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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 06/10/2026

I've enjoyed popping in and out of these all postseason, and if you're a Member, you should stop on by!

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 06/10/2026

I am BACK from bsky purgatory with a new handle to match my @fangraphs.com colleagues ✌️ 🎉 ✌️

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 30/09/2026

I added some new features this year, check it out!

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 29/09/2026

I'll be chatting during Astros/White Sox and might pop in a little bit before and after, and it's all in our new chat interface! Come on down and say hi! ✌️⚾️✌️

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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 24/09/2026

Announcing Some Changes to Our Postseason Coverage blogs.fangraphs.com/announcing-s...

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Announcing Some Changes to Our Postseason Coverage

Plus, gift articles!

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 22/09/2026

Per a source familiar with the wording of MLB's most recent CBA proposal, the proposal includes the following mechanisms for minimum payroll and salary floor. Words in, formatting of, and emphasis within the screenshot are mine, and used due to character limits:

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Céspedes Family BBQ @cespedesbbq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

after another round of injured list placements/activations since this great @jon-becker.com piece, the Giants' injured list is now up to 23 (!!!) players, which is just ridiculous entering the final week, here's a rough league-wide IL snapshot via @fangraphs.com Roster Resource:

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 18/09/2026

Wrote about how the Giants are going to have to go sicko mode to start the offseason:

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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Click through no matter who

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 04/09/2026

Minor little RosterResource update I wanted to highlight nonetheless: the SP section of the team pages will now have Xs next to both pitchers in a piggyback situation, and SP following an opener will have an X now as well. Should be easier to read/follow now!

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 02/09/2026

thus concludes my monthly-ish Bluesky posting

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 02/09/2026

If there's an extended owner-imposed lockout I would feel awful for fans, stadium workers, people in front offices, people like me working in the industry, etc, all of whom make less $. It's perfectly human and normal and empathetic to feel that way. But we're not a party in the negotiations!

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 02/09/2026

Players make a LOT of money, for sure. $29K for a week in the majors on the league min is awesome! That is also part of why the PA’s framing is largely “getting our fair share as the labor that people tune into watch” rather than “the league minimum is only $780k”

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 02/09/2026

Weighing in to say that the most pro-player argument I’ve heard (and talked about on @tippingpitchespod.com, on which Jen has appeared many times) is that realistically the revenue can only go to the players or owners; who would you rather it go to? “Pay teachers more” is not an option

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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today I put in a long day at the baseball stats factory, writing an article that included the initialism "BLTR". Cracked open my mailbox, saw the paper of record had come, and was scandalized to find the following

Onion article headlined "Baseball Analysts Call for New Stat Called B.L.E.P.H" that quotes a fictional FanGraphs contributor named Derek Gardner

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 28/08/2026

I wrote about postseason eligibility and players who could be waived, for all my rosterhead friends:

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 28/08/2026

I wrote about postseason eligibility and players who could be waived, for all my rosterhead friends:

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 27/08/2026

Not sure what your point is here, like, at all. The Athletic has had multiple stories from multiple writers on this, and Rosenthal was the one who did the reporting on Marte and of course he’s going to promote his own work. Why should he weigh in on something he’s not reporting on?

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 20/08/2026

if spreadsheet people was ever meant as an insult, i am reclaiming it. my columns and rows are beautiful even if others don't see what i see within them

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Jason RR Martinez (FanGraphs/RosterResource) @rosterresource.fangraphs.com · 20/08/2026

Getting started in 5 minutes. You have to be signed in to FanGraphs to ask questions during the chat. You don't have to be a FanGraphs member. Just create a free account and you can sign in. blogs.fangraphs.com/rosterresour...

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RosterResource Chat - 8/20/26

Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to rosters, playing time, bullpen usage, minor leaguers, payroll, and more.

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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 03/08/2026

Happy Trade Deadline Day everyone!!! As always, our crew is covering all the wheeling and dealing, so be sure to follow along. And if you like what you see and are in a position to do so, please consider becoming a FanGraphs Member. It's the best way to support and experience the site:

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 27/07/2026

In an attempt to work more Actual Writing into my FanGraphs Super-Utlityman toolkit, I dove into the Angels' possibilities at the deadline:

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Jarrett Seidler @seidler.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Passan/Staff show this week was one of the better deconstructions of the pitfalls and use cases for AI chatbots I’ve seen and I think folks should watch it youtu.be/UvtBxhEzpjM

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Does AI Know Ball? | Sources Tell Jeff Passan

YouTube video by ESPN MLB

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 21/07/2026

Today’s Feature Focus is on the just-updated Minor League Leaderboards:

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 20/07/2026

Amazing headline, whoever thought of it must be very smart and also single

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Jason RR Martinez (FanGraphs/RosterResource) @rosterresource.fangraphs.com · 16/07/2026

RosterResource Live Chat with me and @jon-becker.com starts in 20 minutes over at FanGraphs. The queue is open for questions ... blogs.fangraphs.com/rosterresour...

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 09/07/2026

if meg's not gonna allow me to use diereses in a blog i'm gonna use them here all I want

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 09/07/2026

On the day I would like to preënter 300 names in the RosterResource database ahead of the draft, FanGraphs' most fun yearly distraction has dropped:

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 06/07/2026

Putting out an open invite here bc Twitter hates links and none of my irl friends read, apparently, so if you’d like to be friends on Goodreads, here you go (I’m only gonna accept from people I actually know but you can peruse what I read all you like):

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Goodreads

See what your friends are reading

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 06/07/2026

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Goodreads

See what your friends are reading

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Jason RR Martinez (FanGraphs/RosterResource) @rosterresource.fangraphs.com · 02/07/2026

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RosterResource Chat - 7/2/26

Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to rosters, playing time, bullpen usage, minor leaguers, payroll, and more.

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 02/07/2026

Thrilled to pen the writeup for the official launch of the leaderboard and player page heat maps at @fangraphs.com!

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 30/06/2026

Today's Feature Focus is on your one-stop shop for comparing team payrolls:

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 26/06/2026

Eh I would much much rather the city make an investment in reaping more money that can then be used on (hypothetical) improvements to things than give the same amount of money to a PE firm, like the cost of parking itself is extremely secondary here imo

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 26/06/2026

Updated Coaches Table at @fangraphs.com with the Mets making their managerial change: fangraphs.com/roster-resou...

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RosterResource - Coaches Table | FanGraphs Baseball

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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 25/06/2026

Just get to the part where the owners remember their national TV rights deal only runs through 2028 and they'll have to negotiate a new one on the back of the lockout, this is taking forever.

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 25/06/2026

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿/𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 •Corey Seager activated from 7-Day IL •Cody Freeman (herniated disc) placed on 10-Day IL Roster/depth chart: fangraphs.com/roster-resou... Lineups vsR/vsL: fangraphs.com/roster-resou...

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2026 Texas Rangers Depth Chart | RosterResource | FanGraphs Baseball

2026 Texas Rangers MLB Depth Charts updated daily with the latest transactions, roster moves, injury list, lineups, probable starting pitchers, and minor league players

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 25/06/2026

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿/𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 •INF/OF Zack Gelof placed on 10-Day IL •INF Alika Williams recalled Roster/depth chart: fangraphs.com/roster-resou... Projected lineups vsR/vsL: fangraphs.com/roster-resou...

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2026 Athletics Depth Chart | RosterResource | FanGraphs Baseball

2026 Athletics MLB Depth Charts updated daily with the latest transactions, roster moves, injury list, lineups, probable starting pitchers, and minor league players

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 25/06/2026

Today's Feature Focus: a reminder that we have college data!

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 25/06/2026

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗵 𝗣𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿/𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 •1B Spencer Horwitz placed on 10-day IL •INF Jack Brannigan recalled from minors Roster/depth chart: fangraphs.com/roster-resou... Proj. lineups vsR/vsL: fangraphs.com/roster-resou...

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2026 Pittsburgh Pirates Depth Chart | RosterResource | FanGraphs Baseball

2026 Pittsburgh Pirates MLB Depth Charts updated daily with the latest transactions, roster moves, injury list, lineups, probable starting pitchers, and minor league players

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 25/06/2026

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿/𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 •RP Steven Matz (sprained ankle) placed on 15-day IL •RP Michael Grove recalled Roster: fangraphs.com/roster-resou... Injury Report: fangraphs.com/roster-resou... 📷: Julio Aguilar/Getty Images

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 19/06/2026

Can my laptop handle something like 180k rows of data? Well yes it *can* but I wouldn't recommend it

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 19/06/2026

Had a great time helping Matt with research here, even if my computer's memory would beg to differ

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 18/06/2026

[whispers] I am perfectly fine with and perhaps entirely in favor of the HRD change. Also, “I personally don’t like this thing” is not the same thing as “this is objectively worse” because there is no objectivity here, but I would assume there was some level of player/fan feedback here

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Jarrett Seidler @seidler.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

it is rare that a player I have literally never heard of gets called up but a 26-year-old former 19th-rounder hitting below the Mendoza line in A-ball just got called up

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Jon Becker @becker.fangraphs.com · 16/06/2026

Today’s Feature Focus is on a really fun tool for narrative-building:

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