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Merry Christmas everyone!

Yesterday, we kicked off our Best of 2025 series. Through the end of next week, we'll be republishing our favorite FanGraphs stories of the year:
December 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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RotoGraphs: Mining the News (12/24/25) fantasy.fangraphs.com/mining-the-n...
Mining the News (12/24/25)
A pre-holiday update.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Pirates Make Their Largest Position Player Free Agent Signing in Franchise History blogs.fangraphs.com/pirates-make...
Pirates Make Their Largest Position Player Free Agent Signing in Franchise History
A proven left-handed bat who can be a strong role player in the right fit, O’Hearn joins a Pittsburgh team that had the majors’ worst-scoring offense in 2025.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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InstaGraphs: Job Posting: Washington Nationals – Player Valuation Specialist, Pro Acquisitions blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...
Job Posting: Washington Nationals - Player Valuation Specialist, Pro Acquisitions
The Washington Nationals are hiring.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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InstaGraphs: Job Posting: Houston Astros – Staff Identification Program blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...
Job Posting: Houston Astros - Staff Identification Program
The Houston Astros are hiring.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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RotoGraphs: Starting Pitcher 2026 Fantasy Rankings fantasy.fangraphs.com/starting-pit...
Starting Pitcher 2026 Fantasy Rankings
My first look at the dynamic pitching pool that offers many paths to success…
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December 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Effectively Wild Episode 2418: The Challenge System Challenge blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
Effectively Wild Episode 2418: The Challenge System Challenge
Ben Lindbergh, Craig Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus, and Joe Sheehan of The Joe Sheehan Baseball Newsletter break down teams’ last-minute Christmas shopping—including the White Sox signing Munetaka...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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And the 2025 Kit Keller Award Goes To… blogs.fangraphs.com/and-the-2025...
And the 2025 Kit Keller Award Goes To…
High fastballs: Can’t hit ’em, can’t lay off ’em.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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JAWS and the 2026 Hall of Fame Ballot: Edwin Encarnación blogs.fangraphs.com/jaws-and-the...
JAWS and the 2026 Hall of Fame Ballot: Edwin Encarnación
Miscast as a third baseman, he emerged as one of the game’s top sluggers — and something of a social media sensation — upon moving to a first base/DH role.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat – 12/23/25 blogs.fangraphs.com/jay-jaffe-fa...
Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat – 12/23/25
Limit 1 grievance per participant in celebration of Festivus.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Chicago White Sox Top 37 Prospects blogs.fangraphs.com/chicago-whit...
Chicago White Sox Top 37 Prospects
This is quite a top-heavy system that could see most of its 50-FV players graduate in the coming season.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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RotoGraphs: Ottoneu: Chad’s 2026 Keep or Cut Decisions at MI fantasy.fangraphs.com/ottoneu-chad...
Ottoneu: Chad’s 2026 Keep or Cut Decisions at MI
We’re now onto the fourth installment of our Keep or Cut decisions series. Jake has offered up his tough choices at CI/C and MI, I covered CI/C last week so now it is my turn to discuss MI. Usually…
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December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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RotoGraphs: Festivus For The Rest Of Us fantasy.fangraphs.com/festivus-for...
Festivus For The Rest Of Us
In celebration of Festivus, Justin Mason airs his grievances!
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December 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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2026 ZiPS Projections: Boston Red Sox blogs.fangraphs.com/2026-zips-pr...
2026 ZiPS Projections: Boston Red Sox
At least according to ZiPS, the Red Sox have a roster that ought to have them competing with the best in the AL.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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RotoGraphs: First Base 2026 Fantasy Rankings fantasy.fangraphs.com/first-base-2...
First Base 2026 Fantasy Rankings
Ranking season has begun!
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December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Jeff McNeil Bound for Sacramento as Metsodus Continues blogs.fangraphs.com/jeff-mcneil-...
Jeff McNeil Bound for Sacramento as Metsodus Continues
“Meet the Mets” might be more than a song. They’re going to have to spend the first week of camp wearing name tags and doing icebreakers.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Cardinals, Red Sox Link up Again in Willson Contreras Trade blogs.fangraphs.com/cardinals-re...
Cardinals, Red Sox Link up Again in Willson Contreras Trade
The rebuild continues in St. Louis, while Boston snags the slugging infielder it needs.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Omar Vizquel and Francisco Rodríguez blogs.fangraphs.com/jaws-and-the...
JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Omar Vizquel and Francisco Rodríguez
The last of this cycle’s multi-candidate roundups is the heaviest, covering two candidates who have been connected to multiple incidents of domestic violence.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Creating a Projection for Munetaka Murakami blogs.fangraphs.com/creating-a-p...
Creating a Projection for Munetaka Murakami
Allow me to walk you through the steps as I create an MLB projection for the Yakult Swallows superstar.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Phillies, Royals Swap Relievers blogs.fangraphs.com/phillies-roy...
Phillies, Royals Swap Relievers
Contending teams rarely line up for a trade, but here’s why this deal makes sense for both Philadelphia and Kansas City.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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RotoGraphs: Ottoneu: Jake’s 2026 Keep or Cut Decisions at MI fantasy.fangraphs.com/ottoneu-jake...
Ottoneu: Jake’s 2026 Keep or Cut Decisions at MI
Evaluating a handful of tough keep or cut decisions at the middle infield positions.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Development Remains, but Cam Collier Is Getting Closer to Cincinnati blogs.fangraphs.com/development-...
Development Remains, but Cam Collier Is Getting Closer to Cincinnati
The 21-year-old corner infield prospect has a bright future if he can smooth out some of his rough edges.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Cincinnati Reds Top 39 Prospects blogs.fangraphs.com/cincinnati-r...
Cincinnati Reds Top 39 Prospects
The Reds system is a shade below average on pure talent and will probably fall into the bottom 10 throughout 2026 due to many of their best prospects graduating.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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RotoGraphs: Jorge Polanco is a New York Met fantasy.fangraphs.com/jorge-polanc...
Jorge Polanco is a New York Met
Is the park switch a positive or negative?
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December 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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RotoGraphs: Shortstop 2026 Fantasy Rankings fantasy.fangraphs.com/shortstop-20...
Shortstop 2026 Fantasy Rankings
Santa hasn’t arrived yet, but Justin Mason has an early gift under the tree in his initial shortstop ranks for the 2026 season!
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December 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM