Graph of the Intermittent Time Period
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Posted in Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 9 Comments »
Now that Chase Utley and Placido Polanco have been placed on the disabled list, it's once again time to look at just how badly the injuries are piling up for the Phillies. I have created a timeline detailing the ...
Give Utley His Gold Glove
by Bill Baer on Monday, June 28th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 21 Comments »
I'm not normally one to care too much about end-of-season awards. They make for some nice speculative conversation and it gives me a chance to laugh at people who still think batting average and won-lost records are the holy grail ...
Olney: Howard, Not Utley, Is Irreplaceable
by Bill Baer on Sunday, June 27th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 10 Comments »
If you have Insider access at ESPN.com, you can see Buster Olney's list of baseball's most irreplaceable players. Standard list of a bunch of great players: Albert Pujols, Ubaldo Jimenez, Evan Longoria, etc. But what grabbed my ...
Blue Jays Series Preview: Ian Hunter
by Bill Baer on Friday, June 25th, 2010Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 3 Comments »
I swear I wasn't stalking Zoo With Roy while he answered questions for Ian Hunter of the blog Blue Jay Hunter. Turns out ZWR and I were targeting the same prey as I wanted to get Ian's thoughts on the ...
Contest: We Have A Winner!
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Posted in MLB, Sabermetrics | 1 Comment »
Back on June 14, Lee Panas was kind enough to offer a copy of his book Beyond Batting Average to the winner of a contest of my choosing. Given the Phillies' offensive woes, I chose to base the contest around ...
Filling Out My All-Star Ballot
by Bill Baer on Monday, June 21st, 2010Posted in Baseball Bloggers Alliance, MLB, Sabermetrics | 19 Comments »
With July 13 quickly approaching, members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance are filling out their All-Star ballots. Here are my picks. National League Catcher: Miguel Olivo, Colorado Rockies Going into 2010, Olivo's career-high in on-base percentage was .263, set in '06 with ...
Time to Cut Danys Baez
by Bill Baer on Sunday, June 20th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 11 Comments »
I could simply post this chart as evidence enough that Danys Baez isn't fit to handle high-leverage innings anymore. You are not mis-reading the chart: Baez's strikeout rate has been in solid decline since 2003. Surprisingly, it has little to ...
Enter Offense; Exeunt Bullpen
by Bill Baer on Saturday, June 19th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 3 Comments »
Great timing, guys. I don't think I could have timed it better myself. Wait three weeks for the offense to re-emerge while the pitching staff pitches mostly lights-out, then once the offense busts through the front door, the bullpen runs ...
Because It Needs to be Said
by Bill Baer on Friday, June 18th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 5 Comments »
Scott Mathieson made his return to the Major Leagues tonight against the Minnesota Twins. It did not go well. He allowed two runs on three hits and only recorded two outs. Based on that, one is bound to conclude that ...
Why Roy Halladay Will Not Win the Cy Young
by Bill Baer on Friday, June 18th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 6 Comments »
Over the past few days, "Ubaldo Jimenez has been lucky" articles have been making the rounds. Matt Swartz penned a great one at Baseball Prospectus. Jack Moore of FanGraphs and Disciples of Uecker called one of Jimenez's starts "unimpressive". ...
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