Do the Phillies Need to Bunt?
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 48 Comments »
Tip of the cap to reader LTG, who brought this to my attention. Manager Charlie Manuel told reporters he wants to see his team bunt more often in 2012. "I was talking [to our coaches] today," Manuel said Monday. "We're going ...
Danys Baez Retires
by Bill Baer on Monday, February 27th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 3 Comments »
[tweet https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/174250969696190466] May 25, 2011: Never forget.
Cole Hamels’ Cutter, Graphically
by Bill Baer on Monday, February 27th, 2012Posted in .gifs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 6 Comments »
Friend of the blog and fellow esports enthusiast Dan Brooks (@BrooksBaseball) has owned and operated the go-to site for Pitch F/X data for quite some time. Over this off-season, he somehow managed to make some significant improvements to his site. ...
Howard, Thome, and the 2012 Offense
by Ryan Sommers on Sunday, February 26th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 13 Comments »
On Saturday, Ryan Lawrence asked Charlie Manuel for the most he hoped to get out of Jim Thome at first base this season; his reply was "20 starts." He further elaborated that he expected "180-200" total at-bats. The ...
2012 Predictions with the Crashburn Staff
by Bill Baer on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 24 Comments »
It's the most fun time of the year. Oh, did I say fun? I meant excruciatingly painful. Televised baseball is still weeks away and meaningful televised baseball even further. Those of you, like me, suffering from pangs of withdrawal will ...
Must-Watch Video: Steve Carlton’s Slider
by Bill Baer on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 6 Comments »
Last night, @erhudy brought this to my attention on Twitter. Phillies fans are well aware of Steve Carlton's pitching prowess, but he played roughly 25 years before the advent of baseball clips on-demand. Thus, this video is a real gem. A ...
Kitschy Kyle Kendrick
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 17 Comments »
Surprisingly, Kyle Kendrick has been in the news quite frequently over the last two months. First, the Phillies paid him $3.585 million to avoid arbitration, then the news of his recent contract extension arrived on Sunday. I was surprised by the amount ...
Talking Phillies, MLB with RotoAnalysis
by Bill Baer on Monday, February 20th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Podcasts | 6 Comments »
Last week, I joined Moe Koltun, Matt Schwimmer, and Matt Cott on the RotoAnalysis Fantasy Sports podcast. We discussed my book "100 Things Phillies Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die", the outlook on the 2012 Phillies, and the rest ...
Kyle Kendrick receives 2 year, $7.5 million extension
by Ryan Sommers on Sunday, February 19th, 2012Posted in MLB, Offseason, Philadelphia Phillies | 41 Comments »
Per Jim Salisbury, the Phillies have signed a two year extension with fringe starter/reliever and burgeoning fashion model Kyle Kendrick, covering 2012 and 2013, for $7.5 million. Absent this extension, Kendrick was headed for his first arbitration hearing ...
What the Phillies’ Interest in A.J. Burnett Means
by Bill Baer on Friday, February 17th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 25 Comments »
ESPN's Buster Olney dropped this interesting piece of information on Twitter: The other team involved in the A.J. Burnett talks was the Philadelphia Phillies. Obviously would've had to clear Blanton to make it work. The New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates are ...
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