Archive for July 29th, 2010

Phillies Acquire Roy Oswalt

by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 23 Comments »

The Phillies finally have acquired Roy Oswalt from the Houston Astros, a much-ballyhooed rumor now blossomed into a reality. Let's start with analysis of the tenured right-hander himself. Oswalt, generously listed at 6'0" on his Baseball Reference page, has finished ...

For No Particular Reason

by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 15 Comments »

"For no particular reason" -- other than to put another notch in the CG column on Roy Halladay's Baseball Reference page -- describes Charlie Manuel's use of the star pitcher last night. The Phillies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks easily ...