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Daily Box Score 9/23: Self-Similarity
September 23, 2009 by
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The notion of consistency, that bugaboo of thinking baseball fans everywhere, has eluded our frontal attacks for decades.
What conclusions can we draw from the fact that player's performance has been stable from year to year? Is it a mere trivial fluke or parlor...
The Count: Where to Root, Root, Root for a Winning Team for Less
September 22, 2009 by
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The Count: Where to Root, Root, Root for a Winning Team for Less
Carl Bialik continues discussion of the best ballpark values, pointing out how absolutely wonderful of a value the Angels (and Rangers, for that matter) have been. The data he uses are updated from the spreadsheet...
2009 American League Playoff Preview: Rotation - Graph of the Day
September 22, 2009 by
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Full charts after the jump.
With somewhere between eleven and fourteen games left for most teams, the playoff scenarios have mostly crystallized and now is the time to anticipate potential staff match ups. Let's take a look.
CC Sabathia...
Daily Box Score 9/21: Let the Great Axe Fall
September 21, 2009 by
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The title of this post is, alternatively, "Why Cooper is not Sterling." You get no link help in interpreting the title above.
It might seem like being a major league manager is a cushy job. Your primary job responsibilities are to fill out the lineup card, consume...
Milton Bradley's Future
September 21, 2009 by
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by Jim Prisching - AP
5 months ago:
Chicago Cubs' Milton Bradley flexes his injured leg during a stop in play in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, April 12, 2009...
Los Angeles Dodgers VOC and Payroll Breakdown: Graph of the Day
September 21, 2009 by
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"You know if the player's going to be a good player or not. That's what you really know," said Colletti, who was confident he knew that much about Ethier. That Ethier would blossom into the top threat on the National League'...
Total MLB Home Runs This Century - Graph of the Day
September 21, 2009 by
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I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.
The second in this continuing series, This Century, we see another standard counting stat drop significantly over the past 10 years. This time, it's home runs dropping from the 2000-2004 average of 5400...
Offensive environments across the minor leagues
September 20, 2009 by
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Offensive environments across the minor leagues
Some good info here from Alex Pedicini. If your judging prospects, you should always take a look at the run environments that he played to see how he compares to his peers.
The link is for AA and AAA, and here is the installment...
Team WAR vs Actual Wins
September 18, 2009 by
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I was doing some work on projecting WAR of players and using that information to predict how many games a team might win in a season. Once I got that information, I wanted to know how well the WAR values correlate to actual team wins. Using Rally's WAR database, I took all...
Towards an Understanding of the Worldwide Draft
September 18, 2009 by
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Please welcome Patrick Clark to the BtB fraternity (not that I'm opposed to making this a co-ed house down the road.) My first exposure to Patrick's work came through his fascinating look at Dominican youth baseball. He'll be taking a look at the international...
BtB Power Rankings: Through Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
September 17, 2009 by
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by Marcio Jose Sanchez - AP
Ryan Hanigan has put on one of the best defensive displays by a catcher this season, and with his help the Reds clock in as the best fielding team in the National League. Wins schmins...
Daily Box Score 9/17: Pricing Risk & Giving Incentives
September 17, 2009 by
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Life is characterized by uncertainty. Maybe you think it's a bummer; maybe it's what gets you out of bed in the morning. But either way, uncertainty is part of daily life. It's involved in personal relationships, business, and yes, even sport.
It's important...
Was the 1975 Red's Lineup the Best Ever as Joe Posnanski Claims in His New Book: "The Machine"?
September 17, 2009 by
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Joe Posnanski recently released his book, "The Machine", on the 1975 Cincinnati Reds with specific emphasis on the lineup. I will let Joe describe, as he does best, the Reds lineup in his article about the book on cnnsi.com:
There had...
National League Home Run Chase 2009 - Graph of the Day
September 17, 2009 by
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Last week, we looked at the AL Home Run Chase. This week it's the National League's turn. Will Albert Pujols maintain his lead?
Poll
Who will take the NL Home Run Crown?
Albert Pujols
Mark Reynolds
Prince Fielder
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Brian Fuentes strikes out Nick Green...or not.
September 16, 2009 by
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Daily Box Score 9/16: The Elasticity of Groundball Ratios
September 16, 2009 by
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"Oh, great!" you're thinking, "here goes Tommy on another one of his ill-fated mathematical boondoggles."
Well, yeah, but calm down. This one should be relatively painless. There is only a very little bit of math. And a tiny bit of calculus. But PLENTY...
Introducing DiamondView Composite Player Evaluation
September 16, 2009 by
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The DiamondView Composite Graph tells you everything you need to know about the a batter's strength and weaknesses.
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The last great goal of 20th Century science which...
Who is Seth Smith?
September 16, 2009 by
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Seth Smith
#7 / Left Field / Colorado Rockies
Height: 6-3
Weight: 215
Bats: L
Throws: L
Born: Sep 30, 1982
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
2009 - Seth Smith
118
293
56
91
17
4
15
52
43
56
4
1
.311
.397
.549...
Houston Astros 2009 Payroll Breakdown and Value Over Contract - Graph of the Day
September 16, 2009 by
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Analytical and emotional breakdown after the jump.
From MLB.com article on Michael Bourn:
Where that turnaround is most evident is when there are runners in scoring position. Bourn...
New Arms of the Week: September 7-13
September 15, 2009 by
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by Jeff Chiu - AP
Madison Bumgarner filling in for Tim Lincecum.
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A week after the bumper crop, only four pitchers made their Major League debuts last week. If...
Daily Box Score 9/15: Countercyclical in an Up-and-Down World
September 15, 2009 by
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It's been a miserable year for the economy. One year ago today, Lehman Brothers Holdings announced it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. After that, the economy fell off a cliff, or it entered a tail-spin, or the excrement hit the fan; I'll leave it as an...
Reviewing Alfonso's Soriano's Lost Season
September 15, 2009 by
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Since the news has come out that Alfonso Soriano will undergo season-ending knee surgery today, I figured this would be as good a time as any to do a quick overview of his disastrous 2009 season.
Alfonso Soriano
#12 / Left Field / Chicago Cubs
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180...
MLB 2009 Attendance Comparison II - American League - Graph of the Day
September 15, 2009 by
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The larger the gap (exposed green or exposed yellow) the bigger the difference between success and attendance.
Today's edition follows yesterday's National League study on attendance. More after the jump.
Yesterday, we reviewed attendance...
Royal Embarrassment
September 15, 2009 by
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by J Pat Carter - AP
Ross, don't go back to the Royals, we need you hear.
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It has been a tough season to be Royal's fan, but I read a...
Daily Box Score 9/14: Ties are Un-American
September 14, 2009 by
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There's something admirable about the dedication we Americans have to avoiding ties. We analogize ties to incestuous acts of affection, for Pete's sake. In this country, we obey the laws of winning and losing!
But ties have this obnoxious quality...
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