Guest Post: Maikel Franco Profile
by Bill Baer on Thursday, January 12th, 2012Posted in Guest Post, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 3 Comments »
Throughout the year, Crashburn Alley will be accepting guest posts. If you would like to contribute, submit your entries to CrashburnAlley [at] gmail [dot] com. Today's guest post is from Ben Skalina. You can follow him on Twitter @TweetaSkalina. . . . The ...
Scrounging Around in the Bargain Bin
by Bill Baer on Monday, January 9th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 12 Comments »
The Phillies, through the years, have heavily relied on veterans to get the job done out of the bullpen. When Brad Lidge wasn't available early in 2010, the Phillies placed the responsibility of closing out ballgames on 38-year-old Jose Contreras ...
Looking at Miami and Atlanta’s Off-Seasons
by Bill Baer on Friday, January 6th, 2012Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
The Phillies' off-season so far has been a mixture of incredible anxiety and tedium. Questions asked in early November included, "Will Jimmy Rollins come back?", "What will the Phillies do with the bullpen?", and "What is the future of Domonic Brown?" The ...
Differentiating Between Value and Production
by Bill Baer on Thursday, January 5th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 24 Comments »
Looking back at the 2011 season, it's easy to forget about Cameron Maybin. As the centerfielder of the hapless 71-91 San Diego Padres, Maybin graded out surprisingly well. At the young age of 24, in his first full season, he ...
A Lesson in Playing the Market [Addendum]
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 11 Comments »
Last week, I wrote about both Ryan Madson and the Phillies looking less-than-stellar so far this off-season. Madson is a Scott Boras client, but you haven't heard too much about him as of late. Two other Boras clients, however, have ...
Is Jonathan Papelbon the Next Mariano Rivera?
by Bill Baer on Monday, January 2nd, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 31 Comments »
Over the last week, there was an interesting discussion on my post that examined how both the Phillies and Ryan Madson managed to become the losers of the off-season. It started when "Another John" wrote: What if [Papelbon] is the next ...
New Years Resolutions for the Phillies
by Bill Baer on Thursday, December 29th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 16 Comments »
2011 is on its way out, thankfully so for many people. For the Phillies, 2011 can hardly be labeled a failure as the team set a franchise record in wins with 102 and marched into the playoffs with one of ...
A Lesson in Playing the Market
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011Posted in 2011-12 Compendium, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 26 Comments »
The inimitable Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus summed up this off-season's free agency in one sentence after news broke that the Boston Red Sox had acquired Andrew Bailey in a trade with the Oakland Athletics: So the big losers this offseason ...
Active Phillies and Future Hall of Famers
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 25 Comments »
Over at The Book blog, Tango looks at the PA threshold for Hall of Famers: Of players born since 1924, here are the least number of plate appearances for Hall of Famers: 7831 Kirby Puckett 8237 Duke Snider 8364 Yogi Berra ...
The Forgotten Man in the Rotation
by Bill Baer on Monday, December 19th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 11 Comments »
Roy Halladay, check. Cliff Lee, check. Cole Hamels, check. Vance Worley, check. Uh... Kyle Kendrick? That's been the run-down of the Phillies' rotation, or at least the general consensus from conversations I've had. It seems like the city of Philadelphia has collectively forgotten about Joe ...
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