I first heard Roger Eno via Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, the dreamy music written for the NASA footage-based documentary, For All Mankind. The album featured him collaborating with his brother, Brian Eno (Tape Op #85), and Daniel Lanois (#37, 127) many of them which remain centered on his pastoral piano compositions the first album of solely him and his brother which were electronically modified by Brian The Turning Year (via the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label) Roger instead blends his organic piano pieces with the string ensemble tracked at Berlin’s venerable Teldex Studio The Turning Year (via the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label) My first introduction to your work was Apollo I thought it was one of the most beautiful records I’d ever heard It was the first time that Brian and I had worked together; as well as Daniel I didn’t realize what that record would come to mean to a lot of people It’s a different style of “ambient” music but there’s also country music and almost classical We were making each other collapse laughing all the time I’ve still got a lucky Canadian dollar coin that a man gave me who was shoveling snow We got to talking; he obviously recognized my accent and said and I got enough money to get another scratch card what was the process for coming up with the basics of a piece and then adding to it because there were no… I was going to say “rules,” but that’s not right Let’s try this out.” People would run with that If there was any chance that it would be good and myself: There aren’t any egos to deal with I don’t like it,” that the other person’s going to cry Did you have video of the film to view and write to The great thing was it was the first cut of that film There were a few people speaking at points This second version piled on a load of dialog The one that we worked to had these glorious long images that – in our opinion – needed music to them One of my favorites is when the landing craft is approaching the Moon and the Moon gets closer and it gets bigger the landing module goes under the Moon into darkness white Moon and then to these different colors of blue until it ends up in darkness That would have been a quite fun project to work on you did the solo albums Voices and Between Tides How did you see every opportunity to make a record Did you try to visualize each in a different way because I’ve just done that.” There are some artists that deliberately press boundaries I’ve got these little stones or gems that I’m constantly dealing with I’m putting them in different orders and making them re-interesting the other thing is that someone will come along and say “We’ve got these forces for you to use.” Like “There’s this good quartet.” Or I bump into a singer that I like That seems to be the key for the new record so I was collecting pieces that I thought would be applicable I realized this was going to be a good record right at the end that’s okay.” Thank god it was better than that It was the running order that put the cherry on top where it goes back to the beginning; which It’s not heavily mastered; not a very limited or compressed presentation That’s the joy of working with great players We were using beautiful vintage Neumann mics and preamps I also had a sensational instrument: I was using a mid-’50s or ‘60s Steinway B which has a warmer sound than the later Steinway Ds The Steinway B is more the “chamber” model Put those together and we don’t need to do much at the end Were you playing live with the strings for this project Probably the best studio I have ever worked at He’s like a physicist as well as a musician Were some of the songs done as piano performances and then adding strings that’s good,” and following where the music is going from there because there were written structures for the strings to follow I knew they [the string players] wouldn’t make errors was there a click track in your headphones for the piano performances the problem is that I haven’t got any element of flexibility like a hesitancy that allows humanity to pop in “Hesitancy” is the perfect way to describe an element of your playing Which is a nightmare if I’m playing with a click track because I’ve never get silence How can I possibly leave a long drift when I’ve got that bloody thing going if you’re wearing headphones it can bleed into the mic’ing of the grand piano I’ve run into that a thousand times in the studio I listened to that over and over for months I’d get up most mornings and – if it’s not lovely weather or I want to bike ride or walk my dog – I’ll come straight upstairs to my studio I’d keep maybe a couple of editions or get rid of some notes but then I’d send them as “postcards” to friends of mine I’ve got a very good visual artist friend of mine “This is what I’m up to at the moment.” Of course these could make good soundtracks; pieces for film.” I think he collected about 80 pieces that I’d sent him This is an album.” That’s where it came from [ laughter ] One of my favorite tracks on it is called “Iris.” It’s a piece of mine that Brian put into Logic and turned around It’s one of my favorite pieces on the whole album It goes back to the process of Apollo turning my music the wrong way around?” This was a great approach Was that in any way tied in with the reissuing of Apollo and making the For All Mankind newly-tracked bonus disc that you all did before this An orchestra had transcribed Apollo to be played live There was the re-release of the Apollo film and consequently the record was re-released as well but it certainly wasn’t in the forefront of our minds and maybe you’re going to get something similar do pieces usually originate from improvisations unless I deliberately want a different starting point I’ll start with pieces that I’ve done before I’ve already done that god knows how many times.” Then I’ve got the problem of saying “Do I effect this?” I can do anything now with Logic “Is it really worth it?” Would I rather go to the pub instead do you have to go back and study your own work to remember the form so there will be a starting point that I’m solid on This is the same process I use if I’m doing music live for silent film I’ll start with a kind of “home” that I can always go back to It’s also good for listeners to have reference points because it lends itself to You’re doing quite a bit of composition for TV and movies and right now Were you working up compositions at home and then bringing them in How did scoring Nick Hornby’s State of the Union TV series come about I went down to his huge farm in East Sussex This is how word spreads: When you work for someone, and they think you’re good. The critical thing is that you’re not an ass; you’re pleasant to be around. There are so many musicians who are capable, but you want someone you like spending the week with. Laraaji [ Tape Op #141 ] was like that www. rogereno. com This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page MassDevice The Medical Device Business Journal — Medical Device News & Articles | MassDevice May 5, 2025 By then submitted its 12-lead ECG synthesis software for FDA approval in January 2025 Eno joined the company as president in January 2023. HeartBeam appointed him to the role of CEO in October 2024 He has more than 30 years of experience in the medtech industry he held the role of SVP for marketing at HeartFlow Other roles held by Eno include senior marking and sales leadership positions at OptimMedica HeartBeam called Eno’s leadership instrumental as the company looks to commercialize its 3D ECG technology “Rob’s deep expertise in sales and go-to-market strategies perfectly complements the diverse skillset and experience of the board and strengthens our strategic oversight as we move toward commercialization and long-term growth,” Rich Ferrari executive board chair “We are confident that Rob’s perspective will be instrumental in helping HeartBeam achieve its vision of delivering powerful cardiac insights wherever the patient is.” Copyright © 2025 · WTWH Media LLC and its licensors The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media Privacy Policy Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative We're working on a visual shortcode editor until then please follow these instructions Email us to support@plugin.builders for any problems announced the appointment of Chief Executive Officer The Board elected to expand from eight to nine members to accommodate this addition Eno joined HeartBeam as President in January 2023 and was appointed CEO in October 2024 His leadership has been instrumental as HeartBeam prepares to commercialize its 3D ECG technology HeartBeam received FDA clearance for its patented 3D ECG technology in December 2024 and submitted an FDA application for the 12-lead ECG synthesis software in January 2025 the Company initiated an Early Access Program to obtain important feedback on the end-to-end clinical workflow He also held senior marketing and sales leadership roles at companies including HeartFlow Eno holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA Monday - Friday 9am-12pm / 2pm-6pm GMT + 1 All financial news and data tailored to specific country editions Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Add to Calendar Complete the form below to get directions for the Rosary for Lt Add to Calendar Complete the form below to get directions for the Funeral Service for Lt This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors State Government websites value user privacy. To learn more, view our full privacy policy A lock icon or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the official website North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) Secretary Pam Cashwell and North Carolina Department of Enviornmental Quality (DEQ) Secretary Reid Wilson celebrated Earth Day at Eno River State Park in Durham Governor Stein toured the park with Eno River Superintendent Kimberly Radewicz and spoke with park rangers to learn about the park’s economic and cultural impact.  "From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the barrier islands and everywhere in between North Carolina's natural beauty enriches our quality of life and attracts millions of visitors each year," said Governor Josh Stein “I am proud to celebrate Earth Day on the Eno alongside some of our dedicated state park rangers We must all work together to preserve North Carolina’s natural beauty."   “Earth Day is a chance for us to celebrate North Carolina’s 41 state parks and recreational areas and the team that keeps them beautiful for the millions of visitors each year," said Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Pamela B "It also serves as a reminder that we all have a role to play in keeping our state's parks and trails in good order.” "I admire the people across North Carolina who are spending Earth Day working and volunteering within their communities to build a healthier environment," said Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Reid Wilson "We’re all in this together as we work to create a future with clean water and healthy lands for everyone in our beautiful state." Stein held polluters accountable for dumping forever chemicals into the Cape Fear River and won a $1.1 billion settlement for coal ash cleanup that helped North Carolinians save on their energy bills Governor Stein is committed to ensuring that all North Carolinians have access to clean air and water and that the state maintains its natural beauty and its leadership in the clean energy economy.  Email the Governor Eno and Wolfe go on to list some of those feelings, which include ilinx, in French, meaning “strange excitement from play,” mono no aware, in Japanese, meaning “appreciation of life’s transience,” and ya’aburnee, in Arabic, meaning “not wanting to live in a world without someone.” 01 Milky Sleep02 Hopelessly at Ease03 My Lovely Days04 Play On05 Shhh06 Suddenly07 A Ceiling and a Lifeboat08 And Live Again09 Breath March10 Never Was It Now11 What We Are All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 01 Big Empty Country - I02 Big Empty Country - II03 Big Empty Country - III04 Big Empty Country - IV05 Big Empty Country - V06 Big Empty Country - VI07 Big Empty Country - VII08 Big Empty Country - VIII The new bio-doc about producer-musician Brian Eno looks at the artist’s life and his creative process in a deliberately provocative new format Eno, directed by Gary Hustwit. The documentary screens at the ICA Boston, January 17 through 19. On January 24, Hustwit will host a 24-hour streaming event at www.ohyouprettythings.com in which the film will screen several versions as well as giving viewers access to a variety of the archival video and interviews Eno: A look at the many pieces of Brian Eno a growing subset of the documentary form that tends to gobble up attention from other worthy films for the wrong reasons: the subject is already well known and we often don’t get anything new along with the customary hagiographic or sentimental airbrushing Eno brushes this suspicion aside because it is not a PR project it features an addictively engaging subject Even more suspect is that critics have hailed Eno as a new frontier in filmmaking because it draws on “generative” algorithms with each screening every showing of Eno is different: it remixes its elements — adding some pieces rearranging archival footage and interviews — to create a new version for each of its respective audiences have we reached the point in which our worst fears have materialized: a world where software and AI have dethroned human professionals the possibility of an infinite variety of “versions” of Eno turns out to be a delightfully novel way to get people to see it first at an early screening last spring at the Full Frame documentary festival What makes it worth the price of more than one admission is not so much the film’s generative aspect the film’s inventive use of technology is delightfully compelling who reportedly didn’t want to be the subject of a documentary because he didn’t want to spend time in the anticreative exercise of “looking back.” Director Gary Hustwit concocted an innovative strategy for persuading him: inducing him to take part via this software-based approach and each manifestation of the artist has something different to say Hustwit has dedicated many of his past films to exploring ideas of design and creation. If you’ve seen Helvetica, you probably won’t think about fonts again in the same way or the people who design them. Objectified examines the design of consumer products and focuses on the artists who dedicate their lives to crafting the widgets that populate our everyday lives he makes for a fecund subject; the movie positively overflows with his approaches to creating music We see a glammed-up Eno in early incarnations of Roxy Music while the present-day Eno remembers how he turned to synthesizers because he didn’t know how to play any musical instruments That led him on toward a career of combining technology he eventually grew tired of touring with Roxy Music where he could do something new every day) Another section of the doc touches on his pioneering ambient compositions while others take up his prolific career as a producer to various iconic musicians and groups over the past 40 years Most fascinating are interspersed long meditations by Eno spoken in the present and accompanied by archival clips of past interviews He offers koan-like proclamations on the creative process that might make him sound like a pretentious “artist,” but he comes across as a self-effacing thinker someone who delights in both creating and in thinking about creating The generative aspects of the film — as far as I can tell after two screenings — come in various forms Some pieces show up in different parts of the film in each screening — for instance a foray in the present in which Eno is out in his garden This segment came late in the film during my first screening; early in the second Juxtaposition is an integral part of the editing process so when something is shown to us will undoubtedly affect its meaning Can I say that learning about garden beetles was made more or less important given what came before and after Various screenings contain some episodes and not others The Boston showing last fall included a section in which a young Eno at university created an orchestra of individuals playing instruments that they didn’t actually know how to play It was an experiment in sonic absurdity (maybe) but some fruitful points may have been made about creativity That episode didn’t appear in the Full Frame screening That suggests each version will offer new perspectives the software excels at providing interstitial montages scattered throughout the movie they come with irritating R2D2-like beep-beep- boop-boop sound effects that semaphore to viewers that they’re entering the “AI zone.” Still these scraps of audio and video are a valuable addendum a bank of keyboards with a tangle of wires a snippet of a young Eno walking in London and a costumed Devo performing in synchronous motion Hustwit was lucky enough to have been given permission to delve into Eno’s vast personal archives It might take a few thousand screenings to catch a glimpse of all the hidden treasures (There are apparently 52 quintillion possible versions of the film.) The Boston screening last fall added yet another new element Hustwit stood at the front of the theater with Brain One (an anagram of Brian Eno) a console on which he purportedly could track how the film was unfolding He was purportedly able to note what the generative software would produce in advance the sight of the director — turning a dial or adjusting some setting — seemed a meta bridge too far I wondered if this was just window dressing Hustwit doesn’t need any of these in-person histrionics He’s created an entertaining and provocative film that has been shortlisted for the coming Academy Awards each screening giving viewers something fresh to consider about its subject and about the nature (and future) of documentary film Neil Giordano teaches film and creative writing in Newton and photographer has appeared in Harper’s Giordano previously was on the original editorial staff of DoubleTake magazine and taught at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Great that you invited the director to think twice about the in-person window-dressing Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The Lady’s Dressing Room (1732) BY JONATHAN SWIFT Five hours (and who can do it less in?) 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Site by AuthorBytes Morello is musical director of Black Sabbath's upcoming final gig and his support of Kneecap comes after Sharon Osbourne called for the trio to have their working visas revoked Tom Morello, Brian Eno, CMAT are among the over 100 artists who have newly pledged their support for the right to freedom of expression for musicians The letter was first unveiled earlier this week, with the likes of Pulp, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., Bicep, Enter Shikari, English Teacher, The Pogues and more having already signed it Heavenly and Kneecap’s manager Daniel Lambert have shared an updated list which include over 100 new added signatures More and more every hour stand behind Kneecap 💚🤍🧡❤️🖤 pic.twitter.com/armFYCfpCl — Daniel Lambert (@dlLambo) May 1, 2025 Kneecap responded to Osbourne’s bid for their visas to be revoked by saying: “Her rant has so many holes in it that it hardly warrants a reply, but she should listen to ‘War Pigs’ that was written by Black Sabbath.” Read Dempsey’s full statement below. A post shared by DAMIEN DEMPSEY (@damiendempseymusic) Meanwhile, Kneecap’s manager Daniel Lambert has defended the trio against the backlash during an appearance on RTÉ’s Prime Time on Tuesday night (April 29) and we’re spending six or seven days talking about Kneecap,” adding: “We spent less than a day talking about fifteen executed medics.” [the band] have the absolute conviction that they are doing the right thing and they stand on the right side of history.” The band have since denied supporting either Hamas or Hezbollah and have denied promoting violence against MPs: “Let us be unequivocal: we do not In a statement titled “Kneecap are not the story” Massive Attack wrote: “If senior politicians can find neither the time the murder of fifteen voluntary aid workers in Gaza or the illegal starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare or the killing of thousands & thousands of children in the same territory by a state in possession of the highest precision weapons on earth; how much notice should a music festival take of their moral advice on booking performing acts?” Kneecap have faced several gig cancellations over the aforementioned criticisms, with the trio’s Eden Project gig in Cornwall being axed It followed a similar chain of events where the band were dropped by German festivals Hurricane and Southside and went on to quickly book three headline shows in the country on the same dates At the time of writing, the band’s appearances at Glastonbury, TRNSMT and other European festivals remain intact. Elsewhere earlier this week, their huge Belfast show with Fontaines D.C. sold out in just over half an hour, despite calls from the DUP to have it axed The world’s defining voice in music and pop culture: breaking what’s new and what’s next since 1952 Brian Eno might be best known for his pioneering ambient oeuvre, but it turns out that beneath the calm exterior, the man has been battling a terrifying inner demon since the '90s. I refer, of course, to his crippling Photoshop addiction Brian Eno's diary entries on being being addicted to photoshop (1995) pic.twitter.com/fmQkWrWaQlMarch 12, 2024 "Too long playing with Photoshop - lethal time-waster - like chronic alcoholism Should schedule it in the diary and not use it otherwise," reads one early entry Another describes how he "wrecked the morning by resorting to Photoshop." And it seems Photoshop speaks to the entirety of the human condition for Eno While some Photoshop references are playful and even juvenile they also take a turn for the existential: "My first Photoshop dream I dreamed I was erasing my past in Photoshop but it turned out that I was using the 'clone tool' - so instead of erasing I was just copying chunks of the past into the future." In a world of addictive tech and 'brain rot', there's something delightfully nostalgic about the idea of a Photoshop addiction. It's certainly sounds like a far more creative use of time that doomscrolling. But if you do decide to check out the best Creative Cloud deals Thank you for reading 5 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 you will then be prompted to enter your display name “The Flu Season” opens April 25 and continues through May 4 at The Acting Ensemble Billed by Dramatists Play Service as “a love story in spite of itself,” Will Eno’s 2004 play follows the relationship of a couple known simply as Man and Woman who are just as detached from reality as the patients Prologue and Epilogue guide the audience through the story framing each scene and offering sharp commentary along the way For more information, call 574-217-8873 or visit actingensemble.com “It means that the festival is now implicated in the crimes against humanity of apartheid and genocide” Artists including Massive Attack and Brian Eno have signed an open letter to Field Day, urging it to distance itself from global investment firm KKR. Over 50 artists have signed the open letter, and it requests that the London festival sever ties with the firm – which owns Superstruct Entertainment. It was shared by members of the Sisu collective on Tuesday (April 29), and has already received backing from Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja and Brian Eno. Other signatures come from Rrose, Debonair, Pangaea, Ben UFO, I. JORDAN, Midland, and Jyoty. “We are a coalition of artists—including many who have been booked to play Field Day in the past and present—who come together to stand against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and to stand for all rights of the Palestinian people under international law,” the letter reads. “KKR invests billions of pounds in companies which, for example, develop Israeli underground data centres, and advertise real estate on illegally occupied land in Israeli settlements in the West Bank,” it adds. “While we understand that this acquisition was not the choice of Field Day, it nonetheless means that the festival is now implicated in the crimes against humanity of apartheid and genocide.” A post shared by Sisu (@sisucrew) It goes on to request that Field Day “adopt an ethical programming and partnerships policy” It also says it has “an urgent and profound legal and moral obligation” to “publicly distance itself from KKR to the fullest extent it possibly can by taking a clear stance against KKR’s complicit investments as well as outlining its position on the genocide of Palestinians Read the full letter here It has also been reported that Superstruct Entertainment is behind over 80 events across Europe including Sziget and Brunch Electronik News of Massive Attack signing the open letter also comes as they recently signed another statement written by Heavenly Recordings and supporting the right to freedom of expression for musicians and artists. A post shared by Massive Attack (@massiveattackofficial) Speaking about the Kneecap controversy, Massive Attack shared a statement defending the band and criticising the government for not finding “the time nor the words to condemn the murder of fifteen voluntary aid workers in Gaza or the killing of thousands & thousands of children in the same territory” Del Naja and co. have been vocal in their support for Palestine for decades and have boycotted performing in Israel since 1999 As for Brian Eno, last October the artist implored the International Criminal Court to “exercise the mandate it has been given to prosecute war crimes” in an open letter. Brian Eno and his fellow conceptual composer Beatie Wolfe will release Luminal and Lateral two companion-piece albums that they recorded together when they both gave an SXSW talk about art and climate change and then they connected again when their art was displayed at two different London galleries two albums that’ll come out on the same day A press release describes the distinction between the two records like this: “Luminal is Dream music The lead singles offer a little more context Luminal appears to be a collection of discrete Lead single “Suddenly” is a very pretty number with vocals from Beatie Wolfe is a single album-length ambient piece called “Big Empty Country,” divided up into eight parts for the digital release Eno is getting some credit for a seven-second piece of music that he made 30 years ago Eno composed — that word seems wrong — the little shimmering flourish that would play whenever you’d start up a PC the Library Of Congress revealed the list of recordings that will go into the National Recording Registry a repository for what the Library describe as “audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.” check out their videos for “Suddenly” and for an excerpt from “Big Empty Country,” as well as — what the hell — the Window Chime The most important stories and least important memes Five wins and 25 losses so far this season Tied for the worst start over 29 games in league history They’ve allowed the second-most runs in baseball But has it been a significant stink when compared to all the worst months that have ever been had by a baseball team Or just another terrible month in the history of baseball which is a standard in statistical circles because of the variability of Opening Day and the off days in April which usually produce around 30 games in March and April combined which is a great indicator of the underlying health of a team Opponents scored 77 more runs than the Rockies since the start of the season the Miami Marlins’ opponents outscored them by 51 runs for the second-worst in April they’d be the worst team since home plate was changed to its current shape in 1900 with a whopping 415+ run difference between runs scored and runs allowed The worst modern-day team was the 1932 Red Sox with their -345 full-year total and they won 43 games and finished 64 games behind the champion Yankees even by this measure — the 2023 Athletics just had the worst monthly differential on record being outscored by 113 runs just two seasons ago 39 teams have seen worse months than the Rockies since 1950 they’ve only had the 40th worst month by run differential out of 11,238 team months in that time frame The Rockies’ first month of the season was in the 99.6th percentile when it comes to the worst months by run differential their 5.30 team ERA right now is unsightly and their best pitcher by WAR (Kyle Freeland whose stuff is up!) has an ERA nearing six but it’s only a couple points worse than the Marlins’ just this year and it’s nowhere near the 1996 Tigers and 1999 Rockies who had ERAs that started with a six for the full season but that Tigers team faced more batters than any other team ever and is widely regarded as the worst staff of all time By the time you park and league adjust that ERA number for this year’s Rockies they’re only in the bottom six or so percent of pitching staffs judged by a full year they’re 36 percent worse than league average by wRC+ an overall offensive stat with park and league adjustments They’re striking out more than any other team in the big leagues and they’re doing that with a below-average walk rate and below-average slugging so they aren’t getting what they’ve paid for in whiffs Right now, if the season were over, they’d be the worst park-and-league adjusted offense in modern baseball history Worse even than the second year of the expansion Mets in 1963 who gave Al Moran 370 plate appearances to hit one homer and hit .193 Not picking on one player from back in the day — just saying if you paced out these Rockies players to 300-plus plate appearances it would be hard to pick out a single Moran from the group of candidates the 2003 Mets spent September 47 percent worse than league average as the worst team in the last 23 years Mo Vaughn and José Reyes couldn’t save them It all boils down to wins and losses in the end with a paltry five wins to start the season I guess the good news is that there have been teams like the 1981 Blue Jays and the 1995 Reds that spent an entire month winless though they played only ten and five games When it comes to win percentages among teams that played at least 22 games in a statistical month At least it’s their first foray onto this list Has to hurt as an Orioles fan to see so many entrants there And last year’s White Sox had two months that were worse than this March/April by the Rockies They’re not going to win 27 games this season The 1988 Orioles went 53-85 the rest of the way after starting the season with a solitary win to start the season while the 2003 Tigers only managed 43 wins It isn’t heartening to share a list with last year’s White Sox but the “top” ten teams on this list averaged 53 wins and ended up with decently mediocre seasons when all was said and done with the high-water mark going to the 67 wins by the 2002 Orioles — Jerry Hairston and Rodrigo Lopez had big second halves to make it respectable for that team most of those teams were boringly bad when all was said and done even if they had worse months than these Rockies they will challenge those White Sox for the worst team in modern history (Top photo: Justin Edmonds / Getty Images) Eno Sarris is a senior writer covering baseball analytics at The Athletic. Eno has written for FanGraphs, ESPN, Fox, MLB.com, SB Nation and others. Submit mailbag questions to esarris@theathletic.com. Follow Eno on Twitter @enosarris the world’s first generative feature film will have its first screening in Asia–right here in Japan the film features in-depth interviews with Brian Eno and draws from over 500 hours of rare archival footage an innovative generative system co-developed with artist Brendan Dawes that reshapes the film’s structure each time it’s viewed Director Gary Hustwit will be visiting Japan for the premiere screening There will also be a special talk show with Peter Barakan It will be a rare night where the charm of Eno will be thoroughly discussed From purple sweet potatoes to wild horse sightings here’s how to make the most of Okinawa’s tropical escape Explore the best local brands shaping Tokyo’s fashion scene From vintage clothing to Hawaiian-themed goods here’s what’s worth checking out before it’s gone From buying and registering a bike to key rules of the road Collagen staples for beauty and health in Japan Our handpicked list of the best events going on this month and the untold tales of Japan’s queer community Everything you need to know before and during a natural disaster Stay up to date with Tokyo news and events The approach fits the subject: pathbreaking English composer, producer and thinker Brian Eno, a onetime glam rocker who became famous for his work with Talking Heads, David Bowie and U2, and for christening an entirely new genre of music with his 1978 album, “Ambient 1: Music for Airports.” Now 76, the artist had long waved off filmmaker entreaties but was finally intrigued enough to take part in a technological experiment that mirrored a process he embraced decades ago. “It opens up a whole other universe of ways to tell stories cinematically,” says Hustwit, joined by Dawes in a recent Zoom conversation from their respective offices in the Hudson Valley and Southport, England. “We come back and watch films again because we love that world that’s been created, but why does that world have to be exactly the same every single time?” Awards ‘I was really satisfied and happy with the final documentary. I’ve seen it twice — and I probably won’t watch it ever again,’ the rock star says. Since its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, “Eno,” which has been shortlisted for Academy Award consideration, has played in some 500 of its nearly limitless potential iterations (52 quintillion is the official estimate). “It’s a totally different beast,” Dawes says. “That’s the beauty of the system, is that you can keep adding stuff. It’s never really finished.” These components aren’t necessarily any different than those in most music documentaries, although they focus strongly on ideas and concepts rather than a tidy biographical arc. But they are assorted and resorted in abrupt, unpredictable ways that keep the eyes and mind jumping. Hustwit estimates that about 70% of the scenes vary with each version, although the moments that bookend each are consistent. Brian Eno in the documentary ‘Eno.’ (Film First/Brain One) “People are bored with the streaming experience,” says Hustwit, taking note of media saturation, social and otherwise. “We’re all filmmakers now. We’re experiencing audiovisual material all the time in a way we never have before as a culture, and that’s got to be reflected in the cinema.” Shiori Ito took on a powerful journalist and the Japanese legal system after an alleged date rape turning the ordeal into ‘Black Box Diaries,’ a documentary that premiered at Sundance Going forward, the filmmakers are figuring out how to productively share what they’ve learned with other artists. “We want to tell stories,” Hustwit says. “We don’t necessarily want to crunch code. We want to see what the technology that we’ve created can do with other people’s ideas. I’m sure people are going to come up with ideas that are far beyond what Brendan and I could have dreamed.” California Movies Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe have announced two new collaborative records set to release on June 4 via Verve Records the conceptual composers’ first shared endeavor is split between two themes with a press release vaguely detailing that “Luminal is Dream music Lateral is Space music.” These two sides of their artistic connection come into focus with the advance singles “Suddenly” and “Big Empty Country (Edit),” out now everywhere Eno and Wolfe first crossed paths in 2022 when they delivered a celebrated talk on ‘Art and Climate’ at SXSW then again while displaying their visual artworks at separate galleries in London The legendary ambient innovator and acclaimed activist artist and composer didn’t plan to undertake such an expansive project together but their kindred approaches yielded works that express the range and richness of their artistic perspectives This naturally eclectic result is apparent between today’s advance offerings: while “Suddenly” is a warm and wistful folk-pop reflection “Big Empty Country (Edit)” is just the sort of expansive atmospheric work Eno could be credited with inventing “Music is about making feelings happen,” the artists expressed in a shared statement while others may not be – or may be complex mixtures of several different feelings There are many beautiful words for such feelings in other languages and cultures – words that don’t exist in English we make that feeling more likely to be felt a piece of Art can become the ‘mother’ for a type of feeling and a place you can go to find and re-experience that feeling.” Luminal and Lateral are available to pre-order now What We AreLateral – Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe:1 Watch: Phish Become ‘Seinfeld’ Cast in New ‘Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney’ Sketch Billy Strings Performs for Kids at Michigan’s Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Widespread Panic & Aquarium Rescue Unit Revisit the Touring Festival Listen: Bruce Springsteen Previews Unreleased Film Soundtrack ‘Faithless,’ from ‘Tracks II: The Lost Albums’ Daze Between New Orleans Day Two: Odes to The Allman Brothers Band Listen: Van Morrison Shares “Cutting Corners,” Second Preview Single from ‘Remembering Now’ Listen: Warren Haynes Unveils Four ‘Million Voices Whisper’ Bonus Tracks This is a nauseating but exciting time for making pitching decisions There’s still some opportunity to take advantage of rash decisions made on small samples and yet there are some good pitchers who still won’t get right throughout the rest of the season You want to keep an eye on the good things that led you to pick that pitcher less than a month ago but you can’t tolerate many more blow-ups either Consider the following pitchers with bad results so far it might help explain their rankings below a little better Pitchers with bad results who have good stuff and strong strikeout-minus-walk rates seem like solid buy-low candidates The mixed bags are probably holds as you wait for more information The pitchers with both bad stuff and bad strikeout-minus-walk rates are going to fall the most We’re in that part of the season when starting pitchers have thrown 300-plus pitches That’s when Stuff+ still beats strikeouts minus walks Command metrics are starting to come online so you can’t ignore when a pitcher just can’t find the zone anymore Rest-of-season projections are always the solid play It’s the perfect time to look at all of the different tools and come to your own conclusions Here are mine, plus a Google doc with extra goodies and deeper ranks 109 Stuff+2.66 ppERABlurb ProcessHe's not quite as good as he was in his hardware-winning debut but Skenes still has nasty stuff and gets great results but this might all be in the pursuit of health His pursuit of excellence has been fruitful — this is a dominant pitcher in his prime.Blurb ProcessHe's not quite as good as he was in his hardware-winning debut His pursuit of excellence has been fruitful — this is a dominant pitcher in his prime.He's not quite as good as he was in his hardware-winning debut His pursuit of excellence has been fruitful — this is a dominant pitcher in his prime.Stuff+109Location+109Pitching+115Health81%Proj IP175ppERA2.66ppK%29.8%PIT2Tarik Skubal119 Stuff+2.73 ppERABlurb ProcessSkubal actually added velocity (and stuff) but his strikeout rate has been a little down off his ceiling The guess here is that this is temporary and he'll go back to striking out nearly one-third of the guys he faces there's not too much to say about this ace with the best fastball/changeup combo in the big leagues.Blurb ProcessSkubal actually added velocity (and stuff) but his strikeout rate has been a little down off his ceiling there's not too much to say about this ace with the best fastball/changeup combo in the big leagues.Skubal actually added velocity (and stuff) but his strikeout rate has been a little down off his ceiling there's not too much to say about this ace with the best fastball/changeup combo in the big leagues.Stuff+119Location+106Pitching+125Health80%Proj IP185ppERA2.73ppK%28.8%DET3Zack Wheeler110 Stuff+3.2 ppERABlurb ProcessThis is not to say that Wheeler hasn't changed at all a little two-plane movement to his curveball and a little sweep to his sweeper But that's just maintenance and the maturation of a true six-pitch mix that comes with command and stuff in spades.Blurb ProcessThis is not to say that Wheeler hasn't changed at all But that's just maintenance and the maturation of a true six-pitch mix that comes with command and stuff in spades.This is not to say that Wheeler hasn't changed at all But that's just maintenance and the maturation of a true six-pitch mix that comes with command and stuff in spades.Stuff+110Location+107Pitching+117Health77%Proj IP188ppERA3.2ppK%27.2%PHI4Logan Gilbert97 Stuff+3.16 ppERABlurb ProcessIt's honestly surprising to see basically an average Stuff+ number for Gilbert (98 is the average starter) but I guess it's possible that his breaking balls aren't great His slider has pretty average movement for a hard gyro slider and 88 mph for that type of pitch is increasingly normal The curveball gets less drop than most curves But Gilbert actually throws two variations on that curve meaning he has five pitches with power and command That's just about the best way to take advantage of average stuff — plus in the face of great results for three seasons now that Stuff+ isn't very concerning.Blurb ProcessIt's honestly surprising to see basically an average Stuff+ number for Gilbert (98 is the average starter) that Stuff+ isn't very concerning.It's honestly surprising to see basically an average Stuff+ number for Gilbert (98 is the average starter) that Stuff+ isn't very concerning.Stuff+97Location+118Pitching+115Health95%Proj IP198ppERA3.16ppK%26.0%SEA5Garrett Crochet112 Stuff+3.15 ppERABlurb ProcessThe search for more pitches to match Crochet's dominant fastball/cutter combo has produced a decent sinker a slider that models love but the pitcher rarely uses Good thing he throws the best cutter in the game by Stuff+ and still sits 96-plus from the left side.Blurb ProcessThe search for more pitches to match Crochet's dominant fastball/cutter combo has produced a decent sinker Good thing he throws the best cutter in the game by Stuff+ and still sits 96-plus from the left side.The search for more pitches to match Crochet's dominant fastball/cutter combo has produced a decent sinker Good thing he throws the best cutter in the game by Stuff+ and still sits 96-plus from the left side.Stuff+112Location+93Pitching+103Health69%Proj IP168ppERA3.15ppK%30.3%BOS6Cole Ragans110 Stuff+3.51 ppERABlurb ProcessRagans actually improved this offseason He dropped his arm angle six degrees but retained his fastball shape meaning it now comes in even flatter in its approach and produces more whiffs He added a little movement to his curveball and a little better velo with the four-seam — just a stud.Blurb ProcessRagans actually improved this offseason and a little better velo with the four-seam — just a stud.Ragans actually improved this offseason and a little better velo with the four-seam — just a stud.Stuff+110Location+102Pitching+109Health91%Proj IP177ppERA3.51ppK%27.3%KCR7Max Fried106 Stuff+3.45 ppERABlurb ProcessIt's kind of amazing to see how many changes the Yankees had in store for Fried at this point in the dominant lefty's career getting four inches more drop on the sinker getting two inches more sweep on his sweeper (which he's throwing a lot more more velocity gap on his changeup — that's a lot He's going to be in the mix for the Cy Young Award again this year.Blurb ProcessIt's kind of amazing to see how many changes the Yankees had in store for Fried at this point in the dominant lefty's career He's going to be in the mix for the Cy Young Award again this year.It's kind of amazing to see how many changes the Yankees had in store for Fried at this point in the dominant lefty's career He's going to be in the mix for the Cy Young Award again this year.Stuff+106Location+101Pitching+106Health79%Proj IP163ppERA3.45ppK%22.9%NYY8Hunter Brown114 Stuff+3.35 ppERABlurb ProcessIt is a little weird how many fastballs Brown throws now he's throwing a hard pitch nearly two-thirds of the time he has a really good knuckle curve he could throw more This is power with much more command than he was supposed to have coming up in the minors This is dominance.Blurb ProcessIt is a little weird how many fastballs Brown throws now This is dominance.It is a little weird how many fastballs Brown throws now This is dominance.Stuff+114Location+107Pitching+119Health93%Proj IP182ppERA3.35ppK%26.5%HOU9Yoshinobu Yamamoto97 Stuff+3.09 ppERABlurb ProcessIn terms of movement The cutter is kinda stuck in no-man's land But Yamamoto has an elite splitter and has improved his command in his second year His results are backed by impeccable walk and strikeout rates He may not ever have an elite breaking pitch but he has a great mix that's working.Blurb ProcessIn terms of movement but he has a great mix that's working.In terms of movement but he has a great mix that's working.Stuff+97Location+114Pitching+115Health74%Proj IP145ppERA3.09ppK%28.00%LAD10Hunter Greene127 Stuff+3.34 ppERABlurb ProcessWhen Greene added a splitter What Greene has decided to do is to turn all the stuff dials up past 11 and throw everything in the zone No other pitcher has upped their zone rate as much and no other pitcher has gotten as many whiffs in the zone this year which I guess could be worrisome for his health let's just not worry about that whole thing.Blurb ProcessWhen Greene added a splitter let's just not worry about that whole thing.When Greene added a splitter let's just not worry about that whole thing.Stuff+127Location+95Pitching+118Health79%Proj IP171ppERA3.34ppK%30.1%CIN11Chris Sale105 Stuff+3.3 ppERABlurb ProcessThe velo is fine The strikeouts and walks are in line with his excellent norms Even if his fastball is a little worse this year there's no reason Sale should be struggling like this So it's safe to assume that his ERA will improve at all.Stuff+105Location+101Pitching+99Health66%Proj IP159ppERA3.3ppK%28.9%ATL12Logan Webb107 Stuff+3.34 ppERABlurb ProcessThe cutter really tied the room together for Webb A true bridge pitch that sits in between his excellent sinker and sweeper it's helping all of his pitches play up by creating confusion at the plate The strikeouts have been the only missing thing so if he keeps his rate anywhere near the 31 percent he's currently sporting he could finally hoist the Cy this year.Blurb ProcessThe cutter really tied the room together for Webb he could finally hoist the Cy this year.The cutter really tied the room together for Webb he could finally hoist the Cy this year.Stuff+107Location+108Pitching+112Health98%Proj IP196ppERA3.34ppK%22.3%SFG13Jacob deGrom107 Stuff+3.26 ppERABlurb ProcessHis velo is down but there's reason to believe deGrom when he says it's on purpose — his maximum velocity is right where it was last year Research suggests that sitting further from your max is better for your elbow and a healthy deGrom is better than no deGrom at all.Blurb ProcessHis velo is down and a healthy deGrom is better than no deGrom at all.His velo is down and a healthy deGrom is better than no deGrom at all.Stuff+107Location+117Pitching+125Health38%Proj IP128ppERA3.26ppK%29.1%TEX14Dylan Cease108 Stuff+3.48 ppERABlurb ProcessCease doesn't have great command So he'll lose the plot once in a while and give up a few blowouts which is what happened in Sacramento early this season not many walks and usually a good home run rate to boot All of his peripherals point to better days ahead — he's one of the most lock solid buy-lows on the market.Blurb ProcessCease doesn't have great command All of his peripherals point to better days ahead — he's one of the most lock solid buy-lows on the market.Cease doesn't have great command All of his peripherals point to better days ahead — he's one of the most lock solid buy-lows on the market.Stuff+108Location+107Pitching+116Health92%Proj IP183ppERA3.48ppK%27.8%SDP15Freddy Peralta106 Stuff+3.42 ppERABlurb ProcessThe model likes Peralta's new Nobody's had an extra-base hit off it and it has an elite 59 percent whiff rate — so naturally Peralta has reduced his usage of the pitch Maybe that's a tool he can use to stave off any regression because he's shaken off his characteristically slow Aprils and has been gangbusters out of the gate Everything looks good under the hood for the Brewers' ace.Blurb ProcessThe model likes Peralta's new Everything looks good under the hood for the Brewers' ace.The model likes Peralta's new Everything looks good under the hood for the Brewers' ace.Stuff+106Location+94Pitching+100Health86%Proj IP178ppERA3.42ppK%27.9%MIL16Tyler Glasnow96 Stuff+3.18 ppERABlurb ProcessThe strikeouts are still there you have to notice that Tyler Glasnow's down a tick on the fastball This doesn’t quite look like peak Glasnow.Blurb ProcessThe strikeouts are still there This doesn’t quite look like peak Glasnow.The strikeouts are still there This doesn’t quite look like peak Glasnow.Stuff+96Location+87Pitching+89Health65%Proj IP139ppERA3.18ppK%29.3%LAD17Spencer Schwellenbach109 Stuff+3.67 ppERABlurb ProcessHe's better when he has the touch on his splitter a pitch he doesn't throw in between starts and is probably the newest offering in his arsenal so that's probably what happened in the Toronto game Schwellenbach threw the fewest splitters he had all year in that start and had his only bad game of the season (six earned runs over 4 2/3 innings) funky arsenal with heat and command deserves to rocket up the board like this even if the strikeout rate is slightly below average.Blurb ProcessHe's better when he has the touch on his splitter even if the strikeout rate is slightly below average.He's better when he has the touch on his splitter even if the strikeout rate is slightly below average.Stuff+109Location+109Pitching+118Health84%Proj IP171ppERA3.67ppK%22.7%ATL18Michael King100 Stuff+3.72 ppERABlurb ProcessThe low Stuff+ on King's changeup might just be wrong It looks like a good pitch by the eye test and he hasn't given up an extra-base hit on it all year If the pitch benefits from command more than shape maybe it's OK to trust that changeup command is something he has by now It's an important pitch for him against lefties because his sinker sweeper and slider aren't amazing pitches against southpaws Being able to pair the four-seam and changeup is his core strategy against lefties Perhaps this projected ERA is too high for a guy who's had an ERA that's started with a two for his last 360-plus innings.Blurb ProcessThe low Stuff+ on King's changeup might just be wrong Perhaps this projected ERA is too high for a guy who's had an ERA that's started with a two for his last 360-plus innings.The low Stuff+ on King's changeup might just be wrong Perhaps this projected ERA is too high for a guy who's had an ERA that's started with a two for his last 360-plus innings.Stuff+100Location+105Pitching+106Health88%Proj IP168ppERA3.72ppK%25.3%SDP19Framber Valdez112 Stuff+3.29 ppERABlurb ProcessValdez will be just fine Though his location numbers are fine overall and average for his career and that can lead to a poor start or even a poor stretch from the lefty and his changeup and curve are the same as they ever were Those three pitches are still there for him Just a little steadier on the command front and he'll get right back to his normal numbers.Blurb ProcessValdez will be just fine Just a little steadier on the command front and he'll get right back to his normal numbers.Valdez will be just fine Just a little steadier on the command front and he'll get right back to his normal numbers.Stuff+112Location+106Pitching+118Health91%Proj IP181ppERA3.29ppK%24.3%HOU20Bryan Woo105 Stuff+3.37 ppERABlurb ProcessDoes anyone love fastballs as much as Woo It's great that he has such a good combo of four-seamers and two-seamers but it leads to lower strikeout rates and can be a little nerve-wracking when he needs a whiff as he has given up only a .111 slugging percentage on the pitch Breaking out into a top-15-type pitcher requires more production from this pitch and good health — which has sometimes eluded him.Blurb ProcessDoes anyone love fastballs as much as Woo and good health — which has sometimes eluded him.Does anyone love fastballs as much as Woo and good health — which has sometimes eluded him.Stuff+105Location+114Pitching+116Health83%Proj IP152ppERA3.37ppK%24.3%SEA21Corbin Burnes103 Stuff+3.61 ppERABlurb ProcessBurnes' cutter is not quite as bad as it was early last year but it's also not as good as it was late last year The Diamondbacks' ace still has good breaking balls that are keeping his overall numbers clean enough to believe in a rebound but so much depends on him refinding his No Again.Blurb ProcessBurnes' cutter is not quite as bad as it was early last year Again.Burnes' cutter is not quite as bad as it was early last year Again.Stuff+103Location+98Pitching+106Health92%Proj IP188ppERA3.61ppK%23.4%ARI22Joe Ryan102 Stuff+3.72 ppERABlurb ProcessYou can't just play the K-BB game with Ryan and call him an ace He's given up more homers than your average pitcher every year of his career and has run slightly higher than expected ERAs as a result The WHIP is always there because of his great command and he'll get those strikeouts — but with his fastball velocity retreating to where it was earlier in his career it's certainly possible that he'll give up more than 1.5 homers per nine innings again this season as he did the last time his fastball had below-average velocity.Blurb ProcessYou can't just play the K-BB game with Ryan and call him an ace as he did the last time his fastball had below-average velocity.You can't just play the K-BB game with Ryan and call him an ace as he did the last time his fastball had below-average velocity.Stuff+102Location+106Pitching+105Health85%Proj IP159ppERA3.72ppK%26.0%MIN23Drew Rasmussen113 Stuff+3.3 ppERABlurb ProcessRasmussen is all the way back His sweeper has more sweep and his four-seam has more ride but the overall theme — blistering breaking balls and good fastballs with command — is the same as it was before his latest surgery He may not be an asset in quality start leagues because the Rays don't leave him in long and his full-season innings total is a guess but the quality of those innings will be very high.Blurb ProcessRasmussen is all the way back but the quality of those innings will be very high.Rasmussen is all the way back but the quality of those innings will be very high.Stuff+113Location+104Pitching+111Health58%Proj IP126ppERA3.3ppK%24.9%TBR24Clay Holmes101 Stuff+3.42 ppERABlurb ProcessThe kick-change is good The pitch has great drop and comes in at 88 mph It pleases models and has befuddled hitters so far The other two newcomers — the four-seam and cutter — are only OK So lefties still have an advantage over the sinker/slider righty particularly because his command of the new pitches is (unsurprisingly) spotty The only real questions are how many innings he'll manage and if the walk rate against lefties comes down.Blurb ProcessThe kick-change is good The only real questions are how many innings he'll manage and if the walk rate against lefties comes down.The kick-change is good The only real questions are how many innings he'll manage and if the walk rate against lefties comes down.Stuff+101Location+100Pitching+104Proj IP125ppERA3.42ppK%24.1%NYM25Spencer Strider99 Stuff+2.95 ppERABlurb ProcessOne start can tell you a lot about a pitcher it can tell us that he lost a tick and a half to this last elbow surgery he's lowered his arm angle and his slider is more sideways But even for stats designed to be meaningful more quickly There's still a great chance that Strider comes back from this hamstring injury and is close to vintage in a few weeks.Blurb ProcessOne start can tell you a lot about a pitcher There's still a great chance that Strider comes back from this hamstring injury and is close to vintage in a few weeks.One start can tell you a lot about a pitcher There's still a great chance that Strider comes back from this hamstring injury and is close to vintage in a few weeks.Stuff+99Location+87Pitching+86Health71%Proj IP119ppERA2.95ppK%33.8%ATL26Kodai Senga94 Stuff+3.62 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+94Location+100Pitching+99Health67%Proj IP139ppERA3.62ppK%25.3%NYM27Cristopher Sánchez115 Stuff+3.45 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+115Location+101Pitching+116Health89%Proj IP171ppERA3.45ppK%23.0%PHI28Bryce Miller103 Stuff+3.77 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+103Location+89Pitching+92Health93%Proj IP171ppERA3.77ppK%22.9%SEA29Pablo López95 Stuff+3.7 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+95Location+117Pitching+111Health88%Proj IP188ppERA3.7ppK%24.7%MIN30Nick Pivetta98 Stuff+3.77 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+98Location+111Pitching+108Health86%Proj IP155ppERA3.77ppK%26.4%SDP31George Kirby#N/A3.44 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Health95%Proj IP125ppERA3.44ppK%23.1%SEA32Shota Imanaga99 Stuff+3.99 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+99Location+113Pitching+111Health89%Proj IP170ppERA3.99ppK%22.3%CHC33Aaron Nola103 Stuff+3.87 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+103Location+105Pitching+107Health93%Proj IP188ppERA3.87ppK%23.8%PHI34Carlos Rodón104 Stuff+3.96 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+104Location+95Pitching+100Health65%Proj IP149ppERA3.96ppK%26.6%NYY35Max Meyer97 Stuff+3.86 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process     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 Blurb Process      Stuff+96Location+107Pitching+100Health94%Proj IP149ppERA4.48ppK%19.3%WSN149JP Sears98 Stuff+4.59 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+98Location+107Pitching+100Health98%Proj IP152ppERA4.59ppK%19.8%ATH150Zack Littell83 Stuff+4.62 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+83Location+105Pitching+92Health85%Proj IP131ppERA4.62ppK%18.9%TBR151Tomoyuki Sugano89 Stuff+4.84 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+89Location+105Pitching+99Proj IP138ppERA4.84ppK%16.5%BAL(Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; photo of Hunter Brown: David Berding/ Getty Images; photo of Hunter Greene: G Fiume/ Getty Images; photo of Spencer Schwellenbach: Mark Blinch / Getty Images) Graphic design is Brian Eno’s passion Above you’ll find the cover art for Aurum: a new surprise album from the legendary producer and musical artist released today exclusively through Apple Music It’s an ambient exercise from one of the gods of the game delivered at a time when the genre has never been more popular Along with the album comes an Eno interview with Zane Lowe Eno talks about his early years with Roxy Music: I was thinking the other day that when Roxy started 1955 is probably when you can say it started with Bill Haley and rhythm and blues just becoming rock and roll So that seemed like ancient history to us when we started Roxy Music I suppose what I remember most was people saying It’s a fad.” And I was surprised that it lasted actually I didn’t expect to still be doing something like this at my age I didn’t expect to ever reach my age actually The biggest problem for me about AI is not intrinsic to AI It’s to do with the fact that it’s owned by the same few people and I have less and less interest in what those people think and more and more criticisms of what the effect of their work has been I think social media has been a catastrophe and mildly useful at the same time It’s possible for both things to coexist but I think in terms of what it’s done to societies What it’s done to politics has been completely toxic If it had started out in a not-for-profit regime because maximize engagement wouldn’t have been the headline of the whole project Maximizing engagement is just another word for maximize profit just like in the American food industry is maximize profit I’ve always been happy to welcome new technologies and to see what you could do with them that nobody else thought of doing with them other than those that they were designed for it’s always very interesting that stuff is designed for one reason and then people start to find new things they could do that are completely beyond what the designer was thinking about a lot of the things that we find uniquely exciting to do with equipment kind of going wrong and you get to like the sound of the not very wellness With the latest starting pitcher rankings going live today it’s the perfect time to answer some fantasy baseball questions Are you wondering why a pitcher is higher or lower than you expected Are you wondering if someone is a buy-low candidate or a pitcher you should try to deal now Eno Sarris is conducting a live chat exclusively for subscribers Eno Sarris Streamers will be able to view unique versions of the music documentary for $24 over 24 hours “Eno”—which has been in limited release since last spring—takes a unique approach to theatrical showings using algorithms derived from among more than 500 hours of audio images and video from Eno’s work since the early 1970s (when he was one of the original members of Roxy Music) to stitch together a unique approximately 84-minute film that is never shown in the same sequence again viewers will be able to watch a 24-hour livestream that follows “Eno’s” premise but generates unique aggregations Eno has influenced pop music for more than 50 years guests will perform live and discuss the film The stream will also include the generative art prequel “Nothing Can Ever Be the Same.” Despite his influential presence in media over the past half-century, Eno was reluctant to have his work depicted on film until approached by documentarian Gary Hustwit who proposed using artificial intelligence to create unique versions of the film showcasing his career Although the elements are “randomly” stitched together the film does manage to incorporate certain rules that define themes and sequential events Hustwit told “Variety” about the implications of the worldwide event “You see unique versions of it at different times around the clock,” Hustwit told “Variety.” “So people in other countries and in Asia and all the places that have been bugging us about setting up events in their cities can all watch.” “Every few hours there’ll be a version of the film but there’ll be all kinds of things in between,” Hustwit continued watch another one in the middle of the night.” The professional video industry's #1 source for news The livestream on Jan. 24 will be available to only 24,000 viewers worldwide at $24 a pop. Tickets are on sale now Although the film will demonstrate the use of AI in creating content the idea of creating alternate versions of TV programs has been demonstrated in the past most recently with Netflix’s “Bandersatch” and “Choose Love,” which allowed viewers to choose among a number of alternate endings the leading source of news and information on broadcast and related media technology and is a frequent contributor and moderator to the brand’s Tech Leadership events Missed your chance to attend Brian Eno’s class Here are some key ideas to help anyone explore fresh ideas and methods for making music When you purchase through affiliate links on MusicTech.com, you may contribute to our site through commissions. Learn morePortrait of Brian Eno At the start of 2025, I attended a series of workshops by Brian Eno, run by the School of Song. Sharing his thoughts on creativity, studio methods it offered us a rare chance to hear from the master himself on a spectacular music career and a lifetime’s worth of incredible musical advice Here are 10 lessons I took away from the sessions — and which you can learn from “I’m almost sure that [Music for Airports] would have never happened had I not been sitting in an airport bored,” says Eno — before adding “and [being] slightly annoyed by German disco music” It was perhaps a lot easier to be bored in the 1970s before the invention of the smartphone most of us spend hours avoiding being bored by scrolling through content platforms “Consumerism is the fear of boredom embodied,” Eno goes on to explain don’t consume anything he suggests — not anything on your phone that ‘something’ planted the seed for one of his best-selling albums Challenging yourself to remove the main hook or riff in your song might seem self-defeating but Eno thinks this is a powerful way to open up the rest of your mix and see the potential of each part There are two ways it can go: By removing the most important part you might realise that none of the other instruments are doing much at all it might “make you realise that the least revolutionary part is the bit that you’re hooked by” One thing Eno would do at the end of every recording session is to create what he called the “film mix” and seeing if he could create something with the parts that were left Eno believes that most of the truly interesting stuff happens at the outer limits he’s more interested in what happens at the “edges of controls” than the comfortable middle range that most people stay in After a lifetime of turning the knobs on all manner of studio gear “I’ve realised that the most interesting thing about controls is what happens at the extreme end of them” Creating good music starts by knowing what you like. At a time when algorithms vie for our attention, he repeatedly stressed the need to notice our thoughts and feelings. Eno often repeated the phrase, “If I do a double take, I do a triple take.” In a production context this means noticing when something feels off or identifying what really clicks — then asking yourself why Ignoring the gridlines in your DAW or opting for an unusual time signature are just some techniques Eno suggests for adding unpredictability to your work process It was something that he noticed while watching the young producer and his apprentice, Fred Again.., effortlessly navigate Logic Pro he would start by dropping sounds into the middle of the timeline “If you work in Logic and you’re not a Fred you tend to work in straight lines,” Eno says but what is key to Fred’s music is that he ignored the boundaries that constrained most artists and acted more like a “collage artist” fluidly placing bits of music next to each other that completely ignored the grid forcing yourself to write a song in 20 minutes flipping a coin to choose your chords or limiting the number of tracks in a session Eno has written plenty of chart toppers and produced some of the world’s most famous bands he’s picked up some recurring tricks that “nearly always make a song better” One of these tricks he calls the Klaus Dinger beat, also known as the motorik beat. Named after the drummer from Neu!, it effectively doubles the tempo of a song. While working with U2 on Beautiful Day Eno says the song wouldn’t gel until he asked the band to try the Klaus Dinger beat That simple repeating 4/4 beat gave the track momentum and turned it into the hit we know today but the only guarantee you’ll come across it is if you never empty the bin reporting that he’s got thousands of song ideas that he’s collected over the years a well-kept archive becomes a creative library where you can pull out a recording on any given day and pick up where you left off the point about the archive is to keep all the saucepans on the stove.” In the case that it’s a total failure Eno will still stick to his rule although he might leave his future self a reminder: “Sometimes I will give it a title like ‘Possibly the shittest piece of music I’ve ever done’.” While living in New York, Eno found himself fascinated with American radio. He would regularly record “shock jockeys” and shouting evangelists using a boom box and a cassette tape. Comparing American radio to the BBC back home “This is amazing to live in such a fertile This material eventually ended up in the album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts with David Byrne. As he recalls, “I had recorded this guy off the radio… he was stuttering with nerves in a kind of fervent”, that bit contrasted heavily with the host who replied rather flatly with: “Yeah, yeah yeah…”. Taking these everyday recordings to the studio Eno pieced together the funky rhythmic track called America Is Waiting. “Try to polish a turd,” Eno suggests; it’s one thing you can do with a piece of music you think is completely useless. It’s an interesting take on a classic cliche. According to Eno, what’s great about something that’s already bad is that there’s no risk you can make it any worse and this frees you to try something utterly different. These bits that don’t become a song on day one might continue to have a life in the future perhaps repurposed into a part for another song. Eno does this so often that he declares with a laugh, “I am probably one of the most prominent turd polishers in the business”. Get the latest news, reviews and tutorials to your inbox. The world’s leading media brand at the intersection of music and technology. as he’s conducting a live chat exclusively for subscribers the visionary musician who produced numerous top tier artists including David Bowie In addition to showcasing Eno’s rich archive of hundreds of hours of never-before-seen footage and unreleased music director Gary Hustwit and creative technologist Brendan Dawes developed bespoke generative software that sequences a human-coded mixture of scenes music and interviews to create a film that is never the same twice Premiere Pro’s customizability also allowed them to channel a “Eno-esque artistic freedom to have fun with the material,” said McDonald We sat down with both “Eno” editors for an inside look at the making of this innovative film Tippet: I first learned to edit in camera on a VHS point-and-shoot when I was 12 That’s where the concept of intentionally “cutting” and creating a montage to tell a story clicked for me It was a tactile way of learning to make movies because I could immediately learn by watching what I had just done in the camera's playback and made many terrible films with my friends while growing up I always got the most excited and thrilled when I could stay up late and edit our footage into something to share McDonald: My first experience editing was making music videos with my sisters on the family camcorder We had to do all of our editing in camera — hitting pause on the video camera and the boombox at the exact same time How do you begin a project/set up your workspace Tippet: I start by watching everything and only noting my emotional reactions; you can never get that first honest moment back After watching the same footage over and over it's so important to remember what affected you before you get consumed and overly analytical about everything I start to see what universal themes are coming through in the project and I always try to build a scene or storyline towards those emotional moments was to write down in a sentence or a word what the movie is about put it on a Post-it and keep it visible on your desk to return to whenever you get lost McDonald: Setting up a project is the most critical step of editing from the moment you start to organize the material you are editing I like to start by creating one bin with all of the footage meticulously sorting each clip into its relevant topic bin gives me a comprehensive overview of how much footage exists for any given topic Tell us about a favorite scene or moment from this project and why it stands out Tippet: While editing “Eno,” whenever I hit a wall I would come across a snippet of Brian’s interview some non-sequitur that would ring true to my current creative struggle and it would turn into a breakthrough It was an incredible feeling to have the film's subject teaching me how to be a better artist and editor while crafting the film about him and his work this became a central theme of the film; deriving creative inspiration from such an accomplished artist We wanted our audience to feel that way after watching it I grew up listening to a lot of dub and reggae so of course Lee Scratch Perry was a central figure in my upbringing it didn’t take long to realize that Brian Eno had worked with all of my favorite musicians: Talking Heads When I found a clip of Brian talking about drawing inspiration from Lee Scratch Perry it felt like a full circle moment in my life; as if I had always been on the path to work on this film What were some specific post-production challenges you faced that were unique to your project Tippet: “Eno” was a massive challenge on all levels because we were making the first-ever generative film “Eno” director Gary Hustwit and data artist Brendan Dawes created specialty software to mimic Eno’s music-making style This means the film is never the same twice and is built by software from a human-coded mixture of scenes there was a laundry list of technical challenges it was incredibly challenging because my co-editor Marley McDonald and I had to reorient the way we were trained to tell a story We had to figure out how to edit in more of a module and systematic sense And since there is so much randomness built into the system Marley and I had to create many more scenes than a typical documentary so the software had a variety of material to pull from McDonald: Creating a film that changes every time it’s played was a hugely challenging task We had to come up with a new system for editing the big breakthrough was realizing that we could rely on what Brian had to say about his process of creating generative art One of the most complex scenes to cut was Brian explaining what “generative” means but once we were able to unpack that idea; we were able to cultivate a deeper understanding of what we needed to do to create the film What Adobe tools did you use on this project and why did you originally choose them It’s a great tool to give and receive notes on which is a massive part of being an editor McDonald: We used Premiere Pro and After Effects for this film and we felt a real sense of Eno-esque artistic freedom to have fun with the material Both Premiere Pro and After Effects are great tools for this If you could share one tip about Premiere Pro Tippet: Always create your own keyboard shortcuts so the keyboard feels like a third hand to you and the AI transcription (Speech to Text) is a game changer for searching for specific lines in interviews or archival footage McDonald: Spend a day messing around with all the different effects it can do What’s the toughest thing you’ve had to face in your career and how did you overcome it What advice do you have for aspiring filmmakers or content creators Tippet: The toughest thing I’ve had to face in my career is self-doubt It can still be a battle depending on the day but getting older and caring less about what others think helps a lot My advice for aspiring filmmakers is to stay honest with yourself and make things because YOU like it McDonald: I think the biggest lesson I’ve learned in my career is that no one will tell you to make your films you just have to get out there and make them I gained most of my personal filmmaking style through making my own short films One bit of advice I’d share is to work on other people’s movies even if you have to take a job at the lowest level It may feel like you aren’t where you are supposed to be but if you pay attention to the people you are working with What’s your favorite thing about your workspace and why Tippet: My favorite thing about my workspace is my 24-hour assistant editor McDonald: My favorite thing about my workspace is a ball of onyx under my computer It was a gift from my dad and makes me think about how cool it is to work with fossilized time https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2025/01/07/celebrating-small-wins-adobe-stock-minorstones-collection https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/12/20/substance-3d-updates-more-control-over-generated-marketing-images-better-collaboration-through-3d-viewer-more https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/12/12/removing-window-reflections-adobe-camera-raw they’re out for the year and it’s as simple as removing them from these one-year rankings have entered a difficult period of dancing around the rankings like the fact that Tylor Megill now gets a long runway in the Mets rotation due to some poor news there Spencer Strider and Sandy Alcantara look pretty good after coming back from their ailments There is no way to give all of these injured pitchers a one-size-fits-all ranking — some fantasy players have injured list spots on their rosters and can take these injured starters and stash them until they’re ready it might not matter that their time on the IL came at the beginning They should probably prioritize upside over health But for those in leagues with no injured list spots If the pitcher doesn’t necessarily have the ceiling of an elite arm then it matters more who is healthy and ready to produce right now you might be pretty conservative with injury risks (represented here by Jeff Zimmerman’s health percentiles and want to avoid anyone who is currently nursing a sore something-or-other I’ve found it personally useful to put the currently injured and high-injury-risk pitchers in little mini-tiers that you’ll find at different pockets in the player pool You’ll see Tyler Glasnow and Jacob deGrom near the top lower-injury-risk pitchers like Logan Webb and Hunter Brown I hope to make it easier for fantasy players to see the decision-making process in the rankings themselves and then perhaps flip the weighting around to fit the specific settings in their league and with the news coming in so fast and furious these rankings become a snapshot in time pretty quickly It’s still worth trying to figure out who the best pitchers are for your fake team in the coming season Plus some behind-the-scenes goodies to help properly value these pitchers (When it comes to dealing, this Google doc has been updated with spring Stuff+ numbers which have a wider spread for a few reasons The spread of talent in spring training is wider the new model fixes the average pitcher at 100 Stuff+ some data points are missing in the data set it’s not comprehensive because not every park tracks these numbers and lastly the starters are airing it out in short outings early in the spring It might make sense to note the good Stuff+ in the case of a pitcher like Kevin Gausman and perhaps even move him up a few spots because of it as I did but not to penalize the pitchers with lower numbers unless there’s news about missing velocity or some sort of soreness.) 110 Stuff+2.55 ppERABlurb ProcessThat was quite the debut 133 major-league innings of dominance from Paul Skenes produced Rookie of the Year hardware In only one start did the opposing offense score more than three runs and only Garrett Crochet had a better strikeout-minus-walk rate Skenes differntiates himself further at the top of the rankings by keeping the ball on the ground and in the park while striking batters out at an elite rate 1.Stuff+110Location+110Pitching+115Health81%Proj IP175ppERA2.55ppK%31.6%PIT2Tarik Skubal111 Stuff+2.74 ppERABlurb ProcessTarik Skubal did it all last year and he was dominant in the zone with stuff He destroyed lefties thanks to an excellent sinker/slider combo and he destroyed righties thanks to an excellent fastball/changeup combo but there's just the fact of his arm injuries dragging him all the way down to No 2.Blurb ProcessTarik Skubal did it all last year 2.Stuff+111Location+102Pitching+112Health80%Proj IP185ppERA2.74ppK%28.8%DET3Zack Wheeler109 Stuff+3.21 ppERABlurb ProcessIt's been an awesome four-year stretch for Zack Wheeler He's maintained a near-30 percent strikeout rate with a minuscule walk rate and deserved every bit of his 2.94 ERA He's fiddled with his secondaries — introducing a sweeper and replacing his changeup with a splitter — but a dominant fastball is still the cornerstone of the whole thing The injuries of his early career seem long in the rearview and the only blemish is that age has begun robbing him of some of that primo velocity as he's down almost two ticks off of his peak.Blurb ProcessIt's been an awesome four-year stretch for Zack Wheeler as he's down almost two ticks off of his peak.It's been an awesome four-year stretch for Zack Wheeler as he's down almost two ticks off of his peak.Stuff+109Location+105Pitching+114Health77%Proj IP188ppERA3.21ppK%26.7%PHI4Logan Gilbert101 Stuff+3.17 ppERABlurb ProcessLogan Gilbert has a dominant fastball he's improved by changing the arsenal around it What was a dominant knuckle-curve in the minors morphed into a harder The slider lost its sweep and gained 5 mph and the benefit of maybe the best pitcher's park in baseball — which all adds up to an elite floor.Blurb ProcessLogan Gilbert has a dominant fastball and the benefit of maybe the best pitcher's park in baseball — which all adds up to an elite floor.Logan Gilbert has a dominant fastball and the benefit of maybe the best pitcher's park in baseball — which all adds up to an elite floor.Stuff+101Location+107Pitching+111Health95%Proj IP198ppERA3.17ppK%25.7%SEA5Garrett Crochet113 Stuff+3.01 ppERABlurb ProcessThe back end of the top 10 has some really excellent pitchers who have injury risk The lefty dominanted last year thanks to a big-velo fastball and a strong cutter but he also has a sinker and sweeper that he began to weave back into his arsenal late in the season Could using him every five or six days lead to better health outcomes than the White Sox got from Crochet in the bullpen But it's also worth remembering that between 2021 and 2023 Crochet put up fewer than 80 innings combined in three seasons He's ramped up fast.Blurb ProcessThe back end of the top 10 has some really excellent pitchers who have injury risk He's ramped up fast.The back end of the top 10 has some really excellent pitchers who have injury risk He's ramped up fast.Stuff+113Location+102Pitching+114Health69%Proj IP161ppERA3.01ppK%31.8%BOS6Chris Sale106 Stuff+3.12 ppERABlurb ProcessThere really isn't anything bad to say about Chris Sale on the mound He pushed his strikeout rate back north of 30 percent but it was never really all that much lower even when he struggled for a bit His slider and fastball are still dominant and he made some changes to his off-speed that made it average enough He even pushed his fastball velo back up to just under 95 mph again What a return to grace for the 35-year-old You just can't forget all the struggles that came before or the fact that his season ended early last year due to injury once again Expect more like 150 innings and you won't be dissapointed.Blurb ProcessThere really isn't anything bad to say about Chris Sale on the mound Expect more like 150 innings and you won't be dissapointed.There really isn't anything bad to say about Chris Sale on the mound Expect more like 150 innings and you won't be dissapointed.Stuff+106Location+110Pitching+111Health66%Proj IP156ppERA3.12ppK%29.4%ATL7Corbin Burnes112 Stuff+3.42 ppERABlurb ProcessMuch has been made of Corbin Burnes' declining strikeout rate and so you'll see him lower on other rankings his cutter has been excellent at limiting the damage even as the whiffs have decreased his Stuff+ is still elite and down the stretch he refound the movement on his cutter and experimented with what looked like an excellent sweeper It's an extremely high floor with even a little ceiling represented by regaining his old strikeout rates with some new wrinkles.Blurb ProcessMuch has been made of Corbin Burnes' declining strikeout rate It's an extremely high floor with even a little ceiling represented by regaining his old strikeout rates with some new wrinkles.Much has been made of Corbin Burnes' declining strikeout rate It's an extremely high floor with even a little ceiling represented by regaining his old strikeout rates with some new wrinkles.Stuff+112Location+106Pitching+119Health92%Proj IP188ppERA3.42ppK%24.3%ARI8Cole Ragans108 Stuff+3.49 ppERABlurb ProcessCole Ragans has now been dominant for most of two seasons with the Royals and the lefty does it with high-velocity four-seamers along with a strong combination of changeups and curves — all thrown with near-average or better command there's a fair amount of injury risk here for a pitcher who had to revise his Tommy John and missed a huge chunk of time on his way up to the majors There's also this: No starting pitcher lost more velocity between April and September than the 1.6 mph Ragans lost off his fastball last season.Blurb ProcessCole Ragans has now been dominant for most of two seasons with the Royals There's also this: No starting pitcher lost more velocity between April and September than the 1.6 mph Ragans lost off his fastball last season.Cole Ragans has now been dominant for most of two seasons with the Royals There's also this: No starting pitcher lost more velocity between April and September than the 1.6 mph Ragans lost off his fastball last season.Stuff+108Location+101Pitching+111Health91%Proj IP173ppERA3.49ppK%26.6%KCR9Dylan Cease111 Stuff+3.31 ppERABlurb ProcessThe command comes and goes for Dylan Cease A huge fastball that hasn't shown a decline yet a sizzling slider that has become his main second weapon and now a change-of-pace curveball mean that the righty will give you a huge strikeout rate over what has been pretty good bulk for the past four seasons It's probably good news that the team signed Elias Díaz to frame for him because Luis Campusano is one of the worst in the majors at that skill.Blurb ProcessThe command comes and goes for Dylan Cease because Luis Campusano is one of the worst in the majors at that skill.The command comes and goes for Dylan Cease because Luis Campusano is one of the worst in the majors at that skill.Stuff+111Location+102Pitching+114Health92%Proj IP183ppERA3.31ppK%28.50%SDP10Framber Valdez106 Stuff+3.34 ppERABlurb ProcessOnly eight pitchers have thrown more innings since 2021 started and only four pitchers have thrown 500-plus innings and also put up a better ERA than the 3.08 Framber Valdez sported over that time provided by his excellent sinker and breaking ball combo The upside comes from the years when he feels better goes deeper into the season and has better command — just remember the 200-plus innings of a 2.82 ERA in 2022 Here's a place where you can get value on a pitcher if you don't chase the strikeout rate.Blurb ProcessOnly eight pitchers have thrown more innings since 2021 started Here's a place where you can get value on a pitcher if you don't chase the strikeout rate.Only eight pitchers have thrown more innings since 2021 started Here's a place where you can get value on a pitcher if you don't chase the strikeout rate.Stuff+106Location+100Pitching+110Health91%Proj IP181ppERA3.34ppK%23.6%HOU11Blake Snell99 Stuff+3.27 ppERABlurb ProcessOnce a pitcher is over 1,000 innings into their career — heck once a pitcher is over 10 starts into his career — Stuff+ should not be the only metric used to judge him we have plenty of seasons where Snell has shown he can strike out nearly a third of the batters he sees keep the ball in the park and suppress hits He does alternate healthy seasons with less healthy ones but he's also bottomed out at a respectable 104 innings and was almost a top-50 pitcher last year He might lead this injury-risk Dodgers squad in innings even.Blurb ProcessOnce a pitcher is over 1,000 innings into their career — heck even.Once a pitcher is over 1,000 innings into their career — heck even.Stuff+99Location+106Pitching+109Health78%Proj IP134ppERA3.27ppK%30.8%LAD12Jacob deGrom115 Stuff+3.01 ppERABlurb ProcessIt's impossible to get the *right* ranking for Jacob deGrom supported by the best starter's K-BB rate (39.2 percent!!) and the best starter's Stuff+ (123) He's thrown 190 innings combined over those four seasons and Paul Skenes was the fifth-best pitcher in fantasy last year with 133 innings — could deGrom get there What do you do when he's hurt and doesn't have a timeline but this feels like a better place for the innings risk.Blurb ProcessIt's impossible to get the *right* ranking for Jacob deGrom but this feels like a better place for the innings risk.It's impossible to get the *right* ranking for Jacob deGrom but this feels like a better place for the innings risk.Stuff+115Location+113Pitching+130Health38%Proj IP128ppERA3.01ppK%31.1%TEX13Tyler Glasnow107 Stuff+2.94 ppERABlurb ProcessGiving Tyler Glasnow this ranking along with 128 projected innings might be folly but the dude was the 24th-best fantasy pitcher last year with only 134 innings and he could actually be even better in 2025 — in fact practically every projection system says his ERA will be lower than the 3.49 he showed last year said he should've had a number south of three last year If he just re-racks what he did last year with a better ERA he'll easily be worth this rank.Blurb ProcessGiving Tyler Glasnow this ranking along with 128 projected innings might be folly he'll easily be worth this rank.Giving Tyler Glasnow this ranking along with 128 projected innings might be folly he'll easily be worth this rank.Stuff+107Location+102Pitching+112Health65%Proj IP139ppERA2.94ppK%30.2%LAD14Max Fried103 Stuff+3.41 ppERABlurb ProcessThere are worries which Statcast said was the third-friendliest park for home runs over the past three years But Max Fried is a lefty who can help suppress lefty homers has experience in a homer-friendly park and has had success with low strikeout rates before probably due to having a whopping five above-average pitches by both Stuff+ and Location+ If you can stomach a little bit of injury risk the rest doesn't seem all that risky.Blurb ProcessThere are worries the rest doesn't seem all that risky.There are worries the rest doesn't seem all that risky.Stuff+103Location+98Pitching+103Health79%Proj IP161ppERA3.41ppK%22.6%NYY15Bryce Miller106 Stuff+3.5 ppERABlurb ProcessA former reliever Bryce Miller has an outstanding fastball full of vim and vigor He's been trying to put the right pitches around it since his debut The sweeper has required some attention because its release makes it obvious to the hitter — they don't swing They gyro slider is decent but gave up some high slugging numbers last season especially if his offseason work refines one of his breaking balls into a plus-plus offering This praise is too faint: Miller had flaws last year .. and put up a 2.94 ERA in 180 1/3 innings.Blurb ProcessA former reliever and put up a 2.94 ERA in 180 1/3 innings.A former reliever and put up a 2.94 ERA in 180 1/3 innings.Stuff+106Location+102Pitching+108Health93%Proj IP171ppERA3.5ppK%23.7%SEA16Hunter Brown102 Stuff+3.56 ppERABlurb ProcessHunter Brown has it all He has a 92 mph slider/cutter thing that's pretty awesome He has another high-80s slider he can go to he's never had a bad walk rate in the majors Brown has it all -- at least now that he added a plus sinker to the package and widened his arsenal he's sported a 2.48 ERA and become an ace.Blurb ProcessHunter Brown has it all he's sported a 2.48 ERA and become an ace.Hunter Brown has it all he's sported a 2.48 ERA and become an ace.Stuff+102Location+101Pitching+104Health93%Proj IP182ppERA3.56ppK%25.2%HOU17Logan Webb104 Stuff+3.46 ppERABlurb ProcessYou'll get a good ERA and tons of innings from Logan Webb so he's an ideal pairing with a higher-risk You'll take a hit in terms of strikeouts per inning or batter but he also goes deep into games and gets decisions so there are a lot of benefits to his approach Could he bump that strikeout rate a little A new cutter and a sweeper that had the best shape of its life last season could combine with his dominant sinker and changeup combo to produce a season with a tiny ERA and a strikeout rate like he put up in 2021 That'd make him a top-10 starter again.Blurb ProcessYou'll get a good ERA and tons of innings from Logan Webb That'd make him a top-10 starter again.You'll get a good ERA and tons of innings from Logan Webb That'd make him a top-10 starter again.Stuff+104Location+106Pitching+109Health98%Proj IP196ppERA3.46ppK%21.1%SFG18Yoshinobu Yamamoto93 Stuff+3.41 ppERABlurb ProcessAfter being largely healthy and incredibly dominant in Japan Yoshinobu Yamamoto came to MLB and missed half the season with injury .. Maybe his excellent results were slightly more a result of command than stuff but that was always part of the package anyway it's just that none of his pitches is an elite combo of velocity and shape The good news is that the Dodgers found him a good slider the bad news is that the Dodgers will end up limiting his innings via the six-man rotation even if he's fully healthy in 2025.Blurb ProcessAfter being largely healthy and incredibly dominant in Japan the bad news is that the Dodgers will end up limiting his innings via the six-man rotation even if he's fully healthy in 2025.After being largely healthy and incredibly dominant in Japan the bad news is that the Dodgers will end up limiting his innings via the six-man rotation even if he's fully healthy in 2025.Stuff+93Location+109Pitching+104Health74%Proj IP140ppERA3.41ppK%26.1%LAD19Spencer Strider108 Stuff+2.96 ppERABlurb ProcessCan you wait Can you wait as long as a month for one of your top pitchers to even pitch Because if your roster and your team settings allow it There's a little bit of good news in that it wasn't a complete tear of his elbow ligament and he underwent an internal brace procedure instead of a full Tommy John surgery but with the Braves likely to play in October they'll want to shift some of his innings into that month And there's the wrinkle that we haven't seen Strider pitch post-surgery yet what's the big difference between him and deGrom?Blurb ProcessCan you wait what's the big difference between him and deGrom?Can you wait what's the big difference between him and deGrom?Stuff+108Location+102Pitching+109Health71%Proj IP122ppERA2.96ppK%32.9%ATL20Roki Sasaki#N/A3.5 ppERABlurb ProcessThe revelation that Roki Sasaki considered having Tommy John surgery in Japan but chose not to was a little troublesome in light of his declining stuff and velocity loss last year in that league It seems likely he will end up missing significant time in the next few seasons Then there are the questions about his stuff: His fastball shape is meh his breaking balls aren't great and he doesn't have great spin or feel for it But 100-120 innings of peak Kevin Gausman as a floor doesn't seem all that bad anyway.Blurb ProcessThe revelation that Roki Sasaki considered having Tommy John surgery in Japan but chose not to was a little troublesome in light of his declining stuff and velocity loss last year in that league But 100-120 innings of peak Kevin Gausman as a floor doesn't seem all that bad anyway.The revelation that Roki Sasaki considered having Tommy John surgery in Japan but chose not to was a little troublesome in light of his declining stuff and velocity loss last year in that league But 100-120 innings of peak Kevin Gausman as a floor doesn't seem all that bad anyway.Proj IP120ppERA3.5ppK%30.8%LAD21Pablo López94 Stuff+3.72 ppERABlurb ProcessAlways a steady performer it's been three years since Pablo López put up ace-like numbers he's been a top-50 pitcher for three straight seasons and seems to have a steadiness to his value A changeup that might be undervalued by stuff metrics two decent fastballs and two decent breaking balls gives him a large arsenal with good velo and command The health woes of the past seem to be fully behind him with the obvious ability to put together a top-20 season Pair him with a riskier ace like Garrett Crochet and you might prosper.Blurb ProcessAlways a steady performer Pair him with a riskier ace like Garrett Crochet and you might prosper.Always a steady performer Pair him with a riskier ace like Garrett Crochet and you might prosper.Stuff+94Location+113Pitching+107Health88%Proj IP188ppERA3.72ppK%24.8%MIN22Joe Ryan106 Stuff+3.61 ppERABlurb ProcessOn his way to a breakout season until an injury felled him Excellent command of a fastball that jumps on hitters due to its shape and release is at the core He's been toggling between a sweeper and a hard gyro slider the past few seasons and seemed to have found the right combo in 2024 too — batters hit .204 against his splitter and sweeper but the new mix is going to provide strikeouts by the bushel Innings might be the only question.Blurb ProcessOn his way to a breakout season until an injury felled him Innings might be the only question.On his way to a breakout season until an injury felled him Innings might be the only question.Stuff+106Location+108Pitching+112Health85%Proj IP158ppERA3.61ppK%26.4%MIN23Luis Castillo105 Stuff+3.43 ppERABlurb ProcessEvery year the warm-weather bump in fastball velocity brings a little less back to Luis Castillo's four-seamer the former sinker/changeup pitcher gets a little further away from his ground-ball and home run suppressing ways but at 32 there's just enough in the profile to make you wonder as long as he's still in Seattle.Blurb ProcessEvery year as long as he's still in Seattle.Every year as long as he's still in Seattle.Stuff+105Location+106Pitching+108Health88%Proj IP171ppERA3.43ppK%25.3%SEA24Freddy Peralta99 Stuff+3.56 ppERABlurb ProcessPerhaps its his crossfire mechanics Freddy Peralta is usually good for a dominant stretch and a stretch that inches him closer to your bench his ERA has been more than a run higher in the first half even if he's evolved past being Fastball Freddy and now has a strong four-pitch mix that produces strikeouts even during the Bad Times What if he had a season that was only second halves put together?Blurb ProcessPerhaps its his crossfire mechanics What if he had a season that was only second halves put together?Perhaps its his crossfire mechanics What if he had a season that was only second halves put together?Stuff+99Location+103Pitching+101Health86%Proj IP178ppERA3.56ppK%27.0%MIL25Aaron Nola107 Stuff+3.72 ppERABlurb ProcessWe've got a little bit of a mini-tier here with a few pitchers that should be good for bulk but may not have the upside to become your No There's a place for these guys on every roster especially with the health risk associated with some of the second-tier aces before them Aaron Nola's park and (perhaps associated) long run of giving up a decent amount of homers counteracts his great combination of stuff and command The new cutter gives him three fastballs he can pair with that dominant curve they'll probably be good.Blurb ProcessWe've got a little bit of a mini-tier here with a few pitchers that should be good for bulk they'll probably be good.We've got a little bit of a mini-tier here with a few pitchers that should be good for bulk they'll probably be good.Stuff+107Location+104Pitching+109Health93%Proj IP188ppERA3.72ppK%24.1%PHI26Michael King97 Stuff+3.77 ppERABlurb ProcessMichael King's stuff but you wouldn't know it from his on-field results last season does have movement that hitters can easily associate with his arm slot — but King puts it on a dime on the outside corner That great command should still be there in 2025 And then there is that gruesome injury history for King He's an excellent starter but just putting him down for 170 more innings of a sub-three ERA is being too optimistic.Blurb ProcessMichael King's stuff He's an excellent starter but just putting him down for 170 more innings of a sub-three ERA is being too optimistic.Michael King's stuff He's an excellent starter but just putting him down for 170 more innings of a sub-three ERA is being too optimistic.Stuff+97Location+102Pitching+99Health88%Proj IP168ppERA3.77ppK%25.0%SDP27Tanner Bibee99 Stuff+3.64 ppERABlurb ProcessIt's not a good fastball for Tanner Bibee It has slightly above-average velocity for a starter and the shape is dead zone — exactly what a hitter would expect given his arm slot Good thing he has a really good hard slider/cutter thing that he can command really well There are some similarities to Shane Bieber here so maybe we shouldn't make too much of that fastball it limits Bibee's upside and puts pressure on him to perhaps develop another hard pitch and lean into a wide arsenal Not sure.Blurb ProcessIt's not a good fastball for Tanner Bibee Not sure.It's not a good fastball for Tanner Bibee Not sure.Stuff+99Location+101Pitching+98Health93%Proj IP179ppERA3.64ppK%24.4%CLE28Spencer Schwellenbach105 Stuff+3.7 ppERABlurb ProcessBetween the majors and minors last year Spencer Schwellenbach threw 168 2/3 innings That's good news for his ability to go deep into 2025 the former shortstop in college had never topped 70 innings in a season so you might count that as a fairly large increase and worry about it He has a funky combination of release point and shape on his fastball and a large arsenal of legit offerings — he threw six different pitches more than 100 times last year And all of them were decent!Blurb ProcessBetween the majors and minors last year And all of them were decent!Between the majors and minors last year And all of them were decent!Stuff+105Location+109Pitching+113Health84%Proj IP171ppERA3.7ppK%23.0%ATL29Bryan Woo106 Stuff+3.29 ppERABlurb ProcessThough his mound presence is more quiet than ferocious Bryan Woo's stuff would get Ric Flair's attention One of only 15 starters who had above-average Stuff+ on both their four-seamer and sinker the righty backed that up with an excellent sweeper and a changeup that batters hit .186 against last season If he could throw the gyro slider a little harder he could maybe strike out more lefties and push his overall rate above average with risk (innings) and upside (more Ks) in equal abundance.Blurb ProcessThough his mound presence is more quiet than ferocious with risk (innings) and upside (more Ks) in equal abundance.Though his mound presence is more quiet than ferocious with risk (innings) and upside (more Ks) in equal abundance.Stuff+106Location+108Pitching+111Health83%Proj IP148ppERA3.29ppK%24.2%SEA30Shane McClanahan108 Stuff+3.62 ppERABlurb ProcessRays President of Baseball Operations Erik Neander said this offseason that Shane McClanahan upon returning from Tommy John surgery after missing all of last year That's pretty hopeful for a guy who has only crosssed that threshold once there's the risk the team wants to "save" some innings for the postseason if they're headed that way The safer bet is for somewhere around 130 innings — of really good quality Would've been nice to see him in a game just to know where the stuff is but spring will tell us something.Blurb ProcessRays President of Baseball Operations Erik Neander said this offseason that Shane McClanahan but spring will tell us something.Rays President of Baseball Operations Erik Neander said this offseason that Shane McClanahan IP138ppERA3.62ppK%25.3%TBR31Hunter Greene112 Stuff+3.61 ppERABlurb ProcessHunter Greene is a stuffist Only Garrett Crochet threw 120 innings and had a better Stuff+ last year he throws a hard slider and mixed in a promising splitter last year It's just a shame he has to pitch in one of the toughest parks in the majors and he throws so hard — over the past two seasons 10 of the 15 starters who averaged 96.5 mph or better on their fastball have missed time with serious injuries (five had Tommy John surgery) he's exciting as heck.Blurb ProcessHunter Greene is a stuffist he's exciting as heck.Hunter Greene is a stuffist he's exciting as heck.Stuff+112Location+96Pitching+107Health79%Proj IP171ppERA3.61ppK%28.6%CIN32Justin Steele104 Stuff+3.56 ppERABlurb ProcessJustin Steele is a lefty who throws his four-seamer and slider a combined 90 percent of the time so you'd expect him to struggle against righties but a .244/.302/.368 line from them isn't all that worrisome by itself What probably saves him is his fastball is a cut-ride fastball that bores in on righties that slider is sideways and the arsenal is small and the strikeout rates are only average — there's something about this grouping of skills that doesn't seem to support the career 3.24 ERA.Blurb ProcessJustin Steele is a lefty who throws his four-seamer and slider a combined 90 percent of the time that slider is sideways and the arsenal is small and the strikeout rates are only average — there's something about this grouping of skills that doesn't seem to support the career 3.24 ERA.Justin Steele is a lefty who throws his four-seamer and slider a combined 90 percent of the time that slider is sideways and the arsenal is small and the strikeout rates are only average — there's something about this grouping of skills that doesn't seem to support the career 3.24 ERA.Stuff+104Location+101Pitching+104Health87%Proj IP158ppERA3.56ppK%23.5%CHC33George Kirby104 Stuff+3.28 ppERABlurb ProcessGeorge Kirby probably has the best command in baseball but he'll be up to a month behind due to a shoulder inflammation but you'll also gain some floor and some certainty Should drafters worry about his second half But the good news is that the stuff was just about the same and that the cause may have been predictabiity: He went above the zone with his four-seamer too often with two strikes and should do so again in 2025.Blurb ProcessGeorge Kirby probably has the best command in baseball and should do so again in 2025.George Kirby probably has the best command in baseball and should do so again in 2025.Stuff+104Location+110Pitching+111Health95%Proj IP151ppERA3.28ppK%23.8%SEA34Shota Imanaga98 Stuff+3.81 ppERABlurb ProcessWe loved Shota Imanaga in these rankings last year and he came out and shoved with 173 1/3 innings and a 2.91 ERA Now he comes back and he's in the back end of the top 40 the home run rate that we thought might be a problem came with him and there are questions about the rest of his arsenal and those guys will be on base for the homers though.Blurb ProcessWe loved Shota Imanaga in these rankings last year though.We loved Shota Imanaga in these rankings last year though.Stuff+98Location+109Pitching+106Health89%Proj IP170ppERA3.81ppK%23.5%CHC35Ryan Pepiot107 Stuff+3.66 ppERABlurb ProcessOh to be Ryan Pepiot a killer changeup and a three-breaking-ball mix that befuddled hitters Despite some questions about his command (and iffy fastball locations last year) he has those two hard breaking balls that he can put in the zone for strikes and has seemingly moved past that flaw There's a little risk that his stuff degrades without the help of a park that seemingly inflates movement but all the seeds of a complete arsenal have been sown and he's ready to harvest.Blurb ProcessOh to be Ryan Pepiot but all the seeds of a complete arsenal have been sown and he's ready to harvest.Oh to be Ryan Pepiot but all the seeds of a complete arsenal have been sown and he's ready to harvest.Stuff+107Location+101Pitching+108Health77%Proj IP168ppERA3.66ppK%25.2%TBR36Cristopher Sánchez104 Stuff+3.64 ppERABlurb ProcessOne of the best changeups in the game and he'll probably put up good bulk given his "A" health grade and 181 2/3 innings in 2024 He's working on a new mystery pitch and if it's a cutter it could give him a hard pitch that's more useful against righties than his sinker And whiffs are really the only thing missing for Sánchez.Blurb ProcessOne of the best changeups in the game And whiffs are really the only thing missing for Sánchez.One of the best changeups in the game And whiffs are really the only thing missing for Sánchez.Stuff+104Location+103Pitching+109Health89%Proj IP178ppERA3.64ppK%21.2%PHI37Sandy Alcantara110 Stuff+3.72 ppERABlurb ProcessAt his best a 91 mph power changeup and an 86 mph curveball he can feature every once in a while if he needs whiffs over weak contact He has been what we hope Cristopher Sánchez could be: a power pitcher with command who thrives off weak contact but also strikes guys out at a league-average rate But innings and health are more a question for the veteran in Miami even if he looks great right now and his team is talking about lifting any restrictions on him.Blurb ProcessAt his best even if he looks great right now and his team is talking about lifting any restrictions on him.At his best even if he looks great right now and his team is talking about lifting any restrictions on him.Proj IP155ppERA3.72ppK%20.90%MIA38Sonny Gray95 Stuff+3.62 ppERABlurb ProcessAs the fastball velocity declines Sonny Gray becomes more dependent on his elite pitch He threw that sweeper 500 times last sason and batters still only "hit" .142 off the thing but that was still almost 50 points higher than they hit off the sweeper in 2023 just as everything bends in Gray's arsenal So the righty can play with that on a continuum making batters think they got one breaking ball when they instead got another But that game works better the more the hitters have to honor the fastball there's not a ton more to give in the velo department.Blurb ProcessAs the fastball velocity declines there's not a ton more to give in the velo department.As the fastball velocity declines there's not a ton more to give in the velo department.Stuff+95Location+106Pitching+105Health83%Proj IP169ppERA3.62ppK%24.6%STL39Kodai Senga104 Stuff+3.43 ppERABlurb ProcessHe pitched some in the postseason so it might be easy to forget that Kodai Senga missed all but five innings of the regular season in 2024 It was 94-ish on the fastball in the playoffs You can put an up arrow on the back of this Ghost Fork slinger if he's healthy in the spring but the health rating here will still be barely passing at best If you were conservative with your first couple of starters though Senga represents good upside with that arsenal with that offense behind him.Blurb ProcessHe pitched some in the postseason with that offense behind him.He pitched some in the postseason with that offense behind him.Stuff+104Location+102Pitching+104Health67%Proj IP131ppERA3.43ppK%26.4%NYM40Reynaldo López97 Stuff+4 ppERABlurb ProcessAn ERA over 4.00 seems like a pessimistic projection for Lopez after he threw over 135 innings last year with a 1.99 ERA but that's what happens when you drive your system with Stuff+ None of his pitches rated as above-average by Stuff+ his locations wobble between average and below and he's still small sample enough as a starter that these kinds of models are relevant There are more optimistic projections — ZiPs says López can throw to a 3.20 ERA with a 26 percent strikeout rate — so feel fre to nudge him up into the back end of the top 50 if you're a believer.Blurb ProcessAn ERA over 4.00 seems like a pessimistic projection for Lopez after he threw over 135 innings last year with a 1.99 ERA There are more optimistic projections — ZiPs says López can throw to a 3.20 ERA with a 26 percent strikeout rate — so feel fre to nudge him up into the back end of the top 50 if you're a believer.An ERA over 4.00 seems like a pessimistic projection for Lopez after he threw over 135 innings last year with a 1.99 ERA There are more optimistic projections — ZiPs says López can throw to a 3.20 ERA with a 26 percent strikeout rate — so feel fre to nudge him up into the back end of the top 50 if you're a believer.Stuff+97Location+103Pitching+98Health76%Proj IP152ppERA4ppK%24.4%ATL41Zac Gallen92 Stuff+3.72 ppERABlurb ProcessThe projections are a little soft and the stuff is starting to decline the Diamondbacks' righty recovered his lost velocity and seemed to find his changeup eventually He's a little more "large arsenal with command" at his best than someone who will dominate with stuff but he's also one of the best of that archetype He'll probably beat these projections.Blurb ProcessThe projections are a little soft and the stuff is starting to decline He'll probably beat these projections.The projections are a little soft and the stuff is starting to decline He'll probably beat these projections.Stuff+92Location+104Pitching+99Health90%Proj IP174ppERA3.72ppK%23.9%ARI42Yusei Kikuchi101 Stuff+3.81 ppERABlurb ProcessThe Astros helped Yusei Kikuchi optimize his pitch mix by having him dial down the curveball usage and throw more of his hard bullet sliders low and away to righties That worked because his slider is better than his curve but also because that tight shape works better to that location Can the Angels just profit off of those alterations or will the league catch up and adjust to this new approach and has been around a top-50 starter for two years now so this ranking reflects the risk that he is who he's been and he has his best season.Blurb ProcessThe Astros helped Yusei Kikuchi optimize his pitch mix by having him dial down the curveball usage and throw more of his hard bullet sliders low and away to righties and he has his best season.The Astros helped Yusei Kikuchi optimize his pitch mix by having him dial down the curveball usage and throw more of his hard bullet sliders low and away to righties and he has his best season.Stuff+101Location+109Pitching+111Health88%Proj IP173ppERA3.81ppK%26.7%LAA43Robbie Ray104 Stuff+3.77 ppERABlurb ProcessPerhaps the tighest pants in the big leagues showed last season that his stuff was back on the fastball sitting over 94 on the four-seamer for the first time since 2021 as evidenced by his worst walk rate since 2020 Studies have shown that the command comes back after the stuff when it comes to Tommy John surgery so his short stint last year was mostly good news there are reasons for optimism here.Blurb ProcessPerhaps the tighest pants in the big leagues showed last season that his stuff was back on the fastball there are reasons for optimism here.Perhaps the tighest pants in the big leagues showed last season that his stuff was back on the fastball there are reasons for optimism here.Stuff+104Location+88Pitching+91Health53%Proj IP158ppERA3.77ppK%26.6%SFG44Carlos Rodón109 Stuff+3.86 ppERABlurb ProcessTop button open perhaps some expletives — the Carlos Rodón Experience is a wild one Heavy fastball usage sometimes gets him into trouble as hitters anticipate what he's trying to do and can touch him for homers and showed at times in the playoffs that he can manage the intensity and dial in the command a little better this is who he is — high-threes ERA with tons of strikeouts and the odd lost season due to injury.Blurb ProcessTop button open and the odd lost season due to injury.Top button open and the odd lost season due to injury.Stuff+109Location+97Pitching+107Health65%Proj IP149ppERA3.86ppK%26.6%NYY45Gavin Williams99 Stuff+3.69 ppERABlurb ProcessEvery time we re-ran the Stuff+ model this offseason as we were working on it Gavin Williams' Stuff+ oscillated from well above average to just below That makes some sense because despite the nice 97 mph gas behind his four-seamer it neither has the ride of a great four-seamer nor the fade of a great two-seamer The good news is that he still has that gas and three decent breaking balls and he has enough bulk in the bank to get close to 150 innings in 2025 he sits just ahead a tier of "fine" veterans — his upside seperates him.Blurb ProcessEvery time we re-ran the Stuff+ model this offseason as we were working on it he sits just ahead a tier of "fine" veterans — his upside seperates him.Every time we re-ran the Stuff+ model this offseason as we were working on it he sits just ahead a tier of "fine" veterans — his upside seperates him.Stuff+99Location+103Pitching+103Health77%Proj IP138ppERA3.69ppK%24.3%CLE46Clay Holmes124 Stuff+3.48 ppERABlurb ProcessWithout adding to his arsenal Clay Holmes can probably be a successful starting pitcher based on his super-sinker and great two-breaking-ball arsenal He'll keep the ball on the ground and in the park and double plays will help clean up some weaknesses against lefties and the occasional bout of poor command the righty showed a four-seamer that had more ride than he'd ever had on the pitch before Even a league-average fastball would raise the celing on this conversion by giving him more whiffs and fewer walks against righties.Blurb ProcessWithout adding to his arsenal Even a league-average fastball would raise the celing on this conversion by giving him more whiffs and fewer walks against righties.Without adding to his arsenal Even a league-average fastball would raise the celing on this conversion by giving him more whiffs and fewer walks against righties.Stuff+124Location+100Pitching+120Proj IP125ppERA3.48ppK%22.4%NYM47Grayson Rodriguez107 Stuff+3.4 ppERABlurb ProcessDespite not having a great slider Grayson Rodriguez has all the parts that he could put together this year and break out into being a top-10 pitcher an elite changeup and a good curve are the foundation But he's also demonstrated above-average command and despite some missed time last year has not yet developed a reputation for being injury-prone should be enough to improve his splits against righties and leap into stardom but good news could recover his value quickly.Blurb ProcessDespite not having a great slider but good news could recover his value quickly.Despite not having a great slider but good news could recover his value quickly.Stuff+107Location+107Pitching+113Health82%Proj IP129ppERA3.4ppK%26.5%BAL48Brandon Pfaadt102 Stuff+3.77 ppERABlurb ProcessHe's built up the bulk to go 180 innings and he's got a role in that Diamondbacks rotation so Brandon Pfaadt has the upside to put together a special season But it's unclear what trick is left up his sleeve Going to the sinker more against righties was the adjustment that fueled the postseason run in 2023 but the righty still struggles against lefties his sweeper is neutralized against southpaws and even though he mixed in sinkers with his fourseamers he just survives when a lefty steps up (.492 slugging liftime vs LHB) maybe.Blurb ProcessHe's built up the bulk to go 180 innings maybe.He's built up the bulk to go 180 innings maybe.Stuff+102Location+107Pitching+106Health94%Proj IP183ppERA3.77ppK%23.4%ARI49Kevin Gausman97 Stuff+4.01 ppERABlurb ProcessNearly 90 percent of the pitches Kevin Gausman throws are either fastballs or splitters That seems particularly relevant as his fastball velo threatens to dip below league average especially given the results of new research about the value of wide arsenals helping pitchers particularly in their third time through the order Gausman has avoided the high home run rates and poor third-time-through splits but they remain open questions as the 34-year-old goes deeper into his career He already showed a six-year low in strikeout rate The question is only how steep the drop will be based on his spring Stuff+ numbers.)Blurb ProcessNearly 90 percent of the pitches Kevin Gausman throws are either fastballs or splitters based on his spring Stuff+ numbers.)Nearly 90 percent of the pitches Kevin Gausman throws are either fastballs or splitters based on his spring Stuff+ numbers.)Stuff+97Location+104Pitching+102Health87%Proj IP173ppERA4.01ppK%23.3%TOR50Taj Bradley108 Stuff+3.68 ppERABlurb ProcessIt's all hard for Taj Bradley a 91 mph splitter and a 91 mph cutter a combined 90 percent of the time — batters don't have to honor a larger velocity band it seems like it's been difficult for the young Ray because he goes through stretches where the command leaves him and he ends up being predictable (without a dominant breaking ball) When he's struggling to strike out righties and the ball is leaving the park it's easy to forget his top-of-the-line stuff and borderline-elite strikeeout rates.Blurb ProcessIt's all hard for Taj Bradley it's easy to forget his top-of-the-line stuff and borderline-elite strikeeout rates.It's all hard for Taj Bradley it's easy to forget his top-of-the-line stuff and borderline-elite strikeeout rates.Stuff+108Location+93Pitching+103Health87%Proj IP173ppERA3.68ppK%25.1%TBR51Jack Flaherty100 Stuff+3.68 ppERABlurb ProcessHe may not like talking about it but the fact remains that Jack Flaherty allows a hundred points more of slugging on pitches under 94 mph as he does on pitches over 94 mph He hasn't averaged 94 mph on the pitch since 2021 which might have had something to do with his seven-plus ERA and also his relatively tough free agency He landed in a good park and still has two really good breaking balls You can't forget what a guy does right.Blurb ProcessHe may not like talking about it You can't forget what a guy does right.He may not like talking about it You can't forget what a guy does right.Stuff+100Location+104Pitching+104Health86%Proj IP159ppERA3.68ppK%25.7%DET52Bailey Ober93 Stuff+3.98 ppERABlurb ProcessThe Stuff+ model may undervalue Bailey Ober He's now had good striekout rates in over 300 innings over the past two seasons He has a unique arm slot and his pitches have all overperformed their numbers in that model he sits under 92 mph and has given up 49 homers over the past two seasons and fancy models don't really move the needle on the back of a good strikeout-minus-walk rate and a home run problem — that's the most likely outcome for the soft-tossing Ober.Blurb ProcessThe Stuff+ model may undervalue Bailey Ober on the back of a good strikeout-minus-walk rate and a home run problem — that's the most likely outcome for the soft-tossing Ober.The Stuff+ model may undervalue Bailey Ober on the back of a good strikeout-minus-walk rate and a home run problem — that's the most likely outcome for the soft-tossing Ober.Stuff+93Location+109Pitching+103Health95%Proj IP181ppERA3.98ppK%24.1%MIN53Nathan Eovaldi100 Stuff+3.83 ppERABlurb ProcessFrom fantasy analyst Jason Collette: Six pitchers pitched at least 100 innings since 2021 and had an ERA under four in each season with a WHIP under 1.25 in each season and he always represents a significant health risk but the Rangers' righty has developed himself into a wide-arsenal guy by pushing the splitter Nobody will jump in the chat to congratulate you on picking a sleeper but this is good oatmeal.Blurb ProcessFrom fantasy analyst Jason Collette: Six pitchers pitched at least 100 innings since 2021 and had an ERA under four in each season with a WHIP under 1.25 in each season but this is good oatmeal.From fantasy analyst Jason Collette: Six pitchers pitched at least 100 innings since 2021 and had an ERA under four in each season with a WHIP under 1.25 in each season but this is good oatmeal.Stuff+100Location+104Pitching+103Health67%Proj IP141ppERA3.83ppK%22.8%TEX54Reese Olson93 Stuff+3.7 ppERABlurb ProcessReese Olson throws five pitches regularly and it turns out the poor command grades he received as a prospect might not have been entirely correct Neither fastball is great — the four-seamer might be terrible (74 Stuff+ .421 slugging allowed lifetime) — but he has three average-to-good secondaries and mixes it up well His home park means he'll be usable at least half the time and if he can push the slider even just a little bit he could break out into the veteran wide-mix-with-command crew but can be volatile year to year.Blurb ProcessReese Olson throws five pitches regularly but can be volatile year to year.Reese Olson throws five pitches regularly but can be volatile year to year.Stuff+93Location+99Pitching+92Health84%Proj IP149ppERA3.7ppK%22.2%DET55Nick Pivetta105 Stuff+3.75 ppERABlurb ProcessThe Stuff+ revamp didn't treat him well -- mostly because but it comes from an arm slot that makes that ride predictable to hitters which leads the pitch to giving up home runs -- but Nick Pivetta does have some things going for him an elite breaking pitch and two more that function around average and demonstrated strikeout rates in the high twenties and low thirties are all on his ledger He signed with a Padres team that boasts a home park that at least suppresses homers by righties Could that help him to a career year?Blurb ProcessThe Stuff+ revamp didn't treat him well -- mostly because Could that help him to a career year?The Stuff+ revamp didn't treat him well -- mostly because Could that help him to a career year?Stuff+105Location+106Pitching+109Health86%Proj IP155ppERA3.75ppK%27.0%SDP56Nick Lodolo104 Stuff+3.82 ppERABlurb ProcessInjury has kept Nick Lodolo from putting the bulk into his promise an elite breaking pitch and an average change give him a four-pitch mix with command and the 123 innings he threw last year were nearly a seasonal career high for him The health issues and the results on the field seem intertwined — if Lodolo throws more than 125 innings the bet here is that he will have a mid-threes ERA and a good strikeout rate That park will always make things difficult but he's got the stuff to combat it.Blurb ProcessInjury has kept Nick Lodolo from putting the bulk into his promise but he's got the stuff to combat it.Injury has kept Nick Lodolo from putting the bulk into his promise but he's got the stuff to combat it.Stuff+104Location+99Pitching+99Health73%Proj IP131ppERA3.82ppK%25.2%CIN57Tylor Megill103 Stuff+3.7 ppERABlurb ProcessWith all the injuries the Mets' rotation has suffered already Tylor Megill looks to be a lock to be in the Opening Day rotation With the way Stuff+ likes all of his pitches he might just be a lock to stay in the rotation all season and the command hasn't been top-notch just yet but it's a well-rounded arsenal with multiple fastballs (a Mets trademark at this point) and secondary pitches that are good enough to drive him further up the rankings as he pitches.Blurb ProcessWith all the injuries the Mets' rotation has suffered already but it's a well-rounded arsenal with multiple fastballs (a Mets trademark at this point) and secondary pitches that are good enough to drive him further up the rankings as he pitches.With all the injuries the Mets' rotation has suffered already but it's a well-rounded arsenal with multiple fastballs (a Mets trademark at this point) and secondary pitches that are good enough to drive him further up the rankings as he pitches.Stuff+103Location+95Pitching+100Health75%Proj IP139ppERA3.7ppK%24.0%NYM58Tanner Houck102 Stuff+3.93 ppERABlurb ProcessThe sinker/slider combo especially because of Tanner Houck's low slot He's kept them to a .228/.291/.306 career line and since there are more righties and Houck has shown he can handle the bulk particuarly the splitter and his new location strategies with the sinker Those combined to help Houck cut 200 points of slugging out of the line against him from lefties year-over-year — but how much of that was one-year luck the splitter just looks like a slower sinker without enough of a velo gap to be effective it looks like exactly what he needs to re-up on a breakout.Blurb ProcessThe sinker/slider combo it looks like exactly what he needs to re-up on a breakout.The sinker/slider combo it looks like exactly what he needs to re-up on a breakout.Stuff+102Location+105Pitching+105Health88%Proj IP169ppERA3.93ppK%21.0%BOS59Shane Baz101 Stuff+4.15 ppERABlurb ProcessIn some ways Baz doesn't have the elite stuff that he showed in the Futures Game when he was blowing hundos with nasty breaking balls with good but not elite sliders and curves which has been shown to augment stuff and strikeouts His home strikeout rate (25 percent) may not be there for him at Steinbrenner Field and his away strikeout rate (19 percent) is not promising Another year away from surgery may bring him closer to his old arsenal but the risk here is loud and clear.Blurb ProcessIn some ways but the risk here is loud and clear.In some ways but the risk here is loud and clear.Stuff+101Location+98Pitching+100Health62%Proj IP141ppERA4.15ppK%21.8%TBR60Seth Lugo97 Stuff+4.14 ppERABlurb ProcessIt isn't fair to say that Seth Lugo succeeded last year just because he throws so many dang pitches He does have elite spin rates (and feel) on the curve and slider so there are dominant pitches in his repertoire that he throws more pitch types than almost anyone in baseball (and if you ask Lugo he struck out only 22 percent of the batters he saw on the back of a 92 mph fastball — you have to wonder how likely he is to match last year but the league has also had more time to see all of his pitches Making him one of the three highest-ranked pitchers with a projected ERA over four feels right.Blurb ProcessIt isn't fair to say that Seth Lugo succeeded last year just because he throws so many dang pitches Making him one of the three highest-ranked pitchers with a projected ERA over four feels right.It isn't fair to say that Seth Lugo succeeded last year just because he throws so many dang pitches Making him one of the three highest-ranked pitchers with a projected ERA over four feels right.Stuff+97Location+100Pitching+98Health85%Proj IP186ppERA4.14ppK%20.5%KCR61Jesús Luzardo98 Stuff+3.9 ppERABlurb ProcessHe's a 27-year-old in his prime a lefty who just a year ago had one of the hardest fastballs in the game and he had a two-year stretch from 2022-2023 where he kept his ERA in the low threes with strikeout rates near 30 percent he has a poor health rating after missing so much of last year with a back problem (not to forget the elbow soreness he experienced early in the season and he becomes a one-note pitcher even at 95-96 mph If he can push those radar gun readings back up but count me skeptical.Blurb ProcessHe's a 27-year-old in his prime but count me skeptical.He's a 27-year-old in his prime but count me skeptical.Stuff+98Location+101Pitching+101Health75%Proj IP131ppERA3.9ppK%24.70%PHI62Max Scherzer99 Stuff+3.84 ppERABlurb ProcessEvery time Max Scherzer gets through a start healthy There's not that much else to say about a future Hall of Famer at the end of his career That's enough to buy him in most leagues.Blurb ProcessEvery time Max Scherzer gets through a start healthy That's enough to buy him in most leagues.Every time Max Scherzer gets through a start healthy That's enough to buy him in most leagues.Stuff+99Location+103Pitching+101Health64%Proj IP127ppERA3.84ppK%24.8%TOR63Drew Rasmussen121 Stuff+3.17 ppERABlurb ProcessHis Stuff+ numbers last year were fantastic but not incredibly relevant without some adjusting Drew Rasmussen topped out at two innings a start last year and aired out his fastball like he hadn't since the last time he was a reliever we've seen this dance before as he's transitioned from a reliever to a starter and maintained his excellence He won't go deep into games but he'll get his strikeouts and maybe they'll let him go long enough to win games If your league can use 120 or so innings of something like a 3.00 ERA with a bushel of strikeouts If your league values bulk highly (with innings pitched categories he loses value.Blurb ProcessHis Stuff+ numbers last year were fantastic he loses value.His Stuff+ numbers last year were fantastic he loses value.Stuff+121Location+102Pitching+119Health58%Proj IP111ppERA3.17ppK%25.1%TBR64Ranger Suárez98 Stuff+3.96 ppERABlurb ProcessWhat a tale of two halves for Ranger Suárez he kept the ball on the ground and in the park while limiting walks He made the most out of a 25 percent strikeout rate and put up a 2.76 ERA that looked out of place mid-table in the rankings the faults that drove those ranks came out: Suárez couldn't stay healthy walked more guys and struck out fewer guys on a sinker that was barely cracking 90 mph in some starts The ERA ballooned to 5.65 and he couldn't stay healthy he's a wide-arsenal guy with good command and middling stuff — think high-threes ERA and below-average strikeouts.Blurb ProcessWhat a tale of two halves for Ranger Suárez he's a wide-arsenal guy with good command and middling stuff — think high-threes ERA and below-average strikeouts.What a tale of two halves for Ranger Suárez he's a wide-arsenal guy with good command and middling stuff — think high-threes ERA and below-average strikeouts.Stuff+98Location+109Pitching+105Health88%Proj IP160ppERA3.96ppK%21.3%PHI65Grant Holmes93 Stuff+3.84 ppERABlurb ProcessIt's not outstanding stuff that makes Grant Holmes tick It's more about having good touch on two breaking balls and two fastballs that he can play off each other he's adding a changeup that has 8 inches more armside run than any other pitch he has a full arsenal on a good team that will score some runs for him and protect his leads Oatmeal is good for you.Blurb ProcessIt's not outstanding stuff that makes Grant Holmes tick Oatmeal is good for you.It's not outstanding stuff that makes Grant Holmes tick Oatmeal is good for you.Stuff+93Location+99Pitching+92Health78%Proj IP146ppERA3.84ppK%23.4%ATL66Justin Verlander110 Stuff+3.94 ppERABlurb ProcessApparently a neck injury was keeping Justin Verlander from being himself last year he's trying to recapture the fluidity of his delivery this spring and the stuff model has said for some time now that he's not completely washed he's a future Hall of Famer who's saying he's feeling fully healthy for the first time in a long time He's got an up arrow on this ranking with every healthy start.Blurb ProcessApparently a neck injury was keeping Justin Verlander from being himself last year He's got an up arrow on this ranking with every healthy start.Apparently a neck injury was keeping Justin Verlander from being himself last year He's got an up arrow on this ranking with every healthy start.Stuff+110Location+93Pitching+101Health62%Proj IP128ppERA3.94ppK%21.0%SFG67Spencer Arrighetti102 Stuff+4.11 ppERABlurb ProcessPossibly underrated by the old Stuff+ model Spencer Arrigheti now shows as having an above-average fastball an above-average slider and a below-average-but-workable cutter and changeup combo Weirdly for someone with such good breaking balls Arrigheti gave up better slugging numbers against righties last season Perhaps it has to do with his wobbly command If his heat maps are more ravioli and less spaghetti in 2025 we could see a breakout based on reducing homers and walks and keeping that strikeout rate high he's still valuable for those Ks.Blurb ProcessPossibly underrated by the old Stuff+ model he's still valuable for those Ks.Possibly underrated by the old Stuff+ model he's still valuable for those Ks.Stuff+102Location+96Pitching+98Health87%Proj IP159ppERA4.11ppK%24.6%HOU68Nestor Cortes105 Stuff+3.86 ppERABlurb ProcessIt's not always about velocity Nestor Cortes only sat 92 on his four-seamer last season and he was nearly a top-50 pitcher when it was all said and done slider and changeup are all just around average or better by Stuff+ he kept the ball in a park that was friendly to homers Would it be nice to know that he'll sit 92 this coming season and not regress to the near-90 mph days of yore (especially as he's sitting around 90 this spring) Would it be nice to be absolutely sure that he's past the elbow soreness that he was dealing with late last year the chance to get a sub-four ERA with good wins and a decent strikeout rate is worth that risk.Blurb ProcessIt's not always about velocity the chance to get a sub-four ERA with good wins and a decent strikeout rate is worth that risk.It's not always about velocity the chance to get a sub-four ERA with good wins and a decent strikeout rate is worth that risk.Stuff+105Location+100Pitching+104Health79%Proj IP141ppERA3.86ppK%24.0%MIL69Zach Eflin100 Stuff+3.89 ppERABlurb ProcessThe changes Zach Eflin made in Baltimore were subtle but important the went up and in to help set up his cutter He really turfed his sinker usage against lefties and replaced it with a lot of changeups and curves the mix got wider and he was less predictable and that led to more strikeouts and less hard contact he doesn't have the upside of some of the younger pitchers ranked around him Another good oatmeal type pick.Blurb ProcessThe changes Zach Eflin made in Baltimore were subtle but important Another good oatmeal type pick.The changes Zach Eflin made in Baltimore were subtle but important Another good oatmeal type pick.Stuff+100Location+108Pitching+104Health87%Proj IP174ppERA3.89ppK%20.5%BAL70MacKenzie Gore103 Stuff+4.09 ppERABlurb ProcessIf you only use release point and movement to try to find a comp for the Nationals' lefty you get surprisingly close to Clayton Kershaw MacKenzie Gore doesn't have the command of a future Hall of Famer but he does also sit 96 with a great four-seamer and two good breaking pitches so it's not at all a stretch to see him breaking out fully in his age-25 season He's improved his peripherals with every year and at some point the infield defense behind him is going to have to get better (or changes will be made) and maybe have him throw the fastball a little higher in the zone and you could get a 28 percent strikeout rate and an ERA in the mid threes.Blurb ProcessIf you only use release point and movement to try to find a comp for the Nationals' lefty and you could get a 28 percent strikeout rate and an ERA in the mid threes.If you only use release point and movement to try to find a comp for the Nationals' lefty and you could get a 28 percent strikeout rate and an ERA in the mid threes.Stuff+103Location+100Pitching+105Health88%Proj IP176ppERA4.09ppK%24.3%WSN71Luis Severino108 Stuff+4.04 ppERABlurb ProcessThe Mets helped Luis Severino refining the cutter and working on his tipping issues Severino cut his home run rate in half and took two and a half runs off his ERA Some of that may just have been natural regression to his career norms but there's no doubt that he's showing a wider arsenal now He's still sitting 96-plus with a strong slider at his core and though Sacramento won't play like Oakland it was neutral for the Pacific Coast League and fears about his home run rate there may be overblown But he may drop too far for a competent pitcher.Blurb ProcessThe Mets helped Luis Severino But he may drop too far for a competent pitcher.The Mets helped Luis Severino But he may drop too far for a competent pitcher.Stuff+108Location+96Pitching+102Health71%Proj IP156ppERA4.04ppK%21.9%ATH72José Soriano103 Stuff+4.01 ppERABlurb ProcessDid you know that José Soriano *sat* 99 mph on his sinker last season with last year's 113 innings being the high-water mark for his career since it comes with an emerging splitter that the model thinks could be plus (119 Stuff+) and two breaking pitches that rate right around average A late-season MRI was clean after he experienced shoulder and elbow soreness he could put up a season that has way more in common with vintage Sandy Alcantara seasons than most people will have predicted.Blurb ProcessDid you know that José Soriano *sat* 99 mph on his sinker last season he could put up a season that has way more in common with vintage Sandy Alcantara seasons than most people will have predicted.Did you know that José Soriano *sat* 99 mph on his sinker last season he could put up a season that has way more in common with vintage Sandy Alcantara seasons than most people will have predicted.Stuff+103Location+105Pitching+109Health76%Proj IP139ppERA4.01ppK%21.7%LAA73Yu Darvish96 Stuff+3.97 ppERABlurb ProcessPerhaps due to health struggles In the space of three seasons in the middle of his career he had a year with an ERA near five and another with an ERA just over two Maybe the time off will lead to a refreshed Darvish who still has the upside to throw to a low-threes ERA with a slightly above-average strikeout rate Or maybe he's still dealing with those issues and will have to leave the team again this coming season Though the innings remain a unique challenge to project it's obvious that he's a savant with his pitches and remains a joy to watch.Blurb ProcessPerhaps due to health struggles it's obvious that he's a savant with his pitches and remains a joy to watch.Perhaps due to health struggles it's obvious that he's a savant with his pitches and remains a joy to watch.Stuff+96Location+104Pitching+100Health57%Proj IP131ppERA3.97ppK%22.5%SDP74Shohei Ohtani115 Stuff+3.2 ppERABlurb ProcessYou can take the Spencer Strider blurb and copy and paste it here but Shohei Ohtani's value is even more league-specific If you're in a league where he's hitter- and pitcher-eligible in daily lineups and he's one player then he's easily the most valuable player in your league by far you'll want to be able to put him on the injured list to start the season and you'll also have to know his innings will be limited by the Dodgers' six-man rotation.Blurb ProcessYou can take the Spencer Strider blurb and copy and paste it here and you'll also have to know his innings will be limited by the Dodgers' six-man rotation.You can take the Spencer Strider blurb and copy and paste it here and you'll also have to know his innings will be limited by the Dodgers' six-man rotation.Health64%Proj IP86ppERA3.2ppK%29.7%LAD75Kumar Rocker99 Stuff+3.45 ppERABlurb ProcessKumar Rocker's fastball doesn't have ideal shape he's dominant with both of those pitches working he's still looking for an approach that works he ends up walking more southpaws in order to get a righty he can strike out.Blurb ProcessKumar Rocker's fastball doesn't have ideal shape he ends up walking more southpaws in order to get a righty he can strike out.Kumar Rocker's fastball doesn't have ideal shape he ends up walking more southpaws in order to get a righty he can strike out.Stuff+99Location+104Pitching+102Health74%Proj IP103ppERA3.45ppK%26.5%TEX76Clarke Schmidt105 Stuff+3.68 ppERABlurb ProcessClarke Schmidt is putting the pieces together After giving up a whopping .303/.375/.500 batting line to lefties in 2023 the righty changed up his mix against southpaws in 2024 More cutters and fewer sweepers was obvious given those pitches' platoon splits but he also turfed the change (it's not great) and threw more sinkers (high and away instead of low and away) So now he's a sinker/sweeper guy against righties but he's also peppering in the other pitches to avoid being predictable especially after the news that he'll miss Opening Day with shoulder soreness.Blurb ProcessClarke Schmidt is putting the pieces together especially after the news that he'll miss Opening Day with shoulder soreness.Clarke Schmidt is putting the pieces together especially after the news that he'll miss Opening Day with shoulder soreness.Stuff+105Location+98Pitching+102Health78%Proj IP121ppERA3.68ppK%24.4%NYY77Jared Jones102 Stuff+3.68 ppERABlurb ProcessThe 97 mph fastball with decent ride will mean that Jared Jones will get strikeouts perhaps even more than he's projected for here But Jones was predictable at times last season -- on one episode of Rates & Barrels Trevor May and I went through his tendencies and outlined a plan of attack that Cody Bellinger exactly replicated that same night for a home run on a two-strike count The curve and change aren't quite as good as the slider but he'll need them to take this a step further his rank drops like a stone.Blurb ProcessThe 97 mph fastball with decent ride his rank drops like a stone.The 97 mph fastball with decent ride his rank drops like a stone.Stuff+102Location+105Pitching+108Health79%Proj IP101ppERA3.68ppK%24.1%PIT78Sean Manaea99 Stuff+3.86 ppERABlurb ProcessDropping down to a Chris Sale arm slot helped Sean Manaea improve the stuff on his fastballs and led to a 19-start stretch with a 3.10 ERA and good peripherals That's something most of the projection systems might be missing but it's also possible to overrate that type of change and just assign post-adjustment numbers as "real" going forward that kind of radical arm slot change could put pressure on his mechanics and lead to adverse health outcomes the slot change did not improve his mediocre changeup Split the difference and pay for a low fours ERA and maybe you'll profit.Blurb ProcessDropping down to a Chris Sale arm slot helped Sean Manaea improve the stuff on his fastballs and led to a 19-start stretch with a 3.10 ERA and good peripherals Split the difference and pay for a low fours ERA and maybe you'll profit.Dropping down to a Chris Sale arm slot helped Sean Manaea improve the stuff on his fastballs and led to a 19-start stretch with a 3.10 ERA and good peripherals Split the difference and pay for a low fours ERA and maybe you'll profit.Stuff+99Location+96Pitching+94Health84%Proj IP151ppERA3.86ppK%23.6%NYM79Aaron Civale108 Stuff+3.98 ppERABlurb ProcessAaron Civale has an elite breaking ball or two so sometimes its hard to tell exactly how many breaking balls he has It's better if they were defintely different he has a good cutter and his four-seam is just good enough given his current mix and the Brewers got a lot out of the righty after they got him at the deadline Civale has been a 4.03 ERA pitcher with a 1.20 WHIP It's just that he sorta loses the plot every once in a while and makes that overall solid line hard to appreciate all the time.Blurb ProcessAaron Civale has an elite breaking ball or two It's just that he sorta loses the plot every once in a while and makes that overall solid line hard to appreciate all the time.Aaron Civale has an elite breaking ball or two It's just that he sorta loses the plot every once in a while and makes that overall solid line hard to appreciate all the time.Stuff+108Location+95Pitching+101Health86%Proj IP158ppERA3.98ppK%22.9%MIL80Mitch Keller99 Stuff+4.02 ppERABlurb ProcessA collection of average pitches (though the sweeper rates very highly) backed by just-better-than-average velocity and just-below-average command has predictabily put Mitch Keller right in average territory most years He has a job and he can be really useful at home (career 4.01 ERA at home Even just using him at home last year would have meant eating some not-so-great starts like the six runs he gave up against the Cardinals in July you can augment his value to your team.Blurb ProcessA collection of average pitches (though the sweeper rates very highly) backed by just-better-than-average velocity and just-below-average command has predictabily put Mitch Keller right in average territory most years you can augment his value to your team.A collection of average pitches (though the sweeper rates very highly) backed by just-better-than-average velocity and just-below-average command has predictabily put Mitch Keller right in average territory most years you can augment his value to your team.Stuff+99Location+97Pitching+96Health95%Proj IP185ppERA4.02ppK%21.8%PIT81Landen Roupp103 Stuff+3.48 ppERABlurb ProcessConsider this a bet that Landen Roupp is in the Opening Day rotation He told me last year that he wanted to throw a cutter in the offseason and he came back with a 91 mph cutter with more ride than his sinker Spring has been all about throwing that thing over and over again to lefties and they haven't done anything with it — hnot one has been put in play successfully Add this to an elite breaking ball and a good sinker The park makes him interesting in all leagues but the potential strikeout rate is what would push him beyond being a streamer Roupp's a great late-spring surger worth the price.Blurb ProcessConsider this a bet that Landen Roupp is in the Opening Day rotation Roupp's a great late-spring surger worth the price.Consider this a bet that Landen Roupp is in the Opening Day rotation Roupp's a great late-spring surger worth the price.Stuff+103Location+98Pitching+100Proj IP137ppERA3.48ppK%24.7%SFG82David Peterson94 Stuff+3.83 ppERABlurb ProcessOwner of a good slider and four other mediocre pitches and both of those things can help soften the blow of some of these shortcomings And having a slider is better than not having anything Peterson hasn't topped 121 innings in a major-league season but the rotation is wide open for him right now he'll have surprising value at the end of the season a below-average strikeout rate and a poor WHIP.Blurb ProcessOwner of a good slider and four other mediocre pitches a below-average strikeout rate and a poor WHIP.Owner of a good slider and four other mediocre pitches a below-average strikeout rate and a poor WHIP.Stuff+94Location+98Pitching+96Health85%Proj IP131ppERA3.83ppK%22.2%NYM83Osvaldo Bido105 Stuff+3.89 ppERABlurb ProcessFewer than 15 starters have both an above-average four-seam and two-seam fastball by Stuff+ Two sources of concern: He's down around a tick this spring and his command (which was never good) has been worse so far in Cactus League play We also don't know exactly how that park will play in Sacramento even if it was about league average for its minor-league players last year its an intriguing arsenal that deserves a shot on your roster.Blurb ProcessFewer than 15 starters have both an above-average four-seam and two-seam fastball by Stuff+ its an intriguing arsenal that deserves a shot on your roster.Fewer than 15 starters have both an above-average four-seam and two-seam fastball by Stuff+ its an intriguing arsenal that deserves a shot on your roster.Stuff+105Location+82Pitching+89Health79%Proj IP139ppERA3.89ppK%22.5%ATH84Dustin May110 Stuff+3.8 ppERABlurb ProcessThis will be the year This will be the year that Dustin May makes good on his promise He's always had the elite mid-80s curveball and the model-pleasing high-90s fastballs his strikeout rate has oscillated up and down and he's never quite put together a long string of whiffs the way you'd expect with his stuff there's the long laundry list of injuries that have kept him off the field He's the fifth starter with a big green up arrow .. for now.Blurb ProcessThis will be the year IP97ppERA3.8ppK%22.4%LAD85Will Warren101 Stuff+3.89 ppERABlurb ProcessWill Warren is a major leaguer he's a starter for the Yankees because of all the injuries and their lack of depth the wonder is if he can get lefties out reliably enough to avoid being relegated to the bullpen when the Yankees' rotation is in better shape he's a sinker/sweeper guy like Clarke Schmidt and Michael King before him All three share the same arm slot and were developed with the Yanks but Schmidt has a better curveball and King has a better changeup but the puzzle is not yet complete.Blurb ProcessWill Warren is a major leaguer but the puzzle is not yet complete.Will Warren is a major leaguer but the puzzle is not yet complete.Stuff+101Location+103Pitching+105Proj IP135ppERA3.89ppK%22.0%NYY86Jackson Jobe106 Stuff+4.23 ppERABlurb ProcessJackson Jobe has the type of arsenal you can fall in love with A new sinker with nearly 10 more inches of run than his four-seam Even his changeup is a plus pitch by Stuff+ So why hasn't Jobe had plus strikeout rates since he hit the high minors Why hasn't he gotten more whiffs in the big leagues Maybe it's just going to take him some time to put it together since the stuff has people anointing him ready right now but a realistic appraisal has him here.Blurb ProcessJackson Jobe has the type of arsenal you can fall in love with but a realistic appraisal has him here.Jackson Jobe has the type of arsenal you can fall in love with but a realistic appraisal has him here.Stuff+106Location+97Pitching+104Proj IP129ppERA4.23ppK%20.2%DET87Walker Buehler96 Stuff+4.73 ppERABlurb ProcessIt's possible the high-fours ERA projections are completely wrong for Walker Buehler despite the fact that his ERA started with a five last year Not only do you have Buehler's postseason as evidence — where his stuff played up and matched excellent results perhaps due to the weather and wind — but then there's the fact that this spring he's throwing all of his pitches all of the time some with demonstrably different movement profiles the changeup has two inches more drop and his curve has more movement in both planes Maybe just being another year out from his second Tommy John surgery is the key but I pushed Buehler up these rankings about as far as I could push that ERA projection.Blurb ProcessIt's possible the high-fours ERA projections are completely wrong for Walker Buehler but I pushed Buehler up these rankings about as far as I could push that ERA projection.It's possible the high-fours ERA projections are completely wrong for Walker Buehler but I pushed Buehler up these rankings about as far as I could push that ERA projection.Stuff+96Location+100Pitching+98Health58%Proj IP145ppERA4.73ppK%19.2%BOS88Ronel Blanco90 Stuff+4.22 ppERABlurb ProcessBefore last year Ronel Blanco was a reliever with an elite changeup and a below-average slider and terrible command he improved his slider command and used it often when he needed count leverage This allowed him to avoid being predictable with the fastball and also get ahead to the point where he could throw the changeup for whiffs Last year was the first time Blanco commanded his fastball and slider well We've seen what happens if that command slips.Blurb ProcessBefore last year We've seen what happens if that command slips.Before last year We've seen what happens if that command slips.Stuff+90Location+103Pitching+97Health87%Proj Ortiz101 Stuff+4.1 ppERABlurb ProcessThe profile for Luis L Ortiz is very similar to the one for Osvaldo Bido The Guardian has sported double-digit walk rates at a few levels in the minors and only 25 pitchers hit more batters last year The results this spring for Ortiz have been bad but the Stuff+ model says he's tinkering and likes the underlying pitch shapes Be a little scared as you would with any pitcher down here in the ranks but don't be frightened all the way off.Blurb ProcessThe profile for Luis L but don't be frightened all the way off.The profile for Luis L but don't be frightened all the way off.Stuff+101Location+100Pitching+101Health88%Proj IP155ppERA4.1ppK%19.9%CLE90Sean Burke101 Stuff+3.97 ppERABlurb ProcessTwo things are assured about Sean Burke Looks like he's a pronator searching for the right breaking ball because his changeup has been ahead of his curve and slider so far The spring results haven't been good but he's also been throwing the breaking balls a ton and also been trying to work in a new sinker He'll be a little better once he slims the arsenal when the games matter — but he won't be a good source for wins on that White Sox team either.Blurb ProcessTwo things are assured about Sean Burke either.Two things are assured about Sean Burke either.Stuff+101Location+101Pitching+103Health76%Proj IP121ppERA3.97ppK%24.3%CHW91Bowden Francis100 Stuff+3.97 ppERABlurb ProcessNone of the pitches Bowden Francis throws comes in at an above-average velocity His breaking balls in particular are many ticks short of that benchmark But he discovered a splitter last year and excels in stats that give him credit for the width and depth of his arsenal the movements on his pitches are wildly divergent and that can cause issues for hitters His spring troubles still make you wonder if some of what happened last year was just luck — he did have the lowest batting average on balls in play among all pitchers with 100 innings last season but don't fall in love.Blurb ProcessNone of the pitches Bowden Francis throws comes in at an above-average velocity but don't fall in love.None of the pitches Bowden Francis throws comes in at an above-average velocity but don't fall in love.Stuff+100Location+102Pitching+102Health82%Proj IP143ppERA3.97ppK%21.8%TOR92José Berríos91 Stuff+4.38 ppERABlurb ProcessThere is no model that loves José Berríos Every projection system says he'll have an ERA around four (some in the mid fours) with a below-average strikeout rate and an unimpressive ground-ball rate Stuff+ says he doesn't have an above-average pitch All of these things have been true for the past two seasons in which he's put up an ERA right around 3.60 with a good WHIP and racked up 27 wins for his fantasy owners There are definitely leagues in which your competitors will all use the projections and you can profit a little (just a little!) by taking a reliable veteran starter that has beaten the models for a couple of years now.Blurb ProcessThere is no model that loves José Berríos and you can profit a little (just a little!) by taking a reliable veteran starter that has beaten the models for a couple of years now.There is no model that loves José Berríos and you can profit a little (just a little!) by taking a reliable veteran starter that has beaten the models for a couple of years now.Stuff+91Location+105Pitching+96Health96%Proj IP189ppERA4.38ppK%19.8%TOR93Michael Wacha99 Stuff+4.2 ppERABlurb ProcessThere aren't a lot of pitchers like Michael Wacha so forgive the projections for not believing the low-threes ERA he's put up for the past three seasons He starts with an elite changeup and then adds five other average pitches around that pitch and he's found a mix that's produced good numbers despite poor strikeout and ground-ball rates though: Changeups and cutters typically reduce batted-ball velocities and help a pitcher thrive without great swing-and-miss numbers It's hard to know how long a memory you're supposed to have with guys like this he had an ERA around six and was deemed toast Should we forget that completely by now?Blurb ProcessThere aren't a lot of pitchers like Michael Wacha Should we forget that completely by now?There aren't a lot of pitchers like Michael Wacha Should we forget that completely by now?Stuff+99Location+106Pitching+107Health76%Proj IP144ppERA4.2ppK%20.5%KCR94Edward Cabrera99 Stuff+3.81 ppERABlurb ProcessThere's no doubt in my mind that Edward Cabrera has the pitches to be a successful starting pitcher in the big leagues He sits in the high 90s with two good breaking balls and a power changeup that can make batters look silly He's had good-to-near-elite strikeout rates in the major leagues so far and little snippets of good results here and there But there might actually still be 100-plus good innings in his arm for this year the more that's good enough for a pick.Blurb ProcessThere's no doubt in my mind that Edward Cabrera has the pitches to be a successful starting pitcher in the big leagues the more that's good enough for a pick.There's no doubt in my mind that Edward Cabrera has the pitches to be a successful starting pitcher in the big leagues the more that's good enough for a pick.Stuff+99Location+95Pitching+95Health73%Proj IP122ppERA3.81ppK%25.0%MIA95Tobias Myers97 Stuff+4.03 ppERABlurb ProcessIn all likelihood it'll be a short injured list stint for Tobias Myers He may not have the upside of other injury stashes — he's a pronator who is good at changeups and four-seamers but has struggled to find a really good breaking ball — but he's got a good changeup and solid touch on a wide enough arsenal to outproduce the more pessimisitic mid-fours ERA projections This might be an OK time to poke around on his availability in keeper leagues since the 26-year-old could use that changeup more for whiffs or push the breaking-ball velocity into a place that brings him more strikeouts.Blurb ProcessIn all likelihood since the 26-year-old could use that changeup more for whiffs or push the breaking-ball velocity into a place that brings him more strikeouts.In all likelihood since the 26-year-old could use that changeup more for whiffs or push the breaking-ball velocity into a place that brings him more strikeouts.Stuff+97Location+98Pitching+95Health88%Proj IP142ppERA4.03ppK%21.3%MIL96Casey Mize97 Stuff+4.15 ppERABlurb ProcessIt's been a long road since Casey Mize was picked with the first overall pick in the 2018 draft and the results have been consistently mediocre Not once has he managed a strikeout rate above 20 percent and he's trying three different breaking balls in order to overcome his lack of a feel for spin right?Blurb ProcessIt's been a long road since Casey Mize was picked with the first overall pick in the 2018 draft right?It's been a long road since Casey Mize was picked with the first overall pick in the 2018 draft right?Stuff+97Location+106Pitching+103Health63%Proj IP130ppERA4.15ppK%19.3%DET97Jordan Hicks103 Stuff+3.86 ppERABlurb ProcessIt all started so well with Jordan Hicks in San Francisco He had a 1.59 ERA in March and April and looked every bit the starter May brought a 3.99 ERA that was still useful After a five-plus in June 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IP75ppERA4.14ppK%23.00%MIL173Jack Kochanowicz97 Stuff+4.69 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+97Location+104Pitching+100Health80%LAA174Martín Pérez86 Stuff+4.82 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+86Location+104Pitching+92ppK%17.10%CHW175Andre Pallante97 Stuff+4.04 ppERABlurb Process   Blurb Process      Stuff+97Location+101Pitching+100Health87%Proj IP131ppERA4.04ppK%18.00%STL(Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; Photo of Sandy Alcantara: Reinhold Matay / Imagn Images; Photo of Garrett Crochet: Kim Klement Neitzel / Imagn Images; Photo of Tylor Megill: Christopher Pasatieri / Getty Images) in Music | March 17th, 2025 3 Comments Writ­ing in his 1995 diary about his sem­i­nal ambi­ent album Music for Air­ports Eno remem­bered his ini­tial thoughts going into it: “I want to make a kind of music that pre­pares you for dying–that doesn’t get all bright and cheer­ful and pre­tend you’re not a lit­tle appre­hen­sive Cre­at­ed in 1978 from sec­onds-long tape loops from a much longer improv ses­sion with musi­cians includ­ing Robert Wyatt, Music for Air­ports start­ed the idea of slow med­i­ta­tive music that aban­doned typ­i­cal major and minor scales and began the explo­ration of sounds that were designed to exist some­where in the back­ground For those who think 50 min­utes is too short and those piano notes too rec­og­niz­able cre­at­ed by YouTube user “Slow Motion TV.” The tonal field is the same but you could imag­ine the whole piece unspool­ing unno­ticed in a ter­mi­nal while a flight is delayed for the third time (Maybe that’s when the accep­tance of death hap­pens when you’ve giv­en up on ever get­ting home?) Unlike Music for Films which fea­tured sev­er­al tracks Eno had giv­en to film­mak­ers like Derek Jar­man it took some time for Music for Air­ports to be real­ized in its intend­ed loca­tion: being piped in at a ter­mi­nal at La Guardia echoes of rolling suit­cas­es and board­ing pass­es serv­ing as tick­ets to the con­cert failed to remind any­one that they were at one of the busiest air­ports in the coun­try Even the tell­tale announce­ments were there: Air­port secu­ri­ty is every­one’s respon­si­bil­i­ty And then in 2018, Lon­don City Air­port played the orig­i­nal album in a day-long loop for the album’s 40th anniver­sary As site-spe­cif­ic mul­ti-media art builds pop­u­lar­i­ty in the 21st cen­tu­ry with increas­ing­ly cheap­er and small­er tech­nol­o­gy Note: An ear­li­er ver­sion of this post appeared on our site in 2019 Bri­an Eno’s Ambi­ent Album Music for Air­ports Per­formed by Musi­cians in an Air­port Decon­struct­ing Bri­an Eno’s Music for Air­ports: Explore the Tape Loops That Make Up His Ground­break­ing Ambi­ent Music Bri­an Eno’s Advice for Those Who Want to Do Their Best Cre­ative Work: Don’t Get a Job Behold the Orig­i­nal Deck of Oblique Strate­gies Cards, Hand­writ­ten by Bri­an Eno Him­self Bri­an Eno Explains the Loss of Human­i­ty in Mod­ern Music by | Permalink | Comments (3) | We’re hop­ing to rely on our loy­al read­ers rather than errat­ic ads. To sup­port Open Cul­ture’s edu­ca­tion­al mis­sion, please con­sid­er mak­ing a dona­tion. We accept Pay­Pal, Ven­mo (@openculture), Patre­on and Cryp­to! Please find all options here. We thank you! Some­where at home I have a vinyl LP of that it worked just fine on a 16 rpm turntable… how about some ambi­ent calm­ing music like this for doc­tors’ offices Why do so-called heal­ing prac­tices allow music that is designed to agi­tate rather than assist in heal­ing I’ll nev­er for­get sit­ting in the wait­ing room while my hus­band was in a lengthy pro­ce­dure to pre­pare his mouth for den­tal implants The music that the staff was play­ing was some­one scream­ing “Anoth­er One Bites the Dust!” I felt my own blood pres­sure rise and I was­n’t even the one in the den­tal chair Med­ical prac­ti­tion­ers need to be informed about the pow­er of music to alter peo­ple’s emo­tions and recep­tiv­i­ty to heal­ing and enlight­en their staff about the neces­si­ty to choose appro­pri­ate music but this 6 hour ver­sion is way too bass‑y It would sound bet­ter if it was more mid-tones and less of that boom­ing bass sound Speak­ing as a synes­the­si­ac who sees music XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong> Open Culture scours the web for the best educational media We find the free courses and audio books you need the language lessons & educational videos you want Grammy winning musician Brian Eno is one of the chief architects of modern music A founding member of Roxy Music and maker of solo albums which range from nods to his glam and punk rock roots to his pioneering work in developing ambient music — Eno has also produced albums for artists including David Bowie Eno opens up about his creative process and shares how he tries to limit his stimuli when he starts his day he describes how music is about visiting other worlds and he explains why he doesn’t want language to be central to his music so your donation is critical to KCRW's music programming Pioneering musician Brian Eno talks process ahead of the 24 hour streaming window for his “generative” documentary “Eno.” and Hollywood royalty Jack Huston joins to tell us how his directorial debut “Day of the Fight” came together Kate Winslet reflects on joyful childhood memories of singing and performing to “Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs” by Brian and Michael Donate by midnight tomorrow and your $100 becomes $200 for KCRW thanks to a $10,000 match by music legend Moby DOuble dollars Get the latest from KCRW in your inbox 3x a week Posted by | Jan 30, 2025 | , , , After nearly four years of negotiations and planning a major acquisition of land in Hillsborough officially added more than 200 acres and a popular historical attraction to the Eno River State Park The North Carolina State Parks system announced Tuesday that property including the Historic Occoneechee Speedway and the James M formally transferred to its ownership and joined the 4,500 acres of protected land just east of the town The nonprofit earned commitments by the North Carolina Land & Water Fund ($973,000) the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund ($500,000) and the Harkrader Family ($100,000) – who issued their own challenge to donors to help get the deal finalized Tuesday’s announcement said the complexity of the transaction, which includes multiple parcels, easement holders, and new owners, was delayed by roughly a year. But now, the “ink is dry,” the Eno River Association says and an official ribbon cutting celebration is planned for the spring by the state’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources An aerial map of the land being acquired from the Jenrette Foundation as shared by the Eno River Association in 2022 The red outline areas represent the land being added to Eno River State Park while the orange outline is going to The Archaeological Foundation Hillsborough’s Riverwalk and the Mountains-to-Sea trail are represented by the dotted yellow line “We are excited about this expansion made possible through a unique partnership between the Division of Parks and Recreation and two dedicated conservation groups the Eno River Association and the Jenrette Foundation,” said DNCR Secretary Pamela B including the ancestors of the present-day Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation to its role in shaping North Carolina’s thriving racing industry We are thrilled that it is now protected forever and will remain accessible for the public to enjoy.” “We are thrilled to have led the successful closing of the Hillsborough project marking another critical step forward in our mission to protect the ecological health and historical significance of the Eno River basin,” added Kim Livingston the interim executive director of the Eno River Association “This achievement was made possible through the dedicated efforts of our partners who share our commitment to safeguarding this vital resource for generations to come Projects like this not only preserve land but also reinforce the importance of collaboration in achieving meaningful conservation outcomes.” Ultimately, the Eno River State Park adds 205 acres including the historic speedway, parts of the Mountains-to-Sea trail and Hillsborough’s Riverwalk greenway on the land. An additional 24-acre parcel along the river near town, which has the remains of four Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation settlements, is now owned by The Archaeological Conservancy – which specializes in cultural history sites Hillsborough Mayor Mark Bell said he’s excited about what the acquisition means for both of those parcels close to his town the backing of the state could help make it even more of a destination for both visitors and community members who walk the dirt track “Not only will this land continue to be conserved and preserved, but hopefully we’ll get some additional facilities,” Bell told 97.9 The Hill following the announcement “I bet a lot of people would like to see some bathrooms on that site and maybe some dog-waste cans – those of you who walk that site frequently [know] I’m looking forward to the resources they might bring to that and what that means for people in Hillsborough – who can literally walk from downtown to that state park The Classical American Homes Preservation Trust took over the land to preserve the historic race track in 1997 before formally opening its walking trails in 2003 The Occaneechee Speedway is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was one of the state’s first designated locations on the new Moonshine and Motorsports Trail which celebrates North Carolina’s history of auto racing connected with distilling alcohol The one-mile dirt track hosted early NASCAR and auto races for nearly 20 years until 1968 on land where the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation once lived and features speedway artifacts like old race cars and spectator stands around its loop The Jenrette Foundation will continue to own and operate the property around Ayr Mount a restored 19th-century home that is also on the National Register of Historic Places Featured photo via Carolina Gilmore/Eno River Association Comments on Chapelboro are moderated according to our Community Guidelines are dedicated to providing broad outreach regarding job vacancies at the station We seek the help of local organizations in referring qualified applicants to our station Organizations that wish to receive our vacancy information should contact WCHL by calling (919) 933-4165 FCC PUBLIC INSPECTION FILES © Copyright 2025 Chapelboro.com. All rights reserved. not a generative AI film (despite references to generative AI in reviews from Variety and others which Hustwit and Dawes have had to clarify) Eno was five years in the making and though Gary Hustwit gets recognition as the director the editors Maya Tippett and Marley McDonald as well as the generative artist Brendan Dawes were crucial participants in the project and the viewer’s response is complicated by this iterability; now in its fourth generation The nature of digital is to make variation and modularity possible A generative film takes advantage of that quality Each screening differs but the “randomness” is structured Hustwit’s interviews with Eno plus archival footage (approximately four-hundred hours of film in a lockup was digitized by a conservation specialist) get remixed in different ways for each screening The film is structured around principles similar to those found in Brian Eno’s ambient music and generative art where the outcome emerges from establishing and altering rules and parameters Speaking with Brendan Dawes about his efforts on the film he explained that it follows a loose three-part structure where the start and end of the film offer related content with the middle passage presenting the most variation The philosophizing about art’s role in the world at the end balances the earlier reflections on finding a life in art There are two "pixel dream" scenes each about thirty-seconds of abstraction generated in real time Both screenings I saw included sections with David Bowie but only one version discussed how Bowie listened to it throughout the tour during which he overcame his addiction to cocaine or how many parents have told Bowie it was the song played in the delivery room when their child was born To keep himself from becoming staid, Eno produced “Oblique Strategies” cards with Peter Schmidt; these shift perspective to alter an approach “a line has two sides,” or “don’t break the silence,” or “twist the spine.” In the film different guests read one of a dozen cards That text and film clip then designates what other content will be included in the particular generated variation of the film an element of generative art and cybernetics I did not realize the influence that card had on the film but would see it again just to track that element Eno’s music often focuses on creating an experience driven by mood and atmosphere and the oblique strategies support that sensibility It’s typical of film theory to differentiate the medium from live theater Without revisiting any unnecessary competition between the arts film allows an audience to watch without the pressure of responding “appropriately” (one reason I can’t watch live comedy but delight in it once recorded); home viewing enhances this separation yet more this may offer a limited explanation for the declining audience in theaters or cinemas If film (particularly within the scope of this privatization) allows a viewer to observe without being observed what Eno made evident to me was that a generative film forces a viewer to be more aware of the contingency of their viewing Only the art itself can discover its possibilities and the discovery of a new possibility is a discovery of a new medium A medium is something through which or by means of which something specific gets done or said in particular ways “Types; Cycles as Genres” in The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film The technology of the film reel opened opportunities for a novel visual and yet it was constrained by its physical entity: the angle of the camera and the continuous narrative established a designated experience Though color and sound could be manipulated and interesting editing effects conjure strange new couplings despite adding fanciful visual effects through computer softwares People bemoaned the colorization of black and white films a process which led to softwares that automatically identified camera movements and identical objects Before dismissing current worries with “plus ça change plus c’est la même chose [the more things change the more they stay the same],” or running for some hill without internet service (though that is quite nice on occasion) capitalism’s usurious model need not be the only one Generative film has the potential to shift us out of a simple entertainment form (one that I also sometimes enjoy after a long day collapsing in front of a screen) towards one that invites us to be circumspect about our own attitudes and interests The discourse on gaze in film specifies how critics (by which I mean any critical audience) observe the camera’s situating them to observe in a particular way Laura Mulvey famously articulated a power structure in Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema (1975) bell hooks invited reflection on how oppressed minorities produce a gesture of resistance in “The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators” (1992) that can support a critical consciousness I think it is possible that generative film emphasizes the particularities of one’s gaze; one is always aware that one is only viewing one version that one is grasping at elements to make connections based on one’s situatedness in life according to a set of interests and preferences and beliefs Though things stand out differently in watching any movie from one day to the next because of the content and stylistic variations from one screening to the next in generative film one becomes more responsible for interpretation The “object” of a generative film is inconsistent so intention and meaning aren’t anchored as easily by pointing to this or that Formal readings require a fair bit of knowledge about the making of the film—including the editors’ and generative artist’s processes Eno calls upon a hermeneutics to make us consider the games we play their cultural and socio-political significance Could there be a kind of solipsism or increased isolation of opinion I worried about that “let’s agree to disagree” breaking point In musing on this concern over several days I realized that misses the larger social context of uncertain references that challenge public discourse Generative art and film provide a context for us to engage with the vulnerability and contingency responsibility and self-expression in discussing such unstable objects but its audience is far more limited than that of film within a diverse public sphere—doing so without becoming antagonistic—seems particularly relevant I walked away from the first viewing thinking the film was largely about surrender only to find another member of the audience at Film Forum had interpreted it to be about Brian Eno’s sense of relationality The responses to the film invite us to learn more about each other which often involves assessing one’s privilege and position but this documentary on Eno doesn’t (just) tell us about his life and thoughts on art like so many hagiographic explorations of an artist’s metier but you may like some bits of it more than others the generative quality of the film invites us to explore the question of creativity by practicing and observing our own associations to ask what and why those ideas bubbled up for each of us Art can push limits the way film’s popular offering can’t which may be worth revisiting as a contrast to the language around ludology that has been popularized over the last decade Eno is approximately eighty-five minutes—slightly differing in each screening given the clips introduced into each variation—and so an exceedingly accessible film that presents the potential of generative film in the context of a musician and music producer known for drawing out the unexpected part of the conversation around innovation and avant-garde practices Eno describes how repetitive music starts to filter out sameness for listeners so that difference stands out Claude Shannon’s information theory proposed that messages are “the forms of pattern and organization” distinct from the surrounding noise Cybernetics gets associated with a process of command and control massive military research projects post World War II and an interdisciplinary research project that made equivalencies between humans and machines It represents a shift away from hierarchical approaches to biological and social organization (like the Linnaean Classification System) to a systems orientation of behaviors with feedback loops to self-correct and sustain the system The bad side: controlling the information a system receives can direct its behavior (with malevolent potential of industrialized automation expressed by some early participants The good side: participants in a system share responsibility for its outcomes This is the debate ping-ponging between the internet’s algorithms creating dangerous informational filter bubbles that manipulate citizens and the internet as a resource for citizens worldwide The same thing happens around “AI,” a meaningless term because it encompasses so much that it allows the argument to compare apples and oranges: the infrastructure of the internet to private corporations’ social media algorithms; personal photo-identification softwares to drones; autocorrect to deepfakes; identification of genetic mutations in cancer treatment to pervasive data tracking by downloaded apps That all these things may be on a spectrum does not mean they produce the same social We are challenged to engage with these technologies not as distinct objects is not the same as manufacturing a political deepfake interview The rise of public generators that have scraped content from the internet for massive data sets to sell the possibility of selecting from a set of text and video outputs should not be compared to the process that delivered Eno Humanism proposed a progress of knowledge through empiricism and the scientific method It tempered the moral claims of supernatural agents and class structures over individual lives and the ethical standing of their welfare and some kind of balance between its productive application and its rampant rationalizing and standardizing still needs to be found in the twenty-first century Brian Eno spoke about command and control as having constructed Western society now entirely consumed by those cybernetic operations and having forgotten about surrender he talked about surrender as an active verb and a way of learning to deal with circumstances His active invocation got me thinking about the word musing on its Latin root of “render” meaning to give back and why it need not feel defeatist but a kind of acknowledgment of the pains in the world Eno ends with Brian Eno speaking about the climate which brought me to rethink his comments at the beginning looking at a leaf and how observing nature influenced his practice the autopoiesis of self-generating requires a system to maintain its boundaries through an openness to the environment Some of what generative practices invite us to consider is to be neither isolated nor similar but both distinct and connected; there are ethical stakes in a metaphysic of this kind It’s disconcerting to remember that there can’t be a final peace—as many imagined after World War I and as many of us desperately seek for the world—just as there should never again be the atrocious fascist euphemism of a “final solution” because the difficulty of life is a changing situation the film presumes to “trust the audience… If you give them an environment to play within they will surprise you … they have to do some work and you know what but it can only be so by risking that trust—and risking social and educational contexts to attempt those cultural and political conversations The film Eno will leave you with questions. Film Forum is hosting a panel on September 15th between Gary Hustwit and Regina Harsanyi Associate Curator of Media Arts at the Museum of the Moving Image where the practice and possibilities of generative film will continue to unfold Charlotte Kent is Associate Professor of Visual Culture at Montclair State University, an Editor-at-Large for the Brooklyn Rail, and an arts writer. Home Tanner Eno set to make premier series debut in Manchester – Getting the call to come to the PBR’s premier Unleash The Beast is a milestone moment in any rider's career.  finding out his performance this fall was more than enough to give him two exemptions to the Unleash The Beast was a dream come true.  Alberta native is into his fifth year competing in the PBR After taking the majority of 2023 off due to injury Eno made a mammoth run this past fall to qualify for the PBR Canada National Finals off the back of riding at just 14 events the entire season.  “I have a saying I have been going with, which is ‘brick by brick.’ I am building to where I want to get to The end of 2024 was the start of who I want to be in 2025 “Enjoy the blessings I have right now and chase this dream I have had since I was a little kid The end goal this year would be to get on tour make a big push to make the PBR World Finals and then hopefully go to a team and chase that journey.”  Receiving the news that he’d be competing on the biggest stage in bull riding brought a flurry of emotions to Eno “It was surreal to be honest when I got the message I write down my goals and being on the Unleash The Beast is one of those goals It’s everything all in one emotion.”  Eno is demonstrating veteran maturity in considering both the big picture alongside the day-by-day “At the end of the day I remember my job is the same no matter where it is or how bright the lights are,” he said Eno will be competing at the next two PBR Unleash The Beast events in Manchester 27-28). Fans can go to PBR’s YouTube Channel to see Eno and all the Unleash The Beast action both weekends One huge advantage that Eno has over most elite tour rookies is his familiarity with the events themselves His father Darin has been a stock contractor in the PBR for two decades a bull who is clearly somebody as four-time Bull of the Event in Canada in 2024 before being sold stateside bucking twice at Unleash The Beast events and already becoming a fan favorite After tossing Dalton Kasel in 1.94 seconds during his debut in St he was slotted for the championship round last weekend in Wichita Kansas. Sage Kimzey became the first rider ever to cover Nobody The first one I went to was still called the Built Ford Tough Series everything at those events is the best of the best It’s the NHL or NFL of our sport,” Eno said.  “I remember sitting on the back of the chutes and J.B Mauney was sitting next to me and I am just a little kid I have always said this is where I want to be But now I am one of those guys who gets to be at these events they might just buck a little harder, and I will have to be a bit faster.” One part that makes his premier series debut special is who he will be there with including good friend and 2024 PBR Canada Champion Nick Tetz Eno says that having such a good friend with him will only give him more tools in his toolbelt this weekend “Nick was a guy that at my lowest of lows I really leaned on and who was there for me It means a lot when someone says they got you high school rodeoed together and played hockey against each other and to go down there with him and have him be a guy reinforcing that I belong there but that belief that I deserve these shots to be the best in the world is important.” Eno says he is excited to get down there and take it all in But there is one rider competing this weekend who Eno says he has looked up to for much of his career who will make joining the world’s top tour even more memorable. He happens to be the rider who put up a monster score last week on one of his dad’s former bulls “I try to go at my career like a sponge and take as much from as many people as I can,” Eno said “The one guy in that locker room I am most excited to be around is Sage Kimzey He is a guy I have watched and broke down my whole career And I have always thought that Sage makes it look easy.” whether I pick his brain or say nothing to him just being able to hang my rope by him is special Every guy in that locker room is someone you have to look up to at that level You must show up because that is what they do Photo courtesy of Covy Moore/CovyMoore.com 8 seconds is all it takes to become a legend