Lindsay Dial - From Seaver to Seattle

Three Milwaukee Brewers players/personnel stand in front of the scoreboard in the Green Monster at Fenway Park with its door open on April 6, 2026.

The Hot Corner

The Myth of Competitive Balance

No, really, I promise you don't want MLB to be more like the NFL. Unless you're talking about doing a cool halftime show during the World Series. That could be fun.

Carlos Mendoza in his Mets uniform, looking out over the playing field from the dugout.

Letters

The Grass Is Always Green-er

A manager by any other name would... well, hopefully they'd manage better.

Four pitchers in Mets gear cross the grass of T-Mobile park, walking towards the warning track. One high-fives the bullpen catcher, who is facing away from the camera.

Weekly Scorecard

Weekly Scorecard: Jun. 13 - 19, 2026

One Mets national broadcast nightmare down, one to go.

Mets outfielder Juan Soto jogs toward the warning track in left field at T-Mobile Park with the sun shining brightly through the stands above him.

Weekly Scorecard

Weekly Scorecard: Jun. 6 - 12, 2026

In the headlines this week: defense, Spider-Man, and the New York Knicks.

Bullpens at T-Mobile Park, split vertically by the wall between them. Left: Lone chair in the home bullpen. Right: Mets bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello in the visiting bullpen.

Weekly Scorecard

Weekly Scorecard: May 30 - Jun. 5, 2026

This week in MLB: Young, dumb, and full of home runs. Max Scherzer makes a surprise appearance.

A fan in an Ichiro jersey photographs the batting area with their phone. Out of focus, a Mariners batter can be seen warming up.

Weekly Scorecard

Weekly Scorecard: May 23 - 29, 2026

Santa shows off, White Sox make waves, and a special guest totally hijacks my blog post.

An extremely blurry image of people walking around inside T-Mobile Park.

Weekly Scorecard

Weekly Scorecard: May 16 - 22, 2026

Is this thing on? ...Again?

A yellow arrow sign pointing right in front of an orange traffic cone, photographed through a rusty chain-link fence.

Announcements

Roster Moves

My new role for Opening Day, and some bonus thoughts on the coming season.

Birds-eye view of the Rogers Centre baseball stadium. Most of the field and stands can be seen, as well as some of the road outside.

Sabermetrics

In Defense of... Bo Bichette? (Pt. 2)

And really, who needs defense, anyways?

A baseball in bright sunlight sitting on green artificial turf in the bullpen at T-Mobile Park.

Letters

100 Things I Love About Baseball (Pt. 2)

Elegies for the past. Odes to the future.

The back of a seat in a baseball stadium, with a white sticker with red text reading "PLEASE STAY ALERT BATS AND BALLS LEAVING THE FIELD".

Weekly Scorecard

Weekly Scorecard: Feb. 10 - 17, 2026

Better late than... well, you know.

The crowned scoreboard of Kauffman Stadium at night, surrounded by smoke and bursting red and green fireworks.

Weekly Scorecard

Weekly Scorecard: Feb. 3 - 9, 2026

Spring (training) is in the air.