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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...

When Power Peaks (Way) Too Early

I love the spring training leaderboards. Anything can happen in spring training. Did you know that Trevor Story, who is 33 years old...

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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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...

Offseason In Review: Houston Astros

Houston’s front office had a difficult task this offseason: acquire multiple starters despite limited payroll flexibility and one of the sport’s weakest farm...

When Power Peaks (Way) Too Early

I love the spring training leaderboards. Anything can happen in spring training. Did you know that Trevor Story, who is 33 years old...

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Has Anyone Seen Second Base?

Pardon me, but have you by any chance seen second base? It can usually be found over in that large patch of dirt,...

New PULSE Upgrades Are Here

Five years ago, we acquired Motus Global and rebranded to PULSE. In those five years, we have been hard at work to bring...

Best 50 — 1990 Oakland Athletics (#9)

We’re spending the 2025 season looking back at previous seasons, specifically the 50 greatest teams in history, a group that I call the...

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...