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In an attempt to work more Actual Writing into my FanGraphs Super-Utlityman toolkit, I dove into the Angels' possibilities at the deadline:

FanGraphs Baseball@fangraphs.com · 3w ago

Calling At Least Some Angels: Three Trade Deadline Options for the Halos blogs.fangraphs.com/calling-at-l...

The Passan/Staff show this week was one of the better deconstructions of the pitfalls and use cases for AI chatbots I’ve seen and I think folks should watch it youtu.be/UvtBxhEzpjM

Does AI Know Ball? | Sources Tell Jeff Passan

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Today’s Feature Focus is on the just-updated Minor League Leaderboards:

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FanGraphs Feature Focus: Minor League Leaderboards blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-fe...

Amazing headline, whoever thought of it must be very smart and also single

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Binging With Bradish: The Orioles Add Five Years of Kyle to the Menu blogs.fangraphs.com/binging-with...

RosterResource Live Chat with me and @jon-becker.com starts in 20 minutes over at FanGraphs. The queue is open for questions ... blogs.fangraphs.com/rosterresour...

On the day I would like to preënter 300 names in the RosterResource database ahead of the draft, FanGraphs' most fun yearly distraction has dropped:

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The Crowdsourced Trade Value Tool Is Back blogs.fangraphs.com/the-crowdsou...

Putting out an open invite here bc Twitter hates links and none of my irl friends read, apparently, so if you’d like to be friends on Goodreads, here you go (I’m only gonna accept from people I actually know but you can peruse what I read all you like):

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Putting out an open invite here bc Twitter hates links and none of my irl friends read, apparently, so if you’d like to be friends on Goodreads, here you go (I’m only gonna accept from people I actually know but you can peruse what I read all you like):

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RosterResource Chat - 7/2/26

Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to rosters, playing time, bullpen usage, minor leaguers, payroll, and more.

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Jason RR Martinez (FanGraphs/RosterResource)@rosterresource.fangraphs.com · 2mo ago

RosterResource Live Chat with me and @jon-becker.com starts in 20 minutes over at FanGraphs. The queue is open for questions ... blogs.fangraphs.com/rosterresour...

RosterResource Live Chat with me and @jon-becker.com starts in 20 minutes over at FanGraphs. The queue is open for questions ... blogs.fangraphs.com/rosterresour...

RosterResource Chat - 7/2/26

Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to rosters, playing time, bullpen usage, minor leaguers, payroll, and more.

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FanGraphs Baseball@fangraphs.com · 2mo ago

RosterResource Chat – 7/2/26 blogs.fangraphs.com/rosterresour...

Thrilled to pen the writeup for the official launch of the leaderboard and player page heat maps at @fangraphs.com!

FanGraphs Baseball@fangraphs.com · 2mo ago

A New Heat Maps Feature for Members Is Now Active! blogs.fangraphs.com/heat-maps-ar...

Today's Feature Focus is on your one-stop shop for comparing team payrolls:

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FanGraphs Feature Focus: Payroll Breakdown blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-fe...

Eh I would much much rather the city make an investment in reaping more money that can then be used on (hypothetical) improvements to things than give the same amount of money to a PE firm, like the cost of parking itself is extremely secondary here imo

Eric Allix Rogers@ericallixrogers.com · 2mo ago

I am worried that the political support for the city paying $3.5B to buy back the parking meters would vaporize if people realized that it was not going to cause meter rates to go down.

Updated Coaches Table at @fangraphs.com with the Mets making their managerial change: fangraphs.com/roster-resou...

RosterResource - Coaches Table | FanGraphs Baseball

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Just get to the part where the owners remember their national TV rights deal only runs through 2028 and they'll have to negotiate a new one on the back of the lockout, this is taking forever.

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿/𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 •Corey Seager activated from 7-Day IL •Cody Freeman (herniated disc) placed on 10-Day IL Roster/depth chart: fangraphs.com/roster-resou... Lineups vsR/vsL: fangraphs.com/roster-resou...

2026 Texas Rangers Depth Chart | RosterResource | FanGraphs Baseball

2026 Texas Rangers MLB Depth Charts updated daily with the latest transactions, roster moves, injury list, lineups, probable starting pitchers, and minor league players

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𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿/𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 •INF/OF Zack Gelof placed on 10-Day IL •INF Alika Williams recalled Roster/depth chart: fangraphs.com/roster-resou... Projected lineups vsR/vsL: fangraphs.com/roster-resou...

2026 Athletics Depth Chart | RosterResource | FanGraphs Baseball

2026 Athletics MLB Depth Charts updated daily with the latest transactions, roster moves, injury list, lineups, probable starting pitchers, and minor league players

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Today's Feature Focus: a reminder that we have college data!

FanGraphs Baseball@fangraphs.com · 2mo ago

FanGraphs Feature Focus: College Stats blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-fe...

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗵 𝗣𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿/𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 •1B Spencer Horwitz placed on 10-day IL •INF Jack Brannigan recalled from minors Roster/depth chart: fangraphs.com/roster-resou... Proj. lineups vsR/vsL: fangraphs.com/roster-resou...

2026 Pittsburgh Pirates Depth Chart | RosterResource | FanGraphs Baseball

2026 Pittsburgh Pirates MLB Depth Charts updated daily with the latest transactions, roster moves, injury list, lineups, probable starting pitchers, and minor league players

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𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿/𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 •RP Steven Matz (sprained ankle) placed on 15-day IL •RP Michael Grove recalled Roster: fangraphs.com/roster-resou... Injury Report: fangraphs.com/roster-resou... 📷: Julio Aguilar/Getty Images

The State of FanGraphs 2026 blogs.fangraphs.com/the-state-of...

The State of FanGraphs 2026

With FanGraphs’ 21st anniversary later this summer, an update on where the site stands.

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Had a great time helping Matt with research here, even if my computer's memory would beg to differ

Matt Martell@mattmartell.fangraphs.com · 2mo ago

What factors do players consider when deciding to challenge a pitch? How are managers and front offices shaping their team's ABS strategy? Over the first 12 weeks of the season, I spoke with 40 people from 9 different teams to understand how they are approaching ABS. My story for @fangraphs.com:

[whispers] I am perfectly fine with and perhaps entirely in favor of the HRD change. Also, “I personally don’t like this thing” is not the same thing as “this is objectively worse” because there is no objectivity here, but I would assume there was some level of player/fan feedback here

it is rare that a player I have literally never heard of gets called up but a 26-year-old former 19th-rounder hitting below the Mendoza line in A-ball just got called up

Today’s Feature Focus is on a really fun tool for narrative-building:

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FanGraphs Feature Focus: WAR Graphs blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-fe...

I think my editors will yell at me but I’d like to level up my writing by using diaereses., The New Yorker really cooks with that one. Coöperation, reënter, preëxisting, things of that nature

RosterResource Live Chat with me and @jon-becker.com starts in 20 minutes over at FanGraphs. The queue is open for questions ... blogs.fangraphs.com/rosterresour...

RosterResource Chat - 6/11/26

Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to rosters, playing time, bullpen usage, minor leaguers, payroll, and more.

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FanGraphs Baseball@fangraphs.com · 2mo ago

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Today's Feature Focus is on the Closer Depth Chart, which has some additions this year:

FanGraphs Baseball@fangraphs.com · 2mo ago

FanGraphs Feature Focus: Closer Depth Chart blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-fe...

Today’s Feature Focus is on live up-to-the-minute stats, with a hat tip to @timkellysports.bsky.social for reminding me (unbeknownst to him!) that we had WAR updating instantaneously:

FanGraphs Baseball@fangraphs.com · 2mo ago

FanGraphs Feature Focus: Live Stats blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-fe...