Michael Salfino
@michaelsalfino.bsky.social
Senior fantasy writer @theathletic. Writes the back of the cards for Topps. Collectibles scribe for @theathletic. Alumnus The Wall Street Journal Sports. Sharpener 2025 Fantasy Football Ranks: https://tinyurl.com/2jxsh4dv
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Here's a clip from our weekly waiver-wire podcast, which Scott couldn't make due to an emergency. He's back tomorrow with our Week 6 preview. See the next tweet in the thread for a link to the full pod. @pianow.bsky.social
The #Mets should sign O'Hearn (89th percentile in OOA range) and keep Alonso (2nd percentile in OOA) at DH. That would be the key move of the offseason. Also sign Bellinger to play CF and keep Tyrone Taylor for late innings. Bring Diaz back. Sign Ranger Suarez.
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The #Mets should sign O'Hearn (89th percentile in OOA range) and keep Alonso (2nd percentile in OOA) at DH. That would be the key move of the offseason. Also sign Bellinger to play CF and keep Tyrone Taylor for late innings. Bring Diaz back. Sign Ranger Suarez.
If Trump isn't attacking you as a reporter, you suck as a reporter.
Despicable
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
Despicable
The bully-in-chief is targeting women in the White House press corps
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If Trump isn't attacking you as a reporter, you suck as a reporter.
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NEW: This is one hell of an opening paragraph from Jim Comey's attorneys in his motion to get the grand jury materials in the case against him.
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
NEW: This is one hell of an opening paragraph from Jim Comey's attorneys in his motion to get the grand jury materials in the case against him.
Crazy that McLean isn't on this list. Would not remotely consider trading McLean for Perez.
The 10 best arms to target in dynasty:
1. Tarik Skubal
2. Paul Skenes
3. Garrett Crochet
4. Yoshinobu Yamamoto
5. Logan Gilbert
6. Hunter Brown
7. Hunter Greene
8. Cristopher Sanchez
9. Joe Ryan
10. Eury Perez
New Dynasty 500: buff.ly/gMRjopU
1. Tarik Skubal
2. Paul Skenes
3. Garrett Crochet
4. Yoshinobu Yamamoto
5. Logan Gilbert
6. Hunter Brown
7. Hunter Greene
8. Cristopher Sanchez
9. Joe Ryan
10. Eury Perez
New Dynasty 500: buff.ly/gMRjopU
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Crazy that McLean isn't on this list. Would not remotely consider trading McLean for Perez.
Royalty from the moment he stepped on the field. Rarely happens in sports.
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Royalty from the moment he stepped on the field. Rarely happens in sports.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We brought in Industrial Light and Magic to make my head look smaller for these clips, apparently. This Breakfast Table Podcast
clip from our Week 12 preview explains the Love dichotomy and takes issue with the #Chiefs self-inflicted lack of explosiveness. #Packers @pianow.bsky.social
clip from our Week 12 preview explains the Love dichotomy and takes issue with the #Chiefs self-inflicted lack of explosiveness. #Packers @pianow.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We brought in Industrial Light and Magic to make my head look smaller for these clips, apparently. This Breakfast Table Podcast
clip from our Week 12 preview explains the Love dichotomy and takes issue with the #Chiefs self-inflicted lack of explosiveness. #Packers @pianow.bsky.social
clip from our Week 12 preview explains the Love dichotomy and takes issue with the #Chiefs self-inflicted lack of explosiveness. #Packers @pianow.bsky.social
The Billy Ripken FF card is the dumbest thing in the hobby. $900 in a PSA 10. What a GD joke. There are over 3,000 of them just in PSA 10!
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Billy Ripken FF card is the dumbest thing in the hobby. $900 in a PSA 10. What a GD joke. There are over 3,000 of them just in PSA 10!
Useful for waivers. By me: www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Fantasy football market share report: Tet set to run it back; Adonai Mitchell is a ‘sneaky’ add
Michael Salfino analyzes the touches and targets distribution for Week 11, suggesting Adonai Mitchell might be a rebound candidate this week
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Useful for waivers. By me: www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
By me. This is a banger:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Mr. Mint: The early sports card dealer who hunted down vintage cards now worth billions
Alan Rosen recognized the growing value of sports cards long before many others, but that doesn't mean he held on to them for long.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
By me. This is a banger:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
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I don’t care what happens with the Texas legislative maps. Democrats should still gerrymander the shit out of blue states.
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I don’t care what happens with the Texas legislative maps. Democrats should still gerrymander the shit out of blue states.
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THOU SHALT NOT CALL WOMEN ‘PIGGY’!
Never. Not once. Not even in a dream. Every decent human being knows this.
Never. Not once. Not even in a dream. Every decent human being knows this.
Thou Shalt Not Call Women “Piggy"
Can God get a frigging amen?
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
THOU SHALT NOT CALL WOMEN ‘PIGGY’!
Never. Not once. Not even in a dream. Every decent human being knows this.
Never. Not once. Not even in a dream. Every decent human being knows this.
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@pianow.bsky.social @michaelsalfino.bsky.social really enjoyed this week’s Table. Laughed out loud multiple times. Thanks guys.
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
@pianow.bsky.social @michaelsalfino.bsky.social really enjoyed this week’s Table. Laughed out loud multiple times. Thanks guys.
It’s fine!
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It’s fine!
Literally a GOP idea
How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Literally a GOP idea
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How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
Ha ha ha: Go for it shit for brains. politicalwire.com/2025/11/11/t...
Trump to Get Involved in Debate Over Obamacare Credits
"President Donald Trump didn’t get involved in negotiations to end the government shutdown. But he plans to get his hands dirty as his party confronts expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies," Politico...
politicalwire.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Ha ha ha: Go for it shit for brains. politicalwire.com/2025/11/11/t...
This dude is the Regarding Henry of the senate only he turned into a right-wing jerk. politicalwire.com/2025/11/10/i...
'I Should Have Quit'
John Fetterman: "My stroke almost killed me. Depression almost drove me to suicide. I made it through only after a stranger reminded me what I still had to live for."
politicalwire.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This dude is the Regarding Henry of the senate only he turned into a right-wing jerk. politicalwire.com/2025/11/10/i...
Frankenstein is on a whole different level than Sinners. Frankenstein is old school art where Sinners is over-indulgent. Art is removing everything that is unnecessary so that only the essence remains. Frankenstein is just flawlessly executed.
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Frankenstein is on a whole different level than Sinners. Frankenstein is old school art where Sinners is over-indulgent. Art is removing everything that is unnecessary so that only the essence remains. Frankenstein is just flawlessly executed.
Horrible for poor kids but this exposes what a monster Trump is and that SCOTUS is no better. politicalwire.com/2025/11/07/t...
Justices Allow Trump to Block Food Aid Payments
“The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown,” the AP reports. ...
politicalwire.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Horrible for poor kids but this exposes what a monster Trump is and that SCOTUS is no better. politicalwire.com/2025/11/07/t...
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Posting this for no reason.
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Posting this for no reason.
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
What nonsense is this? If my son said this I'd give him the death stare for being an idiot.
Alito: What if the government reissued all of these tariffs tomorrow using [a different law]
Neal Katyal: ...then we would have that case, but that's not what the government argued
el oh el
Neal Katyal: ...then we would have that case, but that's not what the government argued
el oh el
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
What nonsense is this? If my son said this I'd give him the death stare for being an idiot.
At card shows, ONLY USE AUCTION COMPS. No Buy It Nows or even Best Offers. Pay the centering premium if the recent comps are not centered relative to the one you’re buying. 30-50% but hold firm at 30%. There is always another card!
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
At card shows, ONLY USE AUCTION COMPS. No Buy It Nows or even Best Offers. Pay the centering premium if the recent comps are not centered relative to the one you’re buying. 30-50% but hold firm at 30%. There is always another card!