Patrick Dubuque
@euqubud.baseballprospectus.com
bbwaa // writer with a thrift store degree // managing editor @ baseball prospectus
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Writing a baseball article and taking shots at the Garfield board game of 1981, feels good. This is what I was meant to do with my life
Oh, you're into music? Name their top five albums
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Oh, you're into music? Name their top five albums
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Baseball Prospectus' BP360 promotion is live again. It's the only promotion we do, and it nets you a yearly subscription, a 2026 BP Annual, and a t-shirt (fresh design forthcoming!) for one great price. It's a great gift (or series of gifts) for yourself or the baseball fan in your life:
Baseball Prospectus 360 - 2026
This exclusive package includes a 12-month Premium or Super-Premium Baseball Prospectus subscription, the 2026 Baseball Prospectus Annual, and a new 2026 BP shirt (to be debuted in early December). Sa...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Baseball Prospectus' BP360 promotion is live again. It's the only promotion we do, and it nets you a yearly subscription, a 2026 BP Annual, and a t-shirt (fresh design forthcoming!) for one great price. It's a great gift (or series of gifts) for yourself or the baseball fan in your life:
Sorry, I couldn’t hear your opinions on Wonderful Christmastime, your cat was lying on a synthesizer behind you
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Sorry, I couldn’t hear your opinions on Wonderful Christmastime, your cat was lying on a synthesizer behind you
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I love #LIDOM and the balm of off-season baseball that Winter Ball gives us. Unfortunately, most of the data collected there is functionally useless. But I still love it anyway!
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The Majesty and Tragedy of LIDOM | Baseball Prospectus
It's wonderful baseball, until the moment you need it to mean more than it does.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I love #LIDOM and the balm of off-season baseball that Winter Ball gives us. Unfortunately, most of the data collected there is functionally useless. But I still love it anyway!
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
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thanks to @justinklugh.bsky.social for taking us inside an MLB Fan Council meeting, and for @dbrim.com for the 📸:
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December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
thanks to @justinklugh.bsky.social for taking us inside an MLB Fan Council meeting, and for @dbrim.com for the 📸:
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A bit of a 2025 baseball necrology from me @baseballprospectus.com today. I tried to make it a little different for you. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
Notes on the Fallen | Baseball Prospectus
An impressionistic, non-inclusive 2025 salute to those who have gone ahead of the rest of us.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A bit of a 2025 baseball necrology from me @baseballprospectus.com today. I tried to make it a little different for you. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
It’s me, the guy who made all your Spotify ages 20 years too old. I used a time machine and behaved really well, didn’t alter anything, but I did catch a verse of 37th century music before coming back and it screwed up all the averages. Really didn’t expect it to have so much otamatone in it
December 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It’s me, the guy who made all your Spotify ages 20 years too old. I used a time machine and behaved really well, didn’t alter anything, but I did catch a verse of 37th century music before coming back and it screwed up all the averages. Really didn’t expect it to have so much otamatone in it
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The ultimate gift for the baseball fan on your list (including yourself): BP360, which bundles a one-year subscription to @baseballprospectus.com, the 2026 Annual, and a shirt, all for a discounted price, is on sale now! baseball-prospectus.myshopify.com/collections/...
Baseball Prospectus 360 - 2026
This exclusive package includes a 12-month Premium or Super-Premium Baseball Prospectus subscription, the 2026 Baseball Prospectus Annual, and a new 2026 BP shirt (to be debuted in early December). Sa...
baseball-prospectus.myshopify.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The ultimate gift for the baseball fan on your list (including yourself): BP360, which bundles a one-year subscription to @baseballprospectus.com, the 2026 Annual, and a shirt, all for a discounted price, is on sale now! baseball-prospectus.myshopify.com/collections/...
Currently drowning in work on the Annual, to the point where I'm forgetting to log in. But I should note that I have a new TA06 up on @baseballprospectus.com today, looking at the days when teams gave out three-year deals to everybody: old guys! Relievers! Even old relievers! A hell of a time.
TA06: Retrospective Reliever Roundup | Baseball Prospectus
In what was considered a middling free-agent class, relief pitching was seen as the one area of riches. In one week, much of it was locked up.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Currently drowning in work on the Annual, to the point where I'm forgetting to log in. But I should note that I have a new TA06 up on @baseballprospectus.com today, looking at the days when teams gave out three-year deals to everybody: old guys! Relievers! Even old relievers! A hell of a time.
As everyone expected a year ago, the Hanwha Eagles are the hot new pitching development wellspring for MLB
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
As everyone expected a year ago, the Hanwha Eagles are the hot new pitching development wellspring for MLB
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Wrote my annual piece about the Hall of Fame, which isn’t about any of the candidates in particular so much as a dwindling class of in-betweeners, as we grow more cohesive in our evaluation.
The Foyer of Fame | Baseball Prospectus
Manny Ramirez is set to join a club even more exclusive than the Hall itself.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Wrote my annual piece about the Hall of Fame, which isn’t about any of the candidates in particular so much as a dwindling class of in-betweeners, as we grow more cohesive in our evaluation.
Wrote my annual piece about the Hall of Fame, which isn’t about any of the candidates in particular so much as a dwindling class of in-betweeners, as we grow more cohesive in our evaluation.
The Foyer of Fame | Baseball Prospectus
Manny Ramirez is set to join a club even more exclusive than the Hall itself.
www.baseballprospectus.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Wrote my annual piece about the Hall of Fame, which isn’t about any of the candidates in particular so much as a dwindling class of in-betweeners, as we grow more cohesive in our evaluation.
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Wrote about the long history of baseball’s salary cap fight, which dates back to the 1800s:
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What MLB's salary cap history can tell us about the upcoming CBA negotiations
For almost as long as baseball has existed as an organized sport, team owners have been trying to suppress payrolls
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December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Wrote about the long history of baseball’s salary cap fight, which dates back to the 1800s:
www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb...
www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb...
Going to inscribe the words WHEREVER YOU LEFT IT on my tombstone so I can still help my kids after I die
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Going to inscribe the words WHEREVER YOU LEFT IT on my tombstone so I can still help my kids after I die
Banner day for Not My Money
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Banner day for Not My Money
Anthony Rendon ready to step into the next chapter of his life: Desert Bus speed runs
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Anthony Rendon ready to step into the next chapter of his life: Desert Bus speed runs
New TA06 for your pre-holiday perusal. The Marlins cement themselves in Marlindom, the White Sox make the most 2006 trade imaginable, and Mike Cameron and Rick Helling are both disrespected.
TA06: Gutting a Fish | Baseball Prospectus
The Marlins blow it up, again, while the White Sox replace their Hall of Famer with a Hall of Famer, and Mike Cameron continues to be disrespected.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
New TA06 for your pre-holiday perusal. The Marlins cement themselves in Marlindom, the White Sox make the most 2006 trade imaginable, and Mike Cameron and Rick Helling are both disrespected.
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(this was my piece, put on by a quote from Sean Murphy back in August)
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The Kings of the Kill Pitch | Baseball Prospectus
An 0-2 count presents an opportunity that some seize more often than others.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
(this was my piece, put on by a quote from Sean Murphy back in August)
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
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The Rockies had the second-worst production out of their second basemen last year, so naturally they spent half the year playing their best second baseman in right field, where it looked like he was afraid the ball would explode if he caught it.
I love writing about the Rockies.
I love writing about the Rockies.
really enjoyed this @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com piece on the Rockies and specifically Tyler Freeman's outfield defense. What the hell is going on there, anyway?
Rockies Baseball, the Gift That Keeps On Giving | Baseball Prospectus
It’s the middle of November, which means it’s time to talk about Tyler Freeman.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Rockies had the second-worst production out of their second basemen last year, so naturally they spent half the year playing their best second baseman in right field, where it looked like he was afraid the ball would explode if he caught it.
I love writing about the Rockies.
I love writing about the Rockies.
The Rockies had the second-worst production out of their second basemen last year, so naturally they spent half the year playing their best second baseman in right field, where it looked like he was afraid the ball would explode if he caught it.
I love writing about the Rockies.
I love writing about the Rockies.
really enjoyed this @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com piece on the Rockies and specifically Tyler Freeman's outfield defense. What the hell is going on there, anyway?
Rockies Baseball, the Gift That Keeps On Giving | Baseball Prospectus
It’s the middle of November, which means it’s time to talk about Tyler Freeman.
www.baseballprospectus.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Rockies had the second-worst production out of their second basemen last year, so naturally they spent half the year playing their best second baseman in right field, where it looked like he was afraid the ball would explode if he caught it.
I love writing about the Rockies.
I love writing about the Rockies.
I lost money this year, which means baseball team owners are just like me. We should hang out at a food court somewhere, commiserate over some Sbarro
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I lost money this year, which means baseball team owners are just like me. We should hang out at a food court somewhere, commiserate over some Sbarro
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A very bad pitch that worked, and some very great plays that didn't pebblehunting.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
The Worst Pitch I Loved All Year
The third route to heroism.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A very bad pitch that worked, and some very great plays that didn't pebblehunting.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
Spent the day cleaning the house for my son's birthday and now instead of hosting the party I kind of just want to sell the house
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Spent the day cleaning the house for my son's birthday and now instead of hosting the party I kind of just want to sell the house
I am officially as of this moment caught up on Annual comments. Please celebrate along with me in the appropriate fashion (the appropriate fashion is to go hang up Christmas lights early because there won't be time later)
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I am officially as of this moment caught up on Annual comments. Please celebrate along with me in the appropriate fashion (the appropriate fashion is to go hang up Christmas lights early because there won't be time later)
(explaining baseball to my kids) So imagine Grayson Rodriguez is a loot box,
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
(explaining baseball to my kids) So imagine Grayson Rodriguez is a loot box,