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The Marlins Have Something to Avoid
I realize that I can be a little too often drawn to bests and worsts. It happens because I’m lazy, but it also happens because those make for easy subjects to sell. I don’t need to convince you that...
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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 9/22/17
9:02 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends 9:02 Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat 9:02 Bork: Hello, friend! 9:02 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend 9:02 Bork Bork: Hello Friend! Hello Friend! 9:02 Jeff...
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How Financial Security for Minor Leaguers Would Benefit Everyone
This is Mike Hattery’s third piece as part of his September residency at FanGraphs. Hattery writes for the Cleveland-based site Waiting for Next Year. He can also be found on Twitter. Read the work of...
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What Numbers J.D. Martinez Looks At
I was recently talking to J.D. Martinez about launch angle and exit velocity and the like. Besides helping me to update my language, he also told me he didn’t really track his performance by those...
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Congratulations, Reds, You’ve Done It Again!
In 2015, the Reds finally commenced their transition from contender to rebuilder. During that season, the club began handing playing time to a number of young players, with rookie pitchers accounting...
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The Best of FanGraphs: September 18-22
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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Sunday Notes: Travis Shaw and the Brewers are Sneaky Good
Travis Shaw had arguably the biggest hit of Milwaukee’s season yesterday. With his team on the verge of a crushing 10-inning loss, Shaw stroked a two-run, walk-off home run that helped keep the Brewers...
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Shohei Otani, Brendan McKay, and the Blueprint for a Two-Way Player
In case you missed the excitement last week, here it is: according to reports, there’s a very good chance that Japanese star Shohei Otani will be posted this offseason and appear in a major-league...
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For How Long Can Hitters Keep Pace?
In spring of 2016, during batting practice before a game, I was speaking with a front-office executive. Our conversation had turned to the increasing velocity in the sport. The official wondered aloud...
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Travis Sawchik FanGraphs Chat
12:01 Travis Sawchik: Howdy, folks 12:02 Travis Sawchik: Looks like a great afternoon for a baseball chat (at least from the location of Bay Village, Ohio) 12:02 Travis Sawchik: Last week of the...
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What Strikeouts Have Taken from Baseball
It shouldn’t be news that strikeouts have increased at a pretty alarming pace over the last decade. From the end of the last strike through 2007, the league-wide strikeout rate was pretty steady,...
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The Weirdest Thing About Jon Lester’s Season
Jon Lester pitches tonight against the Cardinals in St. Louis, and how he performs in that start may have some impact on his postseason rotation spot. The 33-year-old lefty is in the middle of his...
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Bruce Maxwell Takes a Knee
I’ve spent a good chunk of the morning trying to find a way to write about the weekend’s events in a way that adds something to the conversation. I didn’t want to just write about the controversy...
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Will Teams Need a LOOGY to Win the American League Pennant?
Quick: who’s the best left-handed hitter likely to appear in the American League playoffs this October? If you took more than three seconds to come up with an answer, don’t worry, that’s perfectly...
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Aaron Judge’s All-Time Rookie Season
Compelling articles frequently begin with an anecdote. Let me therefore begin with one of my own. Aaron Judge annoyed me on Monday. See, Judge hit a home run, and after the ball left the yard, I...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1115: Has The 2017 Season Been Bad?
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan follow up on their Glory Hole Recreation Area discussion and banter about a Brandon Crawford bunt attempt, an Andrelton Simmons deke, Oakland catcher Bruce Maxwell’s...
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FanGraphs Audio: Dayn Perry Elevates the Conversation
Episode 770 Dayn Perry is a contributor to CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball and the author of three books — one of them not very miserable. He’s also the serious guest on this edition of FanGraphs Audio. A...
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What If the Twins Won the World Series?
As I write this, six teams have already reached 90 wins. Another three teams still could. Four teams have won at least 60% of their games, which is the highest total for the league in more than a...
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Before You Vote, Some Other Things to Consider
With less than a week remaining in the regular season, a number of end-of-year player awards appear to lack a decisive winner. With so few games left, a decisive winner is unlikely to emerge. In the...
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Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat: Instructional League Tour
12:03 Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning, all. I’ll start today by encouraging you to help our friends in Puerto Rico if you have the means to do so. Let’s chat. 12:03 Nick: Can you shed any light on...
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