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The Mets Haven’t Done Enough
Over the 50-plus years since their inception, the Mets organization has established a tradition of drama. When they win, they seem to win big. When they lose, they self-immolate in spectacular fashion....
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Did Drew Smyly Already Fix What Was Broke?
The last time I saw Drew Smyly, it was during one of the lowest points of his career. It was July and he’d just completed a stretch of 20.2 innings over which he’d allowed 21 earned runs. He’d been...
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The Relationship Between FIP and Exit Velocity
One of the great things about FIP, in my estimation, is the ease with which one can understand its value. If you’re watching a pitcher for your preferred team and ask yourself “What outcome would...
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2016 Hitter Contact-Quality Report: NL Left Fielders
As the long dormant Hot Stove season shows signs of flickering to life, we continue our position-by-position look at hitter contact quality. Last week, we looked at a rather moribund group of AL left...
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Sunday Notes: Baseball Scotland, Projections, Posada, more
Football — what we Americans call soccer — rules Scotland’s sporting scene. Rugby runs a distant second, while golf, which was invented in St. Andrews, probably ranks third in terms of popularity....
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Could Scouting Use a Pivot to the Pacific?
The signing of Eric Thames and the projections subsequently produced for him represent two of the more interesting, if lower-profile, developments of the offseason. Since Thames took his quick...
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2017 ZiPS Projections – Miami Marlins
After having typically appeared in the very famous pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections have been released at FanGraphs the past few years. The exercise continues this...
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2017 MLB Arbitration Visualization
It’s that time of year again! This past Friday was the filing deadline for arbitration-eligible player contract offers. Once these numbers are published, I like to create a data visualization showing...
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Travis Sawchik FanGraphs Chat – 1/16/17
12:01 Travis Sawchik: Greetings, everyone. Welcome to Episode No. 2 of the Sawchik Chat…. Long way to go to catch up to EW podcast. 12:01 mtsw: Are we, savvy baseball fans, really meant to believe...
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Relocation Less Common in MLB Than NFL, Other Leagues
In 1972, the Washington Senators packed up and moved down to Texas to become the Rangers. In the 45 years since the Senators’ departure, however, only a single other Major League Baseball franchise has...
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Finding the Next Brandon Moss
Of course it’s true that major league teams want to find a young player to fill the shoes of an older player, all other things being equal. The younger player has more upside, and is likely to be...
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Royals Keep Danny Duffy, Could-Be Ace
It’s no secret the Royals have been facing a challenging offseason. They came in with so many critical players entering their contract years, and they’re also a lower-budget operation with a mediocre...
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2016 Hitter Contact-Quality Report: AL Center Fielders
Our position-by-position look at hitter contact quality using granular exit speed and launch angle data grinds on. Last time, it was National League left fielders; this time, American League center...
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Jerry Dipoto’s Trade Activity, in Context
I recently took a vacation, which meant I recently missed some Mariners trades. The trades weren’t conditional upon me being somewhere else; they were conditional upon the passage of some amount of...
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FanGraphs Audio: Dave Cameron on the New Bullpen
Episode 710 Dave Cameron is the managing editor of FanGraphs. On this edition of the program, he examines the possible value (both for team and player) of converting starting prospects like Edwin Diaz...
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John Coppolella on Atlanta’s Deals with Seattle
John Coppollela hasn’t been as swap-happy as Jerry Dipoto this offseason. As Dave Cameron and Jeff Sullivan have recently written, Seattle’s general manager has dominated the transaction log. That...
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Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat, Dies to Removal
12:03 Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning, everyone. Let me tweet a link to this thing and we’ll get started. 12:05 Eric A Longenhagen: Okay, just a heads up that my Diamond Mind draft is currently going...
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Let’s Find the Dodgers a Second Baseman
For the better part of the off-season, the Dodgers and Twins have reportedly been trying to strike a fair deal for Brian Dozier. The Twins second baseman is a highly valuable player, but with only two...
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Phillies Get High-Risk Michael Saunders on Low-Risk Deal
Even on a deal as short as the one to which the Phillies and Michael Saunders agreed this week — he’ll reportedly get $9 million for one year and the club will have the option to re-up him at something...
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How Keon Broxton Looks Like the Brewers’ Best Player
I’ve encouraged you to believe in Keon Broxton before. In baseball-game terms, that wasn’t even very long ago. So you could accuse me here of being unoriginal, but I’ve prepared a counterargument. For...
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