Ed Hand

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[Ed Hand @EdHand89]

Announcing 34 of the 36 competitors in the fifth annual Red Sox Twitter Personalities Tournament!

If anyone declines to participate, a suitable replacement will be added by the tournament administrator (me.)

Previous champions:
Year 1: @Jared_Carrabis
Year 2: @Jared_Carrabis (retired afterward)
Year 3: @tylermilliken_
Year 4: @KutterIsKing

Congratulations to everyone who qualified!

These are not seedings. The official seedings and matchups will be announced once the final two spots have been determined.
@KutterIsKing
@Hogdale_
@LouMerloni
@middlebrooks
@SoxProspects
@tylermilliken_
@Steve_Perrault
@RafaelaEnjoyer (2025 Rookie of the Year)
@LucilleBurdge
@LiamFennessy_
@BallParkBuzz
@jcmccaffrey
@SmittyOnMLB
@ChrisCotillo
@TheBeatwriter (first appearance)
@realredsoxjesus (first appearance)
@MikeMutnansky (first appearance)
@MacCerullo
@WillFlemming
@bradfo
@tessiesbestie (first appearance)
@BOSSportsGordo
@HebHammer94
@JustinMLB
@matthewcrory (first appearance)
@ByAndrewParker
@timbhealey (first appearance)
@AriA1exander (first appearance)
@Hunter_Noll
@gingersnaphyde
@Dunkintern
@SoxSigns (first appearance)
@ColeyMick
@Jake3Roy (winner of the July Featherweight) Tournament.

The final two spots will be awarded to the winners of two qualifying tournaments held between now and the end of the season.

Congratulations to all who made it!

[Matthew Crory @matthewcrory]

Big things in the tracker this year!! Make sure you’re following Ed all offseason if you’re not already!

[Ed Hand @EdHand89]

Probably the most useful feature of this year's Free Agency tracker is that you'll actually be able to customize your player search.

[Ed Hand @EdHand89]

@moonandmouth Whoa. The Falcouner dub or the Ocean dub (big difference!)

[Ed Hand @EdHand89]

Between this and Boone not getting canned, Yankees fans are down bad today.
https://t.co/RTTzJ69Fqe

[Sam Fosberg @discussbaseball]

Brock Burke was solid in 2026: 77 G, 74.1 IP, 74 K, 2.30 ERA, 3.76 FIP, .202 BAA, 6 W, 2 SV.

[Ryan Painter @RyanPainter]

@EdHand89 Congrats, Ed! Looking forward to having one more tab open all winter.

[Ed Hand @EdHand89]

Sample from the new look Free Agency Tracker.

[Dan Szymborski @DSzymborski]

If MLB's goal was *truly* parity, then they'd focus on sharing *their* revenue in a way that makes marginal wins as profitable for Milwaukee as for Los Angeles. I spitballed one such thing that is *actually* parity increasing some years ago.

https://t.co/cVyhmaeHNe

[Dan Szymborski @DSzymborski]

@ProspectSpencer I wouldn't mind expanded playoffs as long as the advantages were more lopsided. Make the lower-seeded team in the playoff round *sweep* the higher-seeded team.

[Ed Hand @EdHand89]

@BostonJoshZ I don't see why not.

[Ed Hand @EdHand89]

Dropped Foster Griffin behind Nick Martinez and Trevor Rogers on the Free Agency tracker.

Had him at #10, he's moved down to #16. Still think he's a good pitcher, but I think 2026 is probably the best we'll ever see of him and more likely he's a solid #4 starter.

[Justin @JustinMLB]

I swear to god I’ve never seen a sunset anywhere in the world like i have here

[Dan Szymborski @DSzymborski]

MLB should take a page from fantasy leagues and design a "punishment" uniform for each last place team to have to wear as their primary uniform in the following year.

[Ed Hand @EdHand89]

@HebHammer94 Hello.

[Ed Hand @EdHand89]

JK this is actually going to start rolling out earlier than initially planned. 👀👀👀👀

[Ed Hand @EdHand89]

Exciting news for the free agency tracker.

I'm teaming up with https://t.co/7xni3GjQQu this year.

They'll be hosting it this year and also upgrading the design so that it can do more. Really excited for the opportunity to bring the tracker to a more national audience.

Expect the release date to be the day after the World Series, just like last year.

[Ed Hand @EdHand89]

@wr_tuck @BenSasse