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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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ALCS Game 1 Preview: Guardians vs. Rays by Daniel R. Epstein baseballprospectus.com/news/…

ALCS Game 1 Preview: Guardians vs. Rays | Baseball Prospectus

Cleveland Guardians (2) at Tampa Bay Rays (1), 5:00 PM ET CLE: Foster Griffin (15-6, 3.60 ERA, 93 DRA-) TB: Drew Rasmussen (16-5, 2.67 ERA, 75 DRA-) Drew Rasmussen isn’t a household-name ace—at least...

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NLCS Game 2 Preview: Dodgers vs. Brewers by Justin Klugh baseballprospectus.com/news/…

NLCS Game 2 Preview: Dodgers vs. Brewers | Baseball Prospectus

Los Angeles Dodgers (2) at Milwaukee Brewers (1), 5:00 PM ET The second game of the NLCS is here, and for the second straight year, the Brewers will be facing Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Dodgers. How...

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MLU: The Vance Honeycutt Redemption Tour Hits Arizona by Nathan Graham (@nathangraham3) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

MLU: The Vance Honeycutt Redemption Tour Hits Arizona | Baseball Prospectus

Welcome to the Minor League Update. The minor league season is wrapping up with the playoff action. Due to the dearth of games, this will serve to cover the whole week, and close out the season...

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That Lucky Fourth Run by Bradley Woodrum (@BradleyWoodrum) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

That Lucky Fourth Run | Baseball Prospectus

The story of the 2026 postseason has been the low scores, and the toll it's taken to keep them low.

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The Month That Was: September 2026 by Rob Mains (@cran_boy) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

The Month That Was: September 2026 | Baseball Prospectus

A look at the league-wide trends hidden inside the seasonal statistics.

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You Could Look It Up: Dread in the Postseason by Steven Goldman (@GoStevenGoldman) baseballprospectus.com/news/…

You Could Look It Up: Dread in the Postseason | Baseball Prospectus

Artificial Intelligence, BP, and Derek Jeter laughs last at a BP old-timer.

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