Your Annual “Dom Brown Patience” Post
by Bill Baer on Monday, March 5th, 2012Posted in .gifs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 36 Comments »
We are three games into the Phillies' 2012 spring training campaign and former top prospect Domonic Brown has already received some criticism. He is 2-for-6 with a triple and one failed stolen base attempt, but it is Brown's defense that ...
Bob Brookover and the Imaginary Devout
by Ryan Sommers on Friday, March 2nd, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Talking about feelings | 24 Comments »
Making the rounds on Twitter this morning was an article by Bob Brookover titled "Inside the Phillies: Who needs sabermetrics?" It was the annual advanced statistics hit piece from Philly.com, which occasionally likes to claw at the vital new frontier ...
Do the Phillies Need to Bunt?
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 48 Comments »
Tip of the cap to reader LTG, who brought this to my attention. Manager Charlie Manuel told reporters he wants to see his team bunt more often in 2012. "I was talking [to our coaches] today," Manuel said Monday. "We're going ...
Cole Hamels’ Cutter, Graphically
by Bill Baer on Monday, February 27th, 2012Posted in .gifs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 6 Comments »
Friend of the blog and fellow esports enthusiast Dan Brooks (@BrooksBaseball) has owned and operated the go-to site for Pitch F/X data for quite some time. Over this off-season, he somehow managed to make some significant improvements to his site. ...
Howard, Thome, and the 2012 Offense
by Ryan Sommers on Sunday, February 26th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 13 Comments »
On Saturday, Ryan Lawrence asked Charlie Manuel for the most he hoped to get out of Jim Thome at first base this season; his reply was "20 starts." He further elaborated that he expected "180-200" total at-bats. The ...
Kitschy Kyle Kendrick
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 17 Comments »
Surprisingly, Kyle Kendrick has been in the news quite frequently over the last two months. First, the Phillies paid him $3.585 million to avoid arbitration, then the news of his recent contract extension arrived on Sunday. I was surprised by the amount ...
What the Phillies’ Interest in A.J. Burnett Means
by Bill Baer on Friday, February 17th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 25 Comments »
ESPN's Buster Olney dropped this interesting piece of information on Twitter: The other team involved in the A.J. Burnett talks was the Philadelphia Phillies. Obviously would've had to clear Blanton to make it work. The New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates are ...
The Key for Chase Utley
by Bill Baer on Friday, February 17th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 1 Comment »
If you listened to my spot on ESPN's Baseball Today podcast, you heard me mention that Chase Utley is crucial to the Phillies' success in 2012. Mark Simon, of ESPN Stats & Information, posted a blog illustrating Utley's declining performance ...
The Outfield of the Future
by Bill Baer on Monday, February 13th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 19 Comments »
Quick, name the five most valuable outfielders in the National League in 2011. Let's see... Matt Kemp, Ryan Braun, Justin Upton... who else was in there? Would you believe Shane Victorino? That's right, the Flyin' Hawaiian, if you don't remember, ...
Guest Post: Expensive Outs: Why Paying a Premium for Papelbon Doesn’t Make Sense
by Bill Baer on Friday, February 10th, 2012Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 31 Comments »
Tom Holzerman (or TH, if you will) is a wrestling blogger found at a few sites on the web, most prominently at his site, The Wrestling Blog. He also has some things to say about other topics, baseball being one of ...
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