While everyone usually has a nice mix of friends, online acquaintances and informed insiders, there are always lots of good follows that go under-followed, or at least go unknown to you. We’re here to help.
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Here is Sporting News’ 2021 must-follow MLB Twitter list. It’s an evolving list, so be sure to follow @sn_mlb and let us know who we should add, or email baseball editor Jason Foster at [email protected] with recommendations.
Sporting News
@sn_mlb — Sporting News’ baseball account. News, features, giveaways, nostalgia, snark and more.
@ryanfagan — Features, analysis, baseball cards and other baseball-y observations.
@ByJasonFoster — Baseball commentary, longform features, nostalgia, T-shirts and general silliness.
@tgatt_tsn — Baseball nut, Jersey guy. Trying to see a different game.
@JoeRiveraSN — The fun side of baseball. The stress-free side of baseball. Liker of bat flips. Nerd.
Best of the beats
@danconnolly2016 — Orioles beat for The Athletic, longtime Baltimore Sun beat writer.
@jorgecastillo — Los Angeles Times Dodgers beat writer.
@dgoold (Derrick Goold) — Cardinals beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Former BBWAA president.
@susanslusser — Giants beat writer for The San Francisco Chronicle and former president of the BBWAA. Former A’s beat writer.
@anthonyfenech — Detroit Tigers beat writer for The Detroit Free Press.
@lindseyadler — Yankees beat writer for The Athletic.
@deeshathosar — Mets beat writer for the New York Daily News.
@Russ_Dorsey1 — Cubs beat writer for the Chicago Sun-Times.
@ThreeTwoEephus (Levi Weaver) — Texas Rangers beat writer for The Athletic.
@DOBrienATL (David O’Brien) — Atlanta Braves beat writer for The Athletic and music maven.
@mlbbowman (Mark Bowman) — Atlanta Braves beat writer for MLB.com.
@LaVelleNeal — Twins beat writer for the Star-Tribune.
@ctrent (C. Trent Rosecrans) — Reds beat writer for The Athletic and current president of the BBWAA.
@Haudricourt (Tom Haudricourt) — Longtime Milwaukee Brewers beat writer for the Journal Sentinel.
@TBTimes_Rays (Marc Topkin) — Tampa Bay Rays beat writer for the Tampa Bay Times.
@MarkZuckerman — Covers the Washington Nationals for MASN. Not the CEO of Facebook (easy mistake, it appears).
National writers
@Ken_Rosenthal — The Athletic, perhaps the ultimate insider.
@JeffPassan — If Rosenthal’s not the ultimate insider, then it’s Passan.
@JonHeyman — Another insider and MLB Network personality.
@KurkjianESPN — Baseball analyst for ESPN. Stellar Baltimore accent.
@ByMcCullough — National baseball writer for The Athletic.
@JaysonSt — Senior baseball writer at The Athletic. Plenty of great stats and baseball anecdotes.
@ThomasBoswellWP — The dean, three decades-plus with The Washington Post.
@chelsea_Janes — National MLB reporter for The Washington Post. Former Nationals beat writer.
@Britt_Ghiroli — Senior MLB writer for The Athletic.
@BNightengale — National baseball writer for USA Today.
@rustindodd — Features writer for The Athletic, former MLB beat writer.
@castrovince (Anthony Castrovince) — Writer for MLB.com. Features and other witty content.
Analytics
@enosarris — Writes about statistics and fantasy baseball for The Athletic. Beer aficionado.
@DSzymborski — Senior writer for Fangraphs. Creator of “ZIPS” projections model. Cat lover.
@jay_jaffe — Another senior writer at Fangraphs. Author of “The Cooperstown Casebook.”
@darenw — Director of research and development for MLB.
@Mike_Petriello — Advanced stat guy for MLB.
Notable MLB player accounts
@bryceharper3 — That Bryce Harper.
@MStrooo6 — Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman.
@NoahSyndergaard — Mets starting pitcher and enemy of Mr. Met.
@whatwouldDOOdo — Reds reliever Sean Doolittle.
@Amir_Garrett — Another Reds reliever with a nice big Twitter presence.
@BauerOutage — He’s snarky. He’s opinionated. You’ll either love him or hate him. He’s Trevor Bauer.
Misc.
@cut4 — The hip, youthful alter ego of MLB.
@BaseballBrit — As his Twitter bio says, “Cheerful British chap on a mission to promote interest in baseball.”
@jomboy_ — Irreverent but entertaining video analysis.
@aisle424 — Cubs fan blogger, with all the emotional swings you’d expect.
@UniWatch — This guy stays on top of uniform changes.
@BreakingT — Maker of cool, real-time sports T-shirts.
@Rotowear — Another excellent maker of cool, moment-oriented T-shirts
@FlagstaffFilms — We love seeing all the old ballpark home movies.
@BaseballAmerica — If you want to keep up with the game’s top prospects, this is the place.
@hbryant42 (Howard Bryant) — ESPN, commentary, roots as baseball beat writer and author.
@MLBCathedrals — Legendary ballparks, past and present (mostly past).
@NumbersMLB — Keeps you up to date with everyone’s uniform digits.
@MLBRandomStats — Who doesn’t love random cool stats?
@PitchingNinja (Rob Friedman) — Pitching Analyst and frequent GIF tweeter.
@eireanndolan — Sean Doolittle’s wife, often tweet as a team.
@nlbmprez (Bob Kendrick) — Executive director of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in K.C.
@theaceofspaeder (Ryan M. Spaeder) — Finder of obscure stats, author of two books on the subject.
@expos_exposed (Steve Goulding) — Just a loyal fans of the Montreal Expos, tweeting out random facts about his beloved (departed) team.
@Super70sSports — Blending laugh-out-loud humor with a love of the past. Sometimes NSFW.
@Topps — The King of Trading Cards still has a strong collectibles game.
@PaniniAmerica — Makers of the modern Donruss baseball cards, plus other sports cards and collectibles.
Who’s missing? Let us know.
