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The White Sox’ Big Bets On Risk
On Tuesday, the White Sox completed their latest trade, sending Todd Frazier, David Robertson, and Tommy Kahnle to New York for a trio of prospects and Tyler Clippard, who was included as a salary...
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Michael Fulmer, Changeups, and Managing Contact
No matter how you look at Michael Fulmer, you’ll probably come away impressed. Today’s Tigers starter is making good on his sophomore season and currently has the 10th-best ERA among qualified...
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Dylan Bundy on Preparing for a Start
A few weeks ago, we heard from Baltimore infielder Manny Machado on how he prepares for an upcoming series. Today, we explore the subject from a pitcher’s perspective. On the same day I spoke to...
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The Rays Have a Road Map, Require Urgency
On Tuesday night, the Yankees made a considerable pre-deadline splash in acquiring Todd Frazier, David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle. While the Yankees hope a slumping Frazier returns to form and upgrades...
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Mariners Get David Phelps, Who Is Good
The Marlins? They’re out of it. At some point it seemed like they might have a chance, but now they’re out of it, ever so out of it, so they’ve gone into sell mode. The Marlins are used to being in...
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Here’s Why the Indians Don’t Really Need a Starter
I don’t know if the Cubs are actually coming out of their funk, but it sure looks like they are. It feels like a matter of days before they re-claim first place in the NL Central, which is the outcome...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1087: Survey Says You Suck
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the Mariners’ and Marlins’ David Phelps trade, Sam Dyson’s bounceback, an eight-strikeout game, the Salina Stockade, Matt Davidson and Jeff Mathis, the...
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Jaime Garcia Is About Right for the Twins
Faced with an expensive market for premium starting pitching, but in possession of one of the least effective rotations in the majors, the Twins are reportedly close to finalizing a deal for...
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Do Teams Still Overpay for Free Agents from Other Teams?
This is Matt Swartz’ fifth 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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A Different Sort of Overuse Problem Among College Pitchers
Earlier this week, I wrote about UCLA’s pitcher overuse problem. At one point in that piece, I provided a comparison between league-wide and Bruins-only Pitch Smart violation rates. Pitch Smart...
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Dave Cameron FanGraphs Chat – 7/21/17
12:02 Dave Cameron: Happy Friday, everyone. Jeff and I switched days this week because he wanted to go climb something this weekend. I fully expect there to be 20 trades in the next 24 hours since...
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Jeff Samardzija’s Oddly Dominant Season
It’s been an utterly lost season for the San Francisco Giants. Sure, it’s not an even year, so finding the Giants outside of the playoff mix isn’t a total shock, but the second-worst record in...
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Is Jeff Samardzija Being Too Predictable?
The other day in the Giants’ clubhouse, I told Jeff Samardzija he was close to setting a record. “I don’t want to hear about it,” laughed the amicable righty. “No, no, a good one,” I pointed out,...
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Mariners and Cardinals Swap Upside For Depth
Heading into the year, the Mariners plan seemed to be to acquire as many low-ceiling middling prospects as they could find and throw them all at the wall, hoping one or two would help stabilize the...
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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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The Best of FanGraphs: July 17-21, 2017
Each week, we publish north of 100 posts on our various blogs. With this post, we hope to highlight 10 to 15 of them. You can read more on it here. The links below are color coded — green for...
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NERD Game Scores for July 22, 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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Sunday Notes: Jose Berrios’s Breaking Ball is Bugs Bunny
Jose Berrios is having a breakout season. In 13 starts for the Minnesota Twins, the 23-year-old right-hander has a 3.50 ERA, and he’s won nine of his twelve decisions. His breaking ball is a big...
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NERD Game Scores for July 23, 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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Rafael Devers and 20-Year-Old Call-Ups
The list of 20-year-old third basemen is impressive, includes Adrian Beltre. (Photo: Keith Allison) Rafael Devers will be called up to the majors on Tuesday. Well, I suppose he may technically be...
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