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Counting Rocks: There are so many statistics....which one should I use?
Surprise, Rowbots! RockiesMagicNumber is still in Toronto slaving over his coverage of the World Baseball Classic, and I'll be "out of office" next week, so I'm subbing in this week to offer a slightly different version of Counting Rocks. Baseball is the game for statistics junkies. It just...
Who's Left?: Center field and Shortstop
Today, we'll finally be wrapping up the 'Who's Left' series when we cover the remaining free agents at the positions of center field and shortstop. You can read the first three parts to the series, here: C/1B, 2B/3B, and LF/RF. Isolated Power vs. On-base Percentage: 2009 Free Agent Center...
Who's Left?: Left and Right Field
This is the third installment of the 'Who's Left?' series that takes a look at who's left on the free agent market by position and how they project for 2009. You should check out the first post in the series if you missed it. It explains a few things that are important. So far, we've looked the...
Who's Left?: Second and Third Basemen
Today we'll be checking out who's left on the free agent market at the positions of second and third base. This is the second installment in a series of posts that will be examining the free agent market by position. We'll be examining players by projected ISO vs. OBP for the 2009 season. You can...
Who's Left? A Look at the Free Agent Market.
As the Winter Meetings move behind us, the free agent market is still taking shape. Players, GM's, and agents are all working around the clock to improve their teams by adding talent from the free agent market. The question remains: Who's left? And how much could they help their prospective...
It's the system, man. It beats you down.
There have been a lot of encouraging performances in the Giants’ minor league system so far, and there’s a good breakdown here. Pitchers are pitching. Hitters are hitting. Pablo Sandoval am become death, destroyer of worlds. Good news all around for the most part. I don’t want to...
The Season in a Nutshell
All small-sample-size caveats aside, today's 3-2 12-inning loss to the Rays seems representative of the A's season thus far, especially regarding the secondary rate/frequency statistics. Batting average? 10/42 on the day, for a .238 average. Not good, but a rate that can be overcome in the long run...
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