The true MVP of the '00s
Dave Cameron, FanGraphs.comDave Cameron of FanGraphs explains why, as the decade draws to a close, Albert Pujols is not the game's most valuable player.
Story | Conversation | December 23, 2009
Offseason notebook: Outfield shuffle
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft looks at the other big moves of the week beyond the Roy Halladay-Cliff Lee trade and John Lackey signing, leading with the Hideki Matsui and Mike Cameron signings.
Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009An all-decade, all-value lineup card
Erik Manning, FanGraphs.comErik Manning of FanGraphs pored over every performance from an MLB player between 2000 and 2009 and created the best possible 1-9 lineup of players from that period. Odd: Carlos Delgado (2000) leads off. Cool: This team would average nine runs a game.
Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009
The untold tales of the winter meetings
Jim Caple, Page 2We've heard lots of news from the MLB winter meetings, but here are some ultra-secret scoops.
Story | Conversation | December 09, 2009Where we stand as winter meetings arrive
Buster Olney...lucrative contract for a third baseman not named Alex Rodriguez when he gets $9 million from the Seattle...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009
Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster OlneySo many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Those who favored King Felix and Verlander
Keith Law...voters from the BBWAA's Detroit chapter picked local guy Magglio Ordonez over the superior option (Alex Rodriguez); A-Rod swept the rest of the country, so the Detroit writers' homerism stood out. Steve Kornacki...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009
The past is still McGwire's present
Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.comHe can't run and he can't hide anymore now that he's a hitting coach. It's time for Mark McGwire to salute his present by speaking out about his past.
Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009Obstacles to a World Series rematch
Buster OlneyCharlie Manuel quoted a general after Game 6, in pronouncing that the baseball world has not seen the last of the Phillies. "I'll tell you something -...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009
Howard's slide-step hurting the Phillies
Buster OlneyThe great thing about the postseason, an evaluator noted the other day, is that you always find out what the real weaknesses of hitters are (or at lea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009
The leftovers tell us a lot from Game 2
Buster Olney...Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez all would see. First inning...for strike three. Sixth inning, A-Rod at the plate: The...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2009
Lee's calm is the Yankees' storm
Buster Olney...the game. Consider the sequences of pitches that Alex Rodriguez saw, in his first three plate appearances: First...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009
The top matchups of the World Series
Buster Olney...feared hitters in this series, Ryan Howard and Alex Rodriguez, so there presumably will be many times when...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
McGwire has a road map, but also a guide
Buster Olney...him more than any other pitcher in history. Alex Rodriguez was outed as a steroids user in spring...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009
What to watch for in Game 6 of the ALCS
Buster Olney...two-run homer. Saunders will presumably pitch around Alex Rodriguez, and the guess here is that Jorge Posada...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2009
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