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About 20 minutes out to start time, if you still need that nudge.

Just added the great @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com to the slate for a Sunday noon ET walk-through of the new player cards at PitcherList!

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First Pitch Online 2026 Program The schedule of events for First Pitch Online 2026

Spent the week tying up (many) loose ends for our First Pitch Online event that starts tonight!

Full program is here: www.baseballhq.com/articles/Eve...

Highlights to follow ...

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AL East: Effects of the 2026 WBC A rejuvenated Eloy Jiménez has stood out in early Grapefruit League action and should continue to get at-bats with many Toronto regulars playing in the WBC. Plus, more WBC fallout from around the divi...

The MLB team boxscores are about to look a bit different as the WBC begins pool play this week. Our PT TOMORROW series takes a look at the ripple effects on MLB rosters during this time. Today, Ryan Williams looks at the AL East for subscribers:

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BABS Finds Those Deep Sleepers We are not talking here about Konnor Griffin, Kevin McGonigle and Robby Snelling. Rather, we are seeking players rarely drafted other than shares in 50-team draft-and-holds or dynasty formats. BABS ca...

This time of year, everyone's got sleepers, even deep ones. Our Doug Gruber uses BABS to filter out the best skills-based plays (🔒):

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W. Smith, Pivetta, Tovar, Fairbanks, Moniak Will Smith offers stable production at catcher. Also, dives into Nick Pivetta, Ezequiel Tovar, Pete Fairbanks and Mickey Moniak.

For subscribers, today's Fact/Fluke column from @brantchesser.bsky.social:

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NL East: Effects of the 2026 WBC Baseball's triennial tournament draws heavily upon MLB organizational depth, opening up opportunities for those left behind.

Fun series this week for @baseballhq.com subscribers: Via our divisional PT TOMORROW columns, a look at how participants attending the World Baseball Classic affect job battles, lineups, rotations for each MLB team.

First up: Alain de Leonardis on the NL East

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Sleepers, 2026 Ben Rice's massive gains in exit velocity and against southpaws in 2025 make him a premium breakout target.

Undervalued batters fill our "sleepers" column today, from @nickrand.bsky.social (🔒):

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AL-LABR 2026: Stars, Scrubs, and BABS Using BABS and a Stars and Scrubs approach for AL-LABR.

LABR auctions took place over the weekend in Phoenix. Our @daveadler01.bsky.social gives a peek into his BABS-inspired process in filling out his AL squad. FREE read for all!

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Rice, Abreu, Schanuel, Gilbert, Leiter Ben Rice is coming off a big year and is a high upside option at catcher in 2025. Plus, Wilyer Abreu, Nolan Schanuel, Logan Gilbert, and Jack Leiter.

A quintet of AL players go under the Fact or Fluke 'scope in Monday's column from Brian Rudd. Offseason darling Ben Rice leads off (🔒):

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Let's draft this Wednesday night! As they say, plenty of good seats available...

March 2, 2026, 12 noon ET with Brent Hershey The anticipation for the baseball season is rising quicker than Konnor Griffin's ADP. Chat about it all—rookies, keepers, spring training job battles, draft prep, favorites and busts—with BaseballHQ c...

Spring games in full swing; WBC starting this week; drafts and keeper lists at the top of our minds. Let's chat on it, Monday at noon ET:

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Hosting a "BeatBrent" NFBC Online Championship league on Wednesday March 4 at 8pm. Finish ahead of me, and you'll win both of @baseballhq.com's 2027 book titles: Forecaster and Minor League Baseball Analyst. League details and signup info here:

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As with all our Online events, all sessions are recorded and available for viewing at any time for #FPOL attendees.

We've got player pool takes from top analysts, LABR auction coverage, interactive one-on-one roster analysis, 2 attendee Gladiator drafts, ADP movers ... and tons more!

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

Our 3-day First Pitch Online is scheduled for next weekend, March 6-8! The perfect way to get ready for your March drafts. Program is in progress (more announcements soon), but details and registration can be found here. Join us!

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Early-round landmines, 2026 This week's exercise is all about picking holes to help avoid early-round busts.

The case AGAINST some early-round picks: @ryanbloomfield.bsky.social takes a balanced approach for @baseballhq.com subscribers:

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Wood, Doyle, Abbott, Moreno, Garrett James Wood finished 2025 with 31 HR and 15 SB, but struggled mightily in the second half. What can we expect in 2026? Plus, Brenton Doyle, Andrew Abbott, Gabriel Moreno, and Braxton Garrett.

For subscribers, a Wednesday Facts & Flukes that asks if James Wood can overcome his 2025 second half slide. Plus dives into Doyle, Abbott, Moreno and Garrett:

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AL West: Closing battle in Anaheim The Angels have a 4-way battle for closer in spring training.

Latest PT TOMORROW from @bdentrek.bsky.social delves into the LAA closer race, infield battles in SEA and TEX, and more. A team-level look at playing time ($):

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Our own @ryanbloomfield.bsky.social is the defending #LABRMixed champ, and picking from #2 spot tonight!

February 23, 2026, 12 noon ET with Brent Hershey Spring training boxscores began to appear over the weekend. Drafts are happening, or coming up. Bring your questions for all things fantasy baseball with BaseballHQ co-GM Brent Hershey at 12 noon ET o...

Snow in the East; but baseball in the South and West .... Let's chat! Starts at noon ET; but fill up the queue here:

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February 16, 2026, 12 noon ET with Brent Hershey The players are here for practice, but draft season is here and it's real! Bring your questions on MLB moves, projected playing time, keepers and more. BaseballHQ co-GM Brent Hershey chats at 12 noon ...

Reminder: chatting at the top of the hour (noon ET):

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Chat with me this Thursday at 8pm ET on the topic of fantasy league rules. Mark your calendar. Submit your questions to the queue in advance here: live.jotcast.com/chat/ron-sha...

The 2026 Preseason Plan Current or potential subscribers: Here's our annual missive on the content and tools that BaseballHQ will provide to get you ready for Opening Day.

Our FREE article from last week gives more detail on the scope of our Feb/March coverage:

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Early spring injury updates, old and new Someone ate a ham or something? Whoever Hamate is, he's already messing up our season. Plus, a few holdovers from 2025.

And there's plenty to chat about on the injury front. Descriptions, explanations, approximate return-to-play dates for subscribers:

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Spring bats to follow, 2026 Colt Keith's improved batted ball quality late in 2025 gives him intriguing appeal as a player to watch this spring.

What hitters have an important six weeks ahead of them? @nickrand.bsky.social takes a swing (🔒):

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NL East: 2026 Spring training questions With Spring Training games starting this week, questions abound as fresh faces and new issues present themselves in camp, including SP and SS in ATL, RF in MIA & PHI, SS at NYM, 1B at WAS, and more.

Our PT TOMORROW looks forward to anticipate the MLB playing-time moves that would affect projections. All this week, our authors address one question per team as camps get going.

We get started in the NL East:
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🎉 Big day here, as we formally begin our 7-day-a-week coverage that will run through the end of the regular season!

📈 Skills analysis
⚾ Playing-time ripples
🎯 Game format strategy
and a full 🧰 of data to help you win your league

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Achievement unlocked:

Articles released @baseballhq.com on back to back days:

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February 16, 2026, 12 noon ET with Brent Hershey The players are here for practice, but draft season is here and it's real! Bring your questions on MLB moves, projected playing time, keepers and more. BaseballHQ co-GM Brent Hershey chats at 12 noon ...

Monday chatday: Join me at noon ET, or drop a question or two in the queue now:

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Lukes, others to get PT bump in Toronto Important injury updates across camps as players report: Santander, Schwellenbach, Olson, Beiber to miss significant time. Who's next in line?

Breaking down all the Tuesday injury news and the those teams' shifting playing time:

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Herrera, Marsee, Horton, Reynolds, Waldrep Injuries may have temporarily cost Iván Herrera his catcher eligibility, but his work at the plate in 2025 was terrific—can he repeat his breakout season? Plus, Jakob Marsee, Cade Horton, Bryan Reynol...

Somehow, today's FACTS & FLUKES did NOT include any currently injured players (that we know of).

Subscribers can go deep on Iván Herrera, Jakob Marsee, Cade Horton, Bryan Reynolds and Hurtson Waldrep:

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