The Transformation of Cole Hamels
by Bill Baer on Monday, August 9th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 14 Comments »
Cole Hamels' last start, in which he allowed one run and struck out 11 Mets in seven innings, signaled his return into the good graces of fans in Philadelphia. Cole was the whipping boy after a disastrous start to ...
Phillies kwERA
by Bill Baer on Thursday, August 5th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 27 Comments »
Mike Fast put up a great article at The Hardball Times, highlighting the leaders in kwERA. What is kwERA? Fast explains: A few years ago, Guy M and Tom Tango came up with a neat toy called kwERA that works a ...
Mike Sweeney to Fill the Howard Void
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 12 Comments »
Todd Zolecki, via Twitter: Phillies acquire first baseman Mike Sweeney from the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Since Ryan Howard was placed on the disabled list, Sweeney's role is to help the Phillies ...
Phillies Acquire Roy Oswalt
by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 29th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 23 Comments »
The Phillies finally have acquired Roy Oswalt from the Houston Astros, a much-ballyhooed rumor now blossomed into a reality. Let's start with analysis of the tenured right-hander himself. Oswalt, generously listed at 6'0" on his Baseball Reference page, has finished ...
For No Particular Reason
by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 29th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 15 Comments »
"For no particular reason" -- other than to put another notch in the CG column on Roy Halladay's Baseball Reference page -- describes Charlie Manuel's use of the star pitcher last night. The Phillies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks easily ...
Brian Bannister Is Awesome
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Posted in Interviews, MLB, Media, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
Not Phillies-related, but since this blog uses Sabermetrics so heavily, I thought this may be of interest: Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Brian Bannister talks about how he uses Sabermetric principles and statistics to aid him in improving as a ...
Analyzing the Phillies’ Lesser SP Targets
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 6 Comments »
With July 31 on the horizon, the Phillies have been mentioned in a flurry of trade rumors. They were obvious candidates to acquire the services of Cliff Lee and Dan Haren, but they have since changed addresses in ...
Domonic Brown: Curb Your Enthusiasm?
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 15 Comments »
UPDATE: Brown has been called up. (via Jim Salisbury of Comcast SportsNet) Shane Victorino came up limping last night. Given the Phillies' season-long bout with bad luck, it was to be expected. The reactions to the injury on Twitter were ...
Behind the Historical Eight-Ball?
by Bill Baer on Monday, July 26th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 29 Comments »
The Phillies are trying to return to the World Series for the third consecutive year, a feat that hasn't been accomplished by a National League team since the 1942-44 St. Louis Cardinals. Back then, the National League had eight teams, ...
Graph of the Intermittent Time Period
by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Posted in Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 30 Comments »
Phillies fans have been wondering why the team has been struggling to score runs this season. Cole Hamels, for the second straight game, received no run support as his offense left nine men on base and went 0-for-7 with ...
