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The Reds Are Giving Us Something New Again
Two years ago, the Cincinnati Reds finished the season by starting rookie pitchers in 64 straight games. Overall, rookies made 110 starts for the Reds that season, third most in history behind the 1998...
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Byung Ho Park is a Red Wing, Not a Twin (at Least For Now)
Unless something changes between now and Monday, Byung Ho Park won’t be in Minnesota when the Twins open at home against the Kansas City Royals. According to reports, the Korean slugger will begin the...
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My Favorite Reliever of the Month
Here’s an excerpted note from the top of a FanGraphs player page you’ve presumably never visited: RotoWire News: Pruitt has made the Opening Day roster for Tampa Bay, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times...
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Comparing and Contrasting This Year’s Prospect Rankings
A few weeks ago, lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen published FanGraphs’ top-100 prospect list. Baseball America recently performed a similar exercise, as did Baseball Prospectus, Keith Law,...
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2016 AL Contact Management by Pitch Type
Earlier this offseason, I spent some time reviewing the overall contact management performance of AL and NL ERA qualifiers. Exit-speed and launch-angle data was used to determine how pitchers “should...
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FanGraphs 2017 Staff Predictions
Hello friends. With the countdown to the season tantalizingly close to zero, it’s time to tell you what we actually think is going to happen this season. We’re not always great at this, and I don’t...
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Presenting Your 2017 AL Cy Young Winner: Lance McCullers
This morning, Paul Swydan posted our Staff Predictions for the 2017 season. Because most of the people who write for FanGraphs, RotoGraphs, or The Hardball Times are at least a little bit...
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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 3/31/17
9:05 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends 9:05 Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat 9:05 Bork: Hello, friend! 9:05 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend 9:05 Query: The chat will begin soon! 9:05 Jeff...
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The Dodgers have a Weakness, and They’re Addressing it
Back when I was a beat writer covering the Pirates, manager Clint Hurdle had a practice each spring camp when he and front office staffers would identify one area that was a weakness a season earlier...
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Are the Yankees on the Verge of a Clubhouse Culture Shift?
TAMPA, Fla. — From the outside looking in, it doesn’t seem like the Yankees are having all that much fun. This spring Yankees manager Joe Girardi said the voluminous red mane of Clint Frazier had...
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FanGraphs Audio: Chris Carter Is a Cardboard Box
Episode 728 Managing editor Dave Cameron is the guest on this edition of the pod, during which he discusses the unconscionably thorough positional power rankings; explains why contract extensions for...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1039: Is Defense Still Winning the Analysis War?
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the end of the offseason, a Canada-only Clayton Kershaw, and Drew Smyly’s health status, then discuss whether the advancement of technology and the latest...
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The Best of FanGraphs: March 27-31, 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: Meadows, Sox Surprise, Mackanin Gems, Twins, D-Backs, more
Austin Meadows is Pittsburgh’s top prospect, and one of the most-promising young hitters in the game. The 21-year-old outfielder has a sweet left-handed stroke, and — according to our own Eric...
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Watch: The Five Craziest Opening Day Games
In honor of Opening Day 2017, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at the five craziest Opening Day games (or home openers), as defined by swings in win expectancy. So we did, in this video...
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How Brian Cashman Sold the Yankees’ Rebuild
TAMPA, Fla. — In the fourth week of July last year, while hosting Baltimore, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman reached an agreement to send Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs. It would be the...
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Top 15 Prospects: Boston Red Sox
Below is an analysis of the prospects in the Boston Red Sox 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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Madison Bumgarner Is Getting Better
Yesterday, the Giants’ 2017 season started much like their 2016 season ended, with a questionable bullpen blowing a late lead. Despite their $62 million investment in Mark Melancon over the winter, the...
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2017 Opening Day Live Blog Extravaganza
1:02 Dave Cameron: Happy Opening Day everyone! 1:02 Paul Swydan: Hi everybody! 1:03 ctw: Baseball. 1:03 Brandon M: GO RANGERS!! 1:03 Charlie: LGM 1:03 GDUBSS: I’m here for the extravaganza. Am I in...
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Cleveland’s Next Anonymous and Great Third Baseman
After having produced one of the best overall lines on Cleveland’s World Series club and subsequently received a $26 million extension, Jose Ramirez enters the 2017 campaign as a core member of the...
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