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Dynasty 500: October 2026 by Bret Sayre (@BretSayreBP) baseballprospectus.com/fanta…

Dynasty 500: October 2026 | Baseball Prospectus

A meteoric rise ... to the No. 2 spot.

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The Three Trades of Freddy Peralta by Jarrett Seidler (@jaseidler) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

The Three Trades of Freddy Peralta | Baseball Prospectus

December 9, 2015: Seattle Mariners trade RHP Freddy Peralta, RHP Daniel Missaki, and RHP Carlos Herrera to Milwaukee Brewers for 1B Adam Lind. This was a nothing trade at the time it happened. Lind...

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World Series Preview: Never Before Seen by Bryan Grosnick (@bgrosnick) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

World Series Preview: Never Before Seen | Baseball Prospectus

One team is going to taste victory for the first time. The other will have felt defeat before.

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Has The Zombie Runner Ruined the Pythagorean Winning Percentage? by Rob Mains (@Cran_Boy) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Has The Zombie Runner Ruined the Pythagorean Winning Percentage? | Baseball Prospectus

On May 18, the Mets and Nationals were tied after nine innings in Washington, 5-5. Neither team scored in the tenth and both scored a run in the 11th. The Mets exploded for 10 runs in the top of the...

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Choices, Choices by Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Choices, Choices | Baseball Prospectus

The Milwaukee Brewers have a difficult decision on their hands. Brandon Woodruff, one of the team’s best starters and past postseason heroes, hasn’t pitched in a game since the Fourth of July, an...

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Requiem for a Team: Cleveland Guardians by Justin Klugh baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Requiem for a Team: Cleveland Guardians | Baseball Prospectus

Picture eight pitchers on a milk carton, then say it three times fact.

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Jo Adell, Cleanup Guy by Matthew Trueblood baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Jo Adell, Cleanup Guy | Baseball Prospectus

The plucky Guardians played a great Wild Card Series against the Rays in 2022. It was a sweep, but it was hard-won. They took the first contest 2-1, and the two teams were scoreless for the first 14...

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Rays Put It All Together, Advance to World Series by Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Rays Put It All Together, Advance to World Series | Baseball Prospectus

As the standard festivities preceding Game 6 of the ALCS wound down, cameras projected clouds of blue light against the white canvas of Tropicana Field’s dome overhead. For those who don’t get to...

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Who’s the Best Defensive Center Fielder in Baseball? by Mark Simon (@MarkASimonSays) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Who's the Best Defensive Center Fielder in Baseball? | Baseball Prospectus

It's not an easy question to answer, no matter how much you want it to be.

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Rays, Guardians Play Good Baseball Game by Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Rays, Guardians Play Good Baseball Game | Baseball Prospectus

One of the problems with baseball, what makes it map a little less cleanly onto real life than the aphorists would like, is that it’s a zero-sum enterprise. Every game, every inning, every pitch is...

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ALCS Game 4 Preview: Rays vs. Guardians by Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

ALCS Game 4 Preview: Rays vs. Guardians | Baseball Prospectus

Tampa Bay Rays (1) at Cleveland Guardians (2), 6:00 PM ET TB: Nick Martinez (15-6, 3.10 ERA, 116 DRA-) CLE: Johnny Wholestaff (36-26, 3.54 ERA, 94 DRA-) Nick Martínez gave up two runs in 3 ⅔ innings...

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Three Common Processes of the LCS Team Front Offices by Jarrett Seidler (@jaseidler) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Three Common Processes of the LCS Team Front Offices | Baseball Prospectus

Last month, I ranked all 30 MLB front offices. It so happens that the teams I ranked in the top four spots—the Brewers, Dodgers, Rays, and Guardians—are the four teams left in the playoff tournament...

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ALCS Game 3 Preview: Rays vs. Guardians by Rob Mains (@Cran_Boy) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

ALCS Game 3 Preview: Rays vs. Guardians | Baseball Prospectus

Tampa Bay Rays (1) at Cleveland Guardians (2), 1:00 PM ET TB: Griffin Jax (8-10, 3.53 ERA, 81 DRA-) CLE: Gavin Williams (14-8, 3.76 ERA, 69 DRA-) This has been a rough postseason for legendary...

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MLB Makes an Offer Players Might Not Refuse by Marc Normandin (@Marc_Normandin) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

MLB Makes an Offer Players Might Not Refuse | Baseball Prospectus

Major League Baseball, continuing with its trend from the rest of the year, made its most recent bargaining proposal to the Players Association public with a detailed explanation at the league’s...

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Tampa Bay Has Its Own Approach to Bullpen Days by Matthew Trueblood baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Tampa Bay Has Its Own Approach to Bullpen Days | Baseball Prospectus

We’ve gotten the one outlier out of the way. Freddy Peralta started for the Rays in Game 2 of the ALCS, but that was the only blip of the first five games in this set. In Game 1, Drew Rasmussen got...

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Playoff Bunting, So Hot Right Now by Bradley Woodrum (@BradleyWoodrum) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Playoff Bunting, So Hot Right Now | Baseball Prospectus

Is it also good bunting?

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NLCS Game 3 Preview: Brewers vs. Dodgers by Rob Mains (@Cran_Boy) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

NLCS Game 3 Preview: Brewers vs. Dodgers | Baseball Prospectus

Milwaukee Brewers (1) at Los Angeles Dodgers (2), 8:00 PM ET MIL: LHP Robert Gasser (5-5, 3.87 ERA, 118 DRA-) LAD: LHP Blake Snell (4-1, 1.90 ERA, 82 DRA-) This should be a mismatch. Gasser was third...

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ALCS Game 2 Preview: Guardians vs. Rays by Timothy Jackson (@TimJacksonSays) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

ALCS Game 2 Preview: Guardians vs. Rays | Baseball Prospectus

Cleveland Guardians (2) at Tampa Bay Rays (1), 5:00 PM ET “My heart is in my pocket,” says the speaker at the end of Frank O’Hara’s “I Step Away From Them.” The object of the metaphor is a book of...

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Hitting ‘Em Where They Ain’t (Allowed) by Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Hitting 'Em Where They Ain't (Allowed) | Baseball Prospectus

On October 6, Eric Longenhagen of FanGraphs reported on a phenomenon that he and colleague Brendan Gawlowski had first noticed during Arizona Fall League games: Outfielders were lining up in surpri...

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Requiem for a Team: New York Yankees by Bryan Grosnick (@bgrosnick) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

Requiem for a Team: New York Yankees | Baseball Prospectus

Early in the year, I went out to New Yankee Stadium to watch the Bombers put a beating on the Kansas City Royals. The numbers were crooked, the stands were packed, and it felt more than a little like...

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