FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: November 15, 2025

Now that the World Sequence is over and we’re two weeks into the offseason, the stockpile of questions for our mailbag is getting just a little mild. For that motive, I’m placing out a request for contemporary submissions. I’m positive that if you happen to’re studying this, you might have at the very least some kernel of a query or curiosity noodling round in your noggin, and we’re desperate to reply it. As you’ll see from the assortment of subjects on this week’s column — starting from the profession earnings probably misplaced as a consequence of playing allegations all the way in which to a hypothetical seven-game sequence between fantasy and sci-fi characters — we’re sport for nearly something. To ask a query for an upcoming mailbag, please ship us an electronic mail at mailbag@fangraphs.com.

That mentioned, there are a number of questions that we have now completely no method of answering, though they’re enjoyable and fascinating. I’ll embody one in the beginning of this week’s version and reply to it briefly earlier than we get to the meat of the mailbag.

However first, a fast programming be aware: I shall be on trip subsequent week, so Meg shall be steering the mailbag in my absence. When you’ve got any ideas in regards to the Seattle Seahawks or the 1997 Robert Zemeckis movie Contact, I’m positive she’d love to listen to from you as she combs by way of the emails subsequent week. And, as at all times, I’d wish to remind you all that this mailbag is unique to FanGraphs Members. For those who aren’t but a Member and wish to preserve studying, you possibly can join a Membership right here. It’s the easiest way to each expertise the positioning and assist our workers, and it comes with a bunch of different nice advantages. OK, let’s get to it.