Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @bnicholsonsmith
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
968
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
The Toronto Blue Jays' opening day broadcast lineup includes a special edition of Blue Jays Central, and the team is expected to compete for the American League East title and win playoff series. The team's roster includes newcomer Nathan Lukes, who will be a 28-year-old rookie. Alek Manoah will start on opening day, and unheralded players are expected to contribute. The team's 26-man roster is being finalized, with a balance between pitchers and position players. Kevin Gausman is a standout player. Jose Berrios had a promising start after concerns about his performance in the World Baseball Classic. There is discussion of the AL East and promotions for Jay Jackson.
Topic Modeling
- #OpeningDay broadcast lineup
- Optimism for the Blue Jays in the AL East
- Player performances and updates
- Finalizing the 26-man roster
- Discussion on specific players and their roles
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express excitement, optimism, and anticipation for the upcoming baseball season, particularly for the Toronto Blue Jays. @bnicholsonsmith, a sports reporter, provides updates on the team's performance and roster changes, while also sharing his personal rooting interests. There is also discussion about specific players and their potential contributions to the team. Overall, the tweets convey a positive and enthusiastic tone towards the Blue Jays and their upcoming season.
Trend Analysis
- Blue Jays' broadcast lineup for Opening Day
- The expectations for Blue Jays to win the American League East title and playoff series
- The Blue Jays' roster and player updates
- Optimism for unheralded players to contribute to the team's success
- Discussion of the Blue Jays' rotation and pitching staff
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
92
Percentage of total tweets
9%
Number of Original tweets
29
Percentage of total tweets
2%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
968
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
843
Percentage of total tweets
87%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
9
Percentage of total tweets
0%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
87
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter for iPhone | 457 |
Twitter for Android | 306 |
Twitter Web App | 166 |
Twitter for iPad | 20 |
TweetDeck | 6 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
Sportsnet | Sportsnet | Canada's No. 1 Sports Network | 1,011,639 |
ShiDavidi | Shi Davidi | Sportsnet baseball columnist; Author Big 50: Toronto Blue Jays (order revised and updated edition: https://t.co/hYj1QW7B3x); Journalism instructor, Centennial College | 125,670 |
FAN590 | Sportsnet 590 The FAN | Canada's #1 Sports Radio Station - Home of @bluejays, @mapleleafs, & @raptors #UnitedBySport 📱 Instagram: Sportsnet590 | 94,725 |
BlakeMurphyODC | Blake Murphy | Raptors & Blue Jays @Sportsnet. Co-host of The FAN Drive Time, 5-7pm M-F @fan590. Volume creator, hesitant shooter. | 53,675 |
SiddallJoe | Joe Siddall | #BlueJays analyst - 'your life could drastically change in a matter of seconds...appreciate each moment and live life to its fullest' #AOG 💚 #grateful | 42,577 |
ArdenZwelling | Arden Zwelling | Blue Jays on Sportsnet | Stories: https://t.co/cnBmQICq2E | Podcast: https://t.co/poHXjJDRhu | 33,066 |
AndrewStoeten | Andrew Stoeten | Podcasting and covering Blue Jays baseball | 25,107 |
BlueJaysDad | Blue Jays Dad | - | 17,238 |
SportsnetPR | Sportsnet PR | News, notes and announcements from @Sportsnet, Canada's No. 1 Sports Media Brand | #UnitedBySport | 14,059 |
RealKrisAbbott | Kris Abbott | General Manager @betano_canada | Enjoys talkin’ sports | #AbolishTheWave | 12,688 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
BlueJaysDad | Blue Jays Dad | - | 12,569 |
AndrewStoeten | Andrew Stoeten | Podcasting and covering Blue Jays baseball | 7,297 |
copperleaf22 | CoppeR | Get over yourself. Life isn’t short you are just dead for a long time. | 6,798 |
qopbaseball | MLB Quality of Pitch | Pitch Quality Calculations for Major League Baseball. https://t.co/GerEvCSwY5 US Patent No 10,737,167 B2 | 5,340 |
whitesocks1994 | brandonzaporowski | I love collecting baseball cards and playing the drums | 5,004 |
R1a9y9j2 | Dj Ray Ray | 🙏𝓖𝓞𝓓 𝓘𝓢 𝓖𝓞𝓞𝓓 🙏 *𝓣𝓮𝔁𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓬𝓱 𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓽𝔂 2025 * | 5,003 |
jeff_goldenberg | Jeff Goldenberg | “the grass ain’t greener, the wine ain’t sweeter, either side of the hill” - j.garcia @agencyabacus @dodioakland let’s go #bluejays | 5,003 |
thomasmarinojr | thomas marino | Canadiense pero nacido en venezuela y venezolano de corazon. Love all kind of sports . Great travel consultant. Canucks,whitecaps, lions and man u biggest fan | 5,002 |
RotoRob | RotoRob | Fantasy sports writer covering baseball, basketball, hockey and football. FSWA member. | 4,997 |
GradyTripp00 | Adam ⚾️ | Comments on Film, TV, Music, @BlueJays, U.S. & Canadian politics. | 4,995 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
SportsFan191919 | Sports fan. | 13 |
1981JaysFan | Life long Jays fan. I still haven't moved the chair I was sitting in, in October 1992 as an 11 year old kid. Sports card fanatic. Formally @Aaburke81 | 12 |
JaysRetro | a lot of wrestling and blue jays tweets unfortunately | 9 |
biggles14 | Baseball fan,roadtrips,@jparencibia9 @BringerofRain20 @DanielNorris18 @ChrisArcher22, Bo Love taking pics,#Highsocks Leery of goats #BLM | 8 |
Sportsnet | Canada's No. 1 Sports Network | 8 |
SHollywoodN | Digital Marketer; Martech Consultant; WLU grad; Passionate about Political & Current Events | 8 |
set921 | Ricky Countdown Begins 95% Blue Jays content. 5% random crap. | 7 |
grecianfive | i will be returning March 29th 2024 | 7 |
RedHotBat | North Korean Bluejays and Hockey fan pronouns are fed/up | 7 |
Kudrinko97 | CarletonU Grad | Com. Media Studies | Former VP of Carleton Country Music Association | Former College⚾️Player | | 6 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1641426256792100871 | Check out @Sportnet’s #OpeningDay broadcast lineup 👇👀 Kicking off with a 1hr special edition of #BlueJaysCentral with @SNETCampbell & @SiddallJoe ⚾️ TV @DShulman_ESPN & Buck Martinez ⚾️ Reporters @thehazelmae & @ShiDavidi ⚾️ Radio @benwag247 & @bnicholsonsmith https://t.co/owNNYedlu4 | 26 |
1640735091596075009 | Nathan Lukes will be a 28-year-old MLB rookie when the season starts, after Blue Jays manager John Schneider confirmed he has made the Opening Day roster. @bnicholsonsmith has the story on this and the rest of the roster. https://t.co/rTLTfky1b7 | 23 |
1641161578237108224 | Last night on SN Central @bnicholsonsmith came out with some fire. The Blue Jays are, "the best team in the American League East at this point. ... The expectation should be an American League East title, and to win playoff series'..." 🔥🔥 https://t.co/Gk0nP6fsJY | 12 |
1641432591545794565 | 🚨 #OpeningDay Programming 🚨 10-12pm: @SNJeffBlair & Kevin Barker 12-2pm: @RealKyper & @jtbourne 2-4pm: The FAN Drive Time pregame w/ @SportsnetBen 4-7pm: #BlueJays-Cardinals w/ @benwag247 & @bnicholsonsmith 7-8pm: Jays Talk w/ Blair & Barker Tune in ⤵️ https://t.co/hG1TAX767t | 6 |
1639628258110218244 | In the days ahead, the Blue Jays must finalize their 26-man roster, a group that’ll be evenly split between pitchers and position players. Who will be on it? @bnicholsonsmith takes a look. https://t.co/ZX6OBSryU5 | 5 |
1639329123616030721 | Kevin Gausman is absolutely on 🔥 On an all-new At The Letters, @bnicholsonsmith & @ArdenZwelling discuss their Spring standouts, the bounce-back start from Jose Berrios, and some under-the-radar names who could end up helping the Blue Jays in 2023. 🎧: https://t.co/RU13bQCINa https://t.co/gAGhK1OpnM | 4 |
1639331496891645960 | Alek Manoah gets the opening day nod against Miles Mikolas, along with the other 14 matchups. @bnicholsonsmith has more below. https://t.co/AYPIbYBKvG https://t.co/kIed8QDtmJ | 4 |
1639002023378173952 | Surpassing expectations certainly becomes easier when a player or two overachieves. In Blue Jays camp there’s optimism that some unheralded players can contribute to the team’s push for its first division title since 2015. (By @bnicholsonsmith) https://t.co/XePoWmqNYl | 4 |
1641092969267691520 | Final ATL from Blue Jays camp with @bnicholsonsmith — how the club diversified skillsets around its roster, prospects who impressed during spring training, and areas of concern going into opening day https://t.co/fmJ145qFxB | 4 |
1639702148362502144 | #BlueJays announce one more round of cuts. As well, RP Jay Jackson, as reported by @bnicholsonsmith, has been granted release: https://t.co/EGwipk2CmW | 3 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1641426256792100871 | Check out @Sportnet’s #OpeningDay broadcast lineup 👇👀 Kicking off with a 1hr special edition of #BlueJaysCentral with @SNETCampbell & @SiddallJoe ⚾️ TV @DShulman_ESPN & Buck Martinez ⚾️ Reporters @thehazelmae & @ShiDavidi ⚾️ Radio @benwag247 & @bnicholsonsmith https://t.co/owNNYedlu4 | 205 |
1641161578237108224 | Last night on SN Central @bnicholsonsmith came out with some fire. The Blue Jays are, "the best team in the American League East at this point. ... The expectation should be an American League East title, and to win playoff series'..." 🔥🔥 https://t.co/Gk0nP6fsJY | 139 |
1639305806142226441 | @bnicholsonsmith They laughed at me. Mocked me. Trust the process https://t.co/PngziACm4I | 84 |
1640735091596075009 | Nathan Lukes will be a 28-year-old MLB rookie when the season starts, after Blue Jays manager John Schneider confirmed he has made the Opening Day roster. @bnicholsonsmith has the story on this and the rest of the roster. https://t.co/rTLTfky1b7 | 83 |
1639331496891645960 | Alek Manoah gets the opening day nod against Miles Mikolas, along with the other 14 matchups. @bnicholsonsmith has more below. https://t.co/AYPIbYBKvG https://t.co/kIed8QDtmJ | 70 |
1641092969267691520 | Final ATL from Blue Jays camp with @bnicholsonsmith — how the club diversified skillsets around its roster, prospects who impressed during spring training, and areas of concern going into opening day https://t.co/fmJ145qFxB | 36 |
1639002023378173952 | Surpassing expectations certainly becomes easier when a player or two overachieves. In Blue Jays camp there’s optimism that some unheralded players can contribute to the team’s push for its first division title since 2015. (By @bnicholsonsmith) https://t.co/XePoWmqNYl | 33 |
1639318738775293963 | @bnicholsonsmith Rooting for him, especially after meeting him. One of the nicest humans I’ve met https://t.co/aEc2jiKL8b | 33 |
1640730519678722050 | @bnicholsonsmith One lefty in the pen will haunt them. | 31 |
1640077774151901184 | @bnicholsonsmith https://t.co/Cnb9hNWFjC | 30 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#bluejays | 64 |
#openingday | 7 |
#numbersdontlie | 6 |
#jayjacksonfan | 5 |
#mlb | 3 |
#5 | 3 |
#bluejayscentral | 2 |
#atl | 2 |
#letsgobluejays | 1 |
#embarrassing | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@bnicholsonsmith | 972 |
@sportsnet | 74 |
@ardenzwelling | 59 |
@sportsfan191919 | 26 |
@shidavidi | 24 |
@snjeffblair | 20 |
@benwag247 | 17 |
@blakemurphyodc | 15 |
@jonnbell | 14 |
@thehazelmae | 12 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
11
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
⚾ | 15 | baseball |
🔥 | 11 | fire |
👍 | 6 | thumbs_up |
🚨 | 5 | police_car_light |
👀 | 4 | eyes |
🎧 | 4 | headphone |
🇨🇦 | 4 | Canada |
🙄 | 4 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
😂 | 4 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
💯 | 3 | hundred_points |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 36 |
People & Body | 22 |
Activities | 20 |
Travel & Places | 17 |
Objects | 9 |
Flags | 4 |
Symbols | 4 |
Animals & Nature | 2 |