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Mining the News (3/6/26) Roles are starting to get defined.

RotoGraphs: Mining the News (3/6/26) fantasy.fangraphs.com/mining-the-n...

06.03.2026 22:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

RotoGraphs: Third Base 2026 Fantasy Rankings fantasy.fangraphs.com/third-base-2...

06.03.2026 21:30 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Optimal ADP Clusters: Starting Pitchers, Rounds 18-20 The usually dependable Zac Gallen was a tough player to roster last year…

RotoGraphs: Optimal ADP Clusters: Starting Pitchers, Rounds 18-20 fantasy.fangraphs.com/optimal-adp-...

06.03.2026 20:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Second Base 2026 Fantasy Rankings The keystone rankings…

RotoGraphs: Second Base 2026 Fantasy Rankings fantasy.fangraphs.com/second-base-...

06.03.2026 19:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Mets Search for the Right Choice(s) in Their New-Look Outfield A superstar shifting positions, a top prospect, a former All-Star, and a budding superutilityman figure prominently in an overhauled unit.

The Mets Search for the Right Choice(s) in Their New-Look Outfield blogs.fangraphs.com/the-mets-sea...

06.03.2026 19:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Who To Root for in the World Baseball Classic: Pool B It’s Italy. Unless Team USA listens to Captain Judge and sacrifices a lot. There, saved you some time.

Who To Root for in the World Baseball Classic: Pool B blogs.fangraphs.com/who-to-root-...

06.03.2026 17:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Statcast Bat Tracking Metrics Are Now on FanGraphs! Everything from bat speed to attack angle is now on the FanGraphs player pages and leaderboards.

InstaGraphs: Statcast Bat Tracking Metrics Are Now on FanGraphs! blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...

06.03.2026 17:04 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
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Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat: 3/6/26 Come loaf and chat with Eric on perhaps the most baseball-heavy TV viewing day of the year.

Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat: 3/6/26 blogs.fangraphs.com/eric-longenh...

06.03.2026 16:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Jake Mailhot’s 2026 Ottoneu Bold Predictions It’s bold prediction week here at RotoGraphs. Last year, I got 3.5 of my bold predictions correct which was a really strong showing. Maybe I need to go bolder — or maybe I just got lucky.

RotoGraphs: Jake Mailhot’s 2026 Ottoneu Bold Predictions fantasy.fangraphs.com/jake-mailhot...

06.03.2026 16:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Who To Root for in the World Baseball Classic? Pool A Would you rather cheer for a bank or against an insurance company?

Who To Root for in the World Baseball Classic? Pool A blogs.fangraphs.com/who-to-root-...

06.03.2026 16:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New York Mets Top 45 Prospects This is a rather strong farm system thanks to its slightly above-average number of Top 100 and 40+ FV or better prospects, but a huge portion of its quality is tied up in Nolan McLean.

New York Mets Top 45 Prospects blogs.fangraphs.com/new-york-met...

06.03.2026 15:35 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Job Posting: St. Louis Cardinals - Multiple Openings The St. Louis Cardinals are hiring.

InstaGraphs: Job Posting: St. Louis Cardinals – Multiple Openings blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...

06.03.2026 15:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Job Posting: Colorado Rockies - Multiple Openings The Colorado Rockies are hiring.

InstaGraphs: Job Posting: Colorado Rockies – Multiple Openings blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...

06.03.2026 14:59 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 3
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Waste Not, Walk Not: Tyler Rogers Has A Plan Where everyone else zags, Rogers zigs upside down.

Waste Not, Walk Not: Tyler Rogers Has A Plan blogs.fangraphs.com/waste-not-wa...

06.03.2026 14:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Chad Young’s 2026 Bold Predictions Bold prediction season is my favorite sub-season within draft season. Way ahead “we are drafting way too early season” and just barely edging out “prospect ranking season.” The worst sub-season...

RotoGraphs: Chad Young’s 2026 Bold Predictions fantasy.fangraphs.com/chad-youngs-...

06.03.2026 13:31 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Effectively Wild Episode 2449: Season Preview Series: Mariners and Marlins Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Shohei Ohtani survey, early WBC action, Andrew McCutchen’s new team, Payton Tolle’s triple-digits t-shirt, ABS-driven changes to Alex Bregman’s and Bo...

Effectively Wild Episode 2449: Season Preview Series: Mariners and Marlins blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...

06.03.2026 07:32 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1483 – 2026 Starting Pitcher Preview Pt. 2 Justin Mason, Paul Sporer, and Joe Orrico continue to SP Preview!

RotoGraphs: The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1483 – 2026 Starting Pitcher Preview Pt. 2 fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-...

06.03.2026 06:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Comparing Spring Training & Regular Season Fastball Velocity If you expect a pitcher to gain velocity in the regular season … don’t.

RotoGraphs: Comparing Spring Training & Regular Season Fastball Velocity fantasy.fangraphs.com/comparing-sp...

05.03.2026 20:31 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Starting Pitcher 2026 Fantasy Rankings Several new profiles and lots of significant movement as we push deeper into Spring Training and fantasy draft season.

RotoGraphs: Starting Pitcher 2026 Fantasy Rankings fantasy.fangraphs.com/starting-pit...

05.03.2026 18:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

RotoGraphs: Starting Pitcher 2026 Fantasy Rankings fantasy.fangraphs.com/starting-pit...

05.03.2026 18:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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RosterResource Chat - 3/5/26 Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to rosters, playing time, bullpen usage, minor leaguers, payroll, and more.

RosterResource Chat – 3/5/26 blogs.fangraphs.com/rosterresour...

05.03.2026 18:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Who To Root for in the World Baseball Classic: Pool D Because honkbal.

Who To Root for in the World Baseball Classic: Pool D blogs.fangraphs.com/who-to-root-...

05.03.2026 18:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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I Hope He’s Not Broke-i Sasaki Right now? Yeah, things are a bit messy.

I Hope He’s Not Broke-i Sasaki blogs.fangraphs.com/i-hope-hes-n...

05.03.2026 17:31 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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RosterResource Now Has More Detailed Contract Info! Another glow-up for the RosterResource payroll pages.

InstaGraphs: RosterResource Now Has More Detailed Contract Info! blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...

05.03.2026 17:00 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
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Updating Auction Calculator’s Ottoneu Presets The FanGraphs Auction Calculator is an incredibly useful tool, that can model auction prices based on your preferred inputs (league settings, budgets, etc.) and assumptions (projection system).

RotoGraphs: Updating Auction Calculator’s Ottoneu Presets fantasy.fangraphs.com/updating-auc...

05.03.2026 16:31 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Who To Root for in the World Baseball Classic: Pool C Five teams, five reasons to let them determine your emotional wellbeing for the next few weeks.

Who To Root for in the World Baseball Classic: Pool C blogs.fangraphs.com/who-to-root-...

05.03.2026 16:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Angels Top Prospect Tyler Bremner Has a 70-Grade Changeup The second-overall pick in last summer’s draft has a high-spin changeup and an equally high ceiling.

Angels Top Prospect Tyler Bremner Has a 70-Grade Changeup blogs.fangraphs.com/angels-top-p...

05.03.2026 15:03 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Kevin McGonigle’s Time Isn’t Soon — It’s Now Après Tarik Skubal, le déluge.

Kevin McGonigle’s Time Isn’t Soon — It’s Now blogs.fangraphs.com/kevin-mcgoni...

05.03.2026 14:00 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Vlad Sedler’s 2026 Bold Predictions Bold can be beautiful. Sometimes it’s downright ugly. In the case of bold fantasy predictions, it’s not in the eye of the beholder, but in the results.

RotoGraphs: Vlad Sedler’s 2026 Bold Predictions fantasy.fangraphs.com/vlad-sedlers...

05.03.2026 13:31 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat - March 4th, 2026 Chat time!

RotoGraphs: Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – March 4th, 2026 fantasy.fangraphs.com/paul-sporers...

04.03.2026 18:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0