Phillies Bring Jimmy Rollins Back
by Bill Baer on Sunday, December 18th, 2011Posted in 2011-12 Compendium, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 6 Comments »
Via Todd Zolecki, the Phillies and Jimmy Rollins have agreed to a three-year, $33 million contract with a vesting option for a fourth year. He's baaack! When Jose Reyes signed with the Florida Marlins and Rafael Furcal re-upped with the St. Louis ...
Phillies Sign Dontrelle Willis
by Ryan Sommers on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011Posted in 2011-12 Compendium, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 54 Comments »
Per Jim Salisbury and Jerry Crasnick, the Phillies have signed left-handed pitcher Dontrelle Willis to a one year contract for "about $1 million and performance bonuses." After a few up and down seasons with the Marlins, Willis was ...
Phillies Must Make Tough Choice Involving Kyle Kendrick
by Bill Baer on Monday, December 12th, 2011Posted in 2011-12 Compendium, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 22 Comments »
It is very fair to say that Kyle Kendrick's career as a Philadelphia Phillie has been a success. In 2007, he filled in admirably in a pinch, posting a 3.87 ERA in 121 innings, one big reason the Phillies ended ...
Imagining a Different Free Agent Market
by Bill Baer on Thursday, December 8th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 133 Comments »
The Inquirer's Bob Brookover imagines what the winter meetings might have looked like if the Phillies hadn't signed Ryan Howard to a five-year, $125 million contract early in the 2010 season. He contends that Howard would be in line with ...
Freddy Galvis Is Not the Solution
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 70 Comments »
The proverbial hot stove hit its temperature apex yesterday with the New York Mets making a flurry of moves to bolster their bullpen, the ongoing negotiations between the Florida Marlins and Albert Pujols, and the plethora of trade rumors ricocheting ...
Ryan Howard and the Shift
by Bill Baer on Thursday, December 1st, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 33 Comments »
Acta Sports posted their most recent "Stat of the Week", this time covering "the Ted Williams shift", when opposing teams put three defenders on the right side of the infield when a left-handed batter is at the plate. Ryan Howard ...
Rounding Out the Roster
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 75 Comments »
By the look of things, GM Ruben Amaro Jr. could be done adding to the roster for a while. The Winter Meetings are on the horizon, but the Phillies have few spots left to fill and will be closely monitoring ...
Phillies Players and Popularity
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 1 Comment »
At FanGraphs yesterday, fellow Sweet Spotter Jack Moore demonstrated just how little the Internet baseball community cares for Barry Bonds. Plotting players' career WAR with their ELO rating, the overwhelming majority of players did not stray far from the trendline. ...
Brief Thoughts on the NL MVP Award
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 18 Comments »
Ryan Braun took home the National League Most Valuable Player award yesterday, nudging out Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the presumed favorite. Both rWAR and fWAR had Kemp in the lead. Baseball Reference considered Kemp the better hitter, ...
Phillies Deal for Ty Wigginton
by Bill Baer on Monday, November 21st, 2011Posted in 2011-12 Compendium, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 42 Comments »
While Philadelphians were getting ready to watch Sunday Night Football between the Eagles and Giants, GM Ruben Amaro Jr. continued to add to the 2012 roster by trading for utilityman Ty Wigginton from the Colorado Rockies. Wigginton is entering the ...
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