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Buerhle 29th Greatest player of the 00's!

coffeepac — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:58:50 -0000

Buerhle 29th Greatest player of the 00's!

Rob Neyer ranks the top 100 players of the 00's. Arbitrary cutoff of a given 10 year span? Sure. But Buerhle is 29th overall and the 8th pitcher behind such luminaries as Doc, Johan and Mo.

Congrats Mark!

Top Ten BR sponsorships

coffeepac — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:55:35 -0000

Top Ten BR sponsorships

Top Ten list of b-ref sponsorships. Funny AND obscure. There may be a full house reference, no guarantees though.

Beane Count Analysis

coffeepac — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:27:16 -0000

If Rob Neyer's "Beane Count" is to be believed (http://espn.go.com/mlb/beanecount), the White Sox were much better then their final record indicates. They did a tremendous job of being on the good side for walks and home runs for pitchers and hitters.

So, uh, we need some defense.

From Keith Law (4:22 p.m. ET): Barring some major, last-minute turn of events, the Chicago White...

coffeepac — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:24:31 -0000

From Keith Law (4:22 p.m. ET): Barring some major, last-minute turn of events, the Chicago White Sox are not going to sign third-round pick Bryan Morgado. He will return to Tennessee as a redshirt junior, but won't turn 21 years old until December. Morgado has first-round stuff, but needs to improve his performance next year to bring his draft position in line with the quality of his pitches.

Morgado draft update

Looks poorly for the White Sox signing Morgado.

M's call up Fister to replace Vargas

coffeepac — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:56:34 -0000

M's call up Fister to start Tuesday vs. White Sox in place of Vargas.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4387364

Fister is having a fantastic season with the Mariners AAA affiliate posting a 7.18 K/BB rate boosted by a minuscule .93 BB/9. He's also running a .85 HR/9 for the season. These numbers are not a large improvement on prior years. Only his BB/9 has taken a big jump this year from the prior two years of 2.20/3.01 (07/08). His average against makes him look hitable at .306, but its driven by a .356 BABIP, so probably not. He does have a higher then .300 BABIP for his career, by a lot, but with the Seattle D, he should get that cut down a bit.

And he had a cameo against Tampa two days ago: one ip, one hit, one walk and one strikeout.

Numbers say command/control guy. And so does Seattle Manager Wakamatsu who described him as a command pitcher with 5 different pitches.

And a brief report from the USSMariner http://ussmariner.com/2009/08/07/fister-replaces-vargas/

The whole thing is kind of a bummer as Vargas is terrible this year. Nuts, missed an easy one.

Another Twins Catcher Down

coffeepac — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:41:38 -0000

Another Twins Catcher Down

As the story says, after Redmond is Morales, with 4 career ML ABs. His minor league numbers look to peg him at around the same as Redmond offensively, I think. Some shifting in obp/slg to maintain his OPS on a repeat of AAA but a constant, and possibly out of whack high BA. Its higher then his younger years, which might mean an obp drop is expected; or he learned to watch more balls go by as his walks were up and SO's down.

Looks like he split time with Ryan Jorgensen in AAA in a possible platoon, although Morales is a switch hitter.

I have no insight on the defensive side. Any notes?

Tango Tiger Playing Time Forecast

coffeepac — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:38:17 -0000

Tango Tiger Playing Time Forecast

Tom Tango has set up a survey to predict playing time for each team based on the wisdom of the crowds. Link is above. Takes about ~10 seconds, its all ranges.