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Blake Snell Dominates Brewers as Dodgers Take NLCS Game 1 blogs.fangraphs.com/blake-snell-...
Blake Snell Dominates Brewers as Dodgers Take NLCS Game 1
Just call Snell the 18th Amendment, because he shut the Brewers down.
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Gilbert’s Gutsy Game and a Trio of Home Runs Give Mariners 2-0 ALCS Lead blogs.fangraphs.com/gilberts-gut...
Gilbert’s Gutsy Game and a Trio of Home Runs Give Mariners 2-0 ALCS Lead
After a 10-3 win over the Blue Jays. Seattle heads back home just two wins away from its World Series appearance in franchise history.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 9h
RotoGraphs: Mining the News (10/13/25) fantasy.fangraphs.com/mining-the-n...
Mining the News (10/13/25)
Everyone gets a surgery.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 13h
The Mariners Didn’t Challenge That Play at the Plate, So We Challenged It for Them blogs.fangraphs.com/the-mariners...
The Mariners Didn’t Challenge That Play at the Plate, So We Challenged It for Them
Was Cal Raleigh actually out in the first inning of Game 1 of the ALCS?
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The Yankees thought this was their best chance to win their first World Series since 2009. Now, they're once again wondering what went wrong and how they can fix it.

My story for @fangraphs.com on the state of the Yankees and where they go from here:
One Failure After Another
The Yankees thought this best chance to win their first World Series since 2009. Now, they’re once again wondering what went wrong and how they can fix it.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 17h
NLCS Preview: Dodgers and Brewers Set for a Clash of Styles blogs.fangraphs.com/nlcs-preview...
NLCS Preview: Dodgers and Brewers Set for a Clash of Styles
Can the Brewers’ scrappy roster overcome the Dodgers’ star power in the NLCS?
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 18h
RotoGraphs: Are some SP more valuable in H2H Ottoneu leagues? fantasy.fangraphs.com/are-some-sp-...
Are some SP more valuable in H2H Ottoneu leagues?
Ottoneu points leagues aren’t the same as 4×4 or 5×5. But there’s a subtle difference between H2H and season-long points leagues, as well. In season-long leagues, you have limits on games played...
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 19h
One Failure After Another blogs.fangraphs.com/one-failure-...
One Failure After Another
The Yankees thought this best chance to win their first World Series since 2009. Now, they’re once again wondering what went wrong and how they can fix it.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 19h
RotoGraphs: Podhorzer’s 2025 Tout Wars AL Only Season Review fantasy.fangraphs.com/podhorzers-2...
Podhorzer’s 2025 Tout Wars AL Only Season Review
How did I do?
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 20h
InstaGraphs: Job Posting: New York Mets – Software Engineer, Baseball Systems blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...
Job Posting: New York Mets - Software Engineer, Baseball Systems
The New York Mets are hiring.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 1d
Raleigh, Polanco, and Miller Come up Big as Mariners Notch Efficient Win Over Blue Jays in ALCS Game 2 blogs.fangraphs.com/raleigh-pola...
Raleigh, Polanco, and Miller Come up Big as Mariners Notch Efficient Win Over Blue Jays in ALCS Game 2
It didn’t take 15 innings for the Mariners to notch their next postseason win, but for the second game in a row, Jorge Polanco put them ahead for good.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 1d
ALCS Preview: Mariners and Blue Jays Get a Shot To Write New History blogs.fangraphs.com/alcs-preview...
ALCS Preview: Mariners and Blue Jays Get a Shot To Write New History
Whatever the result, the AL’s contribution to this year’s World Series will be a rare sight.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 1d
FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: October 12, 2025 blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-we...
FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: October 12, 2025
This week, we answer your questions about laying off sweepers outside the zone, 30/30 seasons, swing tilt adjustments and vertical attack angles, and more.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 1d
Sunday Notes: Willie MacIver Caught a Guy Named Riley Pint blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes...
Sunday Notes: Willie MacIver Caught a Guy Named Riley Pint
Plus Jahmai Jones on his breakthrough, Dave Burba on two of his dingers, José DeLeón on his motivational outing, facts and stats galore, and more.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 2d
Brewers Best Cubs in Game 5 Bullpen Battle to Advance to NLCS blogs.fangraphs.com/brewers-best...
Brewers Best Cubs in Game 5 Bullpen Battle to Advance to NLCS
The Brewers outhomered the Cubs to advance to the NLCS, but the pitching was the story.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 2d
Mariners Finally ‘Seize the Moment’ and Advance Past Tigers to ALCS blogs.fangraphs.com/mariners-fin...
Mariners Finally ‘Seize the Moment’ and Advance Past Tigers to ALCS
It took 15 innings and some bold strategies, but Seattle got over the hump in the winner-take-all Game 5.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 3d
Effectively Wild Episode 2386: GOATs and Goats blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
Effectively Wild Episode 2386: GOATs and Goats
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley announce their playoff livestream plans and then break down Game 4 of the Phillies-Dodgers NLDS, including their musings on Orion Kerkering’s game-ending error and the events...
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 3d
How Did the Mariners Beat Tarik Skubal Three Times — And Can They Do It Again? blogs.fangraphs.com/how-did-the-...
How Did the Mariners Beat Tarik Skubal Three Times — And Can They Do It Again?
Did the Mariners have a specific approach against Tarik Skubal that allowed them to beat him three times this season?
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 3d
Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat: 10/10/25 blogs.fangraphs.com/eric-longenh...
Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat: 10/10/25
Come discuss the first week of Fall League, the postseason, and more.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 3d
Taking a Look at Six Fall League Prospects on the Rise blogs.fangraphs.com/taking-a-loo...
Taking a Look at Six Fall League Prospects on the Rise
Checking in on a player from each Fall League roster who arrived in Arizona with some helium.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 3d
Aaron Judge and the Greatest Postseasons of All Time blogs.fangraphs.com/aaron-judge-...
Aaron Judge and the Greatest Postseasons of All Time
He’s higher on the list than you might think.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 3d
RotoGraphs: Mike Burrows: Ottoneu P/IP Gainer fantasy.fangraphs.com/mike-burrows...
Mike Burrows: Ottoneu P/IP Gainer
First half/second half splits can be misleading. Inevitably, we will find ourselves in March, watching the hype increase on multiple players who were brilliant from mid-July to the end of the season…
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 3d
Effectively Wild Episode 2385: Must-Win Shame blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
Effectively Wild Episode 2385: Must-Win Shame
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the rampant overuse of the phrase “must-win game,” denying late timeouts, the Blue Jays’ victory over the Yankees, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., a Yankees postmortem,...
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 4d
The Bear Up There: Cubs Blank Brewers, Force Game 5 blogs.fangraphs.com/the-bear-up-...
The Bear Up There: Cubs Blank Brewers, Force Game 5
The first-inning offensive outbursts continued, but this time the Cubs kept going.
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 4d
Orion’s Melt: A Hater’s Guide to Dodgers vs. Phillies NLDS Game 4 blogs.fangraphs.com/orions-melt-...
Orion’s Melt: A Hater’s Guide to Dodgers vs. Phillies NLDS Game 4
If you like watching great teams struggle to score, this was the game for you.
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