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The Legacies of Anthony Young
Former Mets pitcher Anthony Young died Tuesday after a fight with cancer, an inoperable brain tumor, at 51. Teammates say he was known for his dignity and grace, characteristics he demonstrated through...
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Welcome to the Strike Zone, Sean Newcomb
All along, Sean Newcomb has been very much an individual pitching prospect. And yet, he’s also been several pitching prospects, innumerable pitching prospects. Newcomb has been one of so many young...
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Projecting Victor Caratini
Following Miguel Montero‘s kerfluffle with Jake Arrieta, the Cubs designated Montero for assignment today. In his place, they called up Victor Caratini from Triple-A. The switch-hitting Caratini had...
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Have Batters Become Too Comfortable?
During the most recent Sunday Night Baseball telecast, ESPN’s cameras captured a kiss Felipe Rivero planted on the cheek of Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage. Hey, Searage deserves it. When one...
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Eno Sarris Baseball Chat — 6/29/17
10:34 Eno Sarris: Headed up to LA tomorrow to see Junior Boys and Kilo Kish at the Globe. 12:02 Jose Berrios: Thanks for chatting. How good a SP am I next year and beyond? 12:02 Eno Sarris: I’m a...
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Chris Gimenez on Being a Non-Pitcher Who Pitches
Chris Gimenez is good with a quip, and he came up with a classic earlier this month. Following a game in which he homered twice, the 34-year-old journeyman told reporters, “Hopefully I’m one of the...
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Assessing the Trade Value of Giancarlo Stanton
The Marlins are sellers this year. Adeiny Hechavarria is already gone. Kyle Barraclough, David Phelps, and A.J. Ramos are among the bullpen pieces that might be appealing. Marcell Ozuna is having a...
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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 6/29/17
2:12 Dan Szymborski: And away we go! 2:12 Dan Szymborski: Sorry, was in a work conversation! 2:13 Nick: Is Beede still the Giants’ number 1 pitching prospect or has Suarez overtaken him? 2:14 Dan...
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The Angels Won on a Walk-Off Strikeout*
I started blogging about the Mariners almost the instant they stopped being good. I went forward with that for some reason on a daily basis for something like a decade, and there was a whole lot of...
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Projecting Dustin Fowler
On Tuesday, the Yankees called up infielder Tyler Wade in the wake of Starlin Castro‘s injury. They dipped into their farm system again on Wednesday, calling up Miguel Andujar (3.6 KATOH, 2.6 KATOH+)...
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Judge vs. Bellinger: The Tale of the Tape
Aesthetically, the emergent style of play in “our game” isn’t very pleasing, I would submit. The three true outcomes have run amok; the Russell Branyan-ization of baseball is almost complete. That...
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Daily Prospect Notes: 6/29
Daily notes on prospects from lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen. Read previous installments here. Jacob Nix, RHP, San Diego (Profile) Level: Hi-A Age: 21 Org Rank: 7 Top 100: HM Line: 9 IP, 2...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1077: Strangely Slanting Fields
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about (and/or follow up on) Miguel Montero’s Cubs demise, philosophical Pirates quotes, Carter Capps, unusual ballpark constructions, jams and rallies, and...
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Technically, Baseball Really Is More Boring
Pace. The word occupying the most of Rob Manfred’s mind is pace. Or maybe it’s action. They could be tied. Manfred wants more action; he wants a quicker pace. In short, he wants more things to happen....
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John Tumpane: America’s Favorite Umpire
We’d all like to think that we’d act as MLB umpire John Tumpane did this past Wednesday at around 3 p.m. while crossing the Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh. Tumpane was returning from an...
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It’s Tough Being a (Very) Tall Pitcher
This year, we’ve seen the debut of two 24-year-old lefties who have taken their own paths to the big leagues. Jordan Montgomery in New York and Sean Newcomb in Atlanta both look like they’re dealing,...
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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 6/30/17
9:09 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends 9:09 Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat 9:09 Bork: Hello, friend! 9:09 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend 9:09 Jeff Sullivan: I’ve missed you 9:09 Edwin:...
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The Fringe Five: Baseball’s Most Compelling Fringe Prospects
Fringe Five Scoreboards: 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013. The Fringe Five is a weekly regular-season exercise, introduced a few years ago by the present author, wherein that same author utilizes regressed...
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Tampa Bay’s Second-Half Attendance
This is Michael Lortz’ fifth and final piece as part of his June residency at FanGraphs. Lortz covers the Tampa Bay baseball market for the appropriately named Tampa Bay Baseball Market and has...
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Picking the 2017 American League All-Stars
Yesterday, I put on my dictator hat and suggested how I would fill out the National League All-Star team, if it was entirely up to me. Today, we’re going to do the American League, which is, in...
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