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Baltimore’s Outfield Options Don’t Make Much Sense
Next week, we’re bringing back our annual Positional Power Rankings season preview, where we go through every team’s depth charts, position by position, to identify strengths and weaknesses. In...
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The Mariners Had to Love What They Just Saw
The World Baseball Classic is, of course, its own tournament, fully enjoyable all by itself. But if we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll concede that we think of the regular season first. So we watch the...
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Alan Zinter on Swing Planes, Launch Positions, and Tutoring Young Padres
Alan Zinter has a challenging job. The 48-year-old former first baseman is San Diego’s hitting coach, and the position players on the Padres roster are, with few exceptions, young and inexperienced....
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The Tools of Baseball’s Fly-Ball Revolution
There’s a revolution happening in the batting cage. We’ve noticed that batted-ball data is changing slightly and that hitters are saying different things about the intentions of their swings. But on...
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I Found a Statistic Where Mike Trout Is Bad
Mike Trout‘s the best. You didn’t need the reminder, but there you go. He’s the best that there is. He won’t always be the best that there is, and maybe even in this coming season someone will emerge...
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FanGraphs Audio: The Ongoing Matter of Remuneration in Baseball
Episode 725 Managing editor Dave Cameron is the guest on this edition of the pod, during which he discusses the topic of remuneration for, like, the whole time. A reminder: FanGraphs’ Ad Free...
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A Lot Will Depend on Sandy Leon
Sandy Leon was one of the more remarkable stories last season. As Jeff chronicled back in August, Leon took over for the Sox when they really needed a hero. He was that hero, at least for a brief time....
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Imagining the New Matt Harvey
Remember Vintage Matt Harvey? He sat 96 and didn’t walk anyone and could go to any of three plus secondary pitches. Sigh. That Matt Harvey was sweet. And it was only 2015 when we last saw him. We all...
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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 3/17/17
9:04 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends 9:04 Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat 9:04 Bork: Hello, friend! 9:04 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend 9:05 Jeff Sullivan: Your rare absences only serve to...
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The Top College Players by (Maybe) Predictive Stats
Week: 1 / 2 / 3. Over the last couple years, the author has published a periodic statistical report designed to serve as a mostly responsible shorthand for people who, like the author, possess more...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1033: Season Preview Series: Mets and Orioles
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about a beautiful Javier Baez tag, then preview the Mets’ 2017 season with Ted Berg of For The Win and the Orioles’ 2017 season with Jake Mintz of Cespedes...
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Adam Eaton’s Defensive Numbers Keep Getting Even Crazier
In 2017, I am probably more interested in Adam Eaton than I am any other player in baseball. As the centerpiece of a controversial blockbuster, coming off a monster season where a lot of his value was...
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Let’s Build a Searchable Baseball-Text Archive
Baseball provides its audience with great data. We’re blessed with a large number of observations and very high-quality record keeping. Even before MLB announced a radar and video tracking system...
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The Best One-Two Punch in Baseball
Mike Trout plus almost anybody else seems like a fair answer to the question of which team has the best 1-2 punch in baseball. I probably wouldn’t fault anyone who was willing to trade their best two...
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Sean Burnett Tried to Break UCL, Is Trying Now to Blaze Trail
TAMPA, Fla. – Most pitchers try to avoid having Tommy John surgery at all. Sean Burnett wanted it a second time. The former Pirates first-round pick went to see Dr. James Andrews again after he dealt...
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The Best of FanGraphs: March 13-17, 2017
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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Sunday Notes: Melvin’s Dialogue, Cecchini’s Failed Launch, Hickey, Hill, more
Bob Melvin is up to date on advanced stats and baseball’s technological advancements. As the manager of the Oakland A’s, he has to be. The game’s original Moneyball club is in much the same position...
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2017 Positional Power Rankings: Introduction
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Top 18 Prospects: Baltimore Orioles
Below is an analysis of the prospects in the Baltimore Orioles 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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