Josh Bookbinder

@jonbois.bsky.social would you ever consider updating the mariners doc with a cal raleigh / julio rodriguez era episode?

Jason Giambi, 9/3/2006 for the Yankees against the Blue Jays!

my bluesky algorithm has become an interesting mixture of some of the coolest people from twitter right alongside a bunch of super old-people-facebook posts. i’ll have an stat breakdown of a minor leaguer one post, and the next is “like and repost if you live your local library”. it’s kinda awesome

not a carolina or clemson fan, have significant beef with both honestly. but how is a violent rivalry game that likely will decide a playofff spot 1) being played at noon and 2) not the easy gameday choice? feels like a big whiff by everyone

one of the great “this guy can’t start, but what if we put him in the bullp— holy hell”

a painful defeat but i concede graciously

Bo Bichette?

the ol’ “if you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’” ballot

Blown Saves:
‘07 Rivera: 4
‘24 Holmes: 13

WPA:
‘07 Rivera: 2.4
‘24 Holmes: -1.6

cWPA:
‘07 Rivera: 1.9%
‘24 Holmes: -1.4%

6 prior years:
‘00-‘06 Rivera:
2.07 ERA, 505 IP, 7.9 K/9, 1.9 BB/9, 0.98 WHIP
‘18-‘23 Holmes:
3.84 ERA, 274 IP, 9.6 K/9, 4.3 BB/9, 1.30 WHIP

does this adjust for the temperature of indoor stadiums, or partially indoor stadiums? i thought chase field was kept at 75ish on game days, and it seems odd that the trop is so low considering it’s fully domed

as someone who loves the nerd side of ball but pitched at a high level, there’s a big disconnect. on the analytic side, we’re quick to dismiss the old heads (usually for good reason), but the reality is somewhere in the middle. my coaching mantra is “train new school, play old school”

we are again realizing that pitching is about outs and more complex than “just K everyone and throw ball hard”!

great article, particularly enjoyed the comparison of kirby and martinez and the analysis of pitches thrown by count of the latter. hitting is so hard when you can’t predict what’s coming

working on my first-ever attempt at writing a full-length novel. main takeaway through the first 15,000 words: there’s a lot of words in a book, huh?

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Hello Bluesky, I’m Josh. I’m an English teacher, coach, writer, baseball enjoyer, and former baseballer with a cool elbow scar to prove it. I plan to use this as a stream of consciousness that I probably should keep mental but will share anyway