Cole Hamels on the Cy Young Award Ballot?
by Bill Baer on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 5 Comments »
The National League Cy Young award is Roy Halladay's to lose, but teammate Cole Hamels could earn some third-place votes with his remarkable 2010 campaign. Halladay leads the NL with a 2.90 SIERA but Hamels isn't far behind ...
Ryan Howard’s Malaise
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 8 Comments »
Since returning from the disabled list, Ryan Howard is batting .111 with a .246 OPS. He has no extra-base hits and no multi-hit games. Even worse, Howard struck out 16 times in 36 at-bats, a rate of nearly 45 percent ...
Graph of the Intermittent Time Period
by Bill Baer on Monday, August 30th, 2010Posted in Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 20 Comments »
The Phillies responded to an embarrassing four-game sweep at the hands of the Houston Astros at home by flying out to San Diego and sweeping the Padres in three games. The offense didn't exactly wake up, but the starting pitching ...
Werth Gets A Hit with 2 Out & RISP, Pigs Fly
by Bill Baer on Thursday, August 19th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 18 Comments »
Last night, Jayson Werth broke an 0-for-35 skid with two outs and runners in scoring position. Raul Ibanez hit an RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh inning and Werth drove him in with a double to ...
Graph of the Intermittent Time Period
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Posted in Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 9 Comments »
Rumors of the offense's demise may be greatly exaggerated. Although they have been shut out on ten different occasions (four of them at the hands of New York Met pitchers), the Phillies are slowly climbing back up the offensive leaderboards. ...
Ryan Madson ABC: Always Be Closing
by Bill Baer on Monday, August 16th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 39 Comments »
Ryan Madson is the third in a trinity of Phillies players on the receiving end of unjustified criticism in the greater Philadelphia area over the past two years. The other two, as you may have gathered if you read ...
Cole Hamels Desperately Needs Run Support
by Bill Baer on Friday, August 13th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 14 Comments »
Another excellent Cole Hamels start, another loss. Hamels has been among the best starters in baseball this season, especially since the beginning of May, but his offense couldn't hit water if they jumped off the Titanic so long as ...
Broxton Cocktail
by Bill Baer on Friday, August 13th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 16 Comments »
Jonathan Broxton is an elite closer, averaging 12 strikeouts per nine innings with a 2.92 ERA. Asking him to get three outs in a game his team has a 95% chance of winning is a no-brainer. And the overwhelming ...
Manuel, Romero Make Romero Look Bad
by Bill Baer on Thursday, August 12th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 10 Comments »
J.C. Romero has walked a lot of hitters since he became a regular reliever in 2000 with the Minnesota Twins. 351 of them to be exact. Some of those walks were meaningless, while others decided the fate of his ...
The Dog Days of August
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 24 Comments »
If you've stopped by ESPN.com recently, you may have seen their "The Dog Days of August" feature, including the two blurbs I contributed on Raul Ibanez and Jimmy Rollins. More importantly, though, SportsNation has some poll questions and ...
