Preboarding, Part 2: What you might call breakout players
Plus: 5 World Baseball Classic battles of note
Bandwagon Preboarding: Picking MLB players to make the leap in 2026
Hey, hope everyone has been enjoying early World Baseball Classic action. We’ll get to some fun stuff from that in the bits and bobs. First, though, we’re kicking into full preview mode this week at Bandwagon HQ. Today I’ve got Part 1 of what I’m calling
Keep Slides Weird
Somewhere around the summer of 2023, I developed a nagging feeling that the slides in Major League Baseball games were better. By better, I didn’t mean cleaner or more fundamentally sound, but I recognize that was the most obvious way to understand the hypothesis. And by that reading, it
An early spring training study guide
Good morning from the middle of a blizzard, it’s going to feel especially notable that baseball is on TV today. As promised in last week’s essay on the rise of game-calling from the dugout, I’ve got bonus bits and bobs for you today, with a full edition