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New York Mets
fromwww.amny.com
1 week agoRobert Stock injury: Mets RP needs thoracic outlet syndrome procedure | amNewYork
New York Mets relief pitcher Robert Stock requires thoracic outlet syndrome surgery and will miss most of the 2026 season after shoulder discomfort emerged during World Baseball Classic play.
New York Mets
fromNewsday
1 week agoMets who will benefit most from the new ABS challenge system
MLB's automatic ball-strike challenge system shows teams challenging 3-7% of events in spring training, with about 50% success rates, though conservative usage patterns emerge despite initial aggressive intentions.
LA Dodgers
fromDodgers Digest
2 weeks agoDodgers Roundup: Brusdar tortures YouTuber, ZiPS top prospects, PECOTA optimism, and was Yamamoto's playoff usage risking his health?
Yoshinobu Yamamoto's zero-rest Game 7 World Series appearance posed minimal injury risk due to his built-up capacity, challenging conservative pitching management practices.
Chicago Cubs
fromCubsinsider
2 weeks agoThe Rundown: Encouraging Trends in Cubs Pitching, Steele's Family Growing with Rainbow Baby, Conforto Looks Like Good Bet for Roster -
Spring training performance has minimal predictive value for regular season success; veteran pitchers prioritize workload management over statistics.
San Francisco Giants
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks agoMense tasked with bringing Toronto success to SF Giants' offense
New Giants hitting coach Hunter Mense combines feel-based and analytics-driven approaches, prioritizing run-scoring through diverse methods rather than limiting himself to one coaching philosophy.
fromThe Washington Post
2 months agoNationals' Paul Toboni hires his No. 2: A 31-year-old GM
The Washington Nationals are hiring 31-year-old Anirudh Kilambi as their general manager, two team sources confirmed Wednesday night. The move gives new president of baseball operations Paul Toboni a second-in-command atop the organization's front office hierarchy. Kilambi arrives from the Philadelphia Phillies, where he spent four years as an assistant general manager overseeing their analytics department. The hiring, first reported by ESPN, fits the Venn diagram the club has targeted this winter - Kilambi is young, comes from a competitive organization and is data-oriented.
Washington Nationals
fromTechCrunch
5 months agoThe Oakland Ballers let an AI manage the team. What could go wrong? | TechCrunch
There's a classic Simpsons episode in which the sly businessman Mr. Burns recruits real Major League Baseball players to join his company softball team in order to win a bet. But when the championship is on the line, Mr. Burns pulls eight-time National League all-star Darryl Strawberry for a substitute, Homer Simpson. "You're a left-hander, and so is the pitcher. If I send up a right-handed batter, it's called playing the percentages," Mr. Burns says to Strawberry. "It's what smart managers do to win ballgames."
Major League Baseball
fromYahoo Sports
6 months agoThe only WPA that really matters with the White Sox
Lots of folks think Win Probability Added (WPA) is a useful statistic. Many coverages, often including our own game wrap polls, like to refer to it. Others think it's just something dreamed up by a FanGraphs intern in 2008 in order to at least have something to put on a resume and has little purpose for anyone who can easily figure out the important moments in a game's flow without it (raises hand, looks around to see if anyone is nodding in agreement).
Major League Baseball
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