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Travis Sawchik FanGraphs Chat
12:00 Travis Sawchik: This is my first chat of 2018, Happy New Year … 12:00 Travis Sawchik: I wish there was more to report http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/transactions/#month=1&year=2018 12:00 Travis...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1160: The Podcast of Continuing Education
Ben Lindbergh and his Ringer MLB Show co-host Michael Baumann speculate about how the slow offseason will end, answer listener emails about sabermetrics and salary depression, sumo wrestling and the...
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David Dahl May Not Be the Rockies’ Answer
The Colorado Rockies are acting like a team with expectations for 2018. Before the start of the offseason, Cot’s Contracts projected a salary of $131 million for the team, an all-time high for the...
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Lars Anderson Discovers Australia, Part 1
If you read this past Sunday’s notes column, you know that Lars Anderson has taken his left-handed stroke — and his storytelling skills! — to Australia. After beginning his escapades in the Southern...
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Yangervis Solarte and the Blue Jays’ Attempt to Thread the Needle
The Blue Jays traded a couple prospects for a versatile infielder this weekend following a season during which their own infielders had trouble staying on the field. That much about the Yangervis...
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Padres Acquire Lottery Ticket Edward Olivares
On Saturday, the Padres sent INF Yangervis Solarte to Toronto in exchange for 21-year-old Venezuelan OF Edward Olivares and 24-year-old org reliever Jared Carkuff. Olivares is the prospect centerpiece...
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Maybe “Super Teams” Are Ruining the Offseason
It’s January, and the story of the offseason is that it’s actually lived up to its monicker. Outside of Giancarlo Stanton and Shohei Otani‘s respective moves to new teams essentially on the same day,...
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The Status of the Scouts vs. Stats Debate
“Scouts vs. stats” is an expression that boils a complex, gray issue into clear black-and-white sides,in a way that’s familiar to those who follow political media. In the reality of front-office...
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The Marlins Could Be Tanking the Right Way
Christian Yelich is only of use to the Marlins now as a trade chip. (Photo: Corn Farmer) There has been considerable handwringing this offseason about the way the new Marlins ownership group has gone...
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Gerrit Cole’s Crucial Pivot
Let’s begin by considering the experience of today’s top amateur pitchers. Each time a coveted prospect at the prep level begins his delivery to the plate, he’s confronted by the same vision: a crowd...
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FanGraphs Audio: Dave Cameron Reluctantly Indulges a Metaphor
Episode 794 A cafe in downtown Bath, Maine, that’s typically crowded on Saturday mornings was almost entirely empty this past Saturday. The sub-zero temperatures were to blame, almost certainly. But...
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What If Baseball Had a Penalty Box?
I don’t watch a lot of hockey, but when I do, my favorite part of the game is when grown men sit in timeout. They have an angry little fracas and then are asked to cool down. In-game punishment is a...
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Restricted Free Agency Could Benefit Players
Instead of covering free-agent signings like usual, members of baseball’s media have been forced to address the conspicuous lack of them this offseason. Dave outlined another possible explanation for...
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Sergio Romo on His Bowling-Ball… Slider
Late in the 2017 season, I approached Sergio Romo to ask about backup sliders. More specifically, I wanted to know if he’s ever thrown one intentionally. A handful of pitchers to whom I’ve spoken have...
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The One I Never Thought I Would Write
I wrote my first post for FanGraphs on April 14th, 2008. It was about Gabe Kapler‘s return from managing to be a productive big leaguer. It referenced WPA/LI as our version of a modern statistic and...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1161: Dave Cameron’s Goodbye to Blogging
Ben Lindbergh and outgoing FanGraphs Managing Editor Dave Cameron review Dave’s decision to retire from writing to take a job as an analyst in the San Diego Padres’ front office, discussing his...
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2018 ZiPS Projections – Seattle Mariners
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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Gerrit Cole May or May Not Become an Astro
Gerrit Cole is reportedly on the verge of joining the Astros: Source: #Astros and #Pirates have reached agreement on Gerrit Cole trade. @MLBNetwork @MLB — Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) January 10, 2018 Or…...
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Statcast’s Outs Above Average and UZR
Given the relative novelty of Statcast data, it remains unclear for the moment just how useful the information produced by it can and will be. As with any new metric or collection of metrics, it’s...
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