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Four Trivial Things to Watch This Weekend
Baseball matters this weekend, in as much as it ever truly matters. The division races are decided, but the Wild Card races in both leagues provide plenty of reasons to tune in and root for whatever...
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The Actual Difference Between Mike Trout and Mookie Betts
With postseason awards ballots due in a few days, we’re getting a bunch of writers publishing their hypothetical votes today, including national writers like Ken Rosenthal and Jon Heyman. As has become...
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Freddie Freeman Is Lifting Up the Braves
There’s a danger in waiting to write a post about how the narrative surrounding a particular statistic, because the statistics are always changing. I’ve been meaning to write a post about the Atlanta...
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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 9/30/16
9:08 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends 9:08 Jeff Sullivan: I guess I’m back to being late again 9:08 Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat! 9:09 CamdenWarehouse: Is there actually evidence that...
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Pinpointing the Moment Jake Lamb’s Season Changed
Even if you didn’t predict great things for the Diamondbacks this year, it’s hard not to be disappointed by their 2016 season. You can set aside their various front-office nonsense and still come to...
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“Pitch” Episode 2: Ginnsanity
Earlier recaps: Episode 1. Welcome to our recap of the second episode of “Pitch”, entitled “The Interim”. As always, there are spoilers, so read at your own risk. We join Ginny Baker (Kylie Bunbury) in...
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Tyler Clippard on Pitching (The Follow-Up Interview)
One month ago, Tyler Clippard discussed Beating BABIP and the Limits of FIP in these very pages. He cited his ability to create plane as a big part of his success. The Yankees reliever effectively...
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The Best of FanGraphs: September 26-30, 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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NERD Game Scores: So Much Depends Upon a Red Ballclub
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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Sunday Notes: Buxton, Bucs’ Frazier, Jays, AL Cy Young, more
On September 1, Byron Buxton returned from a stint in Triple-A and proceeded to go 15 for 37 with five home runs over 10 games. Talking to him at the tail end of that stretch, I got a good feel for...
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NERD Game Scores: Let’s Use Championship Leverage Index
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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Matt Carpenter’s Long Con, and the Big Reveal
Matt Carpenter did something special last night, on the final day of baseball’s 2016 regular season. I’ll get the anticlimactic part of this all out of the way right now: it didn’t matter. Of course,...
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How Should We Evaluate a Manager?
I’ve got a vote for American League Manager of the Year this season and I’m terrified. My first vote as a member of the Baseball Writer’s Association, and it’s the impossible one. Maybe impossible is...
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How the Cubs Stack Up Within Baseball History
Importantly, for the Cubs, this season isn’t over. Obviously, this season isn’t over — in a sense their real season hasn’t begun. We’ve known the Cubs would make the playoffs for something like five...
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The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad 100-RBI Season
Depending on your perspective, you might think that Eric Hosmer had a career season. After all, he wasn’t just an All-Star, he was the All-Star Game MVP! He hit 20 homers for the first time — his 25...
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Job Postings: Colorado Rockies Baseball Research & Development Analyst,...
To be clear, there are three postings here. Position: Colorado Rockies Analyst – Baseball Research & Development Location: Denver Description: This individual will collaborate with the Research and...
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The Reds Actually Did It
Some time ago, in another InstaGraphs post, I mentioned something that could potentially become true about the 2016 Reds. We spend a lot of time writing about things that could potentially become true,...
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Job Posting: Tampa Bay Rays Baseball Operations Data Engineer
Position: Tampa Bay Rays Baseball Operations Data Engineer Location: St. Petersburg, Fla. Description: The Tampa Bay Rays are a professional baseball team looking for a Data Engineer to join our...
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The 2016 American League Gold Gloves, by the Numbers
Today is the day without baseball, and without the ability to watch baseball to pass the time, we turn to something even more frivolous: discussing baseball awards to pass the time. MVP and Cy Young...
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The Projections In Review, Briefly
You might’ve noticed that the regular season is over. As such, all the regular-season numbers are in the books, which gives us some good opportunities for evaluation on the outside. In this quick post,...
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