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The Jays Get Joey Bats Back
A Blue Jays team without Jose Bautista feels a bit dirty. It’s theoretically possible — and, given the fact that the Blue Jays existed before Bautista donned their uniform, it’s verifiably possible,...
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Jose Bautista and Defying the Curve
So Jose Bautista will not receive the six years or $150 million he was reportedly seeking a year ago. According to Ken Rosenthal, Bautista has reportedly reached an agreement on a one-year deal with a...
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FanGraphs After Dark Chat – 1/17/17
3:12 Paul Swydan: Did you really think Jose Bautista would need to sign a one-year contract? Yeah he’s super old (25.3% | 48 votes) I hadn’t really thought about it (18.5% | 35 votes) No he’s a...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1007: Baseball News is Back
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Lenny Harris and Jerry Dipoto, then celebrate the end of a long baseball news drought by discussing a few recent and imminent transactions, including the...
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AT&T Is the Home-Run Killer of the Millennium
Here’s something that isn’t new to you: It’s difficult to hit a home run in San Francisco. It’s difficult to hit a home run in any ballpark, but, in particular, San Francisco makes it tough. This...
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2017 ZiPS Projections – Philadelphia Phillies
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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Tyson Ross and Risk vs. Uncertainty
Tyson Ross was one of the more intriguing names available in this winter’s historically weak crop of free-agent pitching. At his best, Ross is something of the Rich Hill of sliders. From 2012 to -15,...
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Dave Cameron FanGraphs Chat – 1/18/17
12:08 Dave Cameron: Sorry about the delay! 12:08 Dave Cameron: I’m here. 12:08 Dave Cameron: I had to finish up a Tim Raines piece before starting the chat, which you can read here....
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What Would a Modern Tim Raines Look Like?
The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the 2017 class of inductees today, and thanks to the work of Ryan Thibodaux, we can be pretty certain that the Hall is going to welcome Jeff Bagwell and Tim...
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Jacoby Ellsbury Shattered an All-Time Record
The Indians just signed Brandon Guyer to a very modest contract extension. If you know Guyer, it’s for one of two reasons. A small number of you might know Guyer personally. A greater number of you...
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Wil Myers Cashes In on Rare Deal
Wil Myers was always going to be the San Diego Padres’ highest-paid player in 2017, regardless of whether he signed a new contract. In arbitration, Myers had around $4 million coming to him, which is...
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Kole Calhoun and the Best Non-Prospects
Every Angels player, I’m sure, loves Mike Trout, but every Angels player is also competitive, and on some level self-interested. No one wants to be so consistently over-shadowed, so I’m happy for Kole...
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Bagwell, Raines, and Rodriguez Enter the Hall
The 2017 Hall of Fame class is a party of three, and voting totals suggest the electorate is becoming more accepting and forgiving. Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, and Ivan Rodriguez were inducted into The...
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Do All the Free-Agent Sluggers Have a Home?
It’s true that, if you look at the free agents who remain unsigned this offseason, you’ll find a lot of power still available. Franklin Gutierrez, Mike Napoli, Mark Trumbo: all three produced an...
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Top 23 Prospects: Chicago Cubs
Below is an analysis of the prospects in the Chicago Cubs farm system. Scouting reports are compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as from my own observations. The KATOH...
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Bo Knows Now
On MLB Network Monday evening, contemporaries Dan Plesac and John Smoltz opined that Bo Jackson could have been a Hall of Famer, at least a regular All-Star, had he committed to baseball. Jackson...
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Eno Sarris Baseball Chat — 1/19/17
1:03 Eno Sarris: This feels like music that has come before but, unlike War on Drugs or others I’ve heard, I don’t hate it for that fact. Kinda love it. 12:01 Five tool: Eno the baseball guy! Ludes...
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Projecting the Prospects in the Dan Straily Trade
Dan Straily is on his way to becoming a Marlin. According to reports, the Reds have agreed to deal the soft-tossing, veteran righty for a trio of prospects. We’ll have more on the trade in a bit. For...
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Reds Flip Dan Straily, Marlins Buy In
Cincinnati has agreed to trade Dan Straily to Miami for three prospects, according to multiple reports, in a deal that indicates the intentions of both clubs — the Reds’ to continue their rebuild, the...
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