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It’s Hard to Bunt a Curveball
Specifically, it's 32% harder.
Sunday Notes: Jake Burger Is a Diehard Tottenham Fan Watching the World Cup
Plus Skip Schumaker on hitting deGrom and Eovaldi, Craig Albernaz on bunting, a Jacob Misiorowski-José Fernández game comp, Cotton Nash, facts and stats galore, and more.
FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: June 13, 2026
This week, we answer your questions on 30/30 seasons, the teams with the greatest gap between player WAR and actual team wins, bases-loaded walks, and more...
Effectively Wild Episode 2491: How Not to Get Hurt
Tarik Skubal is the latest athlete to return to play faster than anticipated thanks to a new surgical technique or technology. But there’s something even better than coming back more quickly from an injury: avoiding an injury in the first place. Can injury prevention be improved as much as injury treatment? In this themed episode, […]
Adversity Begetting Change, Bryce Elder Has Adapted His Arsenal and Approach
The Atlanta Braves right-hander is moving better on the mound and throwing fewer sinkers.
Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat: 6/12/26
Back from taping the new season of Iron Chef: America, Eric is here to chew on your prospect queries.
Minnesota Twins Top 50 Prospects
Minnesota's system is deep with volatile players who are risky either for a skill-based reason or due to injury.
Baseball On The Moon
This weekend's A's-Rockies series is taking place in one of the most extreme offensive environments imaginable.
Manny Are Called, Few Are Hit
Machado’s job isn’t to get in the lab and find new insights using bat tracking data. His job is to hit the ball and catch the ball.
Effectively Wild Episode 2490: Hogging the Spotlight
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, please visit our Patreon. Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the listener response to their conversation with Adrian Chiles, newly minted major leaguer LuJames Groover, and a big Giants comeback (in defiance of the team’s historically walk-averse ways), then (21:25) answer listener […]
RosterResource Chat – 6/11/26
Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to rosters, playing time, bullpen usage, minor leaguers, payroll, and more.
Dustin May Is Finally Having His Day
After multiple injuries including two Tommy John surgeries, not to mention a rough start to this season, the 28-year-old righty is on a roll.
Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 6/11/26
Full-on summer weather is here, and Szym is 40% crankier than normal.
FanGraphs Feature Focus: Closer Depth Chart
The RosterResource Closer Depth Chart has even more data this year.
The Early Shift: Big Big Baby
I'm sleepy.
A New Bleday Is Dawning
In this vast and mysterious and ungovernable sport of ours, we often search for answers and come back with nothing but a set of more difficult questions. This is not one of those cases.
Taylor Ward? More Like Taylor Walk
Ward's transition from home run hitter to on-base specialist is a sight to behold.
One Challenge After Another for Matt McLain
The Reds infielder, who recorded an ABS first on Monday, has only intermittently recaptured his pre-injury form.
ZiPS Time Warp: Andrew McCutchen
Cutch may catch on with another team, but his career is clearly in the gloaming.
Rico Garcia Has Been Excelling Out of the Orioles Bullpen
The 32-year-old journeyman reliever has a better understanding of his mechanics, but does that explain his out-of-the-blue success?
Do Catchers Challenge Well Where They Frame Well?
Wow, what a juicy piece of clickbait. Should you click it? I guess you'll just have to click it to find out that the answer is no. Oh, dang it.
Effectively Wild Episode 2489: Baseball: Better Late Than Never
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the bunt’s rehabilitation and (17:49) the President publicly picking a side in MLB’s labor battle, then talk to two guests about falling in love with and learning about baseball as adults. First (32:35), beloved BBC presenter and The Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles breaks his baseball silence to expound […]
The White Sox Are in the Midst of An Impressive Turnaround
Two years after losing a record 121 games, Chicago is not only above .500 but contending for a playoff spot.
Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 6/9/26
Come chat about prospects, baseball, the World Cup, and whatever else is on your mind.
Braxton Ashcraft Flummoxes the Multitudes
They say you can’t survive as a big league starter without an off-speed pitch. As with all aphorisms, there are exceptions.