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World Series Batting Order Optimizer: Philadelpha Phillies
Game One of the 2009 World Series ended with the Phillies (mainly Cliff Le) dominating the Yankees in a complete game. The batting order for the Yankees didn't quite match what I recommended for them ...
World Series Batting Order Optimizer: New York Yankees
So there's a big game tonight. CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee are facing off in a matchup destined to stab Cleveland fans in the fork with an eye for ages to come. And it's also a chance for me to write ab...
Let's Split Up, Gang!
Would you want this player playing firstbase for the Mets next year? versus Righties: .286/.373/.523 versus Lefties: .276/.335/.486 That's a .896 OPS versus righties and .821 versus lefties. What abou...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: San Francisco Giants
The eight of you who are familiar with this series will remember that "Lousy" in the title does not necessarily refer to the lineup, but perhaps to the optimization procedure, or, as the "Optimizer" (...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: Pittsburgh Pirates
Today's victims subjects are the PIttsburgh Pirates, a team that has seemed, well, hopeless for a while. However, they have a bright from office with Neal Huntington in charge and widely admired saber...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: San Diego Padres
If you're anything like me, you can't help but obsess over lineups. While the most optimal lineup only increases offensive output by about 5-15 runs a year over a traditional lineup, for teams with we...
Platoon Split Projection Project 2009
Everyone knows that that left-handed hitters generally hit better against right-handed pitchers, and right-handed hittesr hit better against left-handed pitchers. Still, players actual career/last sea...
Rumbling, Grumblings, and Bumblings: Mauer, Stark, WARP, and Platoon Splits
Some Friday thoughts while pondering how the Royals will get by without Jose 'Domincan Joe Carter' Guillen for the next few weeks. There's nothing to add about Nick Adenhart's death,other than to s...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: Kansas City Royals
Trey Hillman, undoubtedly pondering a batting order that would make Tom Tango proud. In August, 1972, with the Detroit Tigers in a terrible slump, manager Billy Martin decided to "shake t...
Rumorville: Mike Lamb
According to the Hot Stove Blog on the mlb.com network, the Brewers are trying to re-sign Mike Lamb: The Brewers were closing in on a deal to re-sign free agent third baseman Mike Lamb on a busy Da...
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