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Effectively Wild Episode 2399: Fixed That (Pitch) for You blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
Effectively Wild Episode 2399: Fixed That (Pitch) for You
Ben and Meg break down the federal indictment of Emmanuel Clase and Luis L. Ortiz, including the documentary and statistical evidence of their alleged pitch-fixing, the implications for the sport and...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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My 2025 National League Rookie of the Year Ballot blogs.fangraphs.com/my-2025-nati...
My 2025 National League Rookie of the Year Ballot
Dan runs down his National League Rookie of the Year ballot.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Carlos Delgado blogs.fangraphs.com/2026-contemp...
2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Carlos Delgado
The longtime Blue Jays and Mets slugger bashed a ton of homers, and — more importantly — used his platform to speak out against injustice.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Hello, Everybody blogs.fangraphs.com/hello-everyb...
Hello, Everybody
I’m excited to cover prospects and the minor leagues in ways that will inform and entertain readers.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I've mostly been rewriting the same talking points every time a new gambling scandal pops up. My feelings haven't changed. I think it's time to look at some realistic ways MLB can get out of the super-specific prop bet business, but this comes first:

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But if there’s an innocent explanation for all this, I’d love to hear it, because the evidence presented in the indictment looks damning. Whether it’s enough to stick in court, I don’t know. I am, to my parents’ everlasting disappointment, not an attorney. I don’t think anyone ought to go to jail for up to 65 years for defrauding sportsbooks of less than half a million dollars, but the criminal repercussions aren’t the most important part of this case anyway. Major League Baseball is not bound by the same standard of proof as the federal government. The former is a corporation that’s interested in protecting its profits and reputation; the latter is imbued by the consent of the people with the legitimate use of force. We know this because MLB suspends and bans players for all kinds of stuff that slips through the cracks of the legal system: PEDs, on-field fights, even things as trivial as spitballs and corked bats. MLB exerts the right to punish employees, including players, for sins against the sport. Barring some shocking revelation that causes the evidence chain presented in the indictment to collapse, only one punishment fits: Lifetime banishment from organized baseball.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Oh hey I ended up having to work tonight. The original title of this column was "Oh great, more gambling shit"
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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RotoGraphs: Early 2025 Hitter Average Bat Speed Risers and Fallers — A Review fantasy.fangraphs.com/early-2025-h...
Early 2025 Hitter Average Bat Speed Risers and Fallers — A Review
Did the bat speed changes stick?
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November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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InstaGraphs: Job Posting: St. Louis Cardinals – Senior Data Scientist blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...
Job Posting: St. Louis Cardinals - Senior Data Scientist
The St. Louis Cardinals are hiring.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz Face Federal Indictment blogs.fangraphs.com/emmanuel-cla...
Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz Face Federal Indictment
MLB can’t countenance the kind of behavior alleged — players rigging bets, and arranging to do so from the ballpark during games — and survive.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Sunday Notes: An Ever-Diligent Daylen Lile Details His Cage Drills blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes...
Sunday Notes: An Ever-Diligent Daylen Lile Details His Cage Drills
Plus Mariners prospect Jonny Farmelo, a Murakami or Sasaki question, the Lou Whitaker snub, remembering Taffy Wright, facts and stats galore, and more.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: November 8, 2025 blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-we...
FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: November 8, 2025
In the latest mailbag, we answer your questions about the rebuilding White Sox, the Two True Outcome Angels, low-spending teams, and more.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Shota Imanaga Has the Chance To Do the Funniest Thing Ever blogs.fangraphs.com/shota-imanag...
Shota Imanaga Has the Chance To Do the Funniest Thing Ever
We’re going to dive deep into the details of one major league contract. We will try not to lose our minds in the process.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Don Mattingly blogs.fangraphs.com/2026-contemp...
2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Don Mattingly
For as iconic as “Donnie Baseball” was, his injury-shortened career left him with numbers far short of Hall of Fame-caliber.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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RotoGraphs: Jake’s Ottoneu Drip in Review fantasy.fangraphs.com/jakes-ottone...
Jake’s Ottoneu Drip in Review
Reviewing the performance of the semi-regular Ottoneu Drip column.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Looking Toward the Future, the Rockies Are Begging for the Past blogs.fangraphs.com/looking-towa...
Looking Toward the Future, the Rockies Are Begging for the Past
Unless Paul DePodesta’s appointment heralds a complete change in organizational structure and philosophy, it is almost certainly doomed to fail.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Effectively Wild Episode 2398: Free Agent Class is in Session blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
Effectively Wild Episode 2398: Free Agent Class is in Session
Ben and Meg banter about the Rockies reportedly hiring Paul DePodesta as their new head of baseball operations, another managerial hiring, MLB’s World Series ratings bonanza, the resurgence of the splitter,...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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InstaGraphs: The Even Newer FanGraphs Mug Is Now Available! blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...
The Even Newer FanGraphs Mug Is Now Available!
We’ve got the very latest version of the FanGraphs Mug now available for sale. Drink your coffee every morning knowing that you have the newest and possibly best mug that we’ve ever sold…
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November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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RosterResource Chat – 11/6/25 blogs.fangraphs.com/rosterresour...
RosterResource Chat - 11/6/25
Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to rosters, playing time, bullpen usage, minor leaguers, payroll, the upcoming offseason, and more.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Dale Murphy blogs.fangraphs.com/2026-contemp...
2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Dale Murphy
Injuries shortened the two-time MVP’s career, but as he’s once again on a ballot that doesn’t lack for heels, his candidacy provokes reflection.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Postseason Managerial Report Card: Dave Roberts blogs.fangraphs.com/postseason-m...
Postseason Managerial Report Card: Dave Roberts
Sorry this is so long. Roberts did a lot of managing.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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RotoGraphs: Ottoneu Position Eligibility Losers fantasy.fangraphs.com/ottoneu-posi...
Ottoneu Position Eligibility Losers
Calling people losers seems unkind, but they did, in fact, lose positional eligibility. Is there a better word to use? Position Eligibility Forfeiters? Decliners? I dunno. I am rolling with losers.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Max Anderson Has Been the Arizona Fall Leagues’s Hottest Hitter blogs.fangraphs.com/max-anderson...
Max Anderson Has Been the Arizona Fall Leagues’s Hottest Hitter
The Detroit Tigers prospect raked during the regular season, and now he is scorching in the desert.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Royals Extend Salvador Perez Into 2027 blogs.fangraphs.com/royals-exten...
Royals Extend Salvador Perez Into 2027
It’s not easy doing what he does under the cloud of a one-year contract. So he’s getting another year.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Ben Clemens Top 50 Free Agents Chat blogs.fangraphs.com/ben-clemens-...
Ben Clemens Top 50 Free Agents Chat
Come chat with Ben about the composition of this year’s list, as well as what to look forward to this offseason.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The Dodgers Dynasty Takes Its Place Among the Greats blogs.fangraphs.com/the-dodgers-...
The Dodgers Dynasty Takes Its Place Among the Greats
The first back-to-back championships in franchise history have elevated the Dodgers into rarefied air.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM