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Travis Sawchik FanGraphs Chat
12:01 Travis Sawchik: Howdy 12:01 Travis Sawchik: Let’s chat … 12:01 Mariner Moose: Any chance the WBC will be broadcast on network TV in the future? 12:03 Travis Sawchik: The chances have perhaps...
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2017 Positional Power Rankings: Catcher
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Effectively Wild Episode 1034: Season Preview Series: Rangers and Marlins
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about anticipatory player celebrations, then preview the Rangers’ 2017 season with Levi Weaver of WFAA and the Marlins’ 2017 season with Tim Healey of the Sun...
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The Dark Horse Dominant Bullpen
Just today we kicked off our annual Positional Power Rankings series, which means that, before too long, we’ll get a couple of posts about individual bullpens, looking at every single group. I’ll even...
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The Results of Clayton Kershaw’s Experiment
Late last September, in this very space, I put up a short post entitled “Clayton Kershaw Experimented On the Rockies.” The idea: Two times, in low-leverage situations, Kershaw showed Rockies hitters a...
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Here Are Projected Offensive Strikeout Rates
At the end of January, I observed that the Astros projected to get a lot better at making contact. Making contact, of course, is not the primary goal for any hitter in the box, since some kinds of...
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Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat, 3/21
12:01 Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning from Tempe. 12:02 Eric A Longenhagen: Chat, go. 12:02 Tommy N.: Did you get to see the Padres’ prospects recently? What can you tell us about what you saw? 12:02...
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2017 Positional Power Rankings: Third Base
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Danny Espinosa’s Bat Path: An Angel Battles to Erase Eight-Hole Woes
The conversation began a bit clunky, then it turned a little nerdy. Not in a numbers-crunching way, but rather in a bat-path way. Danny Espinosa, it turns out, wasn’t too loopy after all. I’d never...
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Koda Glover’s Spring Training Dominance Might Not Mean Much
A couple of years ago, the Blue Jays were blown away by the spring training performances of a couple of 20-year-old flamethrowers, and because they were the team’s two best pitchers in the Grapefruit...
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Bryce Harper or Manny Machado?
Who’s going to have the better season: Bryce Harper or Manny Machado? That’s the question posed to you at the end of this post. Which means this is a poll post. Poll post! Years ago, the debate used to...
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Change Agent, Brady Anderson
Brady Anderson was a fascinating – and curious – player, most notably for his outlying 1996 season when he hit 50 home runs, a number he never before or again approached in his career. While the...
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Are Early Adopters of the Uppercut Influencing Their Clubhouse Peers?
As a faithful reader, you’re probably aware that a number of authors have written about the fly-ball revolution at FanGraphs this winter, examining the potential for a sea change in batted-ball...
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Spring-Training Divisional Outlook: National League Central
Previous editions: AL East / AL Central / NL East. The World Baseball Classic is in its final stages, meaning that both the end of spring training and the start of the regular season are in sight. We’d...
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FanGraphs After Dark Chat – 3/21/17
3:03 Paul Swydan: Who will win tonight’s WBC game? Japan (19.3% | 36 votes) USA (80.6% | 150 votes) Total Votes: 186 3:09 Paul Swydan: What is your favorite block of Star Trek movies? Classic...
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FanGraphs Audio: The Strangely Fertile Matter of Steve Pearce
Episode 726 Managing editor Dave Cameron is the guest on this edition of the pod, during which he discusses Toronto’s Steve Pearce, matters relating to Steve Pearce, and also matters that possess no...
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2017 Positional Power Rankings: Second Base
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The Present Imperfect
This is Kate Preusser’s third piece as part of her month-long residency. Read her previous posts here. Listen to her appearance on FanGraphs Audio here. When Benji Gonzalez, a 27-year-old non-roster...
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Addison Russell and the Perils of Improvement
Getting better at something can open you up to new risks. Or maybe it’s more correct to say that getting better at something can make you realize that you have to get even better at it. Addison Russell...
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Dave Cameron FanGraphs Chat – 3/22/17
12:02 Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone. 12:02 Dave Cameron: We just published the SS positional power rankings, which wraps up the infield, and we’ll move to the outfield tomorrow. 12:02 Dave...
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