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Written by Collin Hager
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 08:59 |
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Wait...a camel just floated by the window.
If June were a fantasy month, it would have been Jimmy Rollins - no power, no average, and completely disappointing. The only reason June would have been in the lineup is because no one better was available.
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Written by Mike Podhorzer
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 17:39 |
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StatCorner.com has a ton of cool statistics to analyze, including the much discussed tRA and its regressed version, tRA*. Besides these ERA estimators, the site also calculates a pitcher's swinging strike percentage, or the percentage of pitches the pitcher throws that result in a batter swinging and missing. It stands to reason that this metric correlates quite highly with a pitcher's strikeout rate. However, if the two do not match, such as an increase in swinging strike percentage not leading to a corresponding jump in strikeout rate, or vice versa, we might conclude that a change in strikeout rate might be in this pitcher's future. Let's take a look at the top 10 pitchers who have increased their swinging strike percentage the most this season compared with 2008 and see if we could learn anything. |
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 15:48 |
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Breaking late in the day, there was not enough time to incorporate the impacts in to yesterday's article on outfielders. Still, with this having impact across many leagues, especially those in NL-only formats or 14-team mixed leagues, addressing the impact of outfielders changing places is worth a detailed look.
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Written by Collin Hager
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 09:14 |
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Ever have one of those moments where you think something is just a joke? Last night, the Red Sox were up 9-1 before a rain delay forced John Smoltz out of the game. They took a 10-1 lead before the implosion happened.
This morning, sports radio says the Red Sox lost 11-10. Confusion is only one word that could be used to describe the reaction of the majority in the Boston area. Personally, the TV had been changed at my house.
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Written by Patrick DiCaprio
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 07:48 |
A purported list has been published of the 103 names that supposedly failed the "anonymous" testing in 2003. Here is the list, without confirmation as yet. Frankly, there are not really that many surprises when you look back in time at the players involved.
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Written by Collin Hager
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 10:54 |
Fundamentals. Baseball has plenty of them, and the professionals are doing a decent job ignoring them for the most part. Last night, another pop-up was dropped as a player looked to catch it with one hand. This on the heels of the disaster that happened in New York not more than a week and a half ago.
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Monday, 29 June 2009 09:34 |
Yesterday, for about 70 minutes, soccer got into the front seat of American sports. It was sitting there with baseball, football, and basketball. Most of a nation had tuned in, including those that were soccer ambivalent up until recently. Unfortunately for soccer, it all fell apart and the United States lost.
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Written by John Arias
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Monday, 29 June 2009 00:00 |
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Week 13 has arrived, and with the season nearly at the halfway point, unexpected players are still producing. To know who they are, one must read this week’s Start/Sit.
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Written by Christopher Mulligan
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Friday, 26 June 2009 11:42 |
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The most unpredictable and unreliable player in baseball: the rookie. We fall in love with them before ever setting foot on a Major League field and more times than not, they leave us heartbroken. We stick with them too long or give up on them too early. Among the many reasons as to why at 28 years old, my hair is grayer than the average male my age is the rookie. In my next few articles, we will try to predict the unpredictable. We will try to project the rookies for the remainder of the season. First up will be the breakout candidates.
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Friday, 26 June 2009 09:58 |
Many thanks to those of you that pointed out my mistake in titling these posts. They have been adjusted to be reflective of the date. Should not see any more issues when it comes to checking them out from the top of the screen. Anyway...
While the baseball draft is specifically designed to draft on potential, the money invested in these players is rarely large enough to make a dent in the salary structure of most teams. Signing bonuses outside the top picks are light, and contracts are far from large in rookie ball.
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