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javy báez has swung at over 10,000 pitches during his big league career and it's been a wild ride

$60M+ Contracts, Athletics History:
1 ← 1901 - 2024
3 ← 2025
2 ← 2026 so far

The Pittsburgh Pirates are now 10,910-10,910 all-time.

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The Late-January ZiPS Projected Standings Update It’s -10 degrees Fahrenheit as this is being written, so it isn’t like Dan is going to go for a nice walk instead.

ZiPS Win Projections!

96 LAD
95
94
93
92
91 PHI
90 TOR BOS
89 NYM
88 BAL SEA
87 NYY HOU CHC
86 ATL MIL
85
84 SF
83 DET KC SD
82
81 ARI
80 TEX
79 CLE
78 CIN
77 MIN STL
76 MIA
75 TB
74 ATH PIT
73
72
71
70
69 CWS
68 LAA
67
66
65
64
63 WSH
62
61 COL

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Name a random baseball player.

The Cardinals and Mariners each hit 9 triples last year.

Larry Doyle of the 1911 New York Giants hit 11 triples in a span of 19 games.

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Completely fix baseball with three words.

Trey Yesavage faced 560 batters at 5 different levels last year and struck out 215 of them. 😮

The Giants and Dodgers have played 2,576 regular season games against each other and each won exactly half of them.

Randy Johnson had a span of 46 starts for the Seattle Mariners where he lost only 2 games. Sounds crazy but I swear it's true.

Albert Pujols' .895 OPS in his final season was his worst in a dozen years as a Cardinal but better than all 10 of his seasons as a non-Cardinal.

2026 Win Over/Unders (@FanDuel):

103½ LAD
92½ NYY
90½ NYM
89½ ATL PHI SEA
88½ CHC TOR
87½ BOS
86½ HOU SD
85½ BAL
83½ DET MIL
82½ KC TEX
81½ CIN
80½ CLE SF
79½ ARI
76½ PIT TB
75½ ATH
73½ MIN
72½ MIA
70½ STL
69½ LAA
65½ WSH
64½ CWS
51½ COL

Highest Batting Average On Balls In Play
(AL/NL batters in last 108 years w/2,000+ PAs):

Brandon Marsh, .371 😮
Ty Cobb, .369
Rogers Hornsby, .369

Players Signed Through 2027 (At Least):

13 LAD
12 SD
11
10 NYM TOR
9 BOS ARI
8 PHI ATL
7 NYY SF HOU
6 KC
5 TEX
4 SEA BAL ATH CWS CIN
3 CHC MIN PIT COL MIL DET
2 LAA CLE TB
1 WSH
0 STL MIA

Average MLB Fourseamer Velocity:
2017 --> RHPs 93.5 MPH, LHPs 92.5 MPH
2025 --> RHPs 95.0 MPH, LHPs 93.1 MPH

MLB Rule Book: "Players of opposing teams shall not fraternize at any time while in uniform."

Ketel Marte 👇😂

Highest Career MLB WAR, One Franchise Guys
(playing catcher a minimum of 2/3 of the time)

MLB Pitches Thrown At 96+ MPH:

2008: 27,487
2009: 31,226
2010: 31,652
2011: 29,770
2012: 31,857
2013: 36,787
2014: 40,316
2015: 54,274
2016: 55,022
2017: 51,451
2018: 51,613
2019: 54,711
2020: 20,488*
2021: 63,646
2022: 69,194
2023: 74,921
2024: 77,198
2025: 90,204

The San Diego Padres owe Manny Machado $301,000,000 over the next 8 years.

Most Home Runs In A Single MLB Season
(Minimum of 3 Games Pitched That Season):

55 - Shohei Ohtani (2025)
46 - Shohei Ohtani (2021)
44 - Shohei Ohtani (2023)
34 - Shohei Ohtani (2022)
29 - Babe Ruth (1919)
22 - Shohei Ohtani (2018)

Unless he opts out on his contract, the Miami Marlins will pay Giancarlo Stanton $5,000,000 in cash on these dates:

July 1, 2026
October 1, 2026
July 1, 2027
October 1, 2027
July 1, 2028
October 1, 2028

In 1968, Bob Gibson allowed 38 earned runs in 34 starts and averaged 8.96 innings per start doing it. It was completely ridiculous.

When the season was over, they lowered the damn mound 5 inches.

it's gonna take a lot to drag me away from Yu

hang it in the louvre

there's absolutely no way he was safe but he was

Estimated 2026 Luxury Tax
(rounded to nearest million US $):

LAD $160M
NYM $116M
PHI $65M
NYY $48M
TOR $37M
BOS $5M
SD $4M
ATL $2M
Everyone Else $0

68° LAUNCH ANGLE TRIPLE

The oldest MLB pitcher to throw a pitch each year:
2020 - Rich Hill
2021 - Rich Hill
2022 - Rich Hill
2023 - Rich Hill
2024 - Rich Hill
2025 - Rich Hill