I found an interesting article on the Kansas City Royals and their lack of plate discipline.
How bad has the Royals’ offense been?
Well, so far, Kansas City is scoring 3.28 runs per game. That’s 72.5 percent of the league average. By that measure over a full season, the Royals would be the worst offensive team in […]
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Explaining the Ichiro SlumpIchiro Suzuki has taken a wrong turn on the road to Cooperstown
His BA is .257 a little off from a career average of .332
Ichiro’s OBP is .319 which has brought his career number down to .378
So what is the problem? Let’s look at his Pitch Data Summary courtesy of
the Baseball Reference.
Ichiro is […]
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Bill Baer makes this modest proposal in an article on the baseball digest daily blog.
If you look at the formula for batting average and on-base percentage, you’ll find that BA (hits divided by at-bats) is in OBP ([hits plus walks plus hit-by-pitches] divided by [at-bats plus walks plus hit by pitches plus sacrifice flies])!As a […]
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After waiting for months for Bill James Online to launch, I was taken aback as if I was facing chin music from a hungover Bob Gibson.
The man wants three dollars. And he wants it every month or else…
Bill run ads. You would make more money. Three dollars a month is a velvet rope.
Bill gets stats but I […]
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Last summer Nats’ GM Jim Bowden, the omnipresent egomaniac, decided to give Dmitri “Hot Plate” Young a $10 million contract. Young was in the middle of earning the NL’s Comeback Player Of the Year, that much is true, but why give a huge contract to someone who could have been signed for less at the end […]
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The Bay area has seen a precipitous drop in MLB salaries as both franchises are trimming payrolls and probably wins for the 2008 season. The San Francisco Giants sans Barry Bonds has seen their 2007 team salary decrease from $90,219.056 to the relatively paltry $76,594,500.
The Oakland A’s (a Billy Beane Money Ball franchise) $79,366,940 in 2007 salaries […]
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Felipe Lopez (.308/.352/.660) the over-priced Bowden pick up from his beloved Reds is officially a Flop. That is flop with a capital “F”!He has probably lost his starting position and may be replaced by Ron Belliard at 2B.When told that he may have to sit the $4.9M a year weenie had this to say.
“Bench?” López […]
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I must admit it…I am totally addicted to the ESPN Baseball Challenge, and if you are a stat head Money Ball fanatic like myself you will love it to, because the stats that are used for this fantasy game more accurately represent the true value of a player to his team.
Typical 5×5 Roisserie leagues are […]
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Lost fans finally know the identities of the Lost 6. In homage we will release the names of the six major leaguers who most improved there fortunes since 2007. The named players were those who most improved there chances for post-season glory, while at the same time will get more at bats and higher salaries. […]
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WHAT!!!!! A surge? The guy just got his first HR of the spring, it came against Jason Johnson a guy who hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2006 and who is unlikely to make the Dodgers 40 man roster. Hey I am all for optimism and I am a Nats fan , maybe a bit […]