5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (570+ words) This is something I think we all know intuitively: as league sizes increase, talent becomes scarcer. In-season, this is reflected in the free agent pool. In a 20-team league, where nearly 500 players might need to be rostered, the pickings are…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (931+ words) This isn’t intended to be a deep dive into these pitchers because we have limited time for the rest of the season. Success can occur with strong skills, luck, or a mix of both. What have they been doing? Is…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1005+ words) fantasy.fangraphs.com OpenCommand, introduced by Doyoung-Tom Kim, is an absolutely incredible open-source dataset that offers a new way to track pitch locations based on target-miss distance, how far a pitch landed from where the pitcher was actually trying to…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1345+ words) I love roster expansion day because the flurry of minor league callups really give deep leaguers multiple opportunities to fill holes. And hey, some of the callups might actually be intriguing enough to give shallow leaguers some players to consider…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (289+ words) One way to preserve a victory for your team: Corbin Burnes is expected to make his season debut on Tuesday versus the Royals. Burnes has missed the entire season recovering from Tommy John surgery. Burnes only had one two inning…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (92+ words) Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – September 2nd, 2026 FanGraphs I can’t believe it’s already September! It feels fast but then when I think back over the season, there’s been SO much that has happened over these first five months. Just a few weeks…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (349+ words) Starting the month off with a robbery! Tommy White left Tuesday’s game with a back injury. He is expected to miss a few days and then hopefully will be able to return. Consider him day-to-day at this time. Lazaro Montes…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (295+ words) Though in-season free-agent pickups will not always save us, take a look at my worst of four NFBC Online Championship (OC) drafts, a 12-team national contest: Let’s review each team’s biggest fantasy bust. Even though there is a month of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1294+ words) Nolan Gorman | 2B/3B STL Gorman actually opened the season as the Cardinals starting third baseman, but poor hitting ultimately resulted in a demotion to the minors in mid-June. He’s back now in a strong side platoon role as the team deals…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1875+ words) Here is today’s chat transcript: Jon Tayler: Looking to add Dylan Beavers ahead of this Coors series, who’s the drop (OBP roto): Pedro Ramirez, Ty France, Bo Bichette or [gulp] Vlad Jr Domingo Ayala: I let go of PCA coming…...