What They’re Saying: Astros Bloggers React to Pence Trade
by Bill Baer on Saturday, July 30th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 7 Comments »
By now, you've read the umpteenth take on the Pence trade from the perspective of a Phillies fan, but what are Astros fans saying about the trade? Astros County: But this move had to happen. Because the Astros called him up in ...
Reader Question: Phillies Run Scoring Distribution
by Bill Baer on Saturday, July 30th, 2011Posted in Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 7 Comments »
J.B. writes: Hey, Bill, is there any sort of breakdown how the Phillies score runs? Based on purely anecdotal evidence, it strikes me about 60% of the time the Phillies score 3-4 runs 30% of the time, the Phillies score less ...
Phillies Acquire Hunter Pence
by Bill Baer on Friday, July 29th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 44 Comments »
After painful days of speculation, the Phillies finally made the big splash at the trade deadline in acquiring Hunter Pence from the Houston Astros. In return, the Astros will get top prospects Jarred Cosart and Jonathan Singleton, as well as ...
The Lost Art of Patience
by Paul Boye on Thursday, July 28th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 83 Comments »
To read a similar take on Dom Brown with an eye to the future, check out Bill's article on ESPN Sweet Spot. I've finally had enough. I took it rather well for a few days, this incessant whisper from a fraction of ...
Plate Discipline Key to Phillies’ Offensive Success
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, July 27th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 9 Comments »
While most of the baseball community frantically F5's MLB Trade Rumors, I would like to point out something that piqued my interest as I was perusing FanGraphs. The Phillies' offense has the fourth-best walk-to-strikeout ratio in baseball at 0.54. The ...
Giants Series Preview with Chris Quick
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | 40 Comments »
The Phillies welcome the defending champion San Francisco Giants for a three-game series in the City of Brotherly Love. Looking to avenge last year's NLCS defeat, the Phillies will send Rookie of the Year candidate Vance Worley to the hill ...
Phillies Pitching Dominant, Including the Bullpen
by Bill Baer on Monday, July 25th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 15 Comments »
The Phillies completed their 100th game of the season yesterday, a 5-3 victory over the San Diego Padres. To mark the milestone, many dug through historical data for juicy tidbits of trivia. My contribution was this on Twitter: Phillies have allowed ...
The Cole Hamels Rebound
by Bill Baer on Monday, July 25th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 3 Comments »
Cole Hamels turned in his best start of the season on Friday against the San Diego Padres, tossing eight strong innings before deferring to Ryan Madson to close out the game at 3-1. Hamels allowed one run on three hits, ...
Phillies Should Take Rollins Off the Market
by Bill Baer on Monday, July 25th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 11 Comments »
This article was prepared unknowing that Matt Gelb and David Hale covered the same subject. For a similar take with a different spin, check out Gelb's article for the Inquirer and Hale's for Delaware Online. With three-fifths of the regular season ...
Davey Lopes Effect in L.A.?
by Bill Baer on Friday, July 22nd, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 6 Comments »
I studied "the Davey Lopes effect" last year, an attempt to find a source for the Phillies' success on the bases. The details are below the third question in this "Five Questions" bit about the Phillies I did at The ...
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