I'd like to congratulate Steven Goldman on being named the lead baseball writer for Bleacher Report! As announced, today will be Steve's last official day with Baseball Prospectus.
Steven Goldman's name has been synonymous with BP for many years now and his accomplishments have been many. Not only has Steve written hundreds of great articles, he's edited Mind Game, It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over, and the soon to be released Extra Innings: More Baseball Between the Numbers. Of course, Steve has also been instrumental in the development of the Baseball Prospectus annual, either as editor or co-editor of the book from 2006-2011.
As Editor-in-Chief of BP over the past year, Steven has helped recruit some of our up and coming stars such as Jason Parks, Derek Carty, and Daniel Rathman. He's continued to develop the team of editors and even co-hosted MLB Roundtrip with Baseball Prospectus on SiriusXM MLB Network Radio each week with Kevin Goldstein.
Steve will leave a lasting mark on BP and his work surely will not be forgotten. And don't be surprised if you see a Steven Goldman article pop up on BP.com every once in a while!
We will announce some exciting news next week about our editorial succession plan, but today is about Steve, and only Steve.
Please join me in thanking Steve for his many contributions to Baseball Prospectus and wishing him all the best in his new position at Bleacher Report.
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I have enjoyed your writing since your first article. You will be missed. I hope BP finds a new source for the historical reach you are so gifted with.
Please keep teaming up with Sarge and Mike Ferrin on Sirius XM.
Good luck.
Further educating an entire fandom can only be a good thing.
Anyway, best of luck to you, Steven, and you will be missed.
Steve, your historical research and exemplary writing will be missed. Best of luck.
It seems like Bleacher Report has been trying to become more of a legitimate sports news source, what with the hiring of King Kaufman and more experienced writers for the various sports. The hiring of Steven is another step in that direction, and I hope they do well.
As far as writers leaving, it's true BP has lost some tremendously talented people (Steven, Marc Normandin, Joe Sheehan, Christina Kahrl). However, it doesn't seem so strange to me that some would leave to go to other outlets. Think about it: Tim Kurkjian, Buster Olney, Peter Gammons, and Jon Heyman are just a few prominent baseball writers who have jumped from one outlet to another.
The more important thing to me is that BP has continued to bring on talented writers in one role or another, including Mike Petriello, Jonathan Bernhardt, Larry Granillo, and a few others. It's great that the site is continuing to keep an eye out for talent, even when other talent is moving on to other opportunities.