18+ hour, 55+ min ago  (785+ words) I wouldn't expect Bauers to be a league winner, but he's at least a solid bench bat since he is qualified at first base and outfield in most leagues. Jared Triolo (4): I was surprised to see Triolo wasn't rostered in…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago  (469+ words) This ball cares not about Kauffman's outfield fences moving in. " MLB (@MLB) April 2, 2026 Bryan Abreu SZN is back! (did it ever go away?) Up the leverage tree we go! Carlos Est'vez was placed on the injured list with a foot…...

16+ hour, 2+ min ago  (305+ words) They say necessity is the mother of invention. And they are right. But you know what else is the mother of invention? People saying seemingly weird things and then stopping and thinking, "Wait, maybe this is something!" What if players…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (31+ words) Paul Sporer's Baseball Chat " April 1st, 2026FanGraphs Paul is the Editor of Rotographs and Content Director for OOTP Perfect Team. Follow Paul on Twitter @sporer and on Twitch at sporer....

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (837+ words) " The manager thinks Cam Smith could steal 15 to 20 bases. Manager Joe Espada believes Smith is capable of stealing "15 to 20 bases," even though he attempted just nine steals as a rookie. A .312 on-base percentage didn't help matters " and must increase this…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (434+ words) Yesterday, I shared some of the fun tiny sample size performances among the batter population. Now let's flip over to pitchers. Unfortunately, the pitching side is going to be a little less fun because not every starter has even made…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (467+ words) The concept is an unproven theory that fastballs perform better than expected when thrown at the same speed but with a major difference in their vertical break. From the book, I describe the pitches as " a sinker and four-seamer fastball…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (200+ words) Starting Pitcher Chart " March 31st, 2026FanGraphs Welcome to the Daily SP Chart. The chart includes their performance for 2025 until we get some actual data for this year (I changed over in late-April last year), their opponent's wOBA versus the pitcher's handedness from…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1581+ words) In the article, I cover the players using CBS's and Yahoo's ADD/DROP rates. Both sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (479+ words) Quick note before we dive into tiny samples: I recently launched ProjectingX IQ, which is now focused on in-season edge by identifying real skill changes and separating signal from noise as the season unfolds. If you want to see which…...