Your Twitter experience is really only as good as the people you follow. When it comes to baseball Twitter, following the right people is critical not only to staying informed, but also to staying sufficiently entertained.
While everyone usually has a nice mix of friends, online acquaintances and informed insiders, there are always lots of good follows that go underfollowed, or at least go unknown to you. We're here to help.
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Here is Sporting News' 2019 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/DAZN
@sn_mlb — Sporting News' baseball account. News, features, giveaways, 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 batflips. Nerd.
@David_C_Steele — How he tweeted while writing about the NFL (and other issues), is how he'll tweet about baseball. You've been warned.
@adnansvirk — Host of DAZN's nightly whip-around show, "ChangeUp."
@LGRed (Lauren Gardner) — Host on "ChangeUp." Also a pilot!
@CespedesBBQ (Jordan Shusterman and Jake Mintz) — All of baseball's assorted weirdness. Watch them on "ChangeUp."
@ScottRogowsky — Host on "ChangeUp." And HQ Trivia! And a comedian!
@tonyluftman — Host on "ChangeUp."
@alfredo_lomeli — Host on "ChangeUp."
Best of the beats
@danconnolly2016 — Orioles beat for The Athletic, longtime Baltimore Sun beat writer
@rustindodd — Kansas City Royals beat writer for The Athletic.
@jorgecastillo — Los Angeles Times Dodgers beat writer.
@hankschulman — Longtime San Francisco Giants beat writer for The San Francisco Chronicle.
@nwilborn19 — Pirates beat writer for the Post-Gazette, formerly covered Braves and Indians.
@susanslusser — Longtime Oakland A’s beat writer for The San Francisco Chronicle and former head of the BBWAA.
@anthonyfenech — Detroit Tigers beat writer for The Detroit Free Press.
@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.
@Haudricourt (Tom Haudricourt) — Longtime Milwaukee Brewers beat writer for the Journal Sentinel.
@MarkZuckerman — Covers the Washington Nationals for MASN. Not the CEO of Facebook (easy mistake, it appears).
National writers
@MarcCarig — National baseball writer for The Athletic.
@KurkjianESPN — Baseball analyst for ESPN. Stellar Baltimore accent.
@SamMillerBB — National baseball writer for ESPN.
@McCulloughTimes — National baseball writer for The Los Angeles Times.
@Ken_Rosenthal — The Athletic, former Fox Sports, former Baltimore Sun.
@JaysonSt — Senior baseball writer at The Athletic. Plenty of great stats and baseball anecdotes.
@ThomasBoswellWP — The dean, three decades-plus with The Washington Post.
@BNightengale — National baseball writer for USA Today.
@MzCSmith — Claire Smith, ESPN baseball editor, pioneer, 2017 Spink Award winner/Cooperstown inductee.
Analytics
@enosarris — Writes about statistics and fantasy baseball for The Athletic. Beer aficionado.
@DSzymborski — Writer for Fangraphs. Creator of “ZIPS” projections model. Cat lover.
@darenw — Data visualizer for MLB.
@Mike_Petriello — Advanced stat guy for MLB.
Entertaining team accounts
@Cubs — Snark combined with informative content and great photo/video.
@Rockies — Plenty of fan interaction, but they don't make the lineups.
@Athletics — Rooted in Oakland.
Notable MLB player accounts
@bryceharper3 — That Bryce Harper, new handle with new team.
@MStrooo6 — Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Marcus Stroman.
@NoahSyndergaard — New York Mets starting pitcher and enemy of Mr. Met.
@whatwouldDOOdo — Washington Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle.
@simplyAJ10 — Adam Jones, extremely popular account in his Orioles days, now a Diamondback.
Misc.
@aisle424 — Cubs fan blogger, with all the emotional swings you'd expect.
@UniWatch — This guy stays on top of uniform changes.
@FlagstaffFilms — We love seeing all the old ballpark home movies.
@hbryant42 (Howard Bryant) — ESPN, commentary, roots as baseball beat writer and author.
@MLBCathedrals — Legendary ballparks, past and present (mostly past).
@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.
Who's missing? Let us know.
