Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News-USA TODAY NETWORK Travis Ice and I have begun early work on the Los Angeles Angels and Sacramento Athletics prospect lists, and because both franchises’ prospects are on the Mesa Solar Sox roster, I spent most of last week seeing whatever game they were playing. At this point in the Fall League,…
Beyond offering the rare clash between number one seeds, this year’s World Series matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees is steeped in baseball history and — as anyone who’s read me over the past two and a half decades knows — is of great personal resonance. The last time the…
Brooklyn-based Jay Jaffe is a senior writer for FanGraphs, the author of The Cooperstown Casebook (Thomas Dunne Books, 2017) and the creator of the JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score) metric for Hall of Fame analysis. He founded the Futility Infielder website (2001), was a columnist for Baseball Prospectus (2005-2012) and a contributing writer for Sports Illustrated…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss Ben’s unexpected appearance and PitchCom theories, review key moments from the end of the ALCS and NLCS, analyze Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton, predict the 2025 futures of the Guardians and Mets, consider the implications of a potential World Series showdown between high-spending teams, preview the Series, and delve…
Brad Penner-Imagn Images I’m trying out a new format for our managerial report cards this postseason. In the past, I went through every game from every manager, whether they played 22 games en route to winning the World Series or got swept out of the Wild Card round. To be honest, I hated writing those…
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(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) The New York Mets were eliminated from the 2024 playoffs in a Game 6 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. Making the NLCS was the furthest the Mets have advanced in the postseason since going to the World Series in 2015. The Mets were…
(Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) The New York Mets were eliminated from the 2024 playoffs after losing Game 6 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. The loss ended a magical run by the Mets, as they were underdogs in both of the series they won, against the Milwaukee Brewers and…
(Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) The 2024 Major League Baseball postseason is down to its final two teams as the New York Yankees will take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. Although most people aren’t surprised by the two teams in the World Series, there were some major upsets this postseason….
(Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) The Los Angeles Dodgers are advancing to the World Series after defeating the New York Mets in the National League Championship Series. Sunday’s game six victory saw the Dodgers take the series four games to two with another blowout of the Mets. Dodgers’ utility player Tommy Edman was named…
