Mark Steubinger

Using PLV’s Decision Value to Evaluate Hitter Ability: Sophomore Edition Checking in on the swing decisions of notable second-year hitters.

PLV is awesome and @marksteubinger.bsky.social has the smarts to show you how to use it to evaluate a hitter's ability!

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The @pitcherlist.com Wayback Machine, tired and overworked, escapes a work fire for a quick gulp of a short doubleheader.
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I'll happily eat those words if they have a nice playoff run, and it's not out of the question, but man the chance of that feels so much lower right now than it did earlier today.

Yeah, it's a high price. Yeah, you're selling the future. But let's be realistic. What are the odds the Cubs resign Tucker? 5%? The overwhelming odds are that your superstar walks after one year and the team becomes demonstrably worse. Now was the time to add, and they didn't add enough.

It's a weird trade deadline when you like all the players your team adds but you're overall still disappointed in what happened. I still can't believe the #Cubs didn't get a frontline starter.

PLV Decision Value: The Breakouts Making Better Choices At The Plate Finding the breakouts that are backed up by improved swing decisions.

My latest for @pitcherlist.com: identifying which hitter breakouts are backed up by better decision making at the plate.
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I feel like such an outlier among sports fans because I just don't care about or understand the hype surrounding the NFL Draft. Sure, I care who my team drafts. I'll read some recaps. But the incessant coverage for months and months is so annoying.

It bothers me way more than it should that the MLB app can't correctly display double digit scores. Anyone else's look like this?

made a meme about my mental state

Yes he's 36 and coming off an injury-marred season. But it feels like the fantasy community is really overlooking Merrill Kelly.

Since 2022 he has a 3.45 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP. He should get plenty of wins pitching for a good Dbacks team.

He's become one of my favorite late pitching targets.

2025 Fantasy Baseball Late Round Targets: Home Runs | Pitcher List Swing for the fences with these late round power bats.

This week was all about late round category targets at @pitcherlist.com. I dove deep into late homer and save options to close out your draft.

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We had a couple on auto at the turn so it's been flying. I can't believe it!

It's TGFBI day! I couldn't be happier with this start out of the 12 spot. Definitely didn't think Mookie would fall that far. It's a new max pick for him over the last two weeks.

Fantasy Baseball Catcher Sleepers for 2025 | Pitcher List Upside is available behind the plate with these underpriced backstops.

I may have to join a few more two-catcher leagues this year, because I absolutely love the value you can get on some of these mid to late round picks. I wrote it up for @pitcherlist.com if you want to take a look.

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Totally agree with this analysis. Kinda seems like there's also an outsized risk that if Doval is good again he'll reclaim the job if Walker takes even a little step back

Google is just absolutely killing it at this whole AI thing

Thank you!

Finding Fantasy Production at an ADP Discount | Pitcher List You can get 20% off your next fantasy baseball draft pick!

Finally jumping back into fantasy baseball writing after a nice winter break. Here's my first piece of draft season for @pitcherlist.com, identifying discounted players with similar tools and projections as players going 50+ picks ahead of them in drafts.

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Over the last two weeks Sean Manaea is the 73rd pitcher off the board in NFBC drafts. Here are his ranks among SP since the 2023 All-Star break.

242 IP (34th)
3.46 ERA (14th)
1.10 WHIP (t-9th)
16% K-BB% (24th)

But also:
.252 BABIP (3rd)
10.3% HR/FB (t-8th)

Love this! Great addition!

The Yankees are hoping to add both Goldschmidt and Arenado?

meanwhile Tucker is exactly what the Cubs needed. A team full of 2.0-3.5 win guys gets the injection of potential 6+ wins they absolutely needed. They should stop forgetting their wallet at home and extend him while they're at it.

If this actually happens, I absolutely love the Cubs getting Tucker. I'd rather them not give up Smith, but that's the price of acquiring a bonafide star. But to make it make sense, they HAVE to extend him. It can't be a rental.