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Best and Worst Met Trades 1996-2005
As the trading deadline creeps closer and the Met blogosphere discusses targets to bolster the injury-riddled starting lineup, I wanted to step back and objectively evaluate how the Mets have done in ...
Spring Training Stats are Meaningless, version 2.0
As the Royals have begun what I'm sure will be a historic Cactus League season, I thought this would be a good time to revisit the issue of spring training stats. A year ago, I wrote the or...
Quantifying the Offensive Rebound
Five position players played for the Brewers full time through most of 2007, 2008, and will play full time in 2009 if healthy. Prince Fielder, Rickie Weeks, J.J. Hardy, Ryan Braun, and Corey Hart hit ...
"They gotta pitch deeper into games!"
This is the prevailing thought of Ol' Clench Jaw, the one thing he seems to yammer on about more than all other potential thoughts on why the team has struggled. I know what you might be thinking. "B...
Orioles VORP numbers
Just for kicks, since I looked over the catchers, here's a look at the VORP numbers for all the O's. If you're still unfamiliar with what, exactly, VORP is, then here's a quick primer: Value Over Rep...
Still Thinking About Runners Left on Base
So I've kept thinking about Sterling and Waldman's inane rants about the Yankees inability to score runners from third with less than two outs, and I think I've figured out a way to measure the percen...
Some Guys Have All The Luck
Having watched roughly every Mets games this season (give or take) I think I can say with a fair degree of certainty that this isn't a great team. They're old, injury-prone, and otherwise inconsistent...
Up Next: Cincinnati Reds
Synopsis The Reds are in disarray, languishing in last place in the NL Central and having already ousted General Manager Wayne Krivsky in favor of former Cardinals' taskmaster Walt Jocketty. Despit...
Up Next: Los Angeles Dodgers
After reeling off eight consecutive wins against the Rockies and Marlins, the Dodgers finally dropped a one yesterday, 7-2 to Colorado. During their winning streak, the Dodgers scored 11 or more runs ...
Numbers: Frederick Keys
Name/Pos AB AVG OBP SLG HR RBI BB K SB/CS Matt Wieters - C 60 .383 .459 .700 5 15 11 13 1/1 Chris Vinyard - DH 73 .301 .393 .438 3 12 10 22 1/3 Brandon Tripp - OF 67 ...
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