⭐️ 26-AND-UNDER POWER RANKINGS FINALE ⭐️ 5. Reds 4. Athletics 3. Pirates 2. Mariners 1. Brewers sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...

I knew this was a @baumann.bsky.social joint before clicking the link (complimentary).

“Coop,” infielder David Hamilton said to Cooper Pratt while the two watched the video on their phones. “There’s no way … "Right?” www.mlb.com/brewers/news...

Lab! Lab! Lab! @benclemens.bsky.social and Sean Dolinar present the FanGraphs Lab, a very cool collaboration between the editorial team and the engineering team that provides a place to experiment with baseball data analysis and visualization.

It sure seems like when we have our basic needs met, and don't have to hustle to survive, humans will almost always choose to create art. And there is a lot of evidence that when a society decides to honor and promote art and artists, everyone who lives there is measurably happier.

and with that, @megrowler.fangraphs.com WINS 265-257

I want to thank people who took the time to read the document and watch the video I shared. It is also important to me that it is understood: I do not believe Matthew, Paula, Monique or Naveen (or anyone else) had involvement (or awareness) of the actions the owner of Game Night Picks took. 1/4

Brewers-Red Sox trade is official. Brewers get Kyle Harrison, Shane Drohan and David Hamilton. Red Sox get Caleb Durbin, Andruw Monasterio, Anthony Seigler and Comp Round B pick.

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It begins! 30 team previews in 15 podcasts, for the 14th consecutive year. First up: @chandlerrome.bsky.social on the Astros, and Nick Piecoro on the Diamondbacks. (Plus pre-preview banter.)

The man @jimowczarski.bsky.social delivers again. You're going to want to read this one. www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

MLB will produce and distribute Brewers telecasts in 2026. Specific channel locations are TBD, according to the club, but all 162 games will be televised via local distribution or national partners. Here is the Brewers' full announcement: www.mlb.com/brewers/news...

Now updated: ewstats.com Ben: 238 Meg: 197

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🚨Jesús Made in big league camp🚨 The Brewers have added these prospects to the list of Spring Training non-roster invitees: INF Luke Adams LHP Tate Kuehner OF Luis Lara INF Jesús Made INF Cooper Pratt C Ramón Rodríguez 3B Brock Wilken INF/OF Jett Williams C Matt Wood

@evilalbert.itch.io I just finished Utter a Name and loved it! I've suggested it to a few people I know and just gifted it to a friend of mine.

Let's play the internet's favorite game: How many yards could y'all pick up here

It took a lot for the Mets to get Freddy Peralta, so much, in fact, that the return package required its own separate write-up. Here's @bgawlowski.bsky.social on Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat, the two top-100 prospects heading back to the Brewers:

Nobody covers the Hall of Fame like Jay. Read his analysis from last night!

The whole point of a salary cap, any salary cap, is to reduce the overall money that owners spend on players. Owners get more, players get less. They wouldn't be doing it if that wasn't the end goal. Salary caps make owners richer. Period.

You think 9 NFL coaching vacancies is a lot? We had 10 in 2022. EIGHT of those 10 have already been fired.

For anyone wondering why I spent so much time baking last summer....here's why! Airs Feb 1

between this and the $50 million the Rockies paid the Cardinals to take on Arenado's contract, I'm guessing this is a record. Wrote about Matt Kemp last week; his teams ate $49.5 million worth of his contract via 3 trades. Arenado is still a likely Hall of Famer but, woof.

I think @ewpod.bsky.social is a good podcast, and I'm going to try to be better about promoting it. I think it's worth a listen and your Patreon dollars if you have them to spend: patreon.com/effectivelywild

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Introducing 🦍Gorilla! A YouTube wrapper that give parents the ultimate control over what their kids watch. I built this for my kids, and they love it. Moreover, they watch LESS NOW. Check out out at gorilla.tube www.linkedin.com/pulse/introd... #parenting #ipadkids #youtube #indiedev

Just ran DVOA for yesterday, and this surprised me but the Vikings didn't even come close to the worst offensive DVOA performance in a win. Vikings were at -38%. Worst offense in a win was Chicago -83% in the "crown their ass" game in 2006. 4 of the 5 worst offensive DVOAs in wins are the Bears.

The smell of the tree. The crash of the bat. The season truly never ends.

If MLB owners do end up getting their long sought after salary cap, it’s gonna setup a fascinating reckoning for ownership in terms of how they want to go about setting it up and if using it to create parity is even on the agenda at all. People assume it is, but I think it’s almost certainly not. 🧵

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The 2026 ZiPS projections for the Milwaukee Brewers are now up on @fangraphs.com. blogs.fangraphs.com/2026-zips-pr...

The best way I can summarize that half of football is I take notes while watching the game and about ten minutes ago I just started drawing a picture of Santa

Here's an early look at the ZiPS x @fangraphs.com Depth Chart for the next ZiPS team, the Milwaukee Brewers.

Last night we discovered a terrible error on my part which is horrifying, but I have to admit, very funny. Sam didn't win the U-25 Draft. Ben did. I will now explain what happened.

Give the gift of FanGraphs! We’ve got gift Memberships, we’ve got mugs, what fun!

Why yes, I *was* looking up Minor League Free Agents and making sure I linked to the right one.

The Brewers system contained so many quality to excellent big leaguers around that time — Hader, Burnes, Woodruff, Williams, Grisham, Houser, Peralta, Erceg, Dubon — and the Marlins somehow managed to take back 4 complete flameouts for Yelich. That will never not be wild.

"Strikeouts aren't real!" I assure myself as I trade Christian Yelich for Monte Harrison, Isan Díaz and Lewis Brinson

The list of David Stearns Era Brewers who have become David Stearns Era Mets grows. -Tyrone Taylor -Pablo Reyes -Ben Gamel -Omar Narvaez -Jesse Winker -Adrian Houser -Jorge Lopez -Cooper Hummel -Devin Williams!

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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

Ben had the under at 189, and will lose 21 points!

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ewstats.com has been updated the PPG results, and if you go to your personal ballot, you can now see directly how your predictions compared with the final averages!

Please enjoy me making my annual appearance on @ewpod.bsky.social to breakdown the Preseason Predictions Game (which you can follow and learn more about at @ewstats.com ) blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...

THE RESULTS EPISODE IS OUT blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...