Derrick Goold ✓

@dgoold · On Deadline, at Ballpark · joined 30 Sep 2008

Lead baseball writer St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Proud father. Lapsed cartoonist. 5x APSE #1 beat writer, 9x Top 10. 🌎 rec INF. Friendly neighborhood word slinger

146 351Followers

2 485Following

238 938Posts total

24.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 847this account5 994median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.26%this account2.51%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.21%this account1.40%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	1 847	5 994	0.31×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.26%	2.51%	0.50×
Engagement rate	0.21%	1.40%	0.15×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

7K4 Sep

145

8.1K

125

5.2K

3.5K

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.14%4 Sep

2.76%

0.29%

0.00%

0.44%

2.63%

0.06%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes72.3%47 in total

Reposts12.3%8 in total

Replies13.8%9 in total

Bookmarks1.5%1 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Mizzou defense starts 2026 season behind on takeaway, sack margins https://t.co/SP8uFrhgSa 3.5K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 @dgoold MLB's website says it's Tommy John surgery as does many others: "It was the second time the 27-year-old Dobbins has undergone Tommy John surgery in his career. He had the procedure in 2021 as well" And we gave up Contreras for this medical has been 🙄 Cardinals trades s 76 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 Cardinals finish shy of sweep, but youth movement made strides in series win vs. Dodgers https://t.co/7KIWjFgl4T 5.2K views · 21 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 @dgoold Obrien has an era north of 4 and whip of 1.25.. every closer who is near him in saves have numbers no where near that .. 32 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 @dgoold Goodbye, Hunter Dobbins. We hardly knew ya. 125 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 Some additional clarification/reporting on Hunter Dobbins: This surgery was a repair of ligament, which he previously had addressed with Tommy John surgery, and tendon. This is a second elbow surgery, not a second full TJ. Still 12 months. Explained here: https://t.co/VfzDzH8S1P 8.1K views · 15 likes · 6 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 @dgoold Riley O’Brien has been beyond atrocious! By far, the worst closer the Cardinals has had in many years. He should voluntarily quit the team - everyone would cheer his exit. 145 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 Dodgers flip game on final swing for walk-off win against Cardinals to avoid sweep https://t.co/xYpMoOgJVe 7K views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 Old enough to be unapologetically comfortable with the things that keep me young. RT "@maris9: @dgoold how old are you?” 0 views · 669 likes · 53 reposts · 133 replies 01 Aug 2014