David Laurila FanGraphs
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about 23 hours ago
White Sox GM Chris Getz on His Team’s Top Pitching Prospects
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White Sox GM Chris Getz on His Team’s Top Pitching Prospects
The ChiSox GM shared thoughts on southpaws Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith, and name-checked three other pitchers.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/white-sox-gm-chris-getz-on-his-teams-top-pitching-prospects/
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In today’s mail. Will have nine or 10 checkmarks prior to it being returned.
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Travis Jankowski being hired as the new Texas Rangers first base coach brings to mind two related questions::1. Will he cut his hair? 2. Has an MLB coach ever worn his hair anywhere near as long as Jankowski's?
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Dana Brown Wants the Astros to Rediscover Their Identity
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Dana Brown Wants the Astros to Rediscover Their Identity
Houston’s GM feels that coaching staff changes will result in deeper counts and more slug.
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Jay Jaffe
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The new Hall of Fame ballot was announced today, with 15 holdovers and 12 newcomers — a weak crop of newcomers at that, without anyone who will be elected anytime soon. Here's my
@fangraphs.com
look a what it all means here.
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Jayson Stark
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First-year candidates and their career bWAR: Cole Hamels 59.0 Ryan Braun 47.2 Alex Gordon 34.9 Shin-Soo Choo 34.7 Edwin Encarnacion 35.3 Howie Kendrick 35.0 Nick Markakis 33.7 Hunter Pence 30.4 Gio Gonzalez 28.3 Matt Kemp 21.6 Daniel Murphy 20.8 Rick Porcello 18.8
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The Green Bay Packers are more than capable of beating every team in the NFL. They are also more than capable of losing to the worst of them. The Packers are truly perplexing.
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Sunday Notes: Mike Hazen on AZ’s Middle Infield, and More From the GM Meetings
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Sunday Notes: Mike Hazen on AZ’s Middle Infield, and More From the GM Meetings
Including Justin Hollander on trades, Paul Toboni on strikeouts, Chris Young on Alejandro Rosario, Brad Meador on Alfredo Duno, Cam Collier on Thomas White, facts and stats galore, and much more.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-mike-hazen-on-azs-middle-infield-and-more-from-the-gm-meetings/
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8 days ago
Three Executives on Developing the Next Kyle Hendricks
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Three Executives on Developing the Next Kyle Hendricks
Jed Hoyer, Brandon Gomes, and Chris Young weigh in how developing pitchers like Hendricks is easier said than done.
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9 days ago
Dispatches From the GM Meetings: Matt Arnold, Paul DePodesta, Chaim Bloom
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Dispatches From the GM Meetings: Matt Arnold, Paul DePodesta, Chaim Bloom
The top executives for the Brewers, Rockies, and Cardinals address questions about their clubs.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dispatches-from-the-gm-meetings-matt-arnold-paul-depodesta-chaim-bloom/
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Have boarded a fight which is full save for window seat in my row. I am on the aisle next to the one person in the world (could there possibly be more than one?) who would remain in middle seat and use window seat for pile of papers and notebooks he brought on board. Interesting, this.
12 days ago
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Hello, Everybody
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Hello, Everybody
I’m excited to cover prospects and the minor leagues in ways that will inform and entertain readers.
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13 days ago
Sunday Notes: An Ever-Diligent Daylen Lile Details His Cage Drills
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Sunday Notes: An Ever-Diligent Daylen Lile Details His Cage Drills
Plus Mariners prospect Jonny Farmelo, a Murakami or Sasaki question, the Lou Whitaker snub, remembering Taffy Wright, facts and stats galore, and more.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-an-ever-diligent-daylen-lile-details-his-cage-drills/
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Eight years later it is a second/different autoimmune disease. So it goes. One perseveres.
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15 days ago
2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Don Mattingly
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2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Don Mattingly
For as iconic as “Donnie Baseball” was, his injury-shortened career left him with numbers far short of Hall of Fame-caliber.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2026-contemporary-baseball-era-committee-candidate-don-mattingly/
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Post from a different era (late '80s in Detroit)
15 days ago
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16 days ago
Max Anderson Has Been the Arizona Fall Leagues’s Hottest Hitter
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Max Anderson Has Been the Arizona Fall Leagues’s Hottest Hitter
The Detroit Tigers prospect raked during the regular season, and now he is scorching in the desert.
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16 days ago
InstaGraphs: The Even Newer FanGraphs Mug Is Now Available!
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The Even Newer FanGraphs Mug Is Now Available!
We’ve got the very latest version of the FanGraphs Mug now available for sale. Drink your coffee every morning knowing that you have the newest and possibly best mug that we’ve ever sold…
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Luis Arraez has played in 595 games and has 164 extra-base hits and 143 walks over the past four seasons. Nico Hoerner has played in 592 games and has 160 extra-base hits and 160 walks over the past four seasons.
16 days ago
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What does one do as darkness falls on a November afternoon? Quaff a Guinness and read FanGraphs articles.
17 days ago
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17 days ago
2026 Top 50 MLB Free Agents
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2026 Top 50 MLB Free Agents
The most significant players to hit the open market this offseason, as compiled by Ben Clemens and the FanGraphs staff.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2026-top-50-mlb-free-agents/
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Seasonal Affective Disorder sucks. What time is it?
18 days ago
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Wendy Thurm
20 days ago
The Dodgers owe it to their fans, to the people of Los Angeles, to tell Trump NO, we will not visit the WH after what you’ve said & done to our city.
@governor.ca.gov
should explicitly call on the Dodgers to not go the WH, to stand with their fans instead.
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20 days ago
Sunday Notes: ChiSox Prospect Hagen Smith Has a Killer Fastball/Slider Combo
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Sunday Notes: ChiSox Prospect Hagen Smith Has a Killer Fastball/Slider Combo
Plus Nelly Taylor on JR Ritchie, Pete Fairbanks on doing what he does, recalling Mickey Kluttz, Blake Butera was right about Junior Caminero, facts and stats galore, and more.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-chisox-prospect-hagen-smith-has-a-killer-fastball-slider-combo/
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Damnit
20 days ago
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The number of people watching this game and thinking, “For god sake, please stop talking so much” is almost assuredly not small.
22 days ago
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The true north strong and free. One more to go.
23 days ago
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Being a person who typically goes to bed early, writing a gamer for an 18-inning marathon that ends just short of 3am is not an especially pleasant experience. Helluva game though. Hopefully I got at least some of the words in the right order.
25 days ago
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This is fantastic.
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27 days ago
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27 days ago
Sunday Notes: Rhett Lowder Likes Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Rocker Step
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Sunday Notes: Rhett Lowder Likes Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Rocker Step
Plus Payton Tolle’s worst gophers, Chris Gimenez on Yu Davis, Kevin McGonigle on advice from Alan Trammell, an obscure former Kansas City Royal, facts and stats galore, and more.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-rhett-lowder-likes-yoshinobu-yamamotos-rocker-step/
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Made it through four innings last night (multiple reasons for this) and doubt I make it that far tonight. Not exactly ideal.
28 days ago
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Go Blue Jays.
29 days ago
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Alex Speier
29 days ago
Confirming a report from Sean McAdam, Jason Varitek will be back on the Red Sox coaching staff next year - his 30th season in the Red Sox org, and his 15th since the end of his playing career:
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Jason Varitek will be back with the Red Sox next season - The Boston Globe
A major league source confirmed that Varitek — whose contract as the big league team’s game-planning and run prevention coach ran through the 2025 season — has agreed to return.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/24/sports/jason-varitek-red-sox/
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Kevin McGonigle talks hitting with FanGraphs' David Laurila
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Kevin McGonigle Talks Hitting
The Detroit Tigers prospect has a keep-it-simple approach and a high ceiling with the bat.
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30 days ago
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Kevin McGonigle Talks Hitting
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Kevin McGonigle Talks Hitting
The Detroit Tigers prospect has a keep-it-simple approach and a high ceiling with the bat.
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Mixed feelings on tonight's Game 7. Watched at Four Peaks Brewing, in Tempe, with an old friend from Michigan. Knowing a number of people in both the Blue Jays and Mariners orgs -- ditto fans of each team -- I wanted both to win. Obviously doesn't work that way.
about 1 month ago
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“That’s the luxury of having a one-run lead.” Yes, I laughed.
about 1 month ago
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A good analyst doesn’t talk at every opportunity.
about 1 month ago
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If you drank a shot of bourbon every time the analyst on today’s Packers-Cardinals said”taking what the defense is giving him,” you wouldn’t be reading this in real time. You would be passed out.
about 1 month ago
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Presumably the Packers have no access to film or stats, given that Arizona’s top receiver was once again left wide open near the end zone.
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about 1 month ago
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Literally not covering the opposing team's top receiver is always a bad idea, especially when he is in or near the end zone. WTF Packers.
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Sunday Notes: Mike Burrows Is a Bucco Who Went From Benders To Vulcans
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Sunday Notes: Mike Burrows Is a Bucco Who Went From Benders To Vulcans
Plus Tyler Mark on Daniel Eagen’s one-seam split, Hunter Gaddis on getting a grip, Seaver King on Jonah Tong, the other Billy Williams, facts and stats galore, and more.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-mike-burrows-is-a-bucco-who-went-from-benders-to-vulcans/
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Former West Michigan Whitecap.
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about 1 month ago
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My stress level would be high if I were a Blue Jays or Mariners fan.
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Kyle Stowers Matured His Mindset and Proceeded To Mash in Miami
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Kyle Stowers Matured His Mindset and Proceeded To Mash in Miami
The erstwhile Oriole adapted his mentality and had a breakout season with the Marlins.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/kyle-stowers-matured-his-mindset-and-proceeded-to-mash-in-miami/
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Will Harris
about 1 month ago
I was just about to say the SABR bios for the three pitchers on the 1903 Pirates are absolutely wild, and a reminder that if you see "View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject" on a baseball reference page, READ THE SABR BIO
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Beautiful day in Scottsdale for Arizona Fall League baseball.
about 1 month ago
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Four years removed from a 33-home run, 124 wRC+ season, a longtime Twin had 26 home run and a 132 wRC+ in his second season with the Mariners. Now he's enjoying a postseason with some big hits. Jorge Polanco is a good hitter doing some good hitting.
about 1 month ago
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Thomas Harding
about 1 month ago
I am told the
#Rockies
are progressing through initial interviews in their search for a new baseball operations head. The team is not releasing names of interviewees. Background on the search:
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Rockies look to revamp with next baseball operations leader
This story was from Thomas Harding’s Rockies Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.
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