Meg Rowley
@megrowler.fangraphs.com
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Editor-in-Chief of
@fangraphs.com
, co-host of
@ewpod.bsky.social
patreon.com/effectivelywild
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about 1 year ago
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My sincere year-end thought isn’t an original one, but its importance has been underscored to me repeatedly over the last 12 months: be free with telling the people you love that you love them, casually, and at every chance. Great love, small love, every type of love.
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Jay Jaffe
about 6 hours ago
There it is, another imperfect Hall of Fame ballot in the books and in the mail.
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enough with the trailers for the scary chimp movie! feels obvious they shouldn't make the chimp into a pet/brother! babes, he's going to eat your face, and i don't need to see it!
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about 19 hours ago
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Jon Becker
1 day ago
It's a special Monday edition of Matrix Reloaded, and I'll be back at it for Friday!
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I like how Mike MacDonald honors Pete's legacy of bizarre clock management, I think that's sweet.
2 days ago
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Sending a shitty podcast email two days after Christmas claiming that saying “player dev” is me putting on airs is real “visited by three ghosts” type of stuff, buddy.
3 days ago
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Effectively Wild Podcast
3 days ago
We need your help with our annual end-of-year "1 story we missed about each team" episodes! Have an interesting tidbit in mind that we may have overlooked in 2025? A statistical quirk, an obscure record, a feel-good debut—you name it. Let us know in the replies, or email us at
[email protected]
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my son, Toyota Cragathon
7 days ago
I had a lovely chat with
@benlindbergh.bsky.social
and
@sheehannewsletter.bsky.social
on Effectively Wild today covering some recent transactions and then debating the challenge ABS system:
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Effectively Wild Episode 2418: The Challenge System Challenge
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2418-the-challenge-system-challenge/
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Kathryn VanArendonk
6 days ago
only sufjan understands that I want sacred harp *and* joy division *and* medieval pipe songs *and* iron and wine
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personally I think Al Pacino as Lowell Bergman should get to yell at Bari Weiss until this whole thing gets sorted
9 days ago
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Michael Baumann
9 days ago
I'm not gonna rip the White Sox for signing a big free agent who has absolute monster power and is only 25. But there's a real--perhaps better-than-even-- chance his hit tool keeps him from even being a major league-quality hitter
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Phenomenal Cosmic Power, Itty Bitty Contact Rate: White Sox Sign Murakami
In-zone contact rate is to hitters what velocity is to pitchers. And Murakami’s contact rates are the equivalent of an 85 mph fastball.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/phenomenal-cosmic-power-itty-bitty-contact-rate-white-sox-sign-murakami/
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I know I'm going to regret asking this, but are the political data boys actually trying to define a replacement level, or is this just "invoking vague Moneyball concepts makes us sound smarter than we are" nonsense?
10 days ago
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Michael Rosen
10 days ago
i have some research in here about how the windup is probably useless and maybe even detrimental
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FanGraphs Baseball
10 days ago
The Pirates got a slugger, the Astros got a starting pitcher, and the Rays got prospects. Yesterday's three-team trade had something for everyone, writes Brendan Gawlowski
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Pirates, Rays, Astros Three-Team Trade
The Pirates, Rays, and Astros came together on a three-team trade. Headliners include Brandon Lowe and Jacob Melton.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/pittsburgh-houston-tampa-bay-link-on-three-team-trade/
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The reference in this headline is for five people and I have already texted all of them
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11 days ago
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sorry, every couple hours I remember the end of the Seahawks/Rams game and am staggered anew that my dumb-ass football team won it
11 days ago
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Michael Baumann
11 days ago
I'm also personally indebted to Strahm for giving me one of the better quotes I've had from an athlete in the past several years
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So many wild, improbable things about this evening’s events, not the least of which being that we were able to get on the first link train home from the game.
12 days ago
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might I suggest a number of architecture girlies for Puka and Mookie to watch instead? architecture girlies who I have never seen be antisemitic on stream even once?
12 days ago
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I am a Seahawks fan and
@mattmartell.fangraphs.com
is a Rams fan, so if you want to know when Kyle Tucker is going to sign, I have some guesses depending on how rude the universe wants to be.
12 days ago
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practically my entire life has been this country engaging in unjustified, often criminal war at the expense of people's well-being here and abroad and it is the fucking worst!
14 days ago
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Jawn Gonzalez
14 days ago
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Michael Baumann
15 days ago
Our society only seems to promote people who think the point of art is to hold a finished product, rather than the process of creation. I'm ashamed to admit how much it bothers me that you can be so obviously ignorant and still be taken seriously.
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the Mariners have made me feel the saddest as a sports fan, but the Seahawk have easily made me feel the most insane
16 days ago
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pro: what I think is a smart discussion of various recent signings, including Alonso con: look, you knew we were going to talk about a Philly being weird about milk... again
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17 days ago
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Valley PSA: Dig It is doing their annual pottery sale, and they have really beautiful big pots in, many WITH SAUCERS, for all my fellow "holy shit, I really need to repot this monstera" heads out there
17 days ago
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Jon Becker
18 days ago
Here's my recap of the last week of transactions AND my last four days of coffee consumption. (Mea culpa: I lost count at some point so it might be 148oz from Sunday–Thursday)
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Daniel Kibblesmith
18 days ago
# Christmas carol lyrics that go hard when you paste them over a picture of Stacker Pentecost
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18 days ago
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I can't believe our reward for getting through a lockout is going to be Pete Rose Hall of Fame discourse the following winter. I can't believe our reward for getting through this year is somehow Pete Rose Hall of Fame discourse *now*.
18 days ago
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I’m not saying it was a perfect or even great campaign, and I too have feedback for the Dems, but as someone who both watches a ton of sports and lives in Arizona, the way people who don’t live in swing states talk about 2024 campaign communications makes me feel insane
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19 days ago
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Jason Kirk
19 days ago
It’s often said that too many political writers cover politics as if it’s sports. Actually they cover politics as if they are bad at covering sports
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Jason R.R. Martinez (FanGraphs/RosterResource)
19 days ago
Travel day for me and
@jon-becker.com
after Winter Meetings so the RosterResource Live Chat will happen tomorrow (Friday at 11 AM PT/ 2 PM ET) instead of today.
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I do wonder if some of the online nastiness about various signings and trades would be dialed down if fans realized that writers are engaged in a different project that they are - and vice versa.
20 days ago
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there are just so many people in the room for the Rule 5 draft, an honestly shocking number given that it is the Rule 5 draft
20 days ago
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come for the Boras puns, stay for us talking Schwarber, DĂaz, Bryce the Bloodman (sorry!), etc
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20 days ago
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Jay Jaffe
21 days ago
new
@fangraphs.com
: the reigning NL home run champ and Vibes All-Star is gonna continue hitting his Schwarbombs. h/t to
@baumann.bsky.social
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Michael Baumann
21 days ago
I wrote up the Dodgers' signing of Edwin DĂaz. He's an excellent, if limited relief pitcher. But his limits exist within the bounds of what the Dodgers need. And a lot of the reasons I'd worry about signing him for $100 million matter less when the dollar figure is $69 million.
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Dodgers Say, “Buenos DĂaz”
There’s great beauty in the simplest solution.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dodgers-say-buenos-diaz/
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Michael Baumann
22 days ago
BP is a machine that makes you think better about baseball, and if you read enough of
@euqubud.baseballprospectus.com
's work it'll give you persistent depressive disorder too. A bargain even at the new price, if you're a sports fan
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Team X has interest in this hitter, Team Y wants to sign that pitcher. Me, I’m thinking bigger: I want it to be less humid in Orlando.
23 days ago
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Jay Jaffe
23 days ago
Today is the Hall of Fame Contemporary Baseball Era Committee vote in Orlando, with results announced 6 pm ET. Here’s my introduction to this ballot, with links to the 8 candidate profiles to follow
blogs.fangraphs.com/election-sea...
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Election Season: Bonds and Clemens Lead the Contemporary Baseball Ballot
Once again, the Hall of Fame has put forth an Era Committee ballot as notable for its omissions as its inclusions.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/election-season-bonds-and-clemens-lead-the-contemporary-baseball-ballot/
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Justin Klugh
25 days ago
DAVE DOMBROWSKI, ON THE PHONE OUTSIDE A RESTAURANT: Yeah. Okay. Fine. So is the blood back inside him
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There are a couple flavors mind you, but I love when you can instantly tell a headline is a
@baumann.bsky.social
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25 days ago
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Give the gift of FanGraphs! We’ve got gift Memberships, we’ve got mugs, what fun!
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25 days ago
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Jon Becker
25 days ago
Matrix Reloaded is back, and your comments are encouraged! If you think this is long, just wait until next week, where I'll be rounding up everything from Winter Meetings week. Please remind me (and more importantly
@megrowler.fangraphs.com
) to stay hydrated during such extensive brain exercise.
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The Dodgers, courtesy of Eric,
@bgawlowski.bsky.social
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@jrfegan.soxmachine.com
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25 days ago
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Even with the price change, Baseball Prospectus is underpriced considering all you get. Coverage that's free from the influence of the league, a sportsbook, or some private equity ghoul is so important, and it's exactly what you get when you support sites like BP.
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25 days ago
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It's the most wonderful time of the year!
25 days ago
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FanGraphs Baseball
26 days ago
Give the gift of a FanGraphs Membership this holiday season! Members get a bunch of exclusive features, among them: • No Ads • Unlimited Articles • Custom Player Page Dashboards • Platoon, Context Neutral, and Historical Projections • Our Weekly Mailbag Column More info at the link below:
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Membership Gift Card
Give the gift of a one year FanGraphs Membership!
https://plus.fangraphs.com/product/fangraphs-gift-membership/
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