Last season was disappointing, but the Blue Jays’ right-hander is primed for a big 2017.
Um … well, actually …
George Bissell and Mike Gianella of Baseball Prospectus take a deep dive into current fantasy baseball topics.
Are baseball gamblers in it for the money or the feeling or being right? What if they were combined on every pitch?
If this isn’t what you see, it doesn’t make you blind. Yeah, if this doesn’t make you feel, it doesn’t mean you’ve died.
Does the manager’s reputation match reality?
Martin Maldonado joins the ever-changing Angels and the Brewers bet(t) on Jett.
Will the new CBA help or hurt the international baseball world?
David Robertson’s trade market is heating up, the Dodgers need a second baseman, and Justin Wilson is a popular target.
Ben and Sam talk to BP’s Meg Rowley about the downs and (mostly) ups of the recently finished first season of Fox drama Pitch (includes some spoilers).
Boston tries to replace David Ortiz with defense, Seattle adds more depth on the cheap, and Arizona gets bang for its bullpen buck.
What spending limits? Los Angeles shells out $144 million to keep Kenley Jansen and Justin Turner.
Do you know how the west was won? I fixed my speed in the middle lane, turned on the radio.
Gambler’s falacies among umpires and social capital in clubhouses.
Ben and Sam read a passage from The New Bill James New Historical Abstract and discuss whether contemporary observations of baseball players still have something to add to today’s closer-to-comprehensive statistical record.
Danny Espinosa joins Team Trout, Tyrell Jenkins gets a fresh start in Texas, and Atlanta adds Luke Jackson to the bullpen.