The common wisdom is that punting categories is a bad idea. But I think you need to put it into its proper perspective.

[FREE] Gene McCaffery of Wise Guy Baseball likes FLA OF Logan Morrison in multiple formats, he says in Part 2 of his BaseballHQ Radio podcast interview.......

The very first Draft Radar column appeared in the old Baseball Forecaster newsletter exactly 20 years ago this month. At the time of its incarnation, it was just me, attempting to identify so-called "sleepers" and "gambles." These days, there are at least a half dozen columnists at BaseballHQ.com who conduct the same research for the more appropriately-named "undervalued" and "overvalued" players.

[FREE] As spring training gets into full swing, one area of major focus for most of us is getting a handle on how roles and playing time are going to shake out. It's is a fun and challenging exercise to see how all the pieces are going to fit... veterans, rookies, prospects, non-roster invites... nearly 2,000 players, all trying to find a spot on a 25-man roster on one of 30 teams.

[free] RADIO: Hugh Jackman wasn't available for the latest edition of the BaseballHQ Radio podcast, but Gene McCaffery was...

It bears repeating... Last year's performances tend to grossly inflate our expectations for this coming year. And it is doing us a huge disservice.

In recent forum threads, I've been seeing the return of an old obsession. This is something we successfully discounted and dismissed over 10 years ago, but I suppose, with the re-emergence of the pitcher, it has reared its ugly head again.

[FREE] BASEBALLHQ RADIO: Part 2 of our interview with BHQ minor-leagues expert Rob Gordon, plus the usual great analysis and comment...

Despite all the advanced forecasting models out there, we do a pretty crappy job of projecting player stats. Rather than continuing to bang our heads against walls in quest of a level of precision we can never achieve, the Mayberry Method is designed to simplify our efforts. Mayberry embraces imprecision and invites the wide error bars into the planning process.

[FREE] There is a quote by Sam Palmisano, the Chairman of IBM, that goes: "Win not by surviving the storm but by changing the game."

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