Archive for October 29th, 2010

Chase Utley and Accountability

by Bill Baer on Friday, October 29th, 2010
Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 31 Comments »

Chase Utley has been the subject of many discussions lately, including two posts here and a Marcus Hayes tangent in an online live chat for the Philadelphia Daily News. Among Hayes' many criticisms of Utley, he called the second ...

Shane Victorino’s Platoon Splits

by Bill Baer on Friday, October 29th, 2010
Posted in Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 14 Comments »

In his five years as an everyday player for the Phillies, Shane Victorino has been an enigma. Despite some questionable plate discipline, he's been a productive hitter. Despite some circuitous routes to fly balls, he's played above-average defense in ...

Phillies 2011 Job Openings

by Bill Baer on Friday, October 29th, 2010
Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 21 Comments »

With nearly $144 million already on the books for the 2011 season, the Phillies' off-season figures to be boring. 17 players are under contract with two others headed to their first years in arbitration (Kyle Kendrick and Ben ...