FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: December 6, 2025
The Winter Meetings begin on Sunday in Orlando, and as always, the FanGraphs crew will be there covering all the baseball buzz. For that reason, I’ll keep this introduction brief; we’ll have more than enough words for you to read in the week ahead, when the offseason action is bound to pick up considerably.
Three weeks ago, I put out a call for fresh mailbag submissions, and you all delivered the goods. I knew I could count on you! We’ve received so many great questions since then, including the four that we’ll get to in a moment, and so I just wanted to thank everyone for holding up your end of the bargain. Now it’s time for us to do our part and answer them!
Before we do, though, I’d like to remind you that this mailbag is exclusive to FanGraphs Members. If you aren’t yet a Member and would like to keep reading, you can sign up for a Membership here. It’s the best way to both experience the site and support our staff, and it comes with a bunch of other great benefits. Also, if you’d like to ask a question for an upcoming mailbag, send me an email at mailbag@fangraphs.com.
Matt is the associate editor of FanGraphs. Previously, he was the baseball editor at Sports Illustrated. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Men’s Health, Baseball Prospectus, and Lindy’s Sports Magazine. Follow him on Twitter @ByMattMartell and Blue Sky @mattmartell.bsky.social.
The Mets as the Kendall Roy/Fredo Corleone Least Favorite Child of Privilege is the truest and funniest thing i read this week.
I don’t really think you can put those two together. The Mets are more Kendall Roy than Fredo Corleone. Kendall Roy is an idiot surrounded by other idiots, who draws attention but is really no more incompetent than everyone else (in this example, the other MLB teams). Fredo Corleone is an idiot who happens to have Michael as his brother. If there is a Michael among MLB teams it’s in Los Angeles.
Who is Sonny Corleone in this comparison?
AJ Preller?