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Exciting Times for the Mets and Blue Jays
It sounds more and more likely that this Travis d'Arnaud for R.A. Dickey trade is going to happen. d'Arnaud: power and a strong arm Travis d'Arnaud is a top quality prospect, and the Mets fans should be pleased to land…
Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances
Look in the mirror. You'll see a person who would click on an article titled: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances . Anyone with an opinion on what it is "to blog" will say that readership numbers vary…
A Few Good Stats
The Society for American Baseball Research celebrates SABR Day each year on the Saturday before the Super Bowl. We took part by spending a little time on Baseball-Reference and Fangraphs, ultimately sharing a quick…
Extra Base Hit Leaders by Position
Below are the 2011 batting leaders for each position, as measured by extra base hits. For historical significance, we included the last person at his position with more in a season. Check out the "best since" surprises…
MLB Division Series Sunday Recaps
Friends and visitors, let's try something a little different today. Tigers 5, Yankees 3 Series tied 1-1 Heroes: Max Scherzer silenced the Yankee bats and his critics who claimed his inconsistencies suggested he couldn't…
Best Hitters Against Pitch Type
An occasional glance at a few numbers on Fangraphs can quickly freshen up your bar stool baseball talk tremendously. Case in point, let's look at the best hitters against certain pitch types. For a larger sample size,…
2011 National League MVP Race
So far this season, I haven't read an article discussing NL MVP candidates, but I've heard chatter for Matt Kemp , Justin Upton , Troy Tulowitzki , Reyes, McCutchen, defending winner Votto, and... I guess that's about…
Best Players in Their Prime
We introduced the topic of players in their prime this past weekend. We analyzed 109 position players, younger than 29 at next year's All Star Game, with Major League experience. In Sunday's Players in Their Prime post,…
Players in Their Primes
Let's begin with what this is NOT. This is not a quasi mock fantasy draft. We're not ranking players with a view on fantasy baseball. We are not necessarily arguing that any of these players will be better in 2011 than…
Unlikely All-Stars
I went to the Yankees game on Memorial Day, which was the first time this season I got an All-Star ballot . As usual, I rode the fence between the players with the best performances and my favorite players. Let's take a…
The Power/Speed Elite
The Bill James Power/Speed formula is 2*(HR*SB)/(HR+SB) We looked through players' 2009 numbers and production from this young 2010 season, to come up with the best team made up of power/speed guys. As if you needed…
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