After years of swinging at everything and frustrating everyone, Rosario may have had an epiphany.
Notes on Stephen Gonsalves, Dakota Hudson, Brock Stewart, Eric Skoglund, Brian Miller, Brock Burke, and more.
Scooter puts skin in the game, acquiring three of the players he discusses here. So if he’s wrong, it hurts.
Short Relief continues its five-day mission to open your hearts to the underloved in baseball.
On the 23rd episode of the DFA podcast, R.J. and Bryan need to tell you about Tyler Clippard and the Astros’ bullpen. (Not great for a World Series contender.) And is Neil Walker the missing piece for Milwaukee’s Wild Card run? (Probably not!) At least we have Giancarlo Stanton rumors. (Oh no!)
On Episode 2 of Stolen Signs we briefly recap SaberSeminar 2017, answer a listener email about how to learn more about baseball stats, and we have a discussion about pitching metrics with Jonathan Judge of Baseball Prospectus and Neil Weinberg of FanGraphs.
Chad Bettis returns from cancer treatment with seven shutout innings, Rafael Devers keeps doing remarkable things, and Giancarlo Stanton breaks a Marlins record.
Why don’t more managers stash a reliever in left fielder for one batter in order to preserve the platoon advantage?
Short Relief continues its paean to forgotten players of yesterday, this time especially forgotten.
The most bankable, expected-to-be-great Blue Jay has faltered as they sit unexpectedly within reach of another postseason berth.