Joe Sheehan
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Forty years ago MLB teams opened their books to an independent economist and were proven to be lying liars who lied.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
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-Rankings
-Projected earnings
-Rookie breakdown
-Sleepers/Busts
-Majors futures
-DFS strategy
-Draft/Auction strategy
-OAD strategy
👀A huge help for you in ANY fantasy or betting format
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
⛳ BREAKING >>The entire 2026 @rotowiregolf.bsky.social preview package is now live on @rotowire.bsky.social ($)
-Rankings
-Projected earnings
-Rookie breakdown
-Sleepers/Busts
-Majors futures
-DFS strategy
-Draft/Auction strategy
-OAD strategy
👀A huge help for you in ANY fantasy or betting format
-Rankings
-Projected earnings
-Rookie breakdown
-Sleepers/Busts
-Majors futures
-DFS strategy
-Draft/Auction strategy
-OAD strategy
👀A huge help for you in ANY fantasy or betting format
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Time for my semi-regular and totally random reminder that you do not know anything about professional athletes and celebrities behind closed doors, especially not their personalities and beliefs, and that almost all "he's one of the good ones" narratives are entirely invented based on nothing.
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Time for my semi-regular and totally random reminder that you do not know anything about professional athletes and celebrities behind closed doors, especially not their personalities and beliefs, and that almost all "he's one of the good ones" narratives are entirely invented based on nothing.
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Are the Tigers going to make Tarik Skubal the latest megastar to move a year before free agency?
At @optaanalystus.optajoe.com, I talked myself (and you!) through Detroit's calculus to trade or not to trade. theanalyst.com/articles/tar...
At @optaanalystus.optajoe.com, I talked myself (and you!) through Detroit's calculus to trade or not to trade. theanalyst.com/articles/tar...
Tarik Skubal Trade Calculus: Factors That Should Inform the Tigers’ Huge Decision | Opta Analyst
The Detroit Tigers are holding an ace, and everyone wants to know what they’re going to do about it. We break down the equation from every angle.
theanalyst.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Are the Tigers going to make Tarik Skubal the latest megastar to move a year before free agency?
At @optaanalystus.optajoe.com, I talked myself (and you!) through Detroit's calculus to trade or not to trade. theanalyst.com/articles/tar...
At @optaanalystus.optajoe.com, I talked myself (and you!) through Detroit's calculus to trade or not to trade. theanalyst.com/articles/tar...
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Tomorrow is the last day to nominate a piece for a SABR award. You can even nominate yourself if you're so inclined! Link here: sabr.org/latest/seeki...
Seeking nominations for 2026 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards – Society for American Baseball Research
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December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Tomorrow is the last day to nominate a piece for a SABR award. You can even nominate yourself if you're so inclined! Link here: sabr.org/latest/seeki...
Hey, Wharton, come get ya boy.
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Hey, Wharton, come get ya boy.
“America’s prices are INSANE!”
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“America’s prices are INSANE!”
The War on Christmas continues.
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The War on Christmas continues.
I’m thinking tonight about the billions of dollars spend on Congressional elections, and what little return Americans outside of the donor class get for that money. A functioning legislative branch would be useful right now.
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I’m thinking tonight about the billions of dollars spend on Congressional elections, and what little return Americans outside of the donor class get for that money. A functioning legislative branch would be useful right now.
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More Only in Podcasting Clichés
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Jolabokaflod
Susie Wiles
Rob Reiner
NFL Audio + JJ Watt
Journalists with Mullets
More Only in Podcasting Clichés
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December 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
New PRESS BOX:
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Susie Wiles
Rob Reiner
NFL Audio + JJ Watt
Journalists with Mullets
More Only in Podcasting Clichés
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Jolabokaflod
Susie Wiles
Rob Reiner
NFL Audio + JJ Watt
Journalists with Mullets
More Only in Podcasting Clichés
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Every few years there's a bunch of "pivot to video" discourse about how creatives should all start making videos instead of doing text-based work. And every few years we discover again that the supposed "popularity" of video is based on fake audience numbers created by the video platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every few years there's a bunch of "pivot to video" discourse about how creatives should all start making videos instead of doing text-based work. And every few years we discover again that the supposed "popularity" of video is based on fake audience numbers created by the video platforms.
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Exit light, bring me a dream, take my hand, turn off your magic beam, we're off to never never land
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Exit light, bring me a dream, take my hand, turn off your magic beam, we're off to never never land
I just mixed up "Enter Sandman" and "Mr. Sandman." How's your Tuesday going?
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I just mixed up "Enter Sandman" and "Mr. Sandman." How's your Tuesday going?
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For @theathletic.com, I tried to imagine a world in which each of the 12 CFP teams won the national championship. www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
How a national title would feel for every CFP team, from unbearable to euphoric
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December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
For @theathletic.com, I tried to imagine a world in which each of the 12 CFP teams won the national championship. www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
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hey I'm gonna be annoying about this, but it's only so you get a great deal. Our current pricing expires on 12/31. You can get our best offer all year - BP360 - under the old pricing *right now*. You get a year's subscription, a 2026 BP Annual, and a t-shirt:
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December 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
hey I'm gonna be annoying about this, but it's only so you get a great deal. Our current pricing expires on 12/31. You can get our best offer all year - BP360 - under the old pricing *right now*. You get a year's subscription, a 2026 BP Annual, and a t-shirt:
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Dan Bernstein Unfiltered today celebrates a 10-win #Bears team. I unveil my #Heisman ballot, and we enjoy the antics of the wacky Pavia Brothers. Also, it's #Packers week again already. Links in replies. @312sportschi.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Dan Bernstein Unfiltered today celebrates a 10-win #Bears team. I unveil my #Heisman ballot, and we enjoy the antics of the wacky Pavia Brothers. Also, it's #Packers week again already. Links in replies. @312sportschi.bsky.social
Because it‘s anti-spending, anti-innovation, and punitive to the teams that have invested in the future of the game.
More than *anything* else, MLB owners hate competition. Hate it. Everything they have done since the Seitz decision has been to roll back competition.
More than *anything* else, MLB owners hate competition. Hate it. Everything they have done since the Seitz decision has been to roll back competition.
Baseball will now centralize all in-game data & tech at minor league level as they have with Statcast at the major league level. This will bring the bottom up, but critics say it's anti-spending, anti-innovation, and punitive to the teams that have invested in the future of the game. t.co/0UuQei8EtW
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6879487/2025/12/15/mlb-technology-change-minor-leagues/
t.co
December 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Because it‘s anti-spending, anti-innovation, and punitive to the teams that have invested in the future of the game.
More than *anything* else, MLB owners hate competition. Hate it. Everything they have done since the Seitz decision has been to roll back competition.
More than *anything* else, MLB owners hate competition. Hate it. Everything they have done since the Seitz decision has been to roll back competition.
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Baseball will now centralize all in-game data & tech at minor league level as they have with Statcast at the major league level. This will bring the bottom up, but critics say it's anti-spending, anti-innovation, and punitive to the teams that have invested in the future of the game. t.co/0UuQei8EtW
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6879487/2025/12/15/mlb-technology-change-minor-leagues/
t.co
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Baseball will now centralize all in-game data & tech at minor league level as they have with Statcast at the major league level. This will bring the bottom up, but critics say it's anti-spending, anti-innovation, and punitive to the teams that have invested in the future of the game. t.co/0UuQei8EtW
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Can I ask y'all a question?
December 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Can I ask y'all a question?
Catching up very late on #mets discourse. Why is there this desperation to look for soft factors to explain the difference between 89-73 and 83-79? It's pretty simply explained by $50M spent on -3 bWAR from Manaea, Montas, Blackburn and Stanek. We don't need woo for this one. It's math.
December 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Catching up very late on #mets discourse. Why is there this desperation to look for soft factors to explain the difference between 89-73 and 83-79? It's pretty simply explained by $50M spent on -3 bWAR from Manaea, Montas, Blackburn and Stanek. We don't need woo for this one. It's math.
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Much respect to the Kicker Community but it is so clearly time to make their jobs harder
December 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Much respect to the Kicker Community but it is so clearly time to make their jobs harder
Imagine being Brett Rypien.
The Colts will start QB Philip Rivers on Sunday against the Seahawks, sources tell The Insiders.
Age 44, out of retirement, after a full week of practice, Rivers is a go.
Age 44, out of retirement, after a full week of practice, Rivers is a go.
December 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Imagine being Brett Rypien.
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⛳ Part of the 2026 @rotowiregolf.bsky.social Draft Kit: Sleepers & Busts
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2026 RotoWire Golf Draft Kit: Sleepers & Busts
Five RotoWire golf writers give you one player to target and another to avoid in fantasy drafts, and one player -- Marco Penge -- finds himself listed twice.
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December 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
⛳ Part of the 2026 @rotowiregolf.bsky.social Draft Kit: Sleepers & Busts
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www.rotowire.com/golf/article...
@rotowire.bsky.social
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Look, it’s me—plus my amazing wife!
Rockette who went viral for her audition at 7 months pregnant reveals the story behind the video
Rockette who went viral for her audition at 7 months pregnant reveals the story behind the video
Former Rockette Alina Silver posted a throwback video of her audition for the iconic dance company while seven and a half months pregnant -- and it quickly went viral with a combined 11.7 million views on TikTok and Instagram.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Look, it’s me—plus my amazing wife!
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December 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Last call for my Winter Meetings subscription sale! It's going away tonight!
Take 25% off an annual sub. Get in just before I write like 900 words on the 1949 Robert Mitchum-Janet Leigh movie "Holiday Affair!" www.cupofcoffeenews.com/winter-meeti...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Pleased to help spread the word about @mketailgatenetwork.bsky.social's virtual food drive to support Hunger Task Force, which includes a raffle in which you can win primo Packers tickets! brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/...