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 somewhat mild. For that purpose, I’m placing out a request for contemporary submissions. I’m positive that when you’re studying this, you may have not less than 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 attributable to playing allegations all the way in which to a hypothetical seven-game collection between fantasy and sci-fi characters — we’re recreation for nearly something. To ask a query for an upcoming mailbag, please ship us an e mail at mailbag@fangraphs.com.

That mentioned, there are a number of questions that we’ve got completely no method of answering, although they’re enjoyable and attention-grabbing. 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 word: I might be on trip subsequent week, so Meg might be steering the mailbag in my absence. You probably have 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 the emails subsequent week. And, as at all times, I’d wish to remind you all that this mailbag is unique to FanGraphs Members. In case you aren’t but a Member and want to preserve studying, you possibly can join a Membership right here. It’s one of the simplest ways to each expertise the positioning and assist our employees, and it comes with a bunch of different nice advantages. OK, let’s get to it.