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2009 AL MVP Showdown: Greinke vs. Mauer vs. Mr. X, or, the Race for Second Place, or, Ken Rosenthal, Avert Your Eyes
Much of the debate about the AL MVP this year (well, aside for the silly aspects of it) has focused on position players such as Joe Mauer, Kevin Youkilis, Derek Jeter, and dark horse candidate Yuniesk...
Jason Bartlett, for Real?
That Delmon Young and Brendan Harris for Matt Garza and Jason Bartlett (and some other stuff) trade between the Twins and Rays looks better all the time, doesn't it? The big pieces in the trade at the...
Don't Forget the Baserunning!
As smart people figure out how to measure more of what happens on the field and other smart people make those stats available to the public, there's less and less we forget about when rating teams and...
Mets Baserunning: Room For Improvement
From 2005-Present (the Jose Reyes Era), the Mets have been an outstanding team on the basepaths. Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran and Luis Castillo are some of the most valuable baserunners in the game, an...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: Pittsburgh Pirates
Today's victims subjects are the PIttsburgh Pirates, a team that has seemed, well, hopeless for a while. However, they have a bright from office with Neal Huntington in charge and widely admired saber...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: San Diego Padres
If you're anything like me, you can't help but obsess over lineups. While the most optimal lineup only increases offensive output by about 5-15 runs a year over a traditional lineup, for teams with we...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: Kansas City Royals
Trey Hillman, undoubtedly pondering a batting order that would make Tom Tango proud. In August, 1972, with the Detroit Tigers in a terrible slump, manager Billy Martin decided to "shake t...
A Deeper Look at Baserunning, Part 2: Players
Last week, I began a three part series focusing on baserunning: Team Baserunning (here) Individual Baserunning Comparison to Baseball Prospectus Baserunning Statistics Part 2 focuses on indivi...
The Best Baserunners of 2008
Around here, we're big fans of WAR (Wins Above Replacement) and the effort put forth by David Appelman, Tom Tango, Mitchel Lichtman, and others to make it available over at Fangraphs. There is o...
Home Sweet Homer
Gavin Floyd had one of those outings that just leaves you shaking your head. He struck out 3 of the first 4 batters he saw, and faced the minimum through 2 innings. He had a 1-hitter going through the...
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