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by Dan Szymborski
The Marlins, thanks to Loria actually investing some money back into the team (though partially by virture of taxpayer subsidization, an issue we won't touch here), are a serious threat in the NL Wild Card race and their chances of winning the division, while on the long side, are legitimate - the ...
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Posted: February 06, 2012 at 01:39 PM
by Dan Szymborski
The most encouraging thing about Arizona’s season, well, other than the trip to the playoffs, is just how quickly and efficiently they turned over a horrific 2010 bullpen. The favorite quote of Branch Rickey among statheads (myself included) is “Luck is the residue of design.” That kinda ...
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Posted: February 02, 2012 at 01:28 PM
by Dan Szymborski
The 2011 Indians hung around in the divisional race far longer than they had any right to, so kudos to them for being relevant ahead of schedule - the Tigers were simply a stronger team and it was hard to keep that going for an entire season.
The Indians still aren't really ready to compete with ...
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Posted: January 30, 2012 at 12:42 PM
by Ron J
Detroit Tigers sign 1B Prince Fielder to a 9 year/$214 million contract.
A fascinating signing on so many levels. First of all, a week ago serious people were seriously discussing the possibility that Fielder might end up in Japan, or have to settle for a short term contract—possibly as little as ...
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Posted: January 26, 2012 at 05:46 PM
by Dan Szymborski
If the Nationals go into the season as the likely 4th-best team in the division, it's not from lack of trying - the team's been in on every major free agent this winter, making serious
offers, and even being the favorite destination for Prince Fielder for about a month.
The team's really just ...
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Posted: January 26, 2012 at 04:04 PM
by Jim Furtado
Just wanted to provide a quick update on the progress on my ongoing updates…
The upgrade of our underlying CMS software did not complete without issue. Nevertheless, I have been able to fix most of the problems. I still have a few, relatively minor, outstanding bugs to take care of but, for the ...
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Posted: January 22, 2012 at 08:39 AM
by Matt Clement of Alexandria
Tonight, in a move I really didn’t think would happen, the Red Sox gave away Marco Scutaro for nothing. Marco Scutaro is under contract for $6M for next season. This is his dumber-than-Marcel projection:
+3 Bat +1 Run +19 Rep +6 Pos -1 Def = +28 RAR
That’s a $14M player. So, the Sox gave ...
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Posted: January 21, 2012 at 10:54 PM
by Jim Furtado
If you can’t get enough of Baseball-Reference.com’s Sean Forman (and if you know Sean no one would blame you), here’s his television debut on the MLB Nework.
Enjoy!!
Posted: January 21, 2012 at 11:32 AM
by Dan Szymborski
Is there any team more happy about baseball adding a second wildcard spot than the Toronto Blue Jays? In the short-term at least (and probable long-term unless the top AL East teams start showing some serious incompetence), Toronto's prospects improve considerably if they don't have to better both ...
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Posted: January 21, 2012 at 10:26 AM
by Dan Szymborski
The Rays plan to win in 2012 the same way they usually do: pitching, defense, and catching just enough lightning in a bottle on offense around their core. The team is, at least by ZiPS, just behind the Red Sox for 3rd place, but the winter is over and given how relatively quiet the team has been ...
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Posted: January 18, 2012 at 03:01 PM
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