Pitching Grips

Gavin Fien Photo: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images The burners of the hot stove have been simmering across baseball since Kyle Tucker’ s signing, and on Thursday, the Washington Nationals added their ingredients to the pot, trading two years of MacKenzie Gore ’s services to the Texas Rangers for a five-player prospect package (Ben Clemens wrote about Gore’s fit with the Rangers here ). This marks the second significant trade of the Paul Toboni era in Washington ( Harry Ford for Jose A. Ferrer was the other) as he and the new members of the front office look to put their fingerprints on the org. The deal includes Texas’ 2025 first rounder Gavin Fien , injured former top pitching prospect Alejandro Rosario , 2025 rookie-level breakout bat Devin Fitz-Gerald , 23-year-old 1B/RF masher Abimelec Ortiz , and 20-year-old outfielder Yeremy Cabrera . In contrast with yesterday’s Freddy Peralta trade , the Gore return is about a combination of depth and potential ceilin...

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James Lang and Steven Bisig-Imagn Images 2026 BBWAA Ballot Ballot Intro Carlos Beltrán Crowdsource Ballot Chase Utley Félix Hernández Cole Hamels Andy Pettitte Mark Buehrle Andruw Jones Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez Dustin Pedroia David Wright Bobby Abreu, Torii Hunter, and Jimmy Rollins Ryan Braun Alex Gordon Omar Vizquel and Francisco Rodríguez Edwin Encarnación Jay Jaffe's 2026 Ballot Hunter Pence Shin-Soo Choo Matt Kemp Rick Porcello Gio Gonzalez Howie Kendrick Daniel Murphy Nick Markakis Crowdsource Results BBWAA Results Candidate-by-Candidate Breakdown The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2026 Hall of Fame ballot. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here . For a tentative schedule, see here . All WAR figures refer to the Baseball Reference version unless otherwise indicated. The 2026 Hall of ...

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As part of our constant, unwavering (some might say neurotic) efforts to make RosterResource the clearinghouse for everything baseball related, we’ve added contract incentive data to our Team Payroll pages and created a separate Payroll Incentives table. Let’s walk through the new features, using Matt Strahm ’s current contract as an example. In March of 2024, Strahm signed a one-year, $7.5 million extension with the Phillies covering the 2025 season. The contract also included a $4.5 million vesting option for 2026, which could increase by as much as $3 million for reaching 40, 50, and 60 innings pitched in 2025; Strahm exceeded all of those thresholds, throwing 62.1 innings. After the option vested, Strahm was traded to the Royals. Here’s what the Royals’ 2026 payroll page looks like with Strahm. You’ll note that Strahm’s row in the Players With Guaranteed Salaries section still shows the base option value of $4.5 million, with the $3 mill...

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For the 22nd consecutive season, the ZiPS projection system is unleashing a full set of prognostications. For more information on the ZiPS projections, please consult this year’s introduction , as well as MLB’s glossary entry . The team order is selected by lot, and the antepenultimate team is the Chicago Cubs. Batters ZiPS was a big believer in the 2025 Chicago Cubs, and it was right on point about most of their core talent. The problem, though, was that ZiPS wasn’t right about the Milwaukee Brewers, and though Chicago stayed in the NL Central race for most of the season, Milwaukee’s 14-game winning streak all but settled things by mid-August. Add in a five-game loss to the Brew Crew in the NLDS, and a successful season ended in underwhelming fashion for the North Siders. The Cubs went into the offseason looking to replace Kyle Tucker in the lineup and shore up the rotation a bit. Generally speaking, the Cubs have a rat...