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Quantifying the Effect of Team Defense on Over/Underperforming the Team's FIP
by Frag on May 20, 2012 3:42 PM EDT
on Bluebird Banter
After yesterday's win, I was curious in knowing how much of an effect team defense plays on pitchers' abilities to either overperform or underperform their FIP. I quantified the effect team defense plays by running regression analyses between E-F (ERA - FIP) and defensive metrics DRS and UZR (as well as UZR/150). More after the jump.
Today's lineup
Blue Jays-Official @BlueJays
Lineup: johnson 4 escobar 6 bautista 9 lind 3 encarnacion dh thames 7 lawrie 5 rasmus 8 arencibia 2 morrow
PPP Salary Cap Challenge, Frag
by Frag on May 12, 2012 7:57 PM EDT
on Pension Plan Puppets
This is the best I could do with the available cap space.
BA - Teams Dig For Ways Around New International Rules
An interesting article looking into potential loopholes in the new international rules in the CBA. No subscription necessary.
The Book - How over-priced is the free agent market?
I thought MjwW would be interested in this article.
George Stroumboulopoulos interviews AA. Apparently, AA and Beeston didn't like the old uniforms either.
about 1 month ago
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Vanderbilt signee, and potential first-round pick, Stephen Gant dies of apparent suicide
This is very sad news.
Very interesting short clip about Tim Johnson, Jays manager in 1998 who was fired after getting caught lying about his service in Vietnam.
2 months ago
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Highest Pct of Swings and Misses by Pitch Type, 2009-2011, among Relievers
I knew Santos' slider was good, but this is ridiculous. One of the most unhittable pitches in baseball among relievers.
Expanding on ESPN's Article on Brett Lawrie
by Frag on Mar 25, 2012 3:08 PM EDT
on Bluebird Banter
Minor Leaguer in the Fanshot recommended me to do a Fanpost on this, so I shall.
Yesterday, ESPN published an article that praises the Jays' own Brett Lawrie. In the article, the author compared Lawrie's season to other major leaguers in history based on OPS. The author's cut-off point was 150 AB, .953 OPS, and players 21 years or younger. I will explain more after the jump.
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Found this on Big League Stew (NSFW - language near end).
Top 2000 (!) Prospects, including HS and College Prospects
That is one epic list.
Reason why Uehara rejected trade to Toronto
"The weather is an issue," Uehara said. "I also know how hard it is to compete in that division."
The latter point is understandable, but the former?
BP - Rasmus vs. Cespedes
Executives voted on who they would rather have. The result: Cespedes, 6-2.
Talk about "what have you done for me lately?"
One exec even voted on taking Cespedes over Rasmus, Drew Stubbs, BJ Upton, Chris Young, and Adam Jones. I'm also guessing that this exec is Ned Colletti.
AA and MLB hitting production by AA batters between 1995-2002
by Frag on Jan 31, 2012 8:16 PM EST
on Minor League Ball
I felt like posting this for both BBB and Minor League Ball.
I put together a spreadsheet of all batters that hit in AA seasons between 1995 and 2002, and their MLB stats (minimum 100 MLB PA). I only included the batters' MLB production if they followed the criteria: The batters were less than 26 years of age and had a minimum of 400 PA in their AA season(s). This is the spreadsheet I put together using numbers from B-R and Fangraphs (Glove tap to those two):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnAFMTj7pea8dFBtVnZBSUMzYzQyYXM0UWx3a3BkZmc#gid=0
More after the jump.
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Comparing AA and MLB hitting production from AA batters between 1995-2002
by Frag on Jan 31, 2012 8:02 PM EST
on Bluebird Banter
I put together a spreadsheet of all batters that hit in AA seasons between 1995 and 2002, and their MLB stats (minimum 100 MLB PA). I only included the batters' MLB production if they followed the criteria: The batters were less than 26 years of age and had a minimum of 400 PA in their AA season(s). This is the spreadsheet I put together using numbers from B-R and Fangraphs (Glove tap to those two):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnAFMTj7pea8dFBtVnZBSUMzYzQyYXM0UWx3a3BkZmc#gid=0
More after the jump.
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FG - Brandon Morrow's LOB Blues
An interesting article about Morrow's issues with men on base.
Project Prospect - 2012 Top 100 Prospects
Jays listed:
45. Travis d'Arnaud (Down from 41 last year)
62. Drew Hutchison (Up from NR)
74. Noah Syndergaard (Up from NR)
77. Anthony Gose (Up from 97 last year)
97. Adeiny Hechavarria (Down from 52 last year)
100. Jake Marisnick (Up from NR)
Bonus: 93. Nestor Molina
4 months ago
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MLB.com Top 100 Prospects
Jays on the list:
25. Travis d'Arnaud
57. Anthony Gose
58. Jake Marisnick
95. Noah Syndergaard
1983 - Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays
Here's an old clip I found on Youtube. This game was commentated by the legendary Al Michaels, Howard Cosell, and Earl Weaver.
2012 Average Farm System Rankings
by Frag on Jan 23, 2012 4:55 PM EST
on Minor League Ball
I did an average of four farm system rankings, which included rankings from the following: John, Doug, backtocali, and mine. The results are after the jump.
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2012 ZiPS Projections - Toronto Blue Jays
I advise everyone to look away from A.J. Jimenez's third comparable
Piliere's Top 100 prospects
Lots of surprises. Blue Jays prospects that made the list:
Travis d'Arnaud: 43
Anthony Gose: 45
Jake Marisnick: 49
Drew Hutchison: 79
Noah Syndergaard: 81
Adonys Cardona: 84
Daniel Norris: 90
BTB - Toronto Blue Jays Prospect Ranking
Something new from their site, and the first team they rank is the Toronto Blue Jays
5 months ago
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2012 MLB Farm System Ranking Based on Sickels' Grading System
by Frag on Jan 1, 2012 5:22 PM EST
on Minor League Ball
Hello all!
While looking through John Sickels' top 20 prospect rankings, I was interested in coming up with a simple way to rank farm systems based on his prospect grades. Plus, I just wanted to do something while passing the time. So I thought, "Why not try something similar to the GPA system?" More after the jump.
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Carlos Quentin to the Padres
For pitching prospects Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez
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