What is Sabermetrics? And Which Teams Use It?
It is a simple question.
What is sabermetrics?
Not the history of it, but what is it, right now? What is, in our nerdiest of lingoes, its derivative? Where is it pointing? What does it do?
Last Tuesday I created no little stir when I listed the 2012 saber teams, delineating them according to their perceived embrace of modern sabermetrics.
Today, I recognize I needed to take a step...
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2012 MLB Baseball Betting: Seattle Mariners Futures Odds
MLB Odds
Oddmakers are not giving the Mariners much of a chance to make any noise in the upcoming season, as they are at 125/1 to win the World Series and have the worst MLB odds (80/1) to win the American League pennant.
Last season the Mariners had the 2nd worst record in the American League and the 4th worst record in the Majors. They finished 29 games back of the Rangers in the...
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You May Say I'm A Dreamer: Seattle Mariners
What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I'm a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams.
In 2011, the Seattle Mariners won just 67 games, and earned the number three pick in the MLB draft...a year after winning just 61 games, and earning the number two pick in the draft. They...
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Player Profile #98: Ichiro Suzuki | OF | SEA
Have we seen the end of Ichiro Suzuki as a productive fantasy outfielder? I’m going to say no, but we are definitely getting close. Ichiro hit under .300 for the first time in his career (.272) and posted his worst ISO (.064) in 2011. He’s also gone three straight years with fewer than 90 runs scored. That being said, he still stole 40 bases last year, his .295 BABIP...
Via Baseball Professor
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Gwynn Numbers: Strikeout Minutiae
The long walk back to the dugout after having swung a bat and missed -- abject failure personified.I came across an interesting comment on strikeouts and batting title qualification yesterday morning. Naturally I thought of Tony Gwynn . . .From Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe:From the Bill Chuck* files. “Over the last 10 seasons, only three players who qualified for the batting...
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The BP First Take: Monday, January 30 by Daniel Rathman
Admitting a star player’s decline is perhaps the most difficult public relations situation that a franchise can encounter. That’s especially true when the player is the face of the franchise, the one drawing fans to the ballpark and attracting attention to the team from outside its market.
The Mariners are facing that dilemma heading into the 2012 season, with Ichiro...
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The Ichiro Lead Off Debate
Eric Wedge is talking tough about Ichiro Suzuki according to an Associated Press piece reported on ESPN.com. Wedge is quoted in the report as saying, "Ultimately it's not just about Ichiro, it's about our club and his 24 other teammates." Those are some pretty strong words. If you read between the lines there, Wedge is saying that he can't be worried about...
Via The Flagrant Fan
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Seattle Mariners To Drop Ichiro Suzuki?
The Seattle Mariners are considering dropping Ichiro Suzuki. You heard it here first.
They are considering dropping him in their batting order entering the 2012 MLB season.
You didn’t really think I meant that the team was going to do anything such as cut or waive him entirely, did you?
Mariners manager Eric Wedge admitted on multiple occasions that he was considering moving...
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Mariners may move Ichiro from leadoff spot
For 11 seasons, Ichiro Suzuki has been the Mariners’ leadoff hitter. In his 1,749 major-league games, there have been just a few dozen in which Ichiro wasn’t the first player in the Seattle lineup. That may change this coming season. In fact, if Manager Eric Wedge can find the right batting combination, there’s a “good [...]
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17 days ago
Mariners might drop Ichiro out of leadoff spot
SEATTLE (AP) -- Ichiro Suzuki might begin his final guaranteed season with the Seattle Mariners somewhere other than the leadoff spot that he's locked down for the past decade.
Via SI.com
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17 days ago
Mariners might move Ichiro out of leadoff spot
Seattle manager Eric Wedge says he's leaning toward moving Ichiro Suzuki out of the leadoff spot as a way to improve the Mariners' anemic offense.
Via ESPN
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17 days ago
Seattle considers moving Suzuki out of leadoff
Seattle manager Eric Wedge says he's leaning toward moving Ichiro Suzuki out of the leadoff spot as a way to improve the Mariners' anemic offense.
During the Mariners' pre-spring training luncheon on Thursday, Wedge said he's not completely set on moving Suzuki from the spot he's held since he arrived from Japan in 2001. Wedge said he's considered the No. 2 and No. 3 spots in the...
Via AP on Fox
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17 days ago
Wedge leaning toward moving Ichiro in lineup
Ichiro Suzuki has been entrenched in the leadoff spot for the Mariners since 2001, but manager Eric Wedge indicated the 38-year-old right fielder is likely to be slotted lower in the order during the upcoming season.
Via seattlemariners.com
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17 days ago
Ichiro Suzuki: High Mental Stress, May Leave Seattle Mariners
Ichiro Suzuki has always been one of the more stoic major superstars in the world, but losing and seeing his streak of 10 seasons with 200 hits come to an abrupt end was enough to cause the greatest hitter in the world some frustration. He has always kept a controlled buffer with the media, but recently he decided to open up and reveal to the world — in his opinion —...
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January 09, 2012
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January 09, 2012
Seattle Mariners invite Munenori Kawasaki to spring training
Well, it turns out that Japanese infielder Munenori Kawasaki is a man of his word. Recall, earlier this year Kawasaki said he would play in America if, and only if, he could play with Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. Well, earlier today the 30-year-old announced: “I’ll be going to Arizona in February to compete for [...]
Via The [Five]
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January 05, 2012
Kawasaki invited to spring camp by Seattle
Japanese infielder Munenori Kawasaki says he's been invited to spring training by the Seattle Mariners.
The 30-year-old free agent says ''I'll be going to Arizona in February to compete for a job.''
Kawasaki batted .267 with 161 hits in 144 games last season to help lead the Softbank Hawks to their first Japan Series championship in eight years.
Kawasaki previously said he would...
Via AP on Fox
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January 05, 2012
Report: Mariners to sign SS Kawasaki
The Seattle Mariners are closing in on a deal with Japanese shortstop Munenori Kawasaki.
The Seattle Times, citing sources, reported that Kawasaki is expected to sign a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.
The 30-year-old Kawasaki batted .267 for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, who won the Japan Series championship.
A left-handed hitter considered similar to...
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January 04, 2012
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January 04, 2012
Ichiro says he ‘felt desperate’ last season
It’s no stretch to say Ichiro Suzuki had a disappointing season with the Mariners last year. The 38-year-old struggled at the plate, hitting just .272 – bad, for Ichiro – and watching his decade-long 200-hit streak come to an end. M’s fans wondered whether Ichiro’s days of stardom were over. Ichiro himself, it turns out, [...]
Via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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January 04, 2012
HBT: 'I felt desperate last season,' Ichiro says
HBT: Ichiro Suzuki, 38, had the worst season of his MLB career in 2011, notching career lows in average (.272), hits (184), on-base (.310) and slugging (.335) as his Seattle Mariners struggled to a 67-95 record and second straight last-place finish in the AL West.
Via MSNBC
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January 04, 2012
Ichiro felt 'mental stress' last year
Japan's greatest baseball export Ichiro Suzuki has confessed to feeling "mental stress" last year after seeing his record streak of 200-hit seasons snapped at 10.
Via MSNBC
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January 03, 2012
Key Moments from Red Sox' 2011 season
Gonzo channels Ichiro May 14
The skinny: The legend of Adrian Gonzalez grows when he alters his stance to hit like Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki and blasts a game-clinching...
Via Boston Herald Sports
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January 01, 2012
10 Photos - Jays vs Mariners July 20/2011
Today's episode of the POTD looks at the middle game of a three game set between the Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners at the Dome.
Ichiro Suzuki leads off the game with a single up the middle.Jays starter Brandon Morrow struggled to find his form in the first inning after issuing a pair of walks to load the bases with nobody out but he retired the next three hitters in order to...
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December 29, 2011
Ichiro had down season, but don't count him out
Owing largely to the remoteness of Seattle, both geographically and in the recent American League West standings, Ichiro Suzuki's substandard 2011 season went under the radar, even as it was falling off the charts.
Via seattlemariners.com
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December 27, 2011
Does Petco really devour lefties?
We interrupt your regularly-scheduled programming with this important announcement…
I had planned to write my companion piece analyzing overlooked/underlooked prospects, but Steve Adler at Friarhood posed an interesting question on his website about left-handed slugging Padres at Petco. His article brings up some pertinent ideas as to whether the Padres have had a bona fide...
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December 27, 2011
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December 27, 2011
Ichiro Suzuki might not hit leadoff in 2012
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December 11, 2011
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