BDD: Youk Bites the Hand That Feeds
by Bill Baer on Friday, February 26th, 2010Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB, Sabermetrics | 4 Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I explain why Kevin Youkilis should be more accepting of Sabermetrics. However, if any professional baseball player should be supporting the use of Sabermetrics, it’s Youkilis. These stats have done for him what skinny mirrors do for ...
Announcement
by Bill Baer on Thursday, February 25th, 2010Posted in MLB, Media, Sabermetrics | 13 Comments »
I am happy to announce that my online baseball writing will expand to yet another platform. Along with my writing here (for ESPN), at Baseball Daily Digest, and at Heater Magazine, I will now be joining Baseball Prospectus (via Heater ...
Why A Ryan Howard Trade Makes Sense
by Bill Baer on Thursday, February 25th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 93 Comments »
Ruben Amaro did all of his chores this off-season. Maybe he didn't do them as satisfactorily as we would have preferred, but he did them, damn it. He signed a third baseman, acquired an ace starter he could sign to ...
Cole’s New Wrinkle
by Bill Baer on Thursday, February 18th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 3 Comments »
Scott Lauber, a member of the army of Phillies scribes camping in Clearwater for spring training, blogged about the new and improved Cole Hamels. Detailed is the off-season training regimen he followed, his reflection on the struggles he endured in ...
NL East Rotation Showdown
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Posted in MLB, NL East Whining, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 30 Comments »
So a mini-argument broke out on Twitter today. No one got hurt, fortunately, but feelings may have been bruised. It all started when radio host Kent Covington suggested that the starting rotation in Atlanta is better than the one in ...
