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Sunday Notes: Trey Yesavage is Pretty Much the Same (Splitter-Cutting) Dude

Trey Yesavage profiles as a strong Rookie of the Year candidate, but he won’t have a chance to begin building his case in...

FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: March 21, 2026

It’s a great time to be a baseball fan. We just finished watching an exhilarating World Baseball Classic, which ended in a thrilling...

Sunday Notes: Trey Yesavage is Pretty Much the Same (Splitter-Cutting) Dude

Trey Yesavage profiles as a strong Rookie of the Year candidate, but he won’t have a chance to begin building his case in...

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Sunday Notes: Trey Yesavage is Pretty Much the Same (Splitter-Cutting) Dude

Trey Yesavage profiles as a strong Rookie of the Year candidate, but he won’t have a chance to begin building his case in...

Rays Roster Notes: Vilade, Palacios, Boyle

Utilityman Ryan Vilade has made the Rays’ Opening Day roster, manager Kevin Cash told reporters, including Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times....

FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: March 21, 2026

It’s a great time to be a baseball fan. We just finished watching an exhilarating World Baseball Classic, which ended in a thrilling...

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End of the line

This is the 573rd entry of Baseball’s Best (and Worst). It’s also the last.I launched this newsletter on Labor Day 2020, near the...

Front Office Subscriber Chat With Anthony Franco: TODAY At 2:00pm Central

MLBTR’s Anthony Franco will be holding a live chat today at 2:00 pm Central, exclusively for Trade Rumors Front Office subscribers! ...

A Week of Instructional League Scouting Notes

Now that the lower minor leagues’ regular seasons are over, teams have commenced with instructional league activity in a traditional sense, with a...

Pirates GM Ben Cherington’s Contract Runs Through 2027

Pirates GM Ben Cherington’s contract runs through the 2027 season, according to Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic. Cherington has been at the helm...

The Heroes (And Zeroes) of September

I can’t tell you why the structure of the big leagues seems to bend towards close races. On August 31, the teams on...

The search for missing pitches. Are we early or late in the evolution of pitch design?

According to pitch-classification data, only seven screwballs have been thrown this year, and they all belong to Noah Davis. There were 153 in...

Nationals To Hire Paul Toboni As Baseball Ops President

The Nationals are finalizing a deal with Red Sox assistant general manager Paul Toboni as the new head of their baseball operations department,...

Job Posting: Boston Red Sox – Area Scout, Amateur Scouting

Area Scout, Amateur Scouting (South Texas and South Louisiana) Baseball Operations / Full-time / Remote DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:The Amateur Domestic Scouting department is primarily responsible for...

The Opener: AL East, Reds, Fry

Here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today: 1. AL East race tightens: The Blue...

This Ain’t Team Entropy, but We’ve Got Some Races To Untie

Last year, after a trade deadline sell-off, the Tigers snagged a Wild Card spot thanks to the combination of a late surge and...

Best 50 — 1984 Detroit Tigers (#1)

This newsletter has devoted several months to an examination of past greatness. We’ve broken down history’s top 50 ballclubs — collectively known as...

Ozzie Albies Suffers Hamate Fracture

Sept. 23: Atlanta placed Albies on the 10-day injured list this morning, formally ending his season. Infielder Brett Wisely, recently claimed off waivers...