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Justin Verlander To Miss Several Weeks With Hamstring Strain

By Darragh McDonald | at June 19, 2026 2:00pm CDT It was reported earlier this week that right-hander Justin...

Braves, Pirates Swap Joey Bart For Hunter Stratton

The Braves announced they’ve traded reliever Hunter Stratton to the Pirates for catcher Joey Bart. Atlanta designated backup catcher Sandy León for assignment to open a...

Justin Verlander To Miss Several Weeks With Hamstring Strain

By Darragh McDonald | at June 19, 2026 2:00pm CDT It was reported earlier this week that right-hander Justin...

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Justin Verlander To Miss Several Weeks With Hamstring Strain

By Darragh McDonald | at June 19, 2026 2:00pm CDT It was reported earlier this week that right-hander Justin...

RosterResource Chat – 6/18/26 | FanGraphs Baseball

: Do you see Samad Taylor getting substantial playing time this year, or is it likely to drop off in the coming months? ...

Braves, Pirates Swap Joey Bart For Hunter Stratton

The Braves announced they’ve traded reliever Hunter Stratton to the Pirates for catcher Joey Bart. Atlanta designated backup catcher Sandy León for assignment to open a...

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Angels Notes: Pomeranz, Johnson, Peraza, Grissom

The Angels placed left-hander Drew Pomeranz on the 15-day injured list today due to left elbow inflammation. Right-hander Ryan Johnson was reinstated from...

Yandy Díaz Might Be Baseball’s Most Underappreciated Hitter

Yandy Díaz was in the news last week when he recorded his 1,000 career hit, making him the 20th Cuban-born MLB player to...

Mariners To Designate José Suarez For Assignment

The Mariners are designating left-hander José Suarez for assignment, reports Ari Alexander of Boston 7 News. Seattle will activate Bryce Miller from the 15-day injured...

Spencer Arrighetti Addresses His High Curveball Usage

Spencer Arrighetti has twice been featured here at FanGraphs in standalone fashion, yours truly having interviewed the 26-year-old Houston Astros right-hander in April...

MLB, MLBPA Begin CBA Negotiations

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association held their first official collective bargaining meeting of 2026 in New York City today, per...

Effectively Wild Episode 2477: Can Cleveland Framemog the Majors?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Spencer Jones facing an overclocked Jacob Misiorowski in Jones’s MLB debut, the distance from the mound...

Matt Bowman, John Brebbia Have Upcoming Opt-Outs

Relievers Matt Bowman and John Brebbia can opt out of their minor league contracts with the Twins on Sunday, reports Darren Wolfson of KSTP and...

FanGraphs Power Rankings: May 4–10

The current standings between the two leagues are quite lopsided entering the second full week of May. Just three teams in the American...

The Opener: Olson, Workman, Orioles

Kyle Schwarber has entered the chat. The Phillies’ DH has five home runs in his last four games, propelling him to the top...

Mickey Moniak, Your NL Slugging Leader (For Now)

With Thursday’s 6-2 win over the Mets, the Rockies snapped a six-game losing streak and lifted their record to 15-23, momentarily escaping the...

Blue Jays To Select Yariel Rodriguez’s Contract

The Blue Jays will be selecting the contract of right-hander Yariel Rodriguez from Triple-A Buffalo, according to reporter Francys Romero.  Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith...

Sunday Notes: Kai-Wei Teng’s Sweeper Takes a Sharp 90-Degree Left Turn

Kai-Wei Teng had a limited repertoire when he signed with the Minnesota Twins out of Taiwan in 2017. The right-hander from Taichung possessed...