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Keeping you up to date on stats about @ewpod.bsky.social, the podcast about stats. Managed by @chrishanel.com (posts here don't represent ben, meg, fangraphs, or decoy the dog)

Baseball telecast showing the Red Sox and Tigers playing in Detroit. It's 2-0 DET in the top of the 7th and a man on first. The stadium is empty and the sky is incredibly grey and stormy.
Screenshot of Sal Frelick's FanGraphs page, showing him currently at -0.2 fWAR
A screenshot from a Baseball Savant statfeed showing an Oneil Cruz double hit at 119.0 MPH
a baseball broadcast featuring the braves and angels, both benches have cleared and are on the field after a skirmish between players
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Screenshot from Baseball Savant game log Corbin Carroll - Result: Triple - Exit Velo: 107.4
Top Exit Velocity - Junior Caminero - 116.9 MPH
Artemis II Launch Forecast, Wed 6:00 PM PT Cape Canaveral - Wednesday - 81 An icon indicating partly sunny skies with some lightning
A chart showing the top exit velocity hits in baseball today, led by Trent Grisham at 105.7 MPH
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Effectively Wild 2026 Preseason Predictions Game - 48 Hours Remaining ewstats.com
A trophy depicting a scientist character (based on the EWStats/Lab League logo) with a single arm raised, the hand underneath a baseball that has red and blue electron paths orbiting it like an atom The base of the trophy says "EFFECTIVELY WILD 2026 PRESEASON PREDICTIONS GAME - 1ST PLACE LISTENER - YOUR NAME HERE"
A screenshot of the EWStats website showing predictions sorted in the order they were made on the podcast
By the end of the season, the website Archive of Our Own (AO3) will include at least 10 entries of erotic fan fiction about
White text on a blank black title card: Dawn of The Final Day -24 Hours Remain-
A plaque on a door that says "FIVE-TIMERS CLUB"
screenshot of fangraphs chat: Ben Clemens: Hey everybody, welcome to the chat. I'm just getting some coffee brewing, since I'm used to a slightly later chatting window, but let's get started and then I'll take a quick break to fuel up Chris Hanel: Have you started thinking about your bold preseason predictions? Ben Clemens: Bold? yes. How to make them not way too bold? no
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A discord screenshot of someone saying "All I'm taking away is that Chris fudged numbers to lure Sam to record an episode"
A ranking of Chris Hanel's top fangraphs player pages. Chandler Simpson Jacob deGrom Shea Langeliers Patrick Corbin Logan O'Hoppe Hunter Goodman Kyle Tucker Isaac Paredes Sandy Alcantara Scott Blewett
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Ben Lindbergh's list of players in the Contract Over/Under draft. 2 of the 8 players now have results, giving him a score of 53.975
1. Benjamin Hammler - 5,910 2. Tyler Green - 5,722 3. Alex Isherwood - 5,271 4. T.J. Krafnick - 5,218 5. Jordan S - 5,099 6. Billy Dennis - 5,029 7. John Criscuoli - 5,014 8. Daniel Swan - 5,010 9. Turquoise - 5,931 10. Ryan G - 4,914
Ben's Ballot: Kyle Tucker - Under - 400 Trent Grisham - Under - 66 Gleyber Torres - Over - 20.025 Tyler Mahle - Over - 15 Michael King - Under - 80 Justin Verlander - Under - 22 Dylan Cease - Under - 189 Ranger Suarez - Over - 115 Meg's Ballot: Munetaka Murakami - Under - 180 Edwin Diaz - Over - 82 Zac Gallen - Under - 80 Eugenio Suarez - Under - 63 Kyle Schwarber - Under - 135 Devin Williams - Under - 68 Tyler Rogers - Over - 18 Pete Alonso - Under - 110
Benjamin Hammler - 5,202 Tyler Green - 4,975 T.J. Krafnick - 4,687 Alex Isherwood - 4,683 Ty - 4,638 Billy Dennis - 4,554 David Graber - 4,491 Greg Knapp - 4,424 Bob C - 4,387 Jordan S - 4,372
The MLB All Star Wars Name Team Outfielder: Akil Baddoo Lars Nootbaar Zac Veen Infielders: Rhys Hoskins Gavin Lux Jorbit Vivas Nico Hoerner Catcher: Daulton Varsho Designated Hitter: Cavan Biggio Starting Pitchers: Tarik Skubal Tanner Bibee Slade Cecconi Bullpen: Griffin Jax Pierson Ohl Yosver Zulueta Blas Castano Kaleb Ort Honorable Mention: Harrison Ford (Mariners Catcher)
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Benjamin Hammler - 3,980 Tyler Green - 3,798 Alex Isherwood - 3,727 Turquoise - 3,563 Billy Dennis - 3,562 Charlie - 3,536 Davy Andrews - 3,523 T.J. Krafnick - 3,514 David Graber - 3,491 Ty - 3,442
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Benjamin Hammler - 3,853 Billy Dennis - 3,562 Tyler Green - 3,548 Alex Isherwood - 3,500 Turquoise - 3,320 Charlie - 3,296 Davy Andrews - 3,273 T.J. Krafnick - 3,273 David Graber - 3,241 Ty - 3,192
Tyler Green - 4,298 Benjamin Hammler - 3,726 Greg Knapp - 3,726 Conrad Berris - 3,717 Alex Isherwood - 3,500 Robert Scott - 3,445 Davy Andrews - 3,383 John Criscuoli - 3,380 T.J. Krafnick - 3,377 Bob C - 3,350
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Two live game projections on Fangraphs. The Marlins have a 77.5% chance to beat the mets, while the Reds-Brewers game is extremely close to 50-50
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Dawn of The Final Day -24 Hours Remain-
A spreadsheet showing the remaining schedule for the teams still seeking 81 wins. CIN has clinched, TB is eliminated.
A spreadsheet showing 8 MLB teams, their win totals, and their schedule for the rest of the season.
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A spreadsheet showing 8 teams, their current win total, and their remaining schedule over the last week of the regular season.
A screenshot from a website showing the Bears winning today's NFL game against the Cowboys 31-14, with a caption "Caleb Williams tosses 4 TDs as Bears take down Cowboys"
A graph showing the Cubs and Bears total points/runs scored for the month of September. The Bears get double credit for their points, meaning they are currently ahead 90-49
a graph showing the league K% rate over the season. It has been below 22% for most of the season but has recently begun rising in the last 3 weeks and is still going up
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Sabrina Carpenter had reportedly been cozying up with a “hot, tall, and blonde” mystery man during the summer while on a European getaway with her family. It appears the singer teased her new album, “Man’s Best Friend,” and sparked romance rumors over the past couple of months. Sources claimed that Carpenter has been secretly dating, with two sightings reported in Italy in July and more recently in the U.K., where she was leaning on him and looked “happy.”
A screenshot of a website showing a line graph depicting the league-wide strikeout rate over the 2025 season. It's currently inching closer to the 22% threshold related to the prediction
September Superfan Faceoff 7 Cubs Runs 0 Bears Points as of end of September 1st
Cal Raleigh - 50 HR Shea Langeliers - 29 HR Hunter Goodman - 26 HR Salvador Perez - 23 HR Logan O'Hoppe - 19 HR
JACOB'S LADDER - 101.1 IP (target of 150), 2.6 fWAR (must stay below 4)
IT'S CORBIN' TIME - Patrick Corbin has 82.1 IP recorded for the 2025 season, with a predicted goal target of 100 IP
An illustration of a child waking up smiling. Outside the window is Patrick Corbin. Caption says "Wake up kids it's Patrick Corbin Day"
a picture of Shohei Ohtani with his fastest pitches from his most recent start, maxing at 101.7 MPH
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Max Fried, Cody Bellinger, and Devin Williams - 4.9 collective fWAR Juan Soto - 2.2 fWAR
Patrick Corbin has pitched 71.1 innings out of the 100 needed for the Preseason Predictions Game
A screenshot of baseball savant showing Ohtani's pitch velocities, with the fastest at 99.1 MPH