"NEW YORK -- A total of 106 players filed for salary arbitration Jan. 12 (x-free agent who accepted arbitration). Players and teams exchanged proposed salaries Tuesday if they couldn't come to agreement on a 2007 contract."For those who care...It's actually an interesting list if not just to see   more...
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Cyril Morong of 'Beyond the Boxscore' created two 15 player lists, one of pitchers who improved from the 2005 to 2006, the other of players who declined. He used a statistic called RSAA which means "the amount of runs that a pitcher saved vs. what an average pitcher would have allowed. It is   more...
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Put your on your dork hats. David Gassko of Hardball Times lists the 20 luckiest and unluckiest pitchers using a statistic known as LIPS, Luck Independent Pitching Statistics."Essentially, the idea behind both DIPS 3.0 and LIPS is that a lot of luck goes into a pitcher's performance, as measured   more...
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I don't usually engage in rumor-mongering like so many others tend to do when the snows of winter suspend the actual playing of baseball and encourage chatter about rosters and trades.I'll make an exception this time, though, for no better reason than that I'm bored, and I think I've found a   more...
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This is a great article about the A's and their run to hold on in the AL West. Probably the quietest of all the division winners, the A's are fighting the Angels, who as of today are still five games out but could make a run with their talent. The A's have done it rather quietly, as I've said, and   more...
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In an attempt to add some depth and leadership to their rotation (and possibly bullpen), the Marlins signed starter/reliever Mark Hendrickson to a one year contract. It looks as though the Marlins will use Hendrickson in their rotation, since their bullpen was a strong point last season, and their   more...
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