Joe Sheehan
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Publisher of The Joe Sheehan Baseball Newsletter since 2010.
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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.
i’m just happy to see one team not whining about the Dodgers. Go Jays.
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
i’m just happy to see one team not whining about the Dodgers. Go Jays.
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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.
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Players weren’t inherently more (or less!) “loyal” prior to 1975. They just were legally prohibited from becoming free agents unless their team wanted them to become free agents. Thats not the same thing as Tony Gwynn or Cal Ripken or whoever.
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Players weren’t inherently more (or less!) “loyal” prior to 1975. They just were legally prohibited from becoming free agents unless their team wanted them to become free agents. Thats not the same thing as Tony Gwynn or Cal Ripken or whoever.
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You should eat what you want. You should let other people eat what they want. It doesn't make you cool or smart or edgy or better to make a big deal about how you don't like some popular food. Just don't eat it.
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
You should eat what you want. You should let other people eat what they want. It doesn't make you cool or smart or edgy or better to make a big deal about how you don't like some popular food. Just don't eat it.
Maybe basketball tournaments shouldn’t have 18 teams.
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Maybe basketball tournaments shouldn’t have 18 teams.
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there is zero chance the Yankees failed to turn a profit in any year, but especially in 2025 when they were coming off a World Series appearance. If an MLB owner says he lost money, that's like me saying I can fly. You should insist on proof.
(I can't fly, just so no one asks me to demonstrate.)
(I can't fly, just so no one asks me to demonstrate.)
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
there is zero chance the Yankees failed to turn a profit in any year, but especially in 2025 when they were coming off a World Series appearance. If an MLB owner says he lost money, that's like me saying I can fly. You should insist on proof.
(I can't fly, just so no one asks me to demonstrate.)
(I can't fly, just so no one asks me to demonstrate.)
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November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The biggest disruptor to college basketball's MTE environment began a little more than two years ago, when a low-level agent DM'd a Patriot League player. Now the Players Era has gone from 8 to 18 teams. Next year? A whopping 32.
Here's how a polarizing event has changed the sport—and what's next.
Here's how a polarizing event has changed the sport—and what's next.
How the Players Era Festival came to be and why it's changing college basketball
Big tournament, bigger money: How the Players Era Festival came to be and why it's changing college basketball
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November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The biggest disruptor to college basketball's MTE environment began a little more than two years ago, when a low-level agent DM'd a Patriot League player. Now the Players Era has gone from 8 to 18 teams. Next year? A whopping 32.
Here's how a polarizing event has changed the sport—and what's next.
Here's how a polarizing event has changed the sport—and what's next.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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There's an actual truth out there and it's not particularly hard to find--vaccines are safe and effective. And it matters that the truth be represented as the truth and not just someone's opinion.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
There's an actual truth out there and it's not particularly hard to find--vaccines are safe and effective. And it matters that the truth be represented as the truth and not just someone's opinion.
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Journalists are supposed to care about facts. It's a fact that RFK Jr. believes vaccines cause autism, but it's also a fact that vaccines do not, in fact, cause autism, documented in plenty of studies. When you cast it as "scientists' opinions" vs. "RFK's opinions" you devalue factual evidence.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Journalists are supposed to care about facts. It's a fact that RFK Jr. believes vaccines cause autism, but it's also a fact that vaccines do not, in fact, cause autism, documented in plenty of studies. When you cast it as "scientists' opinions" vs. "RFK's opinions" you devalue factual evidence.
Tough to make the decision in real time, but once Lamb caught the ball, Eagles had to let him score.
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Tough to make the decision in real time, but once Lamb caught the ball, Eagles had to let him score.
It is wild how much use I get out of this. Could run it hourly on the weekends.
I may be on Team Take the Points now. Football teams, college and pro, are laughably bad at the goal line. Just hopeless.
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It is wild how much use I get out of this. Could run it hourly on the weekends.
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I may be on Team Take the Points now. Football teams, college and pro, are laughably bad at the goal line. Just hopeless.
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I may be on Team Take the Points now. Football teams, college and pro, are laughably bad at the goal line. Just hopeless.
Welcome to the new subscribers this brought in. One more pop before the weekend. Call it Gray Friday.
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Welcome to the new subscribers this brought in. One more pop before the weekend. Call it Gray Friday.
Had it all the way.
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Had it all the way.
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I think the writing in here is pretty good. I'm feeling rested and have been putting out some good stuff (I think), please read and maybe subscribe to the FBT Newsletter
In today’s FBT Newsletter, some thoughts on the fallout from the qualifying offers being accepted and the frankly weird Ward-for-Grayson trade, plus my Hot Stove Wish List, which includes, among other things:
“The Pirates actually …. Try?”
www.cbssports.com/fantasy/base...
“The Pirates actually …. Try?”
www.cbssports.com/fantasy/base...
Fantasy Baseball 2026: Hot Stove Updates & Early Offseason Outlook
Get the latest 2026 Fantasy Baseball hot stove updates, key signings, trades, and impacts.
www.cbssports.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I think the writing in here is pretty good. I'm feeling rested and have been putting out some good stuff (I think), please read and maybe subscribe to the FBT Newsletter
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For @theathletic.com, I wrote about getting bored of paradise and wanting a new paradise. www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
Leitch: College football is supposed to be fun. We can't stop ourselves from wanting more
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
For @theathletic.com, I wrote about getting bored of paradise and wanting a new paradise. www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
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If you want to support the show, maybe join our Patreon. Just think about it. It comes with cool stuff.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you want to support the show, maybe join our Patreon. Just think about it. It comes with cool stuff.
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MLB might not really want a salary cap just yet with so much at stake, but the nonsensical leaks of money they won't prove they actually lost have started anyway. It's CBA season, baby, here's my latest for @baseballprospectus.com
It Begins | Baseball Prospectus
A small item tucked away in an offseason column is the first salvo in what will eventually be a contentious, public labor battle.
www.baseballprospectus.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
MLB might not really want a salary cap just yet with so much at stake, but the nonsensical leaks of money they won't prove they actually lost have started anyway. It's CBA season, baby, here's my latest for @baseballprospectus.com
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Today at @baseballprospectus.com: Continuing our survey of the viewing experience of watching three home games for all 30 teams, the club whose fans will never forget the pitch Mark Wegner called a strike in the second inning of Game 3, even if you have
Around the League in 90 Days: The Blue Jays | Baseball Prospectus
Okay, Blue Jays, let’s play ball.
www.baseballprospectus.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Today at @baseballprospectus.com: Continuing our survey of the viewing experience of watching three home games for all 30 teams, the club whose fans will never forget the pitch Mark Wegner called a strike in the second inning of Game 3, even if you have
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To celebrate the expansion of our relationship, we wanted to share our introduction of the Next-Gen Oyster Model, keeping our readers on the cutting edge of prospecting:
Introducing the Next Gen Oyster Model
We outline improvements to our prospect projection model and explore what its evolution tells us about player evaluation
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November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
To celebrate the expansion of our relationship, we wanted to share our introduction of the Next-Gen Oyster Model, keeping our readers on the cutting edge of prospecting:
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good bit from @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social's latest. You can read the full piece here:
www.joesheehan.com/2025/11/joe-...
www.joesheehan.com/2025/11/joe-...
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
good bit from @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social's latest. You can read the full piece here:
www.joesheehan.com/2025/11/joe-...
www.joesheehan.com/2025/11/joe-...
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Today's newsletter is out! And it's Free Thursday!
Inside: Rob Manfred's billion dollar blunder, the new TV rights deals, work-stoppage optimism, two Atlanta moves, Randy Jones, more Nuzzi, questionable pizza, JD Vance to prison, and drinking less.
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Inside: Rob Manfred's billion dollar blunder, the new TV rights deals, work-stoppage optimism, two Atlanta moves, Randy Jones, more Nuzzi, questionable pizza, JD Vance to prison, and drinking less.
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Cup of Coffee: November 20, 2025
Rob Manfred's billion dollar blunder, the new TV rights deals, why I don't think we'll have a long work-stoppage next year, Raisel Iglesias, Randy Jones, More Nuzzi, questionable pizza, JD Vance to pr...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Today's newsletter is out! And it's Free Thursday!
Inside: Rob Manfred's billion dollar blunder, the new TV rights deals, work-stoppage optimism, two Atlanta moves, Randy Jones, more Nuzzi, questionable pizza, JD Vance to prison, and drinking less.
www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
Inside: Rob Manfred's billion dollar blunder, the new TV rights deals, work-stoppage optimism, two Atlanta moves, Randy Jones, more Nuzzi, questionable pizza, JD Vance to prison, and drinking less.
www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...