3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (226+ words) Some catchers are different, obviously," he added. While you want to be over the top, Patrick Bailey has one of the better pop times and transfers in the game, and he kind of goes sidearm. It's kind of finding what…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago  (854+ words) Last year was a rough time for the best pitchers of the early 2020s. Zac Gallen cost himself untold tens of millions of dollars with a brutal walk year. Aaron Nola got hurt, and even when he was available, he was…...

18+ hour, 17+ min ago  (203+ words) Few pitchers release the ball higher than Burns: Burns also throws a 90-mph changeup from time to time. It's been absolutely abysmal so far; batters are slugging. 909 when they put a changeup in play. But it just hasn't mattered. Most…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (495+ words) Elly De La Cruz is one-third of the way to an all-time season in Cincinnati. Except, of course, we have" from De La Cruz himself: If you'd like to cut the brake line, however, and careen recklessly toward hypothetical hardware,…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1945+ words) The Mets, naturally, take a small hit here. The Marlins and Nats get a boost from their early play. None of that seems wild to me. But that enormous gap between how the different methods see the Phillies is really…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (168+ words) The 2026 Twins are not dead and buried, even with the Jeffers injury and Lewis" offensive issues. After all, nobody in the AL Central is capable enough to dig them a very deep grave. But their margin of error has shrunk…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (315+ words) As you may recall, last month we rolled out the Fan Graphs Baseball Simulator as part of Fan Graphs Lab. A couple of days later, we added a home field advantage feature. Well, we're back with even more features! You…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (28+ words) Fan Graphs Brendan covers prospects and the minor leagues for Fan Graphs. Previously he worked as a Pro Scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates....

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (494+ words) The Mariners didn't expect to call up Colt Emerson, but they had no choice. Emerson made his big league debut Sunday in the Mariners' 8-3 loss to the Padres. It wasn't a particularly eventful day in the box score. He flied…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1255+ words) Fan Graphs Last week's slate of games concluded with Rivalry Weekend, leading to some dramatic games between crosstown and cross-state foes, most notably between the New York teams and the Chicago clubs. Maybe those come-from-behind wins will spark the Mets…...