Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat – 6/16/26
Our cups runneth over...
Our cups runneth over...
He's pitching well so far this season, but he's no longer a massive historical outlier.
Oneil Cruz works a walk.
One year after returning from Tommy John surgery, Shohei Ohtani has helped stabilize the Dodgers pitching staff.
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about baseball’s time to shine after the NBA/NHL seasons and a structural difference between basketball and baseball, Jacob Misiorowski achieving escape velocity and entering the deGrom Zone (and a change he’s made that may matter more than his increased speed), the impending posting of red-hot Teruaki Sato, the losers […]
The Marlins jump 10 spots in this week's FanGraphs Power Rankings.
After a spectacular weekend of sports, let's reconnect with baseball, and probably talk World Cup too.
The seven-time All-Star and likely future Hall of Famer has landed on the injured list for the first time since late 2019.
I hear Nick Castellanos is looking for work again…
Specifically, it's 32% harder.
Plus Skip Schumaker on hitting deGrom and Eovaldi, Craig Albernaz on bunting, a Jacob Misiorowski-José Fernández game comp, Cotton Nash, facts and stats galore, and more.
This week, we answer your questions on 30/30 seasons, the teams with the greatest gap between player WAR and actual team wins, bases-loaded walks, and more...
Tarik Skubal is the latest athlete to return to play faster than anticipated thanks to a new surgical technique or technology. But there’s something even better than coming back more quickly from an injury: avoiding an injury in the first place. Can injury prevention be improved as much as injury treatment? In this themed episode, […]
The Atlanta Braves right-hander is moving better on the mound and throwing fewer sinkers.
Back from taping the new season of Iron Chef: America, Eric is here to chew on your prospect queries.
Minnesota's system is deep with volatile players who are risky either for a skill-based reason or due to injury.
This weekend's A's-Rockies series is taking place in one of the most extreme offensive environments imaginable.
Machado’s job isn’t to get in the lab and find new insights using bat tracking data. His job is to hit the ball and catch the ball.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, please visit our Patreon. Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the listener response to their conversation with Adrian Chiles, newly minted major leaguer LuJames Groover, and a big Giants comeback (in defiance of the team’s historically walk-averse ways), then (21:25) answer listener […]
Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to rosters, playing time, bullpen usage, minor leaguers, payroll, and more.
After multiple injuries including two Tommy John surgeries, not to mention a rough start to this season, the 28-year-old righty is on a roll.
Full-on summer weather is here, and Szym is 40% crankier than normal.
The RosterResource Closer Depth Chart has even more data this year.
I'm sleepy.
In this vast and mysterious and ungovernable sport of ours, we often search for answers and come back with nothing but a set of more difficult questions. This is not one of those cases.