May
08
This article is courtesy of our friends at Lookout Landing Written by: Jeff Sullivan You might’ve seen this, but the other day, when Albert Pujols finally hit his first home run of the season, he returned to an empty dugout. It would’ve been easy and predictable for the Angels players to give Pujols the cold shoulder. They …
Apr
25
This article is courtesy of our friends at Lookout Landing Written by Jeff Sullivan I’m sort of at a loss when it comes to what to write about right now. Nothing in particular strikes my fancy, and it’s still so early that I have trouble buying into most any statistic. Considering how heavily I usually …
Mar
05
This article is courtesy of our friends at Lookout Landing Written by: Jeff Sullivan It wasn’t until 2010 that statistics from the charity game officially counted towards the Cactus League. It’s a mystery as to why this game was treated as even more of a meaningless exhibition than all the others for so long, given …
Feb
14
This article is courtesy of our friends at U.S.S Mariner Written by: Jay Yencich You may remember that last year, as the season was opening up, I wrote a post that analyzed the Mariners efforts at rebuilding. In brief, it was depressing. We determined that only two of the four drafts yielded much of anything and …
Jan
19
This article is courtesy of our friends at U.S.S. Mariner Written by: Marc W 1: I have to agree with Dave that Jesus Montero’s bat is likely to be an upgrade, but something short of hall-of-fame level. The list of players Dave compiled includes quite a few guys who were established in the majors at …
Jan
14
This article is courtesy of our friends at Seamheads Written by: Andrew Martin (@historianandrew) Last night saw the rare exchange of top young players, when the New York Yankees traded catcher/designated hitter Jesus Montero and pitcher Hector Noesi to the Seattle Mariners for pitchers Michael Pineda and Jose Campos. So far the reaction seems to …
Jan
13
This article is courtesy of our friends at Rays Index Written by: Cork Gaines No team relies more on player development than the Tampa Bay Rays. For example, in 2011, the Rays were the only team in which every game was started by a pitcher that they drafted. And yet, the following stat still came …
Apr
08
Okay, well, maybe that title is a slight overreaction but now that I haave your attention.. Ichiro is really good. I don’t think people give him nearly the credit he deserves as a player. Is it because he plays on the west coast for a bad team? Is it because he is foreign and doesn’t …
Mar
22
One way to determine a pitcher’s value no matter what team they play on is quality starts. The definition for a quality start is a pitcher throwing at least six innings and yielding three or less earned runs. Quality starts is a stat that pitchers can control, while their record may be skewed by playing …
Jan
14
Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated has reported that there is a lot of interest in the lefty relief pitcher, Brian Fuentes. It is belived that he will get a multi-year contract from whichever team that he signs with.
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