Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the duality of Jo Adell’s defense (after the FARTBAT low that followed his triple-robbery high), Spencer Arrighetti and MLB’s monthly player honors as the last bastion of old-school-stat-based awards, whether a team with a losing record could make the playoffs this season, Paul Goldschmidt’s pleasing platoon role, how […]
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With a new pitch and improved command and velocity, the 24-year-old righty has begun rewarding the Dodgers' patience.
Different day and time, hopefully same mix of delightfully weird questions and answers.
This is a strong system with a little bit of everything, from projected superstars to high-risk/high-reward position players to near-ready pitching depth.
Pokopia, but make it baseball.
The real breakthrough for Meyer came when he introduced a second slider-type breaking pitch, this one a sweeper.
It's not just your imagination. There's been an unusually high amount of turnover atop the hitting leaderboards this year.
The Diamondbacks outfielder is having the best left-on-left season since Barry Bonds. It's not an accident.
The Reds lose a key cog of their offense at a very bad time.
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Oh, and Goat. Don't forget Goat. The Nationals infielder's slugging woes have him in some interesting company.
Over the moon in June.
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If I'd written about what hasn't gone wrong for the Cubs over the past three weeks, this post would've been much shorter.
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Fernando Tatis Jr.’s first home run of the season, injuries to Munetaka Murakami and Craig Kimbrel, a crotch-related suspension precedent, the mystery of Julio Rodriguez’s defense, Roki Sasaki’s surge, the phenomenon of National Anthem standoffs, Carmen Mlodzinski’s brief relief revolt, whether Victor Wembanyama would be a good pitcher, […]
The Dodgers reclaim the top spot in this week's FanGraphs Power Rankings.
Even without the injured Tarik Skubal and Justin Verlander, Detroit's pitching has held up, but a dreadful offense has made dealing its ace far more likely.
The Minnesota Twins slugger has 200 career home runs, some of which are notable.
What we've been up to lately.
With apologies to MJ Melendez.
Plus Walt Weiss on Drake Baldwin, a look back at future-manager predictions, Tommy Watkins' batting average, Lefty O'Doul's Cooperstown case, facts and stats galore, and more.
We answer your questions on baseball without Tommy John surgery, the most overlooked MVP-caliber seasons, and the benefits of throwing first-pitch strikes.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, please visit our Patreon. Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Enhanced Games and whether they would watch a baseball league where PEDS were explicitly permitted, Abner Uribe’s crotch-chop suspension, and (34:40) the most disappointing and surprising (in a positive way) teams […]
With a new catching stance and a new approach at the plate, the Nationals backstop has taken a big step forward.