1+ hour, 12+ min ago  (327+ words) Lopes stole 40 or more bases in a season seven times; in six of those, he was caught 12 times or fewer. In 1985, his age-40 season, he stole 47 bases for the Cubs " 10 more than any other player that age or older " while…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago  (1090+ words) Fan Graphs Over the last week and a half, the Blue Jays have placed Alejandro Kirk, Addison Barger, and George Springer on the IL with maladies of varying severity. With Anthony Santander already out for the season after undergoing shoulder…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (346+ words) After the games of April 7, Zi PS had the Yankees with a projected two-game edge in the East, and a 35% chance of winning the division. While these numbers didn't suggest dominance or anything remotely resembling a guarantee, that was a…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (223+ words) The normal flow of a baseball season inevitably includes injuries. The dog days of summer usually come with a star or two on the shelf. It's a long year, and roster depth matters more and more as the months advance....

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (777+ words) His change of address came at last summer's trade deadline. Intrigued by his promising-but-unpolished toolbox, the Athletics acquired Nett as part of the six-player deal centered around Mason Miller and Leo De Vries. On the season, Nett notched 116 strikeouts while…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1043+ words) A quick overview of what FV (Future Value) means can be found here. A much deeper overview can be found here. All of the ranked prospects below also appear on The Board, a resource the site offers featuring sortable scouting…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1133+ words) But Rogers is a special case, because he's one of those guys I can't stop writing about. Right or wrong, those angry Orioles fans reminded me that it's been 14 months since I checked in on this guy in print, and…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (458+ words) We've released a new tool in the Fan Graphs Lab. The Paired Pitches tool is a visualizer that shows how the different pitches that a pitcher throws interact with each other. It measures how much gravity, speed, and movement make…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1724+ words) Jo Adell performed a miracle. Let's turn it into math. Adell robbed the Mariners of three home runs on Saturday. He got Cal Raleigh in the first inning, Josh Naylor in the eighth, and J. P. Crawford in the ninth. Sports Info…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (158+ words) Six teams could boost their playoff odds by more than five percentage points by upgrading their weakest position to league average: I did the same thing for starting pitchers, and this time we'll flip leagues and coasts and use the…...