(Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images) The New York Yankees and their fans were all holding their breath while they waited for Juan Soto’s test results. The All-Star outfielder left Thursday’s game with left forearm discomfort and was sent for testing on Friday. He conceded he has been dealing with the issue for a few…
(Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) Everybody talks about the New York Yankees’ rotation, and how many options the Los Angeles Dodgers would have if fully healthy. However, the Philadelphia Phillies have, without a doubt, the best rotation in baseball. The numbers don’t lie, and four of the five members of the staff are among the…
(Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images) We have seen lousy teams in MLB in recent seasons. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers were awful before their current period of respectability in 2024. The Baltimore Orioles were a mess from 2017 to 2021, and the Colorado Rockies have been bad for a while. The 2024 Chicago…
Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Like many other nerds, I have devoted a lot of time to slicing and dicing Baseball Savant’s new bat tracking data over the last few weeks. And like many other nerds, I’m not entirely sure how we’ll end up using this wealth of new information. More time, more data, and more…
I’m not as stridently anti-tanking as some people — in my youth, I was a Sixers blogger during The Process, so I can say from experience that rooting for a historically bad team has its moments — but there is one thing that bugs me about the Orioles and Astros and so on from the…
Max Fried hadn’t yet established himself when first interviewed for FanGraphs in April 2018. Despite being drafted highly, he had limited big league experience. Fast forward to today, Fried is considered one of the best pitchers in baseball. He has an impressive win-loss record and strong pitching stats since 2019. Additionally, in 2021, he excelled…
Welcome back to Top of the Order, where every Tuesday and Friday I’ll be starting your baseball day with some news, notes, and thoughts about the game we love. On Tuesday, I wrote about how the Brewers have been able to leverage largely unheralded depth into an excellent start to their season. In a conversation…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the matchups between Paul Skenes and Shohei Ohtani, Skenes’s skills and weaknesses on the mound and as a showman, the excitement level of different types of strikes, and more. They also talk about Aroldis Chapman’s ability to maintain high pitch speeds, whether the White Sox should be deterred from…
(Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) The New York Yankees hit the jackpot with Aaron Judge. When they drafted him in 2013, they expected him to develop, but probably not to this extent. He is now, easily, a top-two hitter in the game and a true star in MLB’s biggest market. Not only that, but he…
(Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is a privileged man. He not only manages an elite team and has a seemingly endless budget at his disposal, but he gets to manage and watch one of the all-time best in Shohei Ohtani. In a chat with Colin Cowherd, Roberts –…
