I plan to follow this up with a look at defense and pitching, but for now, hitting (or lack-thereof) will suffice. So, to get a better grasp of exactly what is happening to our team, and why it's...
If Miami is intent on selling, we might as well line up as their favourite buyers.
MLB Trade Rumors (.com) is reporting that the Royals are willing to take a listen on a lot of their players. In the same piece, we are apparently shopping our catchers. I think this could be the...
While sorting through the opinions of all the bloggers and 'experts' some patterns became clear. The first is, nobody is ever satisfied. Coming in to the off-season everybody was talking about us...
Let's begin by laying out all the reasons why this is not a good idea. First off, a depth guy should have some defensive value. While Abreu wouldn't be as painful to watch as Rivera, he certainly...
Our projected 2013 OF looks something like this: vs RHP Pos-Name-Bat Handedness-Career UZR/150 at position LF - Anthony Gose - L - (-6.0) CF - Colby Rasmus - L - (-2.2) RF - Jose Bautista -...
Maybe I'm crazy, but I always try to work against players under 30 being banished to 1B/DH whenever possible. Before continuig, I'd like to give a hat tip to MjwW who apparently has already...
Interesting stuff. Good to know that our guys are respected. Surprised to see such positive stuff about JaysTalk though.
Diamondbacks sign hill to 2 year/10mil+ contract.
Fangraphs has come up with a new stat, it has nothing to do with hitting or arm strength, and Bautista is still clearly the best player on our team as measured by that stat. The stat in question is...
Does anybody know anything about this guy? The best info I found on him was a scout.com article from 3.5 years ago. Apparently he's a plus defender at all 3 OF positions with plus range and a plus...
Over the off-season, most projections, analysis, writers, and bloggers, assumed that last season was Jose's peak, and that his future projections must regress from there. The severity of that...