Brennen Davis has topped the MLB Exit Velocity Leaderboard the last two days he's played (March 6 & 8)

Literally only 0.1 mph slower than the ball Oneil Cruz just nuked into the outermost rings of Saturn

He has the highest OPS of any 2026 MLB ST hitter with more than 20 PA. He is also the only hitter w/ 3 HR and 4 doubles. And his current Average Exit Velocity (as of end of play on March 6) would have placed him 3rd out of all qualified hitters in MLB last season. Strong consideration, indeed.

Jesus Cano of Baseball America is reporting that top international signing Luis Hernandez WILL skip the Dominican Summer League and play in the Arizona Complex this season. This sets up an immediate pairing with Josuar Gonzalez in the ACL, and the potential he’ll be in San Jose late this year.

TJStats has undergone a massive overhaul recently Here are some of the newest features: - MLB & MiLB Player Pages - MiLB Statcast Leaderboards - Updated UI Let's take a deep dive at what has changed.. 🧵

Please let Brennen Davis (finally) stay healthy this year.

Brennen Davis currently sits 3rd in OPS for all MLB hitters in Spring Training. For reference: Aaron Judge @ AAA Scranton as a 24-year-old: • Homered every 21.5 PA (19 HR in 410 PA) Brennen Davis @ AAA Scranton as a 25-year-old: • Homered every 11.8 PA (12 HR in 142 PA + 5 HR in 56 PA @ CPX/AA)

Only 50 major league hitters hit a single pitch 114 mph or more all of last season. Brennen Davis did it on his third batted ball of the spring.

Angels ownership is worse than the A's, Rockies or Pirates, and yet most people gloss over them cuz all anybody wants to talk about is the Dodgers. Absolutely zero desire to be competitive or provide a positive fan experience. Arte thinks the Halos are a theme park ride.

Rugby Harry Potter > Baseball Harry Potter > Children's Book Harry Potter (it didn't have to be this way, JK)

Franklin Arias +9 of the good ones, get ready for the power surge

Petition to force the A's to use the Aviators current stadium

FanGraphs scouting grades are a solid proxy for a prospect's defensive ability in the majors the following season (r = .31)

Just a reminder that you can calculate a simplified version of Seager from readily available stats. (1-ooz_swing)/(zone_swing + 1-ooz_swing) - (1-zone_swing)/(1-zone_swing + ooz_swing) www.fangraphs.com/leaders/majo...

Give the man a chance.

Kyle Tucker will be making $60 million per season with the Dodgers. If he wanted to, he could pay the salaries of an MLB team’s entire minor league system… 13 times over.

Using FanGraphs Guts! (halved) historical park factors, here's how moving in the fences 10 feet impacted scoring at Kauffman the last time they did it (1995-2003). More HR, less 2B and 3B, more scoring overall (comparable to Fenway or GABP's PF today)

Miami also looking for a "hitting/catching coach" with duties reading like what would be considered a MiLB coordinator position in the Texas org. I guess these things happen, but kind of weird from my limited viewpoint, as the Rangers (per custom) announced their complete staff last week.

The Kyle Farnsworth-Iowa mystery might have been just been solved 🕵️‍♂️

I value hitters with positive defensive upside more highly for offensive production too (all things being equal) because the good defenders will get a lot more time in a starting spot to figure it out. If the defense sucks and he isn't hitting, you can't play him. Caissie just needs playing time.

Edward Cabrera is definitely worth Owen Caissie if he stays healthy... but using the word "extreme" to describe his health risk is actually understating it. I don't like giving up relatively safe bats w/ upside after a disappointing cup of coffee for middle-aged pitchers with arm injury history.

Actually a 4-way trade: Cubs get: Edward Cabrera Bears get: Myles Garrett before Saturday Marlins get: Owen Caissie, a 1st-round NFL draft pick Browns get: Matt Shaw

Draft Andy Pages? Idk, savant says he over performed. But savant doesn’t include spray angle. I stumbled onto @blandalytics version, which does. Wrote about how including spray angle helps contextualize pull fly hitters like Paredes, Perdomo & Pages— michaelcecchini.substack.com/p/dead-pull-tr…

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.

You can put player IDs in the URL in order to view Leaderboard tables for individual players. E.g. the +Stats like OBP+ which aren't available in the player pages.

Jonathon Long and Moises Ballesteros were incredibly similar hitters during their time in Iowa this past year. But I’ve highlighted some things that stand out as different between the two, most importantly: Long is FAR more patient, on pitches both IN and OUT of the zone H/t @tjstats.ca

ABS said this missed the zone by 4 nanometers. How can you not be romantic about baseball?

This is why the fans kept chanting "Sell The Team!"

Bradford, once again getting a big story ahead of the sanctioned and affiliated media (b/c he's doing the hard work). In this one, it sounds as if MLB wants to be the brand, rather than 30 different brands. MLB wants to be McDonalds. All the franchises are the same. Same food. Same expected 1/

Putting words in God's Mouth:

By midsummer in Myrtle Beach, losses had piled up piled up for the Pelicans. Frustrations simmered and the team seemed stuck in neutral. Then Chris Clarke walked into the clubhouse. ⬇️ outofthevines.com/2025/12/18/p...

Evidently the owner of one major league team can buy the affiliates of another club he does not own, and somehow there is no legally-problematic conflict of interest here.

In a proportional direct democratic system, you could narrow the applicants for the bench on any given case to those who have submitted an approach piece (detailing their current feelings in the case and their approach towards adjudicating the issue) and had it roundly supported by the citizenry.

Rays prospect Xavier Isaac revealed today that he underwent brain surgery this year. More in this story from Adam Berry: www.mlb.com/news/xavier-...

Every older gen claims “this generation” of teams and players don’t know “fundamentals” Looked up some MLB league wide numbers: 2005: 3,060 errors, 48 DRS, .1 BsR (baserunning run value) 2025: 2,451 E, 427 DRS, 12.2 BsR In 2000, there were a THOUSAND more errors than in ‘25

One side of this debate (Bonica) uses rigorous models & data to come to empirically-based conclusions, & interprets them in an unbiased manner. The other uses the term "ninety seven bajillion" and badmouths their opposition w/o listing any supporting evidence. You're not an expert or a scientist.

I wonder if Julio did something 😂

Texas’s high-A team had a doozy in 2011 (pre-bonus runner). Myrtle Beach struck out 32 Kinston batters and lost. Wouldn’t happen again even under old rules. Managers would start using position players on mound by the 13th or so.

ABS Challenge Thread! First off, we're pro ABS challenges. As a frequent MiLB attendee, the system may be the best in American sports (bar tennis). It's quick, visually appealing to the fans, and adds some fun drama to the game without the tedious redundancy that plagues

The Ray Lane Special on the last game at Tiger Stadium is a must-watch tonight. Hope he got to see Detroit clinch one more time.

Red Sox are 52-36 and have clinched a playoff spot in the post Raffy era. Giants are 38-50 since acquiring him.

Craig Breslow's gotta be laughing hysterically right now

Turns out Craig Breslow really was playing 4D chess. That quote should be plastered all over Boston newspapers tonight. Congrats, Red Sox.

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Blaine Crim's been a prospect for so long, he won MVP of the Northwest League with Spokane... when they were the Rangers short-season affiliate.

Riley. Greene. And make sure to catch Matt Vierling’s reaction.

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THIS IS COMPLETELY SUSTAINABLE

Brice Matthews' Z-Con% is bad, but... • It's 📈 since May • His discipline is + • His EV's are 🚀's • He has + speed • He eventually destroyed every MiLB level • Rule of 👍: - as (Power + Speed + Plate Discipline) 📈 - max sustainable swing/miss% 📈 He'll struggle initially then become a ⭐️

I have thought pretty hard on how to respond to this as one of the “creatives” whose work is being “scraped” here. Plain and simple: this is theft of very hard work that only a handful of people are qualified to do, stripped of all relevant context. It is not a “cool” or “fun” use of AI.