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Meg Rowley

@megrowler.fangraphs.com
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Editor-in-Chief of @fangraphs.com, co-host of @ewpod.bsky.social patreon.com/effectivelywild

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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 4h
We're trying something new: a Members-only game thread to give folks a place to chat about the postseason action. Now everyone behave themselves.
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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 4h
I'm delighted by the Yankees' 16-hitter wild card roster. If you have enough position players with even one big league quality skill you have to be nuts to take more than 10 or 11 pitchers to a best-of-three series
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Everybody Except the Yankees Is Doing Wild Card Roster Construction Wrong
Only Cashman and Boone are bold enough to design a roster fit for a best-of-three series, rather than a best-of-162.
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 4h
hoping his dollars will mantiply
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🪩 Kiri 🪩 @kirio.bsky.social · 7h
They made a literary reference on the broadcast, so obviously, I framed my entire story around it.
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Padres Triumphed in the Battle of Game 1, but Can They Win the War and Know Peace?
The Padres may defy all ontological conventions, but that didn’t stop them from earning a dominant win in Game 1 of their Wild Card Series against the Cubs.
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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 22h
My NLWC recap is live! Austin Riley was cheeks this year but he can still punish mistakes. The starters threw a million breaking balls, some of which didn't hit the hitter. Derek Hill lost his glove. All that and more as the Braves keep the Phillies from stealing Game 1.
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A Game of Inches: Austin Riley Powers Braves to Game 1 Victory
To heck with the splinker and the curveball, Duran must’ve thought. Let’s get a fastball over to get ahead in the count. Unfortunately for Duran, Riley is still strong enough to hit a middle-middle fa...
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 29/09/2026
We're still chatting, and I've hopped in to join Eric and Jon until I have to edit again. Come hang out!
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 29/09/2026
When the White Sox pitch to the Astros, they’ll be thinking about Yordan Alvarez’s effect on the game almost constantly. @benclemens.bsky.social previews the AL Wild Card Series between Houston, the first division winner without a winning record, and Chicago, the unexpected contender:
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Age Before Beauty? Astros vs. White Sox AL Wild Card Series Preview
The White Sox turned in a precocious season to make the playoffs ahead of schedule. Their reward? Facing the Houston Astros, the AL’s perennial final boss.
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 29/09/2026
Look, I realize that asking this means they've won, but why does the liberty biberty muppet thing have teeth? It doesn't have an obvious stomach, what does it need those freaky teeth for?
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 29/09/2026
How long do you need to play like the best team in baseball before you simply *are* the best team in baseball? We'll find out when the Padres, who have baseball’s best record since July 24, face the Cubs and baseball's best player. @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social’s NL Wild Card Series preview:
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The Clash of the Craigs: Padres vs. Cubs NL Wild Card Series Preview
Two Craigs enter, two Craigs leave (but one of them is sad).
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 29/09/2026
Joe Musgrove, who hasn't pitched in a major league game in nearly two years, has made the Padres' Wild Card Series roster. Eric Longenhagen watched Musgrove pitch last week in a rehab appearance. Here are his notes from that outing:
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Joe Musgrove Thrives in Rehab Outing, Plus More Arizona Scouting Notes
Musgrove looks ready to slide into a prominent role for the Padres this postseason.
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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm chatting during Game 1 of Phillies-Braves alongside @benclemens.bsky.social and @dszymborski.fangraphs.com, come join us! www.fangraphs.com/chat/fangrap...
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They say baseball is the American pastime, but ball games have been played in the Americas for more than 3,500 years. Today, like the mythical Maya heroes Hunahpu and Xbalanque, we stand on the precipice of Xibalba, the Underworld, the Place of Fright, and present ourselves for divine judgment.
The victors will receive immortality. The defeated will envy the dead. 
Hi, I’m Matt Vasgersian for NBC Sports, alongside C.J. Nitkowski, John Kruk and Joey Votto, and it is our pleasure to welcome you to the concrete Xibalba of unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, for the National League Wild Card Series.
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 29/09/2026
The corn is popped, the chatters are chatting, it's Wild Card time. Join us!
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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 29/09/2026
If you want a good example of how quickly fortunes change in baseball, just look at the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves. @dszymborski.fangraphs.com previews the NL Wild Card Series between the two NL East foes:
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being in the Wild Card Series: Phillies vs. Braves NL Wild Card Preview
The Phillies have three games in which to either wipe out fans’ memories of September or imprint them forever.
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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Got my flu shot this morning, chatting and writing about the Phillies this afternoon. A big day for being pumped full of substances that were a massive threat to public health for most of human history
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 28/09/2026
Carrie, babe, what's going on here
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 27/09/2026
your punishment for liking the Phillies? more Phillies.
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 27/09/2026
that's right, Meg
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 26/09/2026
???????
Photo of a tv monitor that says “Snakes Alive”
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 26/09/2026
has to return to Brigadoon
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 25/09/2026
the funniest part of the NYT TV list is The OA being on there, they're wild for that one
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 25/09/2026
This from @bgawlowski.bsky.social does a great job of articulating the value of pro scouting at a time when every team has a model and access to robust data.
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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is today's post: I don't know if the Alcantara Maneuver is going to work or be sustainable long-term, but I'm glad someone's trying it. In order to explain why, I had to tell the baseball people about a certain two-wheeled Slovenian
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Sandy Alcantara, Quality Reliever
A trail that’s broken by a once-in-a-lifetime genetic outlier can be followed by slightly lesser athletes.
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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I know the title makes this sound like a niche thing, but it’s actually a fun breakdown of one of the game’s most interesting players.
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Ben Clemens @benclemens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm surprised by the conventional wisdom in the NL Rookie of the Year race, so I wrote about it
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 24/09/2026
October is a tremendously busy time for our staff. It's also a pretty crummy time for ad revenue, again underscoring the importance of Membership to FanGraphs. We hope this is the nudge you need to sign up.
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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I started thinking about slow guys and catchers pinch running, and soon it was all I could think about
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In a Pinch, “Running” Is a Relative Term
I just want to know how we got here, man. How are contenders pinch-running with catchers late in pivotal games?
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 24/09/2026
I don’t think you should put your shoe on your head, that’s gross
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 24/09/2026
well I don’t care for this at all
Image of Logan VanWey’s jersey, with absolutely disgusting looking lettering
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 24/09/2026
Brandon Lowe, That's my name. That name again is Brandon Lowe.
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 23/09/2026
Bryce Harper stop issuing first inning challenges challenge
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 23/09/2026
Still fucks me up that Travis Jankowski is the Rangers' first base coach. My guy, you and your hair should be on the fringe of a 26-man somewhere, I simply can't be this old.
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Jon Becker @handle.invalid · 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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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
(Cam Skattebo barges into the MRI tube) “what are they doing to you in here bro”
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 21/09/2026
I came back from vacation to find the desert mostly livable again, and the light looks even more like fall, and when I say I could cry...
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 21/09/2026
sorry, there's a Fifth Third Bank and I'm supposed to believe it's a reputable institution in the real world and not Busytown?
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 20/09/2026
Dicker the kicker's massive doink
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 20/09/2026
It’s been a couple of years now, and I still don’t get the Fans Wearing Extremely Big Versions of Hats trend.
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 19/09/2026
Truly nothing better than getting home from vacation on a Friday. A weekend to recover from travel, and do laundry, and get groceries? With a fully regrown brain? The height of luxury!
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I know I say all the time that people who talk like this aren't so much stupid as they think YOU'RE stupid but Kirk thinking anybody will buy him saying "I don't know anything about Ted Cruz's political views" is an UNPRECEDENTED stress test of this theory
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 16/09/2026
When i got to PEDROIA it's the hardest i've laughed in a good while
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 13/09/2026
Happy “learn about the procedurals your parents are going to watch for the next nine years” Sunday to all who celebrate
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 11/09/2026
Feel like inflicting “Sweet Caroline” on other countries should get us kicked out of NATO
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 10/09/2026
Would describe the vibe in here as the starting QB is hurt, everyone has been drinking since 11 AM, and the Hawks are down by 10.
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 10/09/2026
Someone in the crowd just yelled to check the refs’ Kalshi accounts and that someone was me.
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🪩 Kiri 🪩 @kirio.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The WPBL playoffs start tonight so you have approximately 5 hours to read my final recap of the regular season and then you'll be ready to LOCK IN
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WPBL Week Six: The Heights and Mighty
The WPBL postseason starts on Wednesday. Did the final week of the regular season provide any hints at who will win the league’s first title?
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 06/09/2026
honestly very funny for college football to have a clock scandal that undermines the integrity of the whole sport week one, that feels much more like bowl game business to me
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 06/09/2026
The Apple Cup being in September now remains one of our society's lesser crimes.
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 06/09/2026
Remember when you’d have a substitute teacher as a kid and they’d try to assert their authority in some heavy-handed way and lose the class?
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 05/09/2026
I aspire to “celebrity in the Criterion Closet casually snags a $500 box set” confidence
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