Tag: MLB news
Enhanced Player Pages Now Include Pitch Modeling Data in Game Logs
Over the last year, we’ve put a lot of effort into improving our player pages, which underwent a full redesign in June. When we updated the player page navigation as part of that redesign, we included pitch modeling in the season stats. Earlier this week, we announced the beta of our Membership-only player page dashboard…
Detroit’s Bullpen is Silencing Opposing Offenses with Shutout Innings
Relief pitching is hard work. More than that, it’s work whose difficulty builds on itself. If you’re covering a single inning in a single game, you can use your best reliever. Second inning? You’ll need your second-best guy, and so on. Second day in a row? Now your best relievers are tired. Third day in…
Impactful Episode 2215 of Effectively Wild: Explosive Results
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss a Carlos Estévez prediction cold case, share a baseball-sicko experience prompted by the band Hinds’s new single, put actors on baseball-movie Mount Rushmore (in honor of the late, great, James Earl Jones), scrutinize two suggestions for HBP policing, assess the risks and history of ceremonial first pitches, Nora Ephron’s…
Justin Verlander appears unlikely to be a postseason choice for the Astros
Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Justin Verlander struggled on Sunday against the Diamondbacks in Houston. The 41-year-old retired just nine of the 19 batters he faced, allowing eight runs in three innings. This was one of the worst starts of his 19-year career and part of a larger trend of struggles since returning from injury. As surprising…
Ben Clemens Discusses Baseball on FanGraphs Chat – September 10, 2024
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Interview with Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Joey Loperfido on his approach to batting
Statistically speaking, Joey Loperfido has gotten off to slow start in his major league career. Over his first 222 plate appearances, the lefty-hitting outfielder is slashing just .229/.281/.371 with four home runs and an 86 wRC+. Those numbers are split fairly evenly between two organizations; the 25-year-old Loperfido was traded from the Houston Astros to…
Analysis of the Waiver Wire: Part Two of our Top-Lineup Series
Welcome back to Top of the Order Every Tuesday and Friday I’ll be starting your baseball day with some news, notes, and thoughts about the game we love. The final stretch of the season is now upon us, and it sure is going to be fun. The Orioles and Yankees are jockeying for the AL…
Race Against Time: Gavin Stone, Jeff McNeil, and Other Contenders Rush to Make Their Return
We’re running out of season. With the field of contenders winnowed to the point that only two teams have Playoff Odds between 8% and 80%, much of the intrigue beyond jockeying for seeding concerns a race against the clock. Players have only so much time to recover from injuries, particularly new ones, and so some…
FanGraphs Weekly Power Rankings: September 3–8
Complete Power Rankings Rank Team Record Elo Opponent Elo Playoff Odds Power Score Δ 1 Dodgers 86-57 1586 1495 100.0% 1622 0 Tier 1 – The Best of the Best Dodgers: The Dodgers won their weekend series against the Guardians and claimed the best record in baseball. Shohei Ohtani inched ever closer to the 50-50…