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The Los Angeles Dodgers are on track to pay at least $160 million in MLB league balance taxes by 2026. A total of ten teams will be billed nearly $500 million by 2026. And it’s only January 31st. There are still some big free agents available. We’ve talked about the salary cap, the minimum price […]
The sign that the 2024 Atlanta Braves season was an injury morass was Sean Murphy getting injured and leaving the first game of the season. The sign of the 2025 Atlanta Braves season that was…really stupid and not fun was Jurickson Profar eating a PED suspension after the first series of the season. By the […]
When I was seriously updating IWAG, one of the flags or parameters I entered was essentially a confidence assessment – not just of the point estimate, but of the distribution. Not surprisingly, my work and research has shown that it is a lot easier to predict the upcoming season of a player with at least […]
As a first attempt, you might have guessed that the Braves haven’t done much in racking up stolen bases since adopting the power-oriented offensive approach in 2019. That’s quite intuitive, but unfortunately it’s somewhat distorted by reality. The Braves finished just inside the top ten in team stolen bases in 2018, and then again in […]
The Braves bench has been quite thin in recent years. A pre-trade William Contreras and a somewhat resurgent Ramon Laureano are the best in recent memory. But most other banking options. as a matter of fact, one remembers that they brandished their plastic swords instead of the wood ones. Your bank doesn’t matter much if […]
Early this morning I read about the Nationals’ trifecta of relative youth: Paul Toboni, their new head of baseball operations, is 35. Newly hired manager Blake Butera is 33. And now Toboni has added Ani Kilambi to handle the day-to-day stuff as GM, and Kilambi is 31. Add all those two ages together, and you […]
Yesterday, two pretty good but unhappy relievers signed for modest amounts in 2025: Mark Leiter Jr. took less than $3 million to pitch in Sacramento, and Hoby Milner took $4 million to rejoin Craig Counsell and play for his sixth big league team. Oh, and the Braves also gave Robert Suarez more than double those […]
William Land Golf Course’s annual Meet Santa event is bringing early Christmas cheer to good girls and boys Santa Claus is no stranger to the William Land Golf Course! Each year, WLGC hosts Merry Christmas for an evening of holiday spirit, family-friendly activities and community support. This year the course partnered with the Land Park […]
With November recognized as National Military Fitness and Wellness Month, the Fit to Serve column here at M&F has spotlighted the remarkable stories of those defending freedom. November also marks four years since the official launch of Fit to Serve, making this a good time to look back at how impactful the column has been. […]
The Braves did nothing on Monday, so a non-Braves question to fill the gap. The Mets and Rangers pulled off a relatively rare form of trade this weekend, moving one productive player for another. Most transactions involve exchanging some appearance of future value for present value, but occasionally positional fit and liquidity considerations take center […]
