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Sunday Notes: A Burdened Backstop No More, Ike Irish Aims to Bash in Baltimore
Plus Reid Easterly's education, Mike Chernoff on Cleveland's potential postseason boost, Bryan Hudson on getting back in sync, Zyhir Hope on simplicity, facts and stats galore, and more.
Drew Rasmussen Does Very Rude Things to the Yankees in ALDS Game 1
The Rays right-hander carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning as Tampa Bay silenced New York in the series opener.
Skubal Shoves, Teoscar Slugs: Dodgers Out-Homer Braves in NLDS Game 1
Turns out it's better start Tarik Skubal than to go with a bullpen game.
Taylor Made: White Sox Shut Out Guardians To Capture Game 1
A blast and a bloop were all the run scoring Chicago needed today.
Welcome to the 2026 Arizona Fall League: Scouting Prep and Preview
The Arizona Fall League gets underway today. Dive deep on the league's famous players, potential dudes, statistical performers, and guys with key offseason roster situations.
Postseason Manager Report Cards: Craig Counsell and Don Mattingly
The Cubs and Phillies are done for 2026 after losing in the Wild Card round. How did the managers do?
FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: October 3, 2026
What's the ideal playoff format? Is God fixing the postseason for the White Sox? Is it better to have elite hitting and bad pitching or vice versa in October? And more...
Effectively Wild Episode 2539: BAC in Action
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, please visit our Patreon. Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley tease their first playoff livestream and banter about a listener suggestion for how to refer to a postseason that spans multiple months, Jason Benetti’s relationship with Liberty Biberty (including a real-time text exchange), the […]
I-90 Blue Bloods Clash: Guardians vs. White Sox ALDS Preview
The upstart Pale Hose are riding a wave of celebratory suds into Cleveland, where three great pitchers and a surprisingly strong post-deadline offense await.
Toppling the Juggernaut: Dodgers vs. Braves NLDS Preview
The Braves have a tall task ahead of them as they try to take down the Dodgers in the NLDS.
The Super Specific Matchups That Could Determine Each Division Series
You know the superstars at the top of the call sheet. But what about the minute, in-the-weeds factors that will shape the course of history?
What Could Go Wrong? Brewers vs. Padres NLDS Preview
Someone has to lose. Here are a few ways that each team might come up short in an exciting divisional series.
The Battle of the Navy Blue Teams of the East: Rays vs. Yankees ALDS Preview
One team is going to win. Both teams will definitely be blue.
Cade Smith Found the Sweet Spot on a Lethal, Low-Spin Splitter
Brad Goldberg and Caleb Longshore helped the Cleveland closer develop one of baseball's best pitches.
Job Posting: St. Louis Cardinals – Multiple Openings
The St. Louis Cardinals are hiring.
Job Posting: Cleveland Guardians – 2027 Baseball Technology Fellowship
The Cleveland Guardians are hiring.
These Braves Are Bound for Glory: Kerr, Harris Punch Ticket to NLDS
This game might not have been as dramatic and thrilling as the first two chapters of the series (or a locomotive hijacking, for that matter), but it gets the Braves on a charter to Los Angeles all the same.
Members Only Game Thread- Phillies vs Braves
We're back for a game thread for this double-elimination game!
Job Posting: Kansas City Royals – Multiple Openings
The Kansas City Royals are hiring.
Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 10/1/26
Szym tries -- and possibly fails -- to use new chat software.
Rubbing Some Dirt on It Isn’t Working for the Orioles
Baltimore's vaunted core is depleted, at least partly because of the way the team has handled injuries.
Padres Grind Through Cubs, Advance to NLDS
A poised Friars squad made quick work of Chicago's potent offense.
Yankees Bomb Red Sox Out of the Bronx, Postseason
For the second night in a row, a Yankees starter stifled the Red Sox, and their offense broke the game open late.
Effectively Wild Episode 2538: No Time Like Late September
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about “October” as a (somewhat imprecise) metonym for the playoffs and the popularity of postseason coverage, praise the Yankees’ pitcher-averse roster construction, recap the highlights and lowlights from the first wild card games, ponder the possibility of pushing relievers too far, answer a listener email about the impact of […]
Two Huge Innings Catapult White Sox Into ALDS
First-inning Houston flubs, a Chase Meidroth homer, and a Herculean Jordan Hicks outing keyed the victory.