Mets Series Preview: Joe Janish
by Bill Baer on Thursday, April 29th, 2010Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 10 Comments »
Fellow member of ESPN's SweetSpot blog network Joe Janish was nice enough to get involved in a Q&A, previewing the upcoming series between the Phillies and Mets. His questions and my answers can be found at his blog Mets Today. . ...
Video: Howard, Ibanez, Halladay Q&A
by Bill Baer on Thursday, April 29th, 2010Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »
Per the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce: Ryan Howard, Raul Ibanez, and Roy Halladay took some questions from fans at a meet-and-greet before the start of the season. What would Halladay, Howard and Ibanez do if they weren’t professional baseball players? Did ...
Addressing Howard and RBI
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 26 Comments »
I have seen the "Ryan Howard drives in a lot of runners" argument used as a justification for his contract extension quite frequently on the Internets lately. I would like to once again demonstrate that the RBI statistic is just ...
Graph of the Intermittent Time Period
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 2 Comments »
(Tip of the hat to Steve Sommer of FanGraphs as well as Jeff Zimmerman and Sky Kalkman.) This graph will display Charlie Manuel's bullpen usage by Leverage Index, a stat found at FanGraphs. I have shrunk it down to fit on ...
Howard Gets Extension Through 2016
by Bill Baer on Monday, April 26th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 30 Comments »
EDIT: Check out what Matt Swartz has to say about the extension at Baseball Prospectus. He makes a lot of good points. Swartz specifically adjusts for inflation, something I was too lazy to do in the analysis below. Jim Salisbury of ...
Graph of the Intermittent Time Period
by Bill Baer on Monday, April 26th, 2010Posted in Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
I stopped by fellow SweetSpot blog Fungoes, which covers the St. Louis Cardinals, and had an "aha!" moment. The author, Pip, posted a graph that explains as much in one glance as an entire article of explanation. So, with all due ...
Cole, Don’t Change A Thing
by Bill Baer on Saturday, April 24th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 59 Comments »
(Well, there's a couple things you could change...) Another day, another poor start for Cole Hamels. Following what seemed to be a turn-around performance against the Florida Marlins last Sunday, Cole allowed six runs on four home runs in six innings, ...
BDD/BP: Early Season Performers
by Bill Baer on Friday, April 23rd, 2010Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, Baseball Prospectus, MLB, Sabermetrics | 3 Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I look at three hitters who have way over-performed and three who can be expected to keep up the pace. At Baseball Prospectus, the running list of value picks for starting pitchers has been updated. You may ...
About This Roy Halladay Fellow
by Bill Baer on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 4 Comments »
He is quite good. Through four starts Halladay has four wins, accounting for nearly half of the team's nine wins on the season. In those four starts, he has tossed a total of 33 innings and completed two games including last ...
On Ryan Madson: Relax
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 24 Comments »
Phillies fans on Twitter, Facebook, and Internet message boards were infuriated last night when Ryan Madson blew a three-run lead and as sure a victory as the Phillies are going to get this year. The disappointment was justified as the ...
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