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FanGraphs Audio: World Champion Travis Sawchik
Episode 753 The prolific Travis Sawchik is a former beat reporter for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and author of the book Big Data Baseball. He’s also the guest on this edition of the program, during...
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The Relationship Between Spending Efficiency and Labor Markets
This is Matt Swartz’ first piece as part of his July residency at FanGraphs. A former contributor to FanGraphs and the Hardball Times — and current contributor to MLB Trade Rumors — Swartz also works...
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Daily Prospect Notes: 7/4 and 7/5
Daily notes on prospects from lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen. Read previous installments here. Games of July 3 Dominic Smith, 1B, New York NL (Profile) Level: Triple-A Age: 22 Org Rank: 3...
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NERD Game Scores for July 5, 2017
Devised originally in response to a challenge issued by sabermetric forefather Rob Neyer, and expanded at the request of nobody, NERD scores represent an attempt to summarize in one number (and on a...
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Dave Cameron FanGraphs Chat – 7/5/17
12:02 Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone. 12:02 Dave Cameron: Have my first post-op meeting wth my orthopedist today, so will have to wrap things up a little before 1 pm, but I’ll go longer next...
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Bryce Harper Has a New, Lower Gear
According to this weekend’s ESPN Sunday Night Telecast, Bryce Harper has, in recent years, often performed his pregame routine and taken batting practice indoors, in the bowels of major-league...
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Fireworks All Summer Long
For many people, a good fireworks show is a welcome part of their extended 4th of July weekend. I mean, who doesn’t like one, except for some really good dogs out there? That said, if you attended a...
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A Justin Verlander Trade Seems Highly Unlikely
We might as well start this off with a Buster Olney tweet: Teams asking about Justin Verlander; perception is DET looking for big,big,big return w/out salary offset. Owed $70m for rest of ’17,’18.’19 —...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1080: If Baseball Were Beep
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Jeff’s altitude sickness, Matt Albers and Ryan Raburn, an odd-field update, the Rich Hill resurgence, the MLB Battlegrounds event in Hyde Park, Logan...
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Rich Hill Got Good Again
Over the winter, the Dodgers re-signed Rich Hill. They did so because they knew that, when he was able to pitch, Hill looked like one of the best starting pitchers in the game. And then 2017 went and...
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FanGraphs Audio: Procreating a Major Leaguer
Episode 754 Owing to a confluence of circumstances, including his own impending fatherhood, the author is compelled to ask Dave Cameron: “If a parent’s sole, awful intent were to raise a future major...
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NERD Game Scores for July 6, 2017
Devised originally in response to a challenge issued by sabermetric forefather Rob Neyer, and expanded at the request of nobody, NERD scores represent an attempt to summarize in one number (and on a...
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Freddie Freeman’s Strange BP Technique
“Watch a batting practice of mine and it’s real boring,” said Freddie Freeman with a smile. The Atlanta first baseman is back, and he’s playing third base right now. You’d think the change of position...
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Eno Sarris Baseball Chat – 7/6/17
2:04 Eno Sarris: Saw these guys along with Andrew Bird, Weezer, Mumford… and they were clearly the best in show 12:01 Tumbler, Whiskey: #VoteHos 12:01 Eno Sarris: #LoveHos 12:02 Biden the Dog: More...
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Daily Prospect Notes: 7/6
Daily notes on prospects from lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen. Read previous installments here. Jose Siri, OF, Cincinnati (Profile) Level: Low-A Age: 21 Org Rank: HM Top 100: NR Line:...
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Manny Machado on Preparing for a Series
It’s quite possible that — as recently as last night, with the Orioles preparing to finish their series against the Brewers — that Manny Machado had no idea who’d be on the mound for the Twins this...
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Here’s an Astonishing Clayton Kershaw Statistic
Clayton Kershaw is an outlier, and for the more number-oriented among us, outliers can be best appreciated through their statistics. One could investigate Kershaw with the same enthusiasm with which...
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Starting-Pitcher Championship-Belt Showdown
The overriding theme of the 2017 season to date has been a wave of homers, many of them hit into the stratosphere courtesy of the sport’s new wave of sluggers, like Cody Bellinger, Miguel Sano, and, of...
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The Other Mysterious Framing Declines
On Monday, while investigating Jonathan Lucroy‘s mysterious framing decline, I noted that Buster Posey and Yadier Molina have also had noticeable falls from the framing elite this season. Posey ranked...
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The Brewers Are Happening
I’ve noticed a recurring question in most of my chats. For the past several weeks, a similar query has shown up time and again, and that query is, to paraphrase: “where do the Brewers actually have to...
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