Good day everybody, and welcome to the ultimate mailbag of 2025! I hope you’re all having an exquisite vacation season.
We at the moment are formally in what my household refers to because the lobe of the 12 months, the week between Christmas and New 12 months, when a number of us wind down and spend time with associates and family members. It’s a time for enjoyable and reflecting. You’ll discover that right here at FanGraphs, other than this mailbag and some transaction reactions, we’re largely taking it sluggish. As a substitute, we’re republishing our favourite FanGraphs items of the 12 months. You possibly can verify these out right here, or as they populate the homepage from now via the tip of subsequent week.
On this week’s mailbag, we’ll cowl the very best gamers who by no means acquired a Corridor of Fame vote, NPB posting guidelines, and Dillon Dingler’s breakout season. Earlier than we do, although, I’d wish to remind you that this mailbag is unique to FanGraphs Members. If you happen to aren’t but a Member and want to maintain studying, you may join a Membership right here. It’s one of the best ways to each expertise the location and assist our employees, and it comes with a bunch of different nice advantages. Additionally, in case you’d wish to ask a query for an upcoming mailbag, ship me an e mail at mailbag@fangraphs.com.