew Friedman. And now it's a WS matchup between his former no. 2's. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

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Rob Mains
@robmains.bsky.social

Today at @baseballprospectus.com: Yesterday's ALCS game, completed ahead of upcoming rain, took only a zippy 2:26. Other games have seemed interminable. What's going on with length of game in the playoffs? www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

baseballprospectus.comHow Much of a Slog are Playoff Games? | Baseball ProspectusA week ago last Thursday, the Guardians beat the White Sox, 9-5. The game took three hours and thirty-nine minutes to complete. That made it the fourth-longest nine-inning postseason game, and…

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Baseball Reference
@baseball-reference.com

The starters for the Rays and Guardians in Game 1, Drew Rasmussen and Foster Griffin, were both born on July 27, 1995. It's the first time in MLB Postseason history that both starting pitchers were born on the same day. 🤯

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Patrick Dubuque
@euqubud.baseballprospectus.com

Replying to @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com

Then I wrote about one moment in Tampa's series-clinching Game 3 victory, and the eight years of moments, mostly uncatalogued, that got Victor Mesa Jr. there:

baseballprospectus.comWhat Matters Most is Getting There | Baseball ProspectusFirst, some numbers. 225: The number of words that have been written about Victor Mesa Jr. over five editions of the BP Annual, more than 10% of which were his own name. All five appearances were end-...
Bradley Woodrum
@bradleywoodrum.com

Great writeup from @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com on what of my all-time favorite players and former colleagues. VMJ is such a great dude. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

baseballprospectus.comWhat Matters Most is Getting There | Baseball ProspectusFirst, some numbers. 225: The number of words that have been written about Victor Mesa Jr. over five editions of the BP Annual, more than 10% of which were his own name. All five appearances were end-...
Bradley Woodrum
@bradleywoodrum.com

I would like to thank Ro and whatever Sweeney is selling out her gender for this week. Thanks for making it perfectly clear that my kids, especially my impressionable young daughter, are not welcome during this #MLB broadcast. We've got plenty of body image issues at home, thank you very much.

Bradley Woodrum
@bradleywoodrum.com

Multiple times during the broadcast I thought to myself, "They got a really good crew on this commentary!" Well done #NBC on exactly this one thing.

"Le Chonk"@cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com

between flemming, deshaies, and grant I gotta say I don't think I've heard more positive talk about baseball and how exciting it is and what makes it fun. really lovely thing to hear during a broadcast.

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Liz - High and Inside
@lizzierie.bsky.social

You won’t want to miss our WPBL panel on Saturday, plus some great presentations. Full schedule up on the site 🙏🙏 Register now!!

Liz - High and Inside@lizzierie.bsky.social

And next month, October 9-11, we look at this league and so much more at the Women in Baseball Conference. Register now! sabr.org/latest/regis...

Bradley Woodrum
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"Look what I can do!"

Levi Weaver, but for baseball@threetwoeephus.bsky.social

My favorite thing about Chris Sale is that guy who once cut up uniforms he didn’t like, who still touches 100 at 37 years old, who looks like he was just rescued from a remote mountain cabin, adorned in bear hide & mad at being found …routinely makes a body shape reminiscent of Stuart from MadTV

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

Trump and Republicans are terrified of policies that curb their own wealth and power, and the wealth and power of the oligarchs that bankroll them. That's why they're amping up the fearmongering about "socialism."

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Aisle424 Has Fallen
@aisle424.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Assistant AG for Fraud Colin McDonald: "Apparently 35% of people have never even used their Obamacare account for any health services. That is a statistical impossibility and it's because these are not real people seeking real care. These are fraudsters."

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Casey Drottar
@caseydrottar.bsky.social

And there it is. Pete Crow-Armstrong becomes the first Cub in franchise history to have a 40-40 season. He's the seventh player in MLB history with such a season.

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Céspedes Family BBQ
@cespedesbbq.bsky.social

watching Cooper Hjerpe...felt like a good time to check in on the most unique release points in MLB via Baseball Savant, highlighted a handful of notable outliers (min. 150 total pitches thrown):

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Aaron
@aaronjsomers.bsky.social

Michael is always a good read, but this one was especially good.

Michael Clair@michaelclair.bsky.social

After struggling much of the year, Ayami Sato tossed a complete game shutout to help the Queens win the first WPBL championship. But for the players in the league, this was about much more than one game. "This has been everything to me," Amanda Gianelloni said. www.mlb.com/news/queens-...

mlb.comSuperstar Ayami Sato sends Queens to inaugural WPBL titleAyami Sato may be the most decorated player in women’s baseball. The Kagoshima, Japan, native has three Women’s Baseball World Cup MVP Awards. No other pitcher has more than one. She held multiple rec...
Bradley Woodrum
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This is partly what I was ranting about on @ewpod.bsky.social. If the #MLB cared about the long term future of baseball as a sport, they would pass around a plate between the owners and toss $1M no-strings-attached to this league. #WPBL

sportydolphin.fun@sportydolphin.fun

Just imagine what happens when this league gets more funding. As a quick comparison: An entire WPBL team's salary cap: $95,000 Tarik Skubal's earnings throwing 13 pitches last year: $95,000 #WPBL