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Let’s Watch Miguel Cabrera Make a Run Happen
In the past, I’ve done a few Let’s Watch posts about Billy Hamilton‘s baserunning. This is because Billy Hamilton is probably the best baserunner in baseball, so some of the things he’s able to do are...
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Alex Reyes Might Have Saved the Cardinals’ Season
Alex Reyes was only called up in August. He’s appeared in just 10 games, started just three and thrown only 35 of the Cardinals’ 1352.1 innings. He is certainly not the most valuable player on the...
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The Astros Gave the Rangers a Quality Outfielder
I don’t know how else to begin, so let’s begin like this: Over 126 games spent with the Astros, Carlos Gomez was worth 0.6 WAR. Over 25 games spent with the Rangers, Carlos Gomez has been worth 0.7...
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Terrance Gore Is Human After All
This is not how a catcher reacts to your typical regular-season caught stealing: And this is not the sort of enthusiasm with which a catcher is typically met in the post-game high-five line: If you...
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NERD Game Scores for September 22, 2016
Devised originally in response to a challenge issued by sabermetric nobleman 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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Zach Britton on Sinkers, WPA, and the Cy Young
In October 2011, a Q&A titled Zach Britton, Oriole in Progress was published in these pages. Britton had just completed a rookie season in which he went 11-11, with a 4.61 ERA, in 28 starts. He’d...
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Eno Sarris Baseball Chat — 9/22/16
1:47 Eno Sarris: fly this whole mess into the sea 12:01 Eno Sarris: I’m here! 12:01 Q-Ball: While I think Bryant should be NL MVP anyway, I also wonder if Seager’s chance are hurt by the fact that...
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Projecting Manny Margot and Other Padres Call-Ups
Following the end of their Triple-A affiliate’s championship season in the Pacific Coast League, the San Diego Padres promoted a small collection of players to their major-league club on Tuesday. Below...
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Projecting Orioles Call-Up Trey Mancini
With the minor-league playoffs finished, the Baltimore Orioles summoned first-base prospect Trey Mancini from Triple-A Norfolk this week to help sure up their offense. Mancini wasted no time making an...
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Jose Abreu Is Halfway to Strikeout Bingo
Just in case you’ve missed it — Jose Abreu, earlier, was a massive disappointment. For as long as the White Sox were worth paying attention to this year, Abreu was underachieving. It was one of the...
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Late-Season NL Contact-Management Update
We’re headed down the regular-season home stretch, with nearly a full campaign’s worth of data in the books. In my next two posts, we’ll measure the contact-management performance of qualifying...
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The Most Extraordinary Team Statistic
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the Rangers’ success in one-run games. They actually lost by one run yesterday, but if you’ve been paying attention, that was the first time that’s happened all...
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How to Judge the Atlanta Braves’ Rebuild
Atlanta Braves fans are waiting for their team to be consistently good again. After winning the division handily in 2013 but losing in the NLDS, the team fired general manager Frank Wren at the end of...
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NERD Game Scores for September 23, 2016
Devised originally in response to a challenge issued by sabermetric nobleman 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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Weak Contact and the American League Cy Young Race
Over in the National League, differing philosophical differences could shape the voting for the Cy Young award. Unless voters choose to embrace a closer like Zach Britton or look at only wins, however,...
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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 9/23/16
8:59 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends 9:00 Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat 9:00 Jeff Sullivan: Beginning on time for the second week in a row, for the *first* time in probably history? 9:00...
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“Pitch” Pilot: The Right Woman for the Job
“Pitch”, FOX’s new hour-long drama, premiered last night. It was a strong first episode, both dramatic and entertaining. It presents a likable yet complex protagonist in Ginny Baker (played by actress...
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A Dialogue on the Urgent Matter of Jharel Cotton’s Cutter
In light of Oakland right-hander Jharel Cotton‘s minor-league success, his major-league success (which includes a 1.50 ERA over three starts) isn’t an entirely surprising development. More surprising,...
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Chase Utley Hustles for History
Rewinding the clock roughly 11 months, we’d find Chase Utley in a very different place. He had just completed a .212/.286/.343 season that led to 423 plate appearances of replacement-level value. He...
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The Best of FanGraphs: September 19-23, 2016
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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