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Ben Hill @bensbiz.bsky.social · 6h

Hey Mista! I'm on Bluesky now. Please spread the word to the Minor League Baseball appreciators in your life.

Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 4h

The MiLB podcast is up!

@bensbiz.bsky.social interviews MiLB award winners Javik Blake (Biloxi) and Eric Edelstein (Reno), @tylermaun.com and I discuss early AFL standouts and Nationals prospect Miguel Sime Jr. chats about the Draft and his early career.

Listen: mlb.com/milb/fans/podcast

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 6h

Folks, the man, the myth, the Minor League business reporting legend Benjamin Hill is now on Bluesky: @bensbiz.bsky.social

Follow him and give him other follow recommendations as he plays ketchup on this app.

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 21h

That was the first postseason series in history to end on a walkoff error.

What a crushing way for any team to end a season.

Bill Buckner might come to mind, but that was only Game 6.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 21h

PFPs will never be more important than they will be in Clearwater in 2026.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 21h

Freddy Peralta knew immediately on that Ian Happ homer

and reacted accordingly

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 22h

9 up, 9 down for Roki Sasaki, who has retired 16 of 17 batters faced this postseason

5⅓ IP, 1 hit, 0 walks, 5 strikeouts

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 22h

yes-yes-NO bsky.app/profile/cjze...

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 23h

Duran walks Betts with the bases loaded and we are tied

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 23h

What a take by Mookie Betts

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 1d

The Padres signed Taiwanese RHP Lan-Hong Su for $775,000.

The 6-foot-2 hurler showed a four-pitch mix at the 18U Baseball World Cup: fastball (averaged 92.1 mph), curveball (78.5), slider (80.4) and changeup (83.5). He struck out 14 across five appearances in that tournament.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 1d

Here are each organization's Prospects of the Year

Now that the Minor League season has concluded, MLB Pipeline is announcing its choices for each system's hitting and pitching prospects of the year. Pirates outfielder Konnor Griffin and Mets right-ha...

www.mlb.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

In the words of the Brits,

absolute limbs in Detroit

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 2d

Riley Greene hit one HR all season against a LH pitcher to give the Tigers the lead...

Off Gabe Speier, on July 13.

His go-ahead HR today was off...Gabe Speier

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

Stripes alive

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Keegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 2d

News: Trey Yesavage will be in the #BlueJays’ bullpen tonight.

Kevin Gausman will throw a “modified bullpen” today and it would have to be a “very unique” spot for him to pitch in relief, but Yesavage is likelier.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

The focus was on the pitching in the Arizona Fall League yesterday.

@jimcallis.bsky.social has reports on Daniel Espino (Guardians), Bryce Cunningham (Yankees) and Luis Perales (Red Sox):

Pitching prospects Espino, Cunningham, Perales back in spotlight in Fall League

MESA, Ariz. -- The Guardians' Daniel Espino, the Yankees' Bryce Cunningham and Luis Perales of the Red Sox are three of the best arms in the Arizona Fall League and looking to get more innings after m...

www.mlb.com

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 2d

Duchamp Flies, by Carmen Cicero, 2009, 📸 by Frank Franklin II

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Jared Ravich @jaredravich.bsky.social · 2d

2016 Pioneer League All-Star Jazz Chisholm in Ogden, Utah.

Jasrado Chisholm at the Northwest League - Pioneer League All-Star Gala, Snowbasin, Ogden, UT, Aug. 1, 2016 (Jared Ravich/MiLB.com)

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

Strong AFL debut tonight for Daniel Espino:

1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
16 pitches, 11 strikes, 5 whiffs

Touched 98.6 with good ride on the four-seamer.

Statcast data here: baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?gam...

Baseball Savant - Statcast Game Feed & Advanced Metrics

Baseball Savant

baseballsavant.mlb.com

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

This look from Aaron Judge...

He was not going to let the series go away that easily.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

Again

Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 5d

OH GOODNESS

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the hottest hitter on the planet

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Jason Beck @jasonbeck.bsky.social · 3d

Indeed, Tigers-Mariners will be on FS2 as well as MLB Network.

Jason Beck @jasonbeck.bsky.social · 3d

This rain delay might be a good time to locate FS2 on your cable or streaming service just in case. Just saying.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 3d

Red Sox RHP Luis Perales is up to 101.1 mph in his first AFL outing today: baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?gam...

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John Thorn @johnthorn.bsky.social · 3d

My stories have been published to Our Game, but Medium sets its own url. Thus, last night's talk at the New York State Museum:
medium.com/@thorn_john_...

MLB & NYC: A Love Story

Delivered at the the New York State Museum on October 6

medium.com

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