No wonder he quit his day job---dude's blowin' up!

And, by the way, this is some of his best work.

Good minor league numbers, good major league numbers. I think this guy could be an upgrade over Eli.

Dude wants to get paid.

This is the dude who failed a physical with Arizona. I wonder how bad his medical issues are.

This article basically agrees with the groupthink: trading Molina was a good move that opens a spot in the outfield for an upgrade, with DeJesus being an ideal player, depending on the cost in prospects.

Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus has put together a list of his top 10 General Manager Candidates.

Note that he did this last year, and because he decided not to include candidates from last year, a bunch of the more well-known names are absent (Kim Ng, etc).

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-veon.org

Looks like Shun Kakazu has been hard at work.

Also, the bit about Casey Fossum in the main article is pretty funny.

Clearly the Royals are not very high on him at the moment---I wonder what it would take to get him.

"What about Buster Posey, you ask? About +3 in 2007, with solid running-game and pitch-blocking stats. He lost almost a full run relative to the average number of plays made by D-1 catchers. 2008 was better, at +5, negating half of basestealing attempts and saving nearly an additional two runs by blocking errant pitches. Again, though, he made fewer ball-in-play outs than average."

WORST CATCHER EVER

lolwut

Discusses both Madbum's recent performance, as well as the controversies surrounding his personal life. A good read.

Subscribers only, but you get some of the idea.

The phrases "Pedro Sandoval" are used, as well as "light-tower power" with regards to Dominguez.

Apparently, since 2002, Damon has hit a whopping 97% of his home runs to RF. Perhaps it isn't so bad that we missed out on him.

Looks like only nerds need apply.

Title: Data Architect – Baseball Analytics
Location: Cleveland, OH

Description: The Cleveland Indians are currently scouting for a Data Architect to work in our Baseball Operations Department. This individual will report to the Director of Baseball Operations while assisting both the Baseball and Information Systems Departments.

This individual will be a technical resource to the baseball analytics department, taking on increasing responsibility to design, implement, and manage the Baseball Department’s information architecture.

Responsibilities include:

• Creating data models, developing processes for extraction, transformation, cleansing, and loading a variety of internal and external data sources;
• Creating and maintaining business rules and metadata to ensure data consistency, designing and implementing a data warehouse of baseball information.
• Other responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, statistical analysis and baseball research, application and web development, and user interface and data visualization design.

Candidates must possess:
• A Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field, along with demonstrated work experience designing and managing data warehouses, creating OLAP cubes, and using reporting tools.
• Experience with Oracle (preferred) or another major database system including advanced knowledge of SQL and/or MDX is required.
• Experience with any of the following are highly desirable: database administration, ETL and/or BI tools, application development in .NET and/or Java.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis software packages (R, STATA, SAS, SPSS) is desirable, as is familiarity with current baseball research and analytics.

For more information or to apply, visit http://www.indians.com/jobs , Requisition Number 10-0025. Interested candidates must apply online to be considered.

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Interesting dumpster dive.

Had a good season for the Padres in 2007, had good minor league performances before that, and even with recent injuries, his K numbers haven't suffered.

A Good Giant.

RINGZ!!!!!!

I have an awful feeling about this.

Worth between $12.5-$17 million over two years + draft pick considerations.

LOL RENTERIA. LOL SABEAN.

It says also that Skull Mountain LOVES Nick Johnson.

I think this moves the idea of us signing Jason Bay from "probably a bad idea" to "almost certainly a bad idea".

I heard this story on the way to work this morning. Check it out!