David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 03/10/2026If you're grabbing data via google sheets, you shouldn't have been impacted by some extra security stuff. How are you grabbing data now? 111
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 17/09/2026If you’re trying to figure out how it would translate to a major league park, I think you’re really treading into MLE territory, and may as well just do a full projection. 010
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 17/09/2026The park factors are going to be relative to league, not MLB. 110
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 17/09/2026We do league and park adjust minor league wRC+. Looks like we have Prince George's Stadium with a ~114 runs park factor. R/PA is quite high this year, so Eastern League wRC+ is going to be depressed quite a bit compared to what you might consider a high wOBA. 130
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 13/09/2026That definitely looks like season to date mode, which is very different than the projection models. 110
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David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 31/08/2026Outside of platoon / time frame splits, what other splits would you want to see? 100
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 29/08/2026You can also try the Mobile App which currently has no ads. 000
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 29/08/2026I don't think we have that many ads on mobile, what are you seeing exactly? Maybe something is broken. 000
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David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 22/08/2026Try now, though I thought we had solved this issue previously. Are you still using Google Sheets, or a different Google product? 111
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 22/08/2026What exactly are you trying to do? We still have the old splits leaderboards available: www.fangraphs.com/leaders/spli...fangraphs.com Splits Leaderboards | FanGraphs description 100
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 20/08/2026This should be fixed. Let me know if it's still an issue. I may have been a bit overzealous in blocking things. 100
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David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 08/06/2026If you're pulling from Google sheets, there shouldn't have been an issue. 110
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 07/06/2026You can try and validate the results with our sim tool. For instance, here's your 96-66 team against what I thought was about a .500 team. It's probably more like a 140 win team using actual stats. 118 with marcel projections from those years: www.fangraphs.com/lab/baseball...fangraphs.comBaseball Sim | FanGraphs LabSimulate matchups between any two teams and view projected outcomes 130
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 05/06/2026I've disabled blocking Google sheets specifically for the time being, it's probably not what's causing the issue, so I feel pretty ok about that. If you're not already a Member, please consider supporting us, and if you are already a Member, thank you! 310
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 04/06/2026We occasionally put up extra site precautions when there’s bot attacks that threaten to take down the site. It’s temporary, but unfortunately necessary so people can actually use the site. 100
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David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 06/05/2026We're also ad free internationally, so the GDPR consent form doesn't actually have any real implications, so far as I'm aware. 000
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 06/05/2026I think this is something that's specific to non-US visitors. We're just using whatever the default Google Ad Manager form is, which looks like it didn't have the "Do not concent" button activated. I've turned that on, so hopefully this isn't a big pain anymore. 120
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David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 17/04/2026I should note that what's not captured in the 3am-5am pull is the "x" stats, arm angle, spin rate, and any of the bat tracking metrics. Everything else should be updated in the initial data load. I'm checking to see if there's an earlier time we can do the second data load to try and avoid any gap. 020
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 17/04/2026We typically do our data loads between 3-5am ET, but we also do another pull around 11am which should capture any new savant data. 110
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David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 06/04/2026We've been sporadically having some issues with bots and have needed to make site access stricter on a number of occasions this season so that the site is still usable. If you run into this in the future, best advice is to try again later. We'd generally like to not do this, but we kind of have to. 110
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 04/04/2026We update KBO / NBP around midnight ET, so we have games from 4/3, but not the completed 4/4 games yet. 010
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 21/03/2026I see what you mean. I just removed that ad until we can make sure it has a close out button. I might take 10-15 minutes to propagate the change, depending on your location. 100
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 21/03/2026The video ads should have a close out button. If you are having issues please send a screenshot to support@fangraphs.com and I’ll investigate. Membership continues to be the only real way to sustain FanGraphs if you care about it. It’s completely ad free and has lots of Members features. 110
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David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 02/02/2026This is for all pitchers who had at least 50% GS/G. 000
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 02/02/2026There's definitely some over projection in the 125-175 range, but I don't think it's that crazy. 200
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 02/02/2026I'm not saying there isn't a better way, but since this is a closed system, it's going to matter less since it's internally consistent. Like, if I over project wOBA in a projection system by 20% for everyone and then run projected standings off that system, it's not going to change much. 000
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 02/02/2026And it will just compress things. Team depth is hard to simulate, but we tried this very thing: blogs.fangraphs.com/an-even-newe...blogs.fangraphs.comAn Even Newer Way of Looking at DepthLet’s revisit our method for measuring each team’s ability to withstand injury. 100
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 02/02/2026This was the actual breakdown last year of projected PA vs actual PA buckets. When you're doing this, you're going to overshoot some bucket, I would think, because you can't predict injuries. You can just give everyone a bit less playing time, but the end result is going to look similar. 200
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 02/02/2026The actual percentages are listed here: www.fangraphs.com/teams/blue-j... for instance. Someone could come up with their own method of turning these into PA / IP if they wanted and then prorate whatever projection system they choose. 100
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 02/02/2026They're the same. We just take the percentages and turn them into plate appearances. Also, each projection system doesn't use the same playing time projections. Any of the "Depth Chart" projections use our projections, along with OOPSY, but Steamer, ATC, ZiPS, and THE BAT/X use different ones. 000
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 02/02/2026The playing time projections are done specifically with the projected standings in mind, even if there is over projection on the back end. They're done via playing time percentages, not plate appearances so we're sure not to over projecting any team or position. 101
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 27/01/2026Please send a note to support@fangraphs.com with the link where things aren't working and I'll take a look. The standard settings seem to be working, so it might be something very specific to your league. 010
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David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 28/12/2025There isn't a way on the player pages yet. You would have to do something like this on the leaderboards: www.fangraphs.com/leaders/majo...fangraphs.comMajor League Leaderboards - 2012 to 2025 - Batting | FanGraphs Baseball 110
David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 21/10/2025Statcast xwOBA doesn't exist prior to 2015, so it's only for his 2016 playoff appearance. 110
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David Appelman @dkappelman.fangraphs.com · 18/09/2025That’s a 403 forbidden error. We have had serious problems with bots in the past couple months and when it’s impacting site usability we’ve had to block all automated traffic. It’s not permanent and you should typically be able to try again in a couple hours and it will work. 100
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