Rob Neyer Is Movin’ On
by Bill Baer on Monday, January 31st, 2011Posted in Media, MLB | 4 Comments »
UPDATE: It's official: Neyer has signed on with SB Nation. Rob Neyer announced on his blog today that he is hanging up his blogging spikes. Today, I hand off this space to whoever's next. I don't know yet who is next, but I'm ...
Comparing the Phillies’ and Giants’ Rotations
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, January 26th, 2011Posted in Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 88 Comments »
On Twitter, @TheBaseballChik asks: Better 4-man rotation, Giants or Phillies? Let's take a look using SIERA over the last three years. Click on the charts to view a much larger version. What you should be noticing is a lot of red leaning towards ...
On Howard Eskin, Other Media
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 27 Comments »
You have no doubt heard about the Howard Eskin tiff with Roy Halladay by now. The Burger King lookalike criticized the 2010 National League Cy Young award winner's availability to the media. Patrick Berkery has the details for PhillyBurbs.com: In ...
Should Phillies Fans Cheer Logan Morrison?
by Bill Baer on Thursday, January 20th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 30 Comments »
If you're not on Twitter, make an account right now and immediately follow @LoMoMarlins, the account of Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison. In a short time on Twitter, Morrison has made a splash with Marlins fans and also with baseball fans ...
Kyle Kendrick’s Arbitration Case
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 25 Comments »
Recently at Beyond the Box Score, the omnipresent Dave Gershman wrote a simulation of an arbitration hearing, using Francisco Liriano as an example. It was very informative and enlightening, but with Kyle Kendrick headed to arbitration, I wish to be ...
Ricciardi, Pagan Help Mets Meet Trash Talk Quota
by Bill Baer on Friday, January 14th, 2011Posted in MLB, NL East Whining, Philadelphia Phillies | 16 Comments »
Carlos Beltran, 2008: So this year, to Jimmy Rollins, we are the team to beat. (New York Daily News) Francisco Rodriguez, going into 2009: Of course, we're going to try to win the division. Of course, we're going to be ...
FanGraphs Fan Projections Are Craaaaazy
by Bill Baer on Thursday, January 13th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 14 Comments »
UPDATE: The always great David Appelman of FanGraphs found and fixed the problem with the projections. FanGraphs' fan projections are crazier than Jim Sipala. Dave Allen found that fans projected their favorite team's players more inaccurately than players on other teams. It ...
Chase Utley vs. Robinson Cano
by Bill Baer on Thursday, January 13th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 17 Comments »
Over at Beyond the Box Score, Daniel Moroz of Camden Crazies compared Chase Utley and Robinson Cano, the top two second basemen in Major League Baseball. He concludes: Robinson Cano is a very good player. Chase Utley ...
Offseason Smug
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 6 Comments »
Well, you know, the Eagles had a great season and it was really fun to watch them develop and obviously we were all hopeful that they would have moved on, but hopefully the fans can enjoy some baseball here -- ...
Are Jayson Werth and Bobby Abreu Overrated?
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, January 11th, 2011Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 47 Comments »
January is a super-boring month for baseball fans as there's not much going on. All the big names have found homes and all the trade rumors have died down. There is no excitement -- that's why Hall of Fame debates ...
Loading ...
