Ben Lindbergh blogs.fangraphs.com Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Team USA’s WBC quarterfinal and semifinal victories and Jose Altuve’s injury, then continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the New York Yankees (28:17) with Brendan Kuty of The Athletic, and the Washington Nationals (1:06:41) with Jesse Dougherty of […]
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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat – 3/20/23
Ben Clemens blogs.fangraphs.com All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Mitchel Lichtman All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy […]
Prospect Report: Giants 2023 Imminent Big Leaguers
Eric Longenhagen and Tess Taruskin blogs.fangraphs.com Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Below is an evaluation of the prospects in the San Francisco Giants farm system who readers should consider “imminent big leaguers,” players who might reasonably be expected to play in the majors at some point this year. This includes all […]
2023 Positional Power Rankings: Catcher
Dan Szymborski blogs.fangraphs.com Kevin Sousa-USA TODAY Sports Earlier today, Meg Rowley introduced this year’s positional power rankings. As a quick refresher, all 30 teams are ranked based on the projected WAR from our Depth Charts. Our staff then endeavors to provide you with some illuminating commentary to put those rankings […]
Jurickson Profar Finds a Taker: A Perplexing Rockies Squad
Alex Eisert blogs.fangraphs.com Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports The last domino in our top 50 free agent rankings finally fell Sunday morning, with Jon Heyman breaking the news of Jurickson Profar’s one-year, $7.75 million pact with the Rockies. The ex-Padres outfielder can earn an additional $1 million through incentives. While I […]