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Jake Mailhot
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Contributor @FanGraphs // Staff Editor @LookoutLanding // Baseball, Star Wars, Dad life (he/him)
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Haha, trying to find a job in this market is going to turn me into the Joker. Really fun stuff!
justinwolfers.bsky.social Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 3d
Every year the BLS does a benchmark revision which incorporates new and more detailed information. This year's revision suggests that 2025 was a far worse year than earlier estimates suggested, and total job growth was less than half that suggested by the initial estimates.
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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The best evidence I’ve seen that the Mariners play down to the worst teams in the league. 😬
mikepetriello.bsky.social Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 4d
I keep seeing from Yankee fans that lineup was only good against 'bad pitching' so, let's test that.

(runs allowed/game, AL teams)
Best 5: TEX, KC, CLE, HOU, BOS
Worst 5: LAA, ATH, BAL, CHW, MIN

As expected, NYY did better against weaker teams. Most do. But .. not by nearly as much as TOR.
February 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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We were so close.
A team of tauntauns drive a hovercart carrying Mando & Grogu across the snowy wastes. The Cerveza Cristal logo appears over the scene.
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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The Super Bowl is over (go Hawks), which means it's time for baseball season! Here's the top half of the spring training @fangraphs.com Power Rankings!

1⃣ LAD #LetsGoDodgers
2⃣ ATL #BravesCountry
3⃣ NYM #LGM
4⃣ SEA #TridentsUp
5⃣ PHI #RingtheBell

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FanGraphs Power Rankings: Spring Training 2026 (No. 1–17)
We cap off our spring training power rankings with a look at the best teams in the majors.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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🚨Marshawn Lynch commercial🚨
"Nothing tastes as good as getting your lick back"
February 9, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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Go Hawks
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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It's time to check in on how all 30 teams are shaping up this spring. Here's the bottom half of the spring training @fangraphs.com Power Rankings.

18. SDP #ForTheFaithful
19. TEX #AllForTX
20. MIN #MNTwins
21. CIN #ATOBTTR
22. ATH #Athletics

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FanGraphs Power Rankings: Spring Training 2026 (No. 18–30)
In the first of our two spring training power rankings pieces, we run through the teams projected to finish below .500.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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This move seemed inevitable as soon as Donovan's name was connected to the M's however many months ago. The only problem was haggling over the details, and if it took the Rays getting involved, so be it.
February 2, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Congrats to @swingsandtakes.com for his phenomenal work on the batter’s eye at T-Mobile for @lookoutlanding.bsky.social. Very well deserved.
buckweaver.bsky.social Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 22d
Congrats to all the finalists for the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards! sabr.org/latest/annou...

Voting for the winners begins next week. Thanks to @baseballprospectus.com, @fangraphs.com, @sportsinfosolutions.com, @ibwaa.bsky.social for their contributions to the selection process.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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#FélixHOF
January 21, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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Good stuff
January 20, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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In Bellingham, the legend of the Copper Hog’s curry poutine is alive and well. So many other lesser restaurants have tried to replicate them but all have failed. The Hog always had the best tap selection too. Watched nearly the entire 2018 World Cup there.
clairewillett.bsky.social Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 27d
Sunday night timeline cleanse

please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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#FélixHOF
jareddiamond.bsky.social Jared Diamond @jareddiamond.bsky.social · 28d
The fact that Félix Hernández, Andy Pettitte and even Cole Hamels could all be Hall-of-Famers at some point is proof that the standards for pitchers in Cooperstown are (understandably) changing.

Thanks to @jayjaffe.bsky.social & @notmrtibbs.com for their help with this.

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The Days of the 300-Win Hall of Famer Are Gone Forever
Shorter starts, fewer victories, and higher earned run averages mean that voters are reconsidering what it takes for pitchers to get into Cooperstown.
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January 18, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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did not expect a @fangraphs.com commenter to cite Fredric Jameson in the comments of a piece on Kyle Tucker's contract but this is a banger.
January 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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If all you're willing to do is say "We're cooked" on a social media site, maybe it is all over.

If you're willing to struggle alongside your friends and neighbors for democracy, then we've got a chance.
January 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Beavers O'Neill was a fur trapper from the 18th century who settled somewhere along the Oregon coast. A monument in his name can still be found near Depot Bay.
dszymborski.fangraphs.com Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · Jan 14
Here's an early look at the ZiPS x @fangraphs.com depth chart for the next team in the ZiPS rundowns, the Baltimore Orioles.
January 14, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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Love to see #FélixHOF name right next to #EdgarHOF
notmrtibbs.com Ryan Thibodaux @notmrtibbs.com · Jan 14
Oops, that's supposed to say +39 for Felix of course.
January 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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January — 2026
The only game the children will play is K-Pop Demon Hunters.
My name is Zoey (and sometimes Derpy, but never Rumi or Mira).

Hobby horses are now “fighters.”

This is my life now.
January 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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It's @ottoneu.com ranking season! @jakemailhot.com and I started w/MI. We'll go through each pos in Jan. For each you get:
My 4x4 Ranks fantasy.fangraphs.com/chad-youngs-...
Jake's FGPTs Ranks fantasy.fangraphs.com/jake-mailhot...
My FGPTs+notes on other formats fantasy.fangraphs.com/chad-youngs-...
Chad Young’s MI Tiered Rankings for 4×4 Ottoneu
As we move into the final weeks before the keeper deadline, it’s time to get our Ottoneu rankings out. Over the next three plus weeks, you’ll get regular rankings articles from me and from Jake…
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January 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Started rolling out my tiered rankings for @ottoneu.com on @fangraphs.com today. First up: middle infielders.

SS and 2B have a pretty steep drop off from the top contributors, a very large middle class, and another steep drop off after you get past #80 or so. fantasy.fangraphs.com/jake-mailhot...
Jake Mailhot’s 2026 Tiered Rankings for Ottoneu Points: Middle Infield
2026 tiered middle infield rankings for Ottoneu points leagues.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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Hi, BlueSky converts. Probably deserves some updating, but here's a list of baseball analytics nerds if that's up your alley.

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January 2, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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In 2025, our girls decided they really liked eggs for breakfast. I, on the other hand, really don’t like eggs at all. But eggs are nutritious and easy to cook in the morning, so my greatest accomplishment last year was learning how to make eggs four ways.
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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#FélixHOF
seattlesports710.bsky.social Seattle Sports @seattlesports710.bsky.social · Dec 31
MLB Network insider Jon Morosi revealed his 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot live on the air with Wyman & Bob, including his vote for the first time for #Mariners legend Félix Hernández.

Morosi explained why Félix made the cut for him this time.

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Seattle Mariners: Morosi adds Félix Hernández to HOF ballot
Jon Morosi revealed his Hall of Fame ballot on Seattle Sports and shared why he voted for Seattle Mariners legend Félix Hernández for the first time.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM