cluckett 12:59 PM There are reports that a lot of free agents are being offered 1 year deals because of the uncertainty, but there are also reports that teams aren’t interested in trading for guys with 1 year remaining because of the uncertainty. How does this make sense?
Dan Szymborski 12:01 PM And we are alive! I actually have this open as an open chat, I think, rather than a stricter Q&A. Think of it as an experiment
Jake Bloss is looking to rebound after two years of frustration. A Top 100 prospect beginning with our midseason update in 2024 — he ranked 82nd with a 50 FV — the 25-year-old right-hander made his major league debut with the Houston Astros that June before being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. He subsequently landed…
With another season in the books, it looks like it’s going to be a long winter. The good news is that for certain flavors of sicko, this is when the real action happens. Welcome to We Tried Season. In case you’ve forgotten, We Tried is the catch-all term for when a player signs with one team and another team…
This post is part of a series covering the 2027 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Managers/Umpires/Executives ballot, which includes candidates in those categories who made their greatest impact from 1980 to the present. You’ll find an introduction to the ballot here . The eight candidates will be voted on in San…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Andrew Friedman’s comments about the Brewers, non-baseball historical comps for Pat Murphy’s unprecedented third consecutive Manager of the Year Award, and what it would take for him to extend the streak to four. Then (27:17) Meg breaks down her NL Rookie of the Year ballot…
In the days before the 2021-22 lockout, there was an unprecedented leaguewide free agent spending bacchanal that set high expectations for this November. On Tuesday night, the Detroit Tigers showed up to the party and picked the first canapé off the tray, signing reliever Emilio Pagán to a one-year, $11 million…
There was a spark in the hot stove yesterday when Emilio Pagán signed with the Tigers, but it’s still pretty early in the offseason and not too much has happened. On Monday, I examined how the early 2027 projections viewed the bottom 15 teams in baseball. Today, I’ll take a look at the clubs projected to finish with a…
Julio Rodríguez only made one five-star catch this year. Well, that’s not entirely true. Rodríguez is indeed credited with making only one five-star play this year, but as you can see, it wasn’t a catch.
Every now and then, something takes place in a major league baseball game that causes my inbox to light up. That’s what happened on October 4, when then-Padres first baseman Ty France hit a towering fly ball down the left field line during Game 1 of the NLDS at American Family Field. The ballpark has a retractable…
The fences moved in, and Michael Wacha felt the pinch. The right-hander allowed exactly twice as many home runs in 2026 as he did in the prior year, and the obvious place to look is the ballpark. Kansas City pulled the Kauffman Stadium fences in by enough to turn it from one of the toughest places to leave the yard…
Brendan Gawlowski 11:01 AM Hello everybody. Little bit of housekeeping: I think the Blue Jays list is going to run tomorrow. It might be Thursday but either way, we're on deck for a list. Braves will be close behind, either Friday or early next week I suspect. Rangers and Red Sox pretty close to done as well.
One story ends, another begins. The Milwaukee Brewers have hoisted the 2026 World Series trophy and earned an offseason of rest, but for the ZiPS projection system, there is no winter respite. The 2027 season is (hopefully) just around the corner, and as has been the case every year going back to 2005, it’s time to…
As awards season bores its way on to the baseball offseason calendar, we thought we’d take a moment to spotlight some guys who won’t get any of the love in those categories but had tremendous seasons nonetheless.
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