Buyers Guides
If you don't have guys like Parker, Slowey, Owings, Volquez, Volstad, and even Zambrano on your watch lists heading into spring training, here's why you are making a mistake.
Feb 13 2012 12:01am
Feb 13 2012 12:01am
Part 2 of last week's bullpen article—evaluating bullpen options in the event that the incumbent or designated closer is traded, injured or otherwise replaced. This article covers Milwaukee through Washington.
Feb 8 2012 12:00am
Feb 8 2012 12:00am
This column is the first of two parts that examines which relievers are in line should an incumbent get hurt, traded or replaced and discusses potential scenarios. Arizona through Florida this column; Milwaukee through Washington next column.
Feb 2 2012 12:00am
Feb 2 2012 12:00am
Assigning gains or losses after a player move is a bit of a mug’s game. The change in home ballpark affects only half the games, after all, and we have to consider such other factors as lineup differences, new managers and teammates, even weather.
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
It's easy to fall in love with strong half seasons. It's also easy to read too much into them. After all, the midpoint of the season is an arbitrary cutoff, and there are bound to be performance swings between any few months of data. That said, many starting pitchers who surge down the stretch often are better speculations than others. Let's take a look at the SP whose BPV increased the most between the first and second halves of 2011:
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Friday the 13th. Perfect for discussing the frightening Orioles, White Sox, Twins, A's, Reds and Astros bullpens.
Jan 13 2012 12:00am
Jan 13 2012 12:00am
Last month, the Batting Buyers Guide examined hitters who had very poor seasons in 2011, looking at which of them might be most likely to “regress to the mean” of their weighted average performance from 2008-10. As with last time, we started by finding the batters whose 2011 seasons varied sharply from their norms, this time by doing far better than their norms suggested.
Jan 6 2012 12:00am
Jan 6 2012 12:00am
You won't be able to earn a profit on these starting pitchers on draft day.
Dec 23 2011 12:00am
Dec 23 2011 12:00am
This column is a quick peek into the Baseball Forecaster's LIMA ratings of relievers for 2012.
Dec 16 2011 12:00am
Dec 16 2011 12:00am
In this edition of the Batting Buyers Guide, we’ll look at players who had unusually poor seasons, and assess their capacity to “bounce back” to useful productivity levels; the next edition, in early January, will identify and assess some of 2011’s overperformers.
Dec 9 2011 12:00am
Dec 9 2011 12:00am
Here are several guys who have the upside and skills to become rotation anchors this season...
Dec 2 2011 12:00am
Dec 2 2011 12:00am
If you don't have guys like Parker, Slowey, Owings, Volquez, Volstad, and even Zambrano on your watch lists heading into spring training, here's why you are making a mistake.
Feb 13 2012 12:01am
Feb 13 2012 12:01am
Part 2 of last week's bullpen article—evaluating bullpen options in the event that the incumbent or designated closer is traded, injured or otherwise replaced. This article covers Milwaukee through Washington.
Feb 8 2012 12:00am
Feb 8 2012 12:00am
This column is the first of two parts that examines which relievers are in line should an incumbent get hurt, traded or replaced and discusses potential scenarios. Arizona through Florida this column; Milwaukee through Washington next column.
Feb 2 2012 12:00am
Feb 2 2012 12:00am
Assigning gains or losses after a player move is a bit of a mug’s game. The change in home ballpark affects only half the games, after all, and we have to consider such other factors as lineup differences, new managers and teammates, even weather.
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
It's easy to fall in love with strong half seasons. It's also easy to read too much into them. After all, the midpoint of the season is an arbitrary cutoff, and there are bound to be performance swings between any few months of data. That said, many starting pitchers who surge down the stretch often are better speculations than others. Let's take a look at the SP whose BPV increased the most between the first and second halves of 2011:
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Friday the 13th. Perfect for discussing the frightening Orioles, White Sox, Twins, A's, Reds and Astros bullpens.
Jan 13 2012 12:00am
Jan 13 2012 12:00am
Last month, the Batting Buyers Guide examined hitters who had very poor seasons in 2011, looking at which of them might be most likely to “regress to the mean” of their weighted average performance from 2008-10. As with last time, we started by finding the batters whose 2011 seasons varied sharply from their norms, this time by doing far better than their norms suggested.
Jan 6 2012 12:00am
Jan 6 2012 12:00am
You won't be able to earn a profit on these starting pitchers on draft day.
Dec 23 2011 12:00am
Dec 23 2011 12:00am
This column is a quick peek into the Baseball Forecaster's LIMA ratings of relievers for 2012.
Dec 16 2011 12:00am
Dec 16 2011 12:00am
In this edition of the Batting Buyers Guide, we’ll look at players who had unusually poor seasons, and assess their capacity to “bounce back” to useful productivity levels; the next edition, in early January, will identify and assess some of 2011’s overperformers.
Dec 9 2011 12:00am
Dec 9 2011 12:00am
Here are several guys who have the upside and skills to become rotation anchors this season...
Dec 2 2011 12:00am
Dec 2 2011 12:00am
