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2025 Positional Power Rankings: Designated Hitter
For some teams, designated hitter is a position, to be filled by a specific type of player with specific attributes, just like shortstop or center field. For others, it's Purgatory.
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Szymborski's 2025 Booms and Busts: Hitters
Szym picks his favorite breakouts and bust candidates for the 2025 season.
2025 Top 100 Prospects
Eric Longenhagen presents his 2025 Top 100 Prospects list, with reports for each player.
2025 Positional Power Rankings: Right Field
Right field is stuffed to the gills with All-Stars, MVPs, Rookies of the Year, and young stars on the rise.
2025 Fantasy Draft Kit
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Starting Pitcher 2025 Fantasy Rankings
One more huge weekend of drafts and tons of injury news brings about a ton of movement in this update.
Chad Young's 2025 Bold Predictions
Third Base 2025 Fantasy Rankings
Start of the season playing time becomes more clear as teams prepare for the start of the regular season.
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2025 Positional Power Rankings: Designated Hitter
For some teams, designated hitter is a position, to be filled by a specific type of player with specific attributes, just like shortstop or center field. For others, it's Purgatory.
ChatRosterResource Chat - 3/21/25
Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to projected rosters and playing time, position battles, payroll, and more.
FA SigningThe Rangers and Braves Apply Some Late Patches to Their Rosters
Two division favorites have turned to previously unsigned veterans Patrick Corbin, James McCann, Craig Kimbrel, and Alex Verdugo to weather injuries.
ProspectsEric Longenhagen Prospects Chat: 3/21/25
Come discuss prospects with our backfield-prowling prospect writer.2025 Positional Power Rankings: Right Field
Right field is stuffed to the gills with All-Stars, MVPs, Rookies of the Year, and young stars on the rise.
Dylan Cease Addresses His January 2017 FanGraphs Scouting Report
The San Diego Padres right-hander has outperformed his early-career projections.Szymborski's 2025 Booms and Busts: Hitters
Szym picks his favorite breakouts and bust candidates for the 2025 season.
2025 Positional Power Rankings: Center Field
Center field is in a state of transition, with younger stars ready to leave their mark as several stalwarts shift to the outfield corners.
Red Sox Third Base Drama Appears To Be Resolved (For Now)
With newcomer Alex Bregman playing his main position, at least to start the season, and Rafael Devers at DH, the rest of the Boston lineup is coming into focus.
2025 Positional Power Rankings: Left Field
Once primarily the home of big boppers, left field now features a greater mix of styles, with some players possessing more multi-faceted skill sets than others.
2025 Positional Power Rankings: Third Base
Third base has become a position of parity in recent years.
The Toast Smells Amazing as the Dodgers Take the Tokyo Series
More notes on the Tokyo Series from the early hours of the morning.
2025 Positional Power Rankings: Shortstop
Well-rounded shortstops are no longer unicorns or “nice to have.” Well-rounded shortstops are the standard. Glove-only shortstops are the aberration.
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Beat the Shift Podcast – 2025 Pre-Season Injury Episode
All of the 2025 pre-season injury news, with our resident medical expert, Reuven.
Position Player Playing Time Changes: March 21, 2025
Alex Verdugo finally has a job.
Jake Mailhot’s 2025 Ottoneu Bold Predictions
Ten Ottoneu-focused bold predictions!Third Base 2025 Fantasy Rankings
Start of the season playing time becomes more clear as teams prepare for the start of the regular season.
Welcome To the Bigs, Matt Shaw
The prospect infielder who has soared up draft boards this spring made his major league debut in the Tokyo Dome.Starting Pitcher 2025 Fantasy Rankings
One more huge weekend of drafts and tons of injury news brings about a ton of movement in this update.
The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1391 – SP Preview Pt. 4
Paul, Justin, and Joe continue their tour of the pitching ranks with several intriguing mid-tier arms including some of the biggest spring risers in recent drafts
Top-200 Hitters 2025 Fantasy Rankings
Not much movement with the update
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The 2025 Free Agent Class Earned 10.4% More Than We Thought
The FanGraphs free agent crowdsource predictions exercise is a good test of the “wisdom of the crowd” theory. Let’s see how wise this crowd turned out to be.Joint Model of the WAR Aging Curve
Instead of just looking at how players age or at who stays in the league, we’re considering both at the same time, giving us a more complete picture of aging.It’s Time To Buy Into Cristopher Sánchez
The Phillies lefty has been one of the most dependable starters in baseball the last two seasons. Let’s dig into what makes him so successful.Does Consistent Messaging Impact Pitcher Performance?
Is there a link between organizational consistency and performance relative to projections?
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2025 Top 100 Prospects
Eric Longenhagen presents his 2025 Top 100 Prospects list, with reports for each player. 
2025 Top 50 MLB Free Agents
The most significant players to hit the open market this offseason, as compiled by Ben Clemens and the FanGraphs staff.
Prospects2024 Top 100 Prospects
Eric Longenhagen and Tess Taruskin present their 2024 Top 100 list, with reports for each player.
2024 Top 50 MLB Free Agents
The most significant players to hit the open market this offseason, as compiled by Ben Clemens and the FanGraphs staff.
Prospects2023 Top 100 Prospects
Eric Longenhagen and Tess Taruskin present their 2023 Top 100 list, with reports for each player.
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Division I college data is updated daily, and is available going back to 2021.
Site NewsThe 2025 Playoff Odds Are Here!
Which teams will still be playing come October? Our playoff odds offer one answer.
Site News2025 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards: Voting Now Open!
Voting is open through 11:59 p.m. MST on Friday, February 14, 2025.
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Yet Another Projection System: A Brief Introduction to OOPSY
The latest projection system to debut on FanGraphs shares a lot of similarities with the other systems, but also accounts for novel factors, like Stuff+ for pitchers and bat speed for hitters.
Top Prospects
AL
| BAL | CHW | ATH |
| BOS | CLE | HOU |
| NYY | DET | LAA |
| TBR | KCR | SEA |
| TOR | MIN | TEX |
NL
| ATL | CHC | ARI |
| MIA | CIN | COL |
| NYM | MIL | LAD |
| PHI | PIT | SDP |
| WSN | STL | SFG |
ZiPS Projections
Chat Schedule All times ET
| Sun | 8:30 PM | Jeff Zimmerman |
| Mon | 12 PM | Justin Mason |
| Mon | 2 PM | Ben Clemens |
| Tue | 12 PM | Jay Jaffe |
| Wed | 2 PM | Paul Sporer |
| Thu | 12 PM | Dan Szymborski |
| Fri | 12 PM | Eric Longenhagen |
| Fri | 2 PM | RosterResource |
Top Prospects
AL
| BAL | CHW | ATH |
| BOS | CLE | HOU |
| NYY | DET | LAA |
| TBR | KCR | SEA |
| TOR | MIN | TEX |
NL
| ATL | CHC | ARI |
| MIA | CIN | COL |
| NYM | MIL | LAD |
| PHI | PIT | SDP |
| WSN | STL | SFG |
ZiPS Projections
Chat Schedule All times ET
| Sun | 8:30 PM | Jeff Zimmerman |
| Mon | 12 PM | Justin Mason |
| Mon | 2 PM | Ben Clemens |
| Tue | 12 PM | Jay Jaffe |
| Wed | 2 PM | Paul Sporer |
| Thu | 12 PM | Dan Szymborski |
| Fri | 12 PM | Eric Longenhagen |
| Fri | 2 PM | RosterResource |
Podcasts
Leaders
WAR
wRC+
wOBA
WPA
| 1.Aaron Judge | 11.2 |
| 2.Bobby Witt Jr. | 10.4 |
| 3.Shohei Ohtani | 9.1 |
| 4.Juan Soto | 8.1 |
| 5.Gunnar Henderson | 8.0 |
WAR
WPA
ERA
| 1.Cade Smith | 2.7 |
| 2.Griffin Jax | 2.6 |
| 3.Mason Miller | 2.3 |
| 4.Ryan Helsley | 2.3 |
| 5.Emmanuel Clase | 2.2 |
