Saying Goodbye to the Say Hey Kid, Willie Mays (1931–2024)blogs.fangraphs.com Baseball has lost one of its all-time greats, an electrifying player whose legend and statistics loom large.
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We’ve Updated Our Player Pages!blogs.fangraphs.com Our player pages have a sleek new look and enhanced functionality.
A Clash of Titans in the Bronxblogs.fangraphs.com The three-game series between the Yankees and Dodgers offered its share of thrills in an electrified atmosphere.
This Is How It Has to Workblogs.fangraphs.com There are two big red-letter no-nos if you work for MLB or a team: You can’t bet on baseball, and you can’t wager with unlicensed bookmakers.
Aaron Judge Is Slumping No Moreblogs.fangraphs.com After a slow start, the big slugger has turned his season around in emphatic fashion, putting up mind-boggling numbers over the past six weeks.
The Day Negro Leagues Statistics Met the Major League Record Booksblogs.fangraphs.com The rollout of MLB’s announcement of its inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics within its database could have gone more smoothly, but the newly official data enhances our undestanding of this chapter…
The Yankees Rotation Has Stepped Up in Gerrit Cole’s Absenceblogs.fangraphs.com The reigning AL Cy Young winner has reached a rehab milestone amid a strong stretch by his fellow starters.
Fernando Cruz’s Splitter Is Unhittable, but Batters Keep Tryingblogs.fangraphs.com There are two theories about how to hit Cruz’s splitter. Unfortunately, neither of them work.
Jeremy Peña Is Starting Out Strong but Coming up Shortblogs.fangraphs.com The Astros shortstop is destroying baseballs and his own team at the same time.
Davis Schneider, I Mustache You How You’re Doing Thisblogs.fangraphs.com “I hated going the other way. I hated singles to right field. As a kid, growing up, you want to hit home runs. I always tried to do that from little league until high school.”…
The Gospel of Juan Sotoblogs.fangraphs.com Soto has always worked miracles. Now he’s working better miracles.
The Guardians Lose Hot-Hitting Steven Kwanblogs.fangraphs.com The absence of the leader in the American League batting race has opened the door for prospect Kyle Manzardo.
Release Angles and the Illusion of Wasteblogs.fangraphs.com Release angles can suggest which pitches look like waste to a hitter — and which ones end up not.
Where Have All the Home Runs Gone? It’s Too Early to Tellblogs.fangraphs.com The league-wide home run rate has fallen relative to last year, but that doesn’t mean there’s any mischief afoot.
Introducing the Kirby Index: A New Way to Quantify Commandblogs.fangraphs.com Quantifying command has long proven difficult. How might release angles assist in the effort?
The State of Starters in 2024blogs.fangraphs.com The decline of starter workloads is unquestionably real, but the magnitude may have been overstated.
Matt Waldron and His Knuckleball Are Sticking Aroundblogs.fangraphs.com The 27-year-old righty has gone from one-off novelty to a regular in the Padres rotation.
I’m Just MacKenzie. My K/9 Is Over 10.blogs.fangraphs.com Is it my destiny to live and die by my fastball velocity?
The Precarious Position of the Pending Free Agentblogs.fangraphs.com After years spent toiling in the team-controlled desert, some players are wondering if the free agent promised land is all it’s cracked up to be.
Top of the Order: It’s Holliday Season in Baltimoreblogs.fangraphs.com Plus, some notes on Blake Snell’s Giants debut, the free-swinging Giancarlo Stanton, Jesse Chavez’s infinite vibes, and a Julio Teheran update.
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An Opening Day Slate Short of Familiar Names, but Hardly Without Promiseblogs.fangraphs.com Injuries and prolonged free agencies have caused unprecedented turnover among the season’s lid-lifters.
FanGraphs Power Rankings: Opening Day 2024blogs.fangraphs.com The FanGraphs Power Rankings are back and have a new model. See how all 30 teams stack up as the regular season gets underway.
FanGraphs 2024 Staff Predictionsblogs.fangraphs.com Allow us to make a series of informed and possibly incorrect predictions about the 2024 season.
Sweet Snell of Successblogs.fangraphs.com Blake Snell signs in a surprising place, at a surprising time, for a surprising amount of money.
The Yankees Are in a Precarious Spot After Losing Gerrit Coleblogs.fangraphs.com Elbow inflammation has sidelined the righty and exposed the team’s lack of rotation depth.
2024 Positional Power Rankings: Introductionblogs.fangraphs.com With Opening Day almost here, it’s time for FanGraphs’ annual positional power rankings.
‘You’re Not Screwing Me on This One, Are You?’: Big League GMs Reflect on Their First Tradesblogs.fangraphs.com Optimism. Naïveté. A willingness to be wrong. GMs from around the game look back on their first trades.
Intrigue on the High Cease: Padres Add Chicago Ace in Blockbusterblogs.fangraphs.com San Diego was light on pitching for a playoff contender, so it used its newly rebuilt farm system to nab the best one available on the trade market.