FanGraphs: Fan Projections
by Bill Baer on Monday, November 30th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 4 Comments »
Great news, everyone! From FanGraphs: For those of you who have been hanging around FanGraphs since at least last season, you’ll know that we carry various projections in the off-season, which are for the most part generated by computer programs. This off-season, ...
Making Consistency Count
by Bill Baer on Monday, November 30th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 8 Comments »
Believe it or not, the much-maligned starting pitching of the Phillies was fairly consistent in 2009, despite: Chan Ho Park quickly being removed from the starting rotation Injuries to Brett Myers and Jamie Moyer Relying on Rodrigo Lopez for a few starts from ...
Will Utley Make the Hall?
by Bill Baer on Friday, November 27th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 5 Comments »
I was thinking about Chase Utley's chances to make the Hall of Fame recently. As you are likely aware, he got a late start to his career, earning a regular starting job in 2005 when Placido Polanco was traded to ...
BDD: Albert Pujols Is Good
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Posted in MLB | No Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I make an attempt to put the legendary career of Albert Pujols in perspective. Just as you should have appreciated the career of Barry Bonds, and should still appreciate Alex Rodriguez, you should be very, very thankful ...
Utley > Howard
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 5 Comments »
BBWAA: St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols was a unanimous choice in winning the National League Most Valuable Player Award for the second consecutive season and the third time in his career. The right guy, again. This time unanimously. However, Ryan Howard of ...
Rumor Mill: Juan Castro
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 7 Comments »
Ken Rosenthal and Andy Martino both report the Phillies -- along with the Los Angeles Dodgers -- are heavily pursuing Juan Castro as a replacement for Eric Bruntlett. Castro has a career batting line of .230/.270/.332, good for a 57 OPS+. ...
BDD: No Respect for Zobrist
by Bill Baer on Monday, November 23rd, 2009Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, Media, MLB, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I give some props to Ben Zobrist of the Tampa Bay Rays, who did not receive one vote higher than sixth place. Zobrist was just as good a hitter as Cabrera as evidenced by his .408 wOBA. ...
Chronic Critics
by Bill Baer on Thursday, November 19th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »
Dajafi at The Good Phight has written a thought-provoking piece about suspending judgment on the Phillies' off-season moves. Most of us in the Phillies blogosphere (including yours truly) were highly critical not only of most of Amaro's dealings, but also ...
If They Only Knew
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 3 Comments »
With a hat tip to BBTF, I'm pleased to link you to former Phillie Darren Daulton's new website, Dutch2012.com. He's promoting his book about the end of the world in 2012, called If They Only Knew. Daulton has claimed that ...
The Case Against J.A. Happ
by Bill Baer on Monday, November 16th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 18 Comments »
Now that we're about two weeks removed from the end of the World Series, a lot of the anti-Cole Hamels sentiment seems to have died down. The calls for the almost-26-year-old to be traded have been squelched and the Phillies ...
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