How Baseball Prospectus Stumbled Into Its Uncertain Future
by Lindsey Adler from on (#2T2SJ)
Just before the 2016 MLB playoffs, Baseball Prospectus emailed its staff and contributors to tell them that they would not be paid for work they did in August and September until January 2017. The costs of a website redesign and the collapse of daily-fantasy ad spending, the email explained, led to the payment freeze.