5+ hour, 20+ min ago   (317+ words) Bryan Balzer is arguably the most intriguing prospect in the San Diego Padres system. Currently ranked eighth with a 40 FV, the 21-year-old right-hander had virtually no pitching experience when he entered pro ball in 2023. Moreover, he blew out his elbow…...

14+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1437+ words) FanGraphs Sunday afternoon, the Astros gave up seven unanswered runs to lose to the A’s 7-6. That loss, against the team with the worst record in the American League, dropped Houston below.500 for the first time this month, and into a…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (466+ words) Manager Aaron Boone said on Saturday that Stanton strained his left calf while running the bases earlier in the week. He didn’t offer a timetable for the slugger’s return, but conceded, “We’re at a point in the calendar where it…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1420+ words) FanGraphs It was a wild week across baseball, with walk-offs, blowouts, and a playoff picture in the American League that’s still incredibly crowded. With one week left in August, there’s not much time left for those teams on the fringe…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1303+ words) The Phillies won their ninth straight game on Sunday. Cristopher Sánchez started and Kyle Schwarber hit a game-winning home run. There are home runs and then there are home runs, and even by Schwarber’s standards, this one was a tank:…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (204+ words) The hottest pitching prospect in baseball joined the coldest pitching staff in baseball over the weekend. It just so happened that Miller arrived with his best-ever stuff. His velocity was up, his secondaries were sharp and biting, and he looked…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (278+ words) Freddie Freeman pulled within 500 hits of the 3,000-hit mark this year, and just as importantly, he did it without any significant decline. The longer he mostly defies Father Time, the steeper a decline has to be to prevent him from…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1774+ words) Jonah Cox had never set foot in Wrigley Field prior to June 5th of this season. It turned out to be a day he won’t soon forget. Six games into his MLB career, the 25-year-old San Francisco Giants outfielder went 3-for…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (301+ words) FanGraphs As you all probably know, at the start of every season, the FanGraphs staff puts together our bold predictions for the coming year. Each is, to varying degrees, plausible but unlikely, which is what makes it such a fun…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (312+ words) Location: St. Petersburg · FL We Have a Data Platform to Build. Want to Help? We have a set of important problems we need to solve. Some are immediate; some are transformative. Some require deep expertise, while others are opportunities for…...