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by Dan Szymborski
Make no mistake about it, the A's aren't doing a quick rebuild. There's little chance of competing with the Angels in 2009 unless the team's fortunate in some of the young hitters really stepping up, like Carlos Gonzalez. Daric Barton
MORE... Posted: October 07, 2008 at 02:01 PM
by fra paolo
Last year, I reviewed the work of Vinay Kumar in an article at The Hardball Times web site
“So Billy, What Does Work in the Playoffs?” about how regular season statistics for a team could forecast its chances
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Posted: September 30, 2008 at 11:04 PM
by Dan Szymborski
Unfortunately, 86 wins while being outscored may very well be the high-water mark for this incarnation of the Astros, with the last few crumbs of the farm system being traded for Miguel Tejada, who was disappointingly average this season. The
MORE... Posted: September 29, 2008 at 03:09 PM
by Dan Szymborski
One can say the Angels had a fortunate season in 2008 and still had a good team. The hardest challenge the Angels have this offseason is how to upgrade an offense that has entrenched mediocrity in several places rather than
MORE... Posted: September 28, 2008 at 06:10 PM
by Dan Szymborski
2008 zMLE Spreadsheet Everyone from AAA down through Short-Season low-A leagues are included, hitting and pitching. Fielding is to follow as I'm working on a rudimentary ZR with hit-by-location data from the amazing Jeff Sackmann. I've updated my MORE...
Posted: September 24, 2008 at 01:45 PM
by Dan Szymborski
Thanks to data provided me from Jeff Sackmann of
Minor League Splits, I can now present the 2008 Minor League park multipliers for all regular full-season leagues and the two advanced short-season leagues. Data is presented on a per/PA
MORE... Posted: September 22, 2008 at 11:17 AM
by Mike Emeigh
to think about next year.
The Eastern League schedule for 2009 is out, and the Bowie Baysox will be home during the time frame just before the SABR Convention in DC. The Baysox have home games against Connecticut MORE...
Posted: September 18, 2008 at 12:52 PM
by Mike Emeigh
I promised I’d do this update the other day, so here ‘tis. I described what I did in detail here last year. The group of players in the table below had 250 PAs in each of the last MORE...
Posted: September 17, 2008 at 09:11 PM
by Chris Dial
Carlos Quentin? Dustin Pedrioia? Alex Rodriguez? Who is the best candidate for the AL MVP? Has Pedroia’s recent hot streak and media hype lifted him to a top five candidate? He’s certainly played well enough to be the best player MORE...
Posted: September 04, 2008 at 05:37 PM
by Mike Emeigh
Odd factoid: Mitch Talbot posted a 13-9 W/L record for the second season in a row at Durham. I’d have to do some research to find out the last time that happened in the minors, where a pitcher posted the MORE...
Posted: September 04, 2008 at 12:58 PM
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