Baseball

HomeBaseball

FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: August 30, 2025

Hello, and welcome to this week’s mailbag! Matt Martell is on a well-deservedvacation, so I’m piloting things in his stead. Matt picked a...

Randy Moffitt Passes Away – MLB Trade Rumors

Former major league reliever Randy Moffitt passed away on Thursday at age 76, the Giants announced. According to an Associated Press report, Moffitt had...

FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: August 30, 2025

Hello, and welcome to this week’s mailbag! Matt Martell is on a well-deservedvacation, so I’m piloting things in his stead. Matt picked a...

More News

FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: August 30, 2025

Hello, and welcome to this week’s mailbag! Matt Martell is on a well-deservedvacation, so I’m piloting things in his stead. Matt picked a...

Best 50 — 1968 Detroit Tigers (#19)

This newsletter is devoting several months to an examination of past greatness. It’s focusing on history’s top 50 ballclubs — collectively known as...

Randy Moffitt Passes Away – MLB Trade Rumors

Former major league reliever Randy Moffitt passed away on Thursday at age 76, the Giants announced. According to an Associated Press report, Moffitt had...

Explore more

Red Sox Could Promote Kyle Harrison This Weekend

The Red Sox placed Richard Fitts on the 15-day injured list on Tuesday afternoon. The righty is dealing with arm neuritis. Fitts had stepped...

Francisco Lindor Is Back, and Also Never Left

The Mets are the best Rorschach test in baseball right now. You can see almost anything you want to when you look at...

Can the starting pitcher be revived?

Home Blog Blog Article Can the starting pitcher be revived? It was once commonplace in Major League Baseball for a starting...

Best 50 — 1976 Cincinnati Reds (#17)

This newsletter is slowly traveling through the Best 50. That’s my list of history’s 50 greatest ballclubs, as ranked by my new book,...

Athletics Designate Luis Urías For Assignment

The Athletics announced today that second baseman Zack Gelof has been recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas. Fellow infielder Luis Urías has been designated...

Sometimes You Have to Squeeze the Glove

Most of the time, you don’t really have to squeeze your glove when you catch the ball. At least, you don’t have to...

Off-Season Speed Training for Position Players – Part 2: Acceleration

An easy way to think about acceleration is as the time it takes to get to top speed from the starting position, like...

Best 50 — 2009 New York Yankees (#16)

The subject of today’s newsletter is the 2009 New York Yankees, who are No. 16 in the Best 50, my list of the...

Red Sox Outright Abraham Toro

TODAY: Toro cleared waivers and was outrighted off Boston’s 40-man roster, according to multiple members of the Red Sox beat.  Toro has accepted...

FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: August 23, 2025

One of the funniest things to come out of this mailbag column so far occurred two weeks ago, when I wrote about the...

How Intended Zones Helped Janson Junk and Stefan Raeth to Breakout Seasons

Tarik Skubal, a former Seattle U teammate, leads qualified pitchers with a 3.8% mark. While Junk’s Stuff+ scores have remained constant this year,...

Best 50 — 1929 Philadelphia Athletics (#10)

The subject of today’s newsletter is the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics, who are No. 10 in the Best 50, my list of the greatest...