Heather
@alainnfocail.bsky.social
Baseball nerd, Orioles fan, leftist, Baltimore YIMBY, romance reader, sewist, knitter, embroiderer, neurospicy, cat lady, triple negative breast cancer survivor, POTS, she/they
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Heather
@alainnfocail.bsky.social
· Jan 8
My little trash panda embroidery project status update: DONE!!!!!!!
I fucking love Sonny Gray and have wanted him on the Orioles for YEARS, I’m just not going to freak out about the small handful of moves other teams make prior to the Winter Meetings.
Not giving Elias the benefit of the doubt, I just don’t think it means anything that he hasn’t signed a starter yet
Not giving Elias the benefit of the doubt, I just don’t think it means anything that he hasn’t signed a starter yet
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I fucking love Sonny Gray and have wanted him on the Orioles for YEARS, I’m just not going to freak out about the small handful of moves other teams make prior to the Winter Meetings.
Not giving Elias the benefit of the doubt, I just don’t think it means anything that he hasn’t signed a starter yet
Not giving Elias the benefit of the doubt, I just don’t think it means anything that he hasn’t signed a starter yet
2025:
Henderson: .355
Rutschman: .307
Beavers: .375
Holliday: .314
Ward: .317
Westburg: .313
O’Neill: .292
Cowser: .269
Mayo: .299
Basallo: .229
Basically identical for Gunnar and improvements for the rest of the team.
(Beavers I’m also considering about even factoring in plate appearances.)
Henderson: .355
Rutschman: .307
Beavers: .375
Holliday: .314
Ward: .317
Westburg: .313
O’Neill: .292
Cowser: .269
Mayo: .299
Basallo: .229
Basically identical for Gunnar and improvements for the rest of the team.
(Beavers I’m also considering about even factoring in plate appearances.)
'26 Orioles OBP projections (Steamer, min. 300 PA)
1. Henderson: .356
2. Rutschman: .342
3. Beavers: .339
4. Holliday: .334
5. Ward: .328
6. Westburg: .320
7. O'Neill: .318
8. Cowser: .313
9. Mayo: .310
10. Basallo: .308
1. Henderson: .356
2. Rutschman: .342
3. Beavers: .339
4. Holliday: .334
5. Ward: .328
6. Westburg: .320
7. O'Neill: .318
8. Cowser: .313
9. Mayo: .310
10. Basallo: .308
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
2025:
Henderson: .355
Rutschman: .307
Beavers: .375
Holliday: .314
Ward: .317
Westburg: .313
O’Neill: .292
Cowser: .269
Mayo: .299
Basallo: .229
Basically identical for Gunnar and improvements for the rest of the team.
(Beavers I’m also considering about even factoring in plate appearances.)
Henderson: .355
Rutschman: .307
Beavers: .375
Holliday: .314
Ward: .317
Westburg: .313
O’Neill: .292
Cowser: .269
Mayo: .299
Basallo: .229
Basically identical for Gunnar and improvements for the rest of the team.
(Beavers I’m also considering about even factoring in plate appearances.)
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![[Empire Sports Media]
Yankees owner
discusses payroll and
says it's 'not fair' to assume team makes a profit
"I don't want to get into it, but that's not a fair statement or an accurate statement. Everybody wants to talk about revenues. They need to talk about our expenses, including the $100 million dollar expense to the City of New York that we have to pay every February 1, including the Covid year. So it all starts to add up in a hurry.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x65d25rcoamuufx4fn4qwhzh/bafkreihwkm4lztvko6vgx56shjzjxnvbpo4amnyt3lahd43ip2iqpmt66u@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Go through and like your MLB teams to have a label placed on your account!
(Orioles Sky, get on this! Let’s really show how much of a presence we have here. Maybe that will help convince the team to start using the account!)
(Orioles Sky, get on this! Let’s really show how much of a presence we have here. Maybe that will help convince the team to start using the account!)
Like the replies to this post to receive labels for MLB teams.
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Go through and like your MLB teams to have a label placed on your account!
(Orioles Sky, get on this! Let’s really show how much of a presence we have here. Maybe that will help convince the team to start using the account!)
(Orioles Sky, get on this! Let’s really show how much of a presence we have here. Maybe that will help convince the team to start using the account!)
Second Orioles Mullins in center play in the top 100 plays of 2025, which means there will be as least 3 since this also isn’t the one from my header shot, which will likely be a lot closer to the top of the list.
I feel like there was also another diving catch even better than the one at 76?
😭
I feel like there was also another diving catch even better than the one at 76?
😭
Top Plays of 2025: No. 64
Cedric Mullins scales the wall and brings it back!
Cedric Mullins scales the wall and brings it back!
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Second Orioles Mullins in center play in the top 100 plays of 2025, which means there will be as least 3 since this also isn’t the one from my header shot, which will likely be a lot closer to the top of the list.
I feel like there was also another diving catch even better than the one at 76?
😭
I feel like there was also another diving catch even better than the one at 76?
😭
Reposted by Heather
As for Kremer: I am 100% convinced he’s the most underrated and undervalued starter in MLB. Particularly amongst Orioles fans.
Dude is steady as fuck. All 30 teams would *kill* to have him as their 5 guy. (Or 4.)
But he’s constantly judged by TOR standards because he keeps ending up in that role.
Dude is steady as fuck. All 30 teams would *kill* to have him as their 5 guy. (Or 4.)
But he’s constantly judged by TOR standards because he keeps ending up in that role.
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As for Kremer: I am 100% convinced he’s the most underrated and undervalued starter in MLB. Particularly amongst Orioles fans.
Dude is steady as fuck. All 30 teams would *kill* to have him as their 5 guy. (Or 4.)
But he’s constantly judged by TOR standards because he keeps ending up in that role.
Dude is steady as fuck. All 30 teams would *kill* to have him as their 5 guy. (Or 4.)
But he’s constantly judged by TOR standards because he keeps ending up in that role.
🤦🏻♀️
20/296 starters amassed 3.5 fWAR in ‘25. All threw 130ip+, 18 qualified.
Rogers: 3.3fWAR/109ip, 26/292.
Kremer: 2.6fWAR/163.1ip, 37/292.
Nobody expects a
1.89 ERA from Rogers again, but regressing to his xERA and xFIP over 150-170ip he should easily amass 3-3.3fWAR.
*Solid* fucking 3rd starter.
20/296 starters amassed 3.5 fWAR in ‘25. All threw 130ip+, 18 qualified.
Rogers: 3.3fWAR/109ip, 26/292.
Kremer: 2.6fWAR/163.1ip, 37/292.
Nobody expects a
1.89 ERA from Rogers again, but regressing to his xERA and xFIP over 150-170ip he should easily amass 3-3.3fWAR.
*Solid* fucking 3rd starter.
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🤦🏻♀️
20/296 starters amassed 3.5 fWAR in ‘25. All threw 130ip+, 18 qualified.
Rogers: 3.3fWAR/109ip, 26/292.
Kremer: 2.6fWAR/163.1ip, 37/292.
Nobody expects a
1.89 ERA from Rogers again, but regressing to his xERA and xFIP over 150-170ip he should easily amass 3-3.3fWAR.
*Solid* fucking 3rd starter.
20/296 starters amassed 3.5 fWAR in ‘25. All threw 130ip+, 18 qualified.
Rogers: 3.3fWAR/109ip, 26/292.
Kremer: 2.6fWAR/163.1ip, 37/292.
Nobody expects a
1.89 ERA from Rogers again, but regressing to his xERA and xFIP over 150-170ip he should easily amass 3-3.3fWAR.
*Solid* fucking 3rd starter.
Reposted by Heather
I was just thinking: I’d love to read a romance where the FMC doesn’t have nipples and has large surgical scars because she had a mastectomy and reconstruction and she has to navigate that while dating.
That’s an aspect of survivorship I’ve *never* seen portrayed in romance.
That’s an aspect of survivorship I’ve *never* seen portrayed in romance.
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I was just thinking: I’d love to read a romance where the FMC doesn’t have nipples and has large surgical scars because she had a mastectomy and reconstruction and she has to navigate that while dating.
That’s an aspect of survivorship I’ve *never* seen portrayed in romance.
That’s an aspect of survivorship I’ve *never* seen portrayed in romance.
Jomboy, what the fuck is this bullshit.
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Jomboy, what the fuck is this bullshit.
Elias get on the phone.
Do the Mets need, uh, a corner outfielder?
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Elias get on the phone.
Holy shit. Rangers and Mets swapping Semien for Nimmo. Wild.
STOVE IS HOT.
STOVE IS HOT.
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Holy shit. Rangers and Mets swapping Semien for Nimmo. Wild.
STOVE IS HOT.
STOVE IS HOT.
First Ceddy in center play popped up in MLB’s top 100 plays of the year, at number 76. 😭😭😭
I wonder what number the home run robbery catch in my header will end up being.
I wonder what number the home run robbery catch in my header will end up being.
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
First Ceddy in center play popped up in MLB’s top 100 plays of the year, at number 76. 😭😭😭
I wonder what number the home run robbery catch in my header will end up being.
I wonder what number the home run robbery catch in my header will end up being.
Home run leader on every team—a chart that really speaks to the Orioles issues in ‘25. There were actually 3 players with 17—Westburg, Holliday, Henderson.
Cowser was on pace for 29 and Westy 31 over the same number of PA Gunnar hit 17–they just need to stay healthy.
Gunnar needs to fix his shit.
Cowser was on pace for 29 and Westy 31 over the same number of PA Gunnar hit 17–they just need to stay healthy.
Gunnar needs to fix his shit.
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Home run leader on every team—a chart that really speaks to the Orioles issues in ‘25. There were actually 3 players with 17—Westburg, Holliday, Henderson.
Cowser was on pace for 29 and Westy 31 over the same number of PA Gunnar hit 17–they just need to stay healthy.
Gunnar needs to fix his shit.
Cowser was on pace for 29 and Westy 31 over the same number of PA Gunnar hit 17–they just need to stay healthy.
Gunnar needs to fix his shit.
With the relationship Framber Valdez has with Elias, Mejdal, and Rosenbaum I’m *sure* they must be going after him hard.
Here lies my first FA predictions of the offseason:
Tucker TOR
Bichette TOR
Bregman DET
Schwarber PHI
Valdez BAL
Belli NYY
Alonso BOS
Cease CHC
Ra. Suárez BOS
Murakami NYM
Díaz NYM
Imai NYM
King SF
E. Suárez LAA
Gallen AZ
Okamoto SEA
Ro. Suárez DET
M. Kelly TOR
Williams CIN
Polanco PIT
Realmuto PHI
Tucker TOR
Bichette TOR
Bregman DET
Schwarber PHI
Valdez BAL
Belli NYY
Alonso BOS
Cease CHC
Ra. Suárez BOS
Murakami NYM
Díaz NYM
Imai NYM
King SF
E. Suárez LAA
Gallen AZ
Okamoto SEA
Ro. Suárez DET
M. Kelly TOR
Williams CIN
Polanco PIT
Realmuto PHI
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
With the relationship Framber Valdez has with Elias, Mejdal, and Rosenbaum I’m *sure* they must be going after him hard.
I go to bed way later than my husband and I swear to god I always try to be as quiet as possible when I come in and get in bed and yet I always end up knocking a million things over, dropping things, bumping into things, and making more noise than it should be possible to make.
November 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I go to bed way later than my husband and I swear to god I always try to be as quiet as possible when I come in and get in bed and yet I always end up knocking a million things over, dropping things, bumping into things, and making more noise than it should be possible to make.
look who liked the post with Taylor Ward’s quote about winning and video of all the home runs he hit, but not the Thank You Grayson post and video.
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
look who liked the post with Taylor Ward’s quote about winning and video of all the home runs he hit, but not the Thank You Grayson post and video.
HOLY SHIT I PULLED OFF THE UPSET!!!!!!
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
HOLY SHIT I PULLED OFF THE UPSET!!!!!!
I have a feeling Coby Mayo will be a Twin soon.
Mike Elias said Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle is "a big part of our picture right now"
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I have a feeling Coby Mayo will be a Twin soon.
BIG AL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
BIG AL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
(it is standard for trades to pend upon physicals when a player with a history of health concerns or a very large contract that a team would be taking on is involved)
Just a reminder, physicals before trades don’t normally happen.
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
(it is standard for trades to pend upon physicals when a player with a history of health concerns or a very large contract that a team would be taking on is involved)
If this Rodriguez/Ward trade were happening in reverse it wouldn’t have gone through after Grayson Rodriguez failed the Orioles physical.
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If this Rodriguez/Ward trade were happening in reverse it wouldn’t have gone through after Grayson Rodriguez failed the Orioles physical.
“We’ve got angels in the outfield. It’ll be fine. No worries here.”
Grayson Rodriguez said he didn't go through a pre-trade physical assessment from the Angels. The deal happened as-is. But Rodriguez said he is ready for spring training
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“We’ve got angels in the outfield. It’ll be fine. No worries here.”