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Joe Posnanski on RBIs, runs scored, and homers
I was thinking the other day that I should do a blog post about RBIs and runs scored, and how silly it is that RBIs are considered to be very meaningful and telling (see, e.g., Ryan Howard) while runs...
Defending Evan Grant
Evan Grant has taken some flak the past few days over his defense of Michael Young's gold glove, and the statistics that he's used. In particular, there were some comments about Grant's reliance...
BTB on FIP+ for the A.L. West
BTB has a post up that looks at the FIP+ of each A.L. West team. What jumps out at you about the Rangers is that Kevin Millwood was better last year (in terms of FIP+) than you would probably ex...
Sturm, Daniels, and a Fern
Bob Sturm has a blog post up, comparing the WARPs of guys who were here in the system when Jon Daniels took over the Rangers to the WARPs of guys who are here now, in an effort to determine how much b...
Some stats about positional players
Over at BTB, there's a lengthy post up with charts and tables, walking through the runs above/below average for each team defensively (in terms of its positional players, as compared to pitchers) and ...
Fun Ranger HBP facts
There have been 68 times in the A.L. this season where a batter has been hit on an 0-2 count. With 14 A.L. teams, that means the average team would have done that 5 times this season. The Range...
An interesting comment vis-a-vis Texas
From BTB's article on front offices: I asked a scout (which is a sin for saber guys) to give me a list of teams he knew were saber. He responded with these teams: Arizona, Boston, Cleveland, Oaklan...
Rob Neyer and fact-checking Robothal
From Rob Neyer's chat session today: Jeff (Boston, MA): I heard Ken Rosenthal last night say that the Minnesota Twins are an exception to the all the statistics on a year in year out basis and that t...
Chris Dial evaluates A.L. players
Over at BTF, Chris Dial has a rundown of each A.L. regular's value in terms of runs above (or below) average, using runs created for offense and converting zone rating into runs defensively... Dial's...
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