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A UZR-less 2012
If you visit FanGraphs or Baseball-Reference during the baseball season, it's tough to avoid exposure to defensive statistics like UZR, DRS or TZ. They feature prominently on individual player pages and leaderboards. Their existence is mostly beneficial, especially in the long term. A look at the...
Mets Ranked As #21org By FanGraphs
The infamous FanGraphs organizational rankings are rolling out this month and the Mets have clocked in at a poor 21 out of 30. At first blush, the ranking seemed odd to me, as Dave Cameron argued in his preview of the series that money is the single biggest driver of success in baseball. While this...
Which Website's Box Score Is Best?
Asking the titular question is a bit like inquiring "which animal is best?" The answer will vary from person to person based on one's preferences. There is no wrong answer. For a box score, does one want a bare bones presentation, featuring traditional statistics? Or a more in-depth, sabery...
February Hodgepodge - Reporting Early, Cain and xFIP, Sternberg As Owner, Bullpen Coach Jon Debus
AKA thoughts on topics unworthy of separate posts. 1. I'm really trying to avoid pulling an Andy Rooney in this space but sometimes it's warranted. Every other post this week by various Mets blogs in my Google Reader had a similar theme -- "Why hasn't [lightning rod player] showed up early to...
The Mets Are Swinging At Lots Of Pitches Outside The Strike Zone
My perception of the Mets' batters is that they are swinging at more pitches out of the strike zone than in past years. The numbers back up my amateur scouting eyes, as they have a 30.3% O-Swing %, good for 2nd worst in the league behind the Giants. (O-Swing % is the percentage of pitches a batter...
Still Looking For A Win: Cubs vs. Braves Preview, Thursday 4/8, 6:10 CT
If you're worried about the bullpen -- and there's definitely some cause for concern -- the Cubs share your concern. They're going to be keeping their eyes on John Gaub and Jeff Gray, in particular, at Iowa, to see if they can help the big club. Speaking of Iowa, last night they were supposed to...
The Myth Of Carlos Beltran's Poor Contract Lives On
Level-headed Twins fan and blogger Aaron Gleeman, of AaronGleeman.com and Hardballtalk, wrote the following in an otherwise spot-on analysis of the Joe Mauer mega-deal: For every Albert Pujols or Manny Ramirez deal that proved favorable for the team there are several massive deals that proved...
FanGraphs 2nd Opinion
I got comped a copy of FanGraphs 2nd Opinion and they said if I liked it to please pimp it. While I am quite skeptical of the stat-set's orthodoxy, the thing I was most excited over about this downloadable PDF was its lucidity and accessibility. You don't need a post-doctoral math degree to pore...
Don't Criticize Omar For The Sake Of Criticizing
Putting down Omar Minaya no matter what he does is fashionable these days, and I can't say I haven't taken part. "The Contest" between Omar and inept Royals GM Dayton Moore was proposed by Fangraphs writer Matt Klaassen (AKA devil_fingers) and has achieved some notoriety in the largely irrelevant...
"Contest", An Upcoming Film Starring Omar Minaya And Dayton Moore
Yes, this movie poster is sloppy and crowded, but that's what a half hour of MS Painting will get you. Motif inspired by John Woo's masterpiece, Face/Off. "Contest" inspired by Fangraphs. And let's just be thankful that the Super Bowl will feature Anyone But Favre.
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