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A’s and Cardinals Execute Win-Win Trade
Stephen Piscotty didn’t have the best 2017 season.(Photo: Keith Allison) The St. Louis Cardinals have had a busy couple of days. One outfielder came in, another left. The latter move sent Stephen...
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Hall of Fame Voters Have a Mess to Deal With
Last year, seven former players received at least 45% of the Hall of Fame vote while also earning less than the 75% necessary to actually get elected to the Hall. Seven former players, in other words,...
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2018 ZiPS Projections – Philadelphia Phillies
After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for half a decade. The exercise continues this...
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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 12/15/17
9:07 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends 9:07 Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat 9:07 Jeff Sullivan: Freddy Galvis edition 9:08 Wade Davis: Surely I’m going to get more than a 2 year deal, right?...
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Melvin Upton Signs With, Makes Sense for Indians
One player whom the baseball industry and vacationing families might not have expected to see this week at Disney’s sprawling Swan and Dolphin Resort, the site of this year’s Winter Meetings, was...
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Phillies Add Carlos Santana, Strange Fit
Well, this is unexpected. Source confirms: Carlos Santana in agreement with #Phillies, three years, $60M. First reported: @JonHeyman. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 15, 2017 I’ve argued all...
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The Angels’ Left-Side Defense Is Going to Be Insane
The Angels have been hunting around for a third baseman. Today, they found one by signing a shortstop. Source: Cozart deal with #Angels is for three years, $38M. LAA just announced signing. — Ken...
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Carlos Santana Makes It a Crowd in Philly
Santana’s combination of power and patience are likely to age well over the next three years.(Photo: Keith Allison) Carlos Santana is trading Polish Boys for cheesesteaks, looks like, agreeing this...
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The Angels Have Won the Offseason
Yes, the offseason is just starting, and because of that, it might seem premature to begin considering which team has most improved its roster for 2018. Merely by winning the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes,...
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Scouting the 2017 Rule 5 Picks
The major-league phase of Thursday’s Rule 5 draft began with its annual roll call of club confirming the number of players currently on their 40-man rosters and ended with a total of 18 players added...
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Projecting the 2017 Rule 5 Picks
This year’s Rule 5 draft came and went yesterday, with 18 players selected in the major-league phase of the draft. All the players selected will need to spend the entire 2018 season on their new team’s...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1149: The Winter Meetings That Were
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Jeff’s Winter Meetings experience and then discuss everything that did and didn’t go down while the baseball world was in Orlando, including the Reds’...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1150: Sighs and Signings
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the Zack Cozart and Carlos Santana signings and the Matt Moore trade, then answer listener emails about when it makes sense to rebuild and how the second...
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The Best of FanGraphs: December 11-15, 2017
Each week, we publish in the neighborhood of 75 articles across 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 —...
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Dodgers Trade Debt to Braves in Exchange for Debt
Every Friday, for a couple of hours, I host a FanGraphs live baseball chat. Yesterday, I held my first chat in the aftermath of the winter meetings. The previous Friday, I held my last chat before the...
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Sunday Notes: Baseball’s Only Female Play-by-Play Broadcaster is a Rising Star
Kirsten Karbach grew up listening to Andy Freed and Dave Wills call Tampa Bay Rays games on the radio. Now she’s following in their footsteps. At age 27, Karbach is the voice of Philadelphia’s high-A...
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Rangers Add Matt Moore to Spaghetti Rotation as Giants Cut Costs
The Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants have been two of the most successful franchises of the last decade, with a combined nine playoff appearances, five World Series appearances, and three titles...
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2018 ZiPS Projections – St. Louis Cardinals
After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for half a decade. The exercise continues this...
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Travis Sawchik FanGraphs Chat
12:06 Travis Sawchik: Greetings! 12:06 Travis Sawchik: The Angels have won the offseason so we can all pack up and head home … 12:06 Travis Sawchik: But let’s chat anyways … 12:07 Nick: Why did the...
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Hello Again
Hello there. If you’ve been reading the site for a while, you might remember me. Back in 2014 and 2015, I did prospect stuff here. Then, at the end of 2015, I had to say farewell, having been hired to...
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