1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (12+ words) Jeremiah Estrada Doesn't Need To Be Mad at the Cubs Anymore'Fan Graphs...

3+ hour, 19+ min ago  (1133+ words) But Rogers is a special case, because he's one of those guys I can't stop writing about. Right or wrong, those angry Orioles fans reminded me that it's been 14 months since I checked in on this guy in print, and…...

23+ hour, 46+ min ago  (458+ words) We've released a new tool in the Fan Graphs Lab. The Paired Pitches tool is a visualizer that shows how the different pitches that a pitcher throws interact with each other. It measures how much gravity, speed, and movement make…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1163+ words) Batters swing slower in the cold, but I'm not sure that it matters. Bat speed goes down when it's cold, and it goes up when it's hot. This is something that's both literally true and curiously linear. We can see…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (257+ words) It's unusual for misfortune to befall the Mets until they have a longer run of success, as this team's curse is one that knows how to draw out the denouement until the most poetic time. But that may come later,…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1724+ words) Jo Adell performed a miracle. Let's turn it into math. Adell robbed the Mariners of three home runs on Saturday. He got Cal Raleigh in the first inning, Josh Naylor in the eighth, and J. P. Crawford in the ninth. Sports Info…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (158+ words) Six teams could boost their playoff odds by more than five percentage points by upgrading their weakest position to league average: I did the same thing for starting pitchers, and this time we'll flip leagues and coasts and use the…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (154+ words) blogs. fangraphs. com Opening Day is upon us! Yesterday, I laid out what the best- and worst-case scenarios looked like for the 12 teams projected to finish under. 500 in 2026. Today, we turn our attention to the teams in the league who…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (392+ words) The Blue Jays have lost another key player to injury. It's the latest significant injury for the reigning AL champs, who lost Cody Ponce last week while fielding a grounder in his first start in the majors since 2021. Trey Yesavage,…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (758+ words) The total bill, so far, is 13 strikeouts and 13 baserunners allowed (eight hits, four walks, one hit batter) in 10 innings, with a 0. 90 ERA and 2. 10 FIP. And against reasonably tough competition. So do the Diamondbacks, currently in dire need of pitching with…...