Michael Donodeo
@mdonodeo.bsky.social
Baseball Prospectus draft team. Former nerd for Villanova baseball.
Here’s wishing you the bluest skies and hope that something better comes tomorrow.
Here’s wishing you the bluest skies and hope that something better comes tomorrow.
Broad trade thoughts:
- It’s fine
- Both contracts bad
- Nimmo contract has more pathways to being reallllyyyy bad even if presently better bat
- Righty bat good
- Semien should trade contact for pulled fly balls
- Semien’s floor dependent on defensive regression
- AJ Ewing stock up probably
- It’s fine
- Both contracts bad
- Nimmo contract has more pathways to being reallllyyyy bad even if presently better bat
- Righty bat good
- Semien should trade contact for pulled fly balls
- Semien’s floor dependent on defensive regression
- AJ Ewing stock up probably
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Broad trade thoughts:
- It’s fine
- Both contracts bad
- Nimmo contract has more pathways to being reallllyyyy bad even if presently better bat
- Righty bat good
- Semien should trade contact for pulled fly balls
- Semien’s floor dependent on defensive regression
- AJ Ewing stock up probably
- It’s fine
- Both contracts bad
- Nimmo contract has more pathways to being reallllyyyy bad even if presently better bat
- Righty bat good
- Semien should trade contact for pulled fly balls
- Semien’s floor dependent on defensive regression
- AJ Ewing stock up probably
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
depends on the night tbh
October 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
depends on the night tbh
Trying to escape everything going on by watching the Mets fumble a playoff spot, presented by ChatGPT
September 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Trying to escape everything going on by watching the Mets fumble a playoff spot, presented by ChatGPT
Average Wonder Years concert
"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys
September 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Average Wonder Years concert
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
2 Pennsylvania Headline published an hour apart
GOP has time to draft "Charlie Kirk Day" Legislation, but doesn't have time to pass our (now 3 month late) budget to fund our schools.
GOP has time to draft "Charlie Kirk Day" Legislation, but doesn't have time to pass our (now 3 month late) budget to fund our schools.
September 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
2 Pennsylvania Headline published an hour apart
GOP has time to draft "Charlie Kirk Day" Legislation, but doesn't have time to pass our (now 3 month late) budget to fund our schools.
GOP has time to draft "Charlie Kirk Day" Legislation, but doesn't have time to pass our (now 3 month late) budget to fund our schools.
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
what if we buy back the guns, melt them down, then use the metal for building material for affordable housing and parks
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
what if we buy back the guns, melt them down, then use the metal for building material for affordable housing and parks
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
Induced vertical break, spin efficiency, seam-shifted wake—what do these buzzwords mean for a pitch trajectory? Explore using my Statcast-based pitch visualizer (physics modeling based on work of @pobguy.bsky.social). Updated daily with new pitching data!
gabes135.github.io/pitch-graphic/
gabes135.github.io/pitch-graphic/
Pitch Visualizer
Computational Physics Ph.D.
gabes135.github.io
September 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Induced vertical break, spin efficiency, seam-shifted wake—what do these buzzwords mean for a pitch trajectory? Explore using my Statcast-based pitch visualizer (physics modeling based on work of @pobguy.bsky.social). Updated daily with new pitching data!
gabes135.github.io/pitch-graphic/
gabes135.github.io/pitch-graphic/
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
Seems like the kind of thing federal agents could handle if they weren’t busy tracking down America’s most wanted DoorDash delivery drivers in DC.
SCOOP
I spoke to the leader of the 764-linked swatting group that is behind the recent spare of hoax active shooter calls at university campuses across the US.
He claims to have earned $100,000 in the space of just six days
www.wired.com/story/purgat...
I spoke to the leader of the 764-linked swatting group that is behind the recent spare of hoax active shooter calls at university campuses across the US.
He claims to have earned $100,000 in the space of just six days
www.wired.com/story/purgat...
This Is the Group That's Been Swatting US Universities
WIRED spoke to a self-proclaimed leader of an online group called Purgatory, which charged as little as $20 to call in fake threats against schools.
www.wired.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Seems like the kind of thing federal agents could handle if they weren’t busy tracking down America’s most wanted DoorDash delivery drivers in DC.
Jonah Tong Jonah Tong Jonah Tong www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...
The Call-Up: Jonah Tong | Baseball Prospectus
The Mets are looking for a(nother) spark in their rotation.
www.baseballprospectus.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Jonah Tong Jonah Tong Jonah Tong www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...
David Peterson goes 8 scoreless anyway
Thank god the natl guard is here at the Nats stadium to protect us from *checks notes* *checks notes* *checks notes* ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
August 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
David Peterson goes 8 scoreless anyway
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
The year is 2089. An ant the size of a curio cabinet who is hooked up to what scientists are calling "the world's most racist computer" is president. Water is unavailable but humans have adapted by purifying motor oil. Joe Flacco has been announced starting quarterback of the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Browns are naming QB Joe Flacco as their starter, the end of a training camp competition that never really was.
Flacco quickly emerged as QB1, while the others battled injuries. The player who led them to the playoffs in 2023 is back.
Flacco quickly emerged as QB1, while the others battled injuries. The player who led them to the playoffs in 2023 is back.
August 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The year is 2089. An ant the size of a curio cabinet who is hooked up to what scientists are calling "the world's most racist computer" is president. Water is unavailable but humans have adapted by purifying motor oil. Joe Flacco has been announced starting quarterback of the Cincinnati Bengals.
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
The Call-Up: Nolan McLean
by Michael Donodeo (@mdonodeo.bsky.social) and Timothy Jackson (@timjacksonsays.bsky.social)
www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...
by Michael Donodeo (@mdonodeo.bsky.social) and Timothy Jackson (@timjacksonsays.bsky.social)
www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...
The Call-Up: Nolan McLean | Baseball Prospectus
The former two-way player from Oklahoma State dropped the bat, and picked up plenty of bad swings against.
www.baseballprospectus.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The Call-Up: Nolan McLean
by Michael Donodeo (@mdonodeo.bsky.social) and Timothy Jackson (@timjacksonsays.bsky.social)
www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...
by Michael Donodeo (@mdonodeo.bsky.social) and Timothy Jackson (@timjacksonsays.bsky.social)
www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...
I went to high school three blocks or so from here, walking past heavily armed guards at the government printing office most days, especially when there was some sort of national security threat.
This is just ridiculous
This is just ridiculous
August 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I went to high school three blocks or so from here, walking past heavily armed guards at the government printing office most days, especially when there was some sort of national security threat.
This is just ridiculous
This is just ridiculous
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
Unsurprisingly, batter's swings get more accurate the more they see a pitcher. These are observed rather than modeled values, hence the occasional weird values the third time through likely due to sample sizes.
August 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Unsurprisingly, batter's swings get more accurate the more they see a pitcher. These are observed rather than modeled values, hence the occasional weird values the third time through likely due to sample sizes.
The SEPTA cuts aren’t the worst thing happening right now but man they’re a microcosm of everything sucking
August 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The SEPTA cuts aren’t the worst thing happening right now but man they’re a microcosm of everything sucking
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
A Braves/Reds game at a racetrack on Fox is truly for the worst people you know. Terrible vibes all around
August 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A Braves/Reds game at a racetrack on Fox is truly for the worst people you know. Terrible vibes all around
@seidler.bsky.social and I talking/ranting about draft stuff open.spotify.com/episode/0HlJ...
The Heat Check Prospect Podcast: Episode 27
The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
@seidler.bsky.social and I talking/ranting about draft stuff open.spotify.com/episode/0HlJ...
I will be buying our editors a beer for this one. Go read it
@mdonodeo.bsky.social dumped a ton of notes (nearly 7000 words) for you on names that didn't crack our big board for one reason or another. This one is for the draft fiends among you:
Draft Thoughts: Non-Top 50 Edition | Baseball Prospectus
There are plenty of interesting names left to consider, even after the competitive balance rounds.
www.baseballprospectus.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I will be buying our editors a beer for this one. Go read it
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
The latest Heat Check podcast is live. In it @bspan2.bsky.social and I discuss recent top performers in MiLB plus a check in from @mdonodeo.bsky.social on the MLB draft.
open.spotify.com/episode/4EeX...
open.spotify.com/episode/4EeX...
The Heat Check Prospect Podcast: Episode 26
The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The latest Heat Check podcast is live. In it @bspan2.bsky.social and I discuss recent top performers in MiLB plus a check in from @mdonodeo.bsky.social on the MLB draft.
open.spotify.com/episode/4EeX...
open.spotify.com/episode/4EeX...
Take your mind off everything going to shit and read some draft reports! www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...
The 2025 MLB Draft Big Board | Baseball Prospectus
Breaking down the best prospects in the MLB draft.
www.baseballprospectus.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Take your mind off everything going to shit and read some draft reports! www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
i think cuomo did well considering he couldn’t campaign while the sun was up
June 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
i think cuomo did well considering he couldn’t campaign while the sun was up
New York is so back (Mets exluded)
June 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
New York is so back (Mets exluded)
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
Wow. Watch this from Zohran Mamdani. It looks like the exact "fight" and "conviction" people are hopelessly asking for from the people in charge of the Democratic party:
March 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Wow. Watch this from Zohran Mamdani. It looks like the exact "fight" and "conviction" people are hopelessly asking for from the people in charge of the Democratic party:
Reposted by Michael Donodeo
Two horrible things happened in DC in the dead of night but if this big ugly bill passed by the House becomes law, I'm afraid it's going to kill a lot more than two people
May 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Two horrible things happened in DC in the dead of night but if this big ugly bill passed by the House becomes law, I'm afraid it's going to kill a lot more than two people