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Down on the Farm Podcast 9/29/26: Playoff Pitchers Playing Up, Late Callups Make Impact (opens the original)
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The minor leagues have finished, but our podcast continues! This week, we break down one of our first articles: an analysis of pitch sequencing, stuff, and longevity. With the all-out four- to five-inning playoff starting pitching strategy, which pitchers could benefit (or lose out) from the shortened workload? We also cover a series of late-season call-ups and assess their 2026 play, their fantasy impact, and how we project their real-life and fantasy futures.We hope you enjoy. Thanks, as alway
Which Springsteen Album Is Each MLB Playoff Team? (opens the original)
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This week, it’s enough with the usual nonsense about prospect projections, scouting, player development, and in-game strategy. Our market research team (Max on Wikipedia) has revealed to us that while the population of the world is 8.3 billion people, only 1/100,000,000 (generously) of this total addressable market cares whether Nelson Rada will reduce his ground ball rate by five percentage points before his MLB debut. This has led us to conclude that in-depth articles about prospect Demetrio C
Down on the Farm Podcast 9/22/26: Former Angels P Ryan Smith Hops On the Pod (opens the original)
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This week on the Down on the Farm podcast, we’re excited to interview former Angels pitcher Ryan Smith, who plied his trade in the Angels farm system from 2016-2023. We start by talking about his late-blooming pre-professional career and how Smith grew from a low-80s tossing arm into a high-level college pitcher. We then discuss the Angels’ organizational philosophies, the tension between stuff development and strike-throwing, and how “being a dawg” never stops being important. We move to the di
Triple-A Triumphs: A Trifecta of Performances From the Final Week (opens the original)
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Welcome to this week’s edition of Weekly Pearls! In these reports, we analyze the prospects who put up the six best performances of the past seven days of MiLB action. We use all of our modeling and research work to give you no-nonsense, reliable takes on what these standout performances really tell you about the players who have produced them.We lied and deceived you all last week by telling you it would be the Weekly Pearls finale, but this is truly the final one of the season. It was a Triple
Daily Pearls: September 19, 2026 (opens the original)
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Welcome to Our Daily Pearls Report!If you wish to opt out of receiving daily reports, follow the directions here, and unselect our “Daily Pearls” section. Unchecking that section just opts you out of these reports, and not any of our long-form player analyses or research pieces. Don’t worry, if you ever want to opt back in, just re-trigger the toggle, a… <a href="https://downonthefarm.substack.com/p/daily-pearls-september
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