At what cost, Holliday?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Evan Longoria and Ryan Zimmerman and Chone Figgins. And then comes Holliday and Kevin Youkilis and Carl Crawford. It's not that Holliday's not worth $16 million. He is. Quite a bit more...
Blog | December 15, 2009Can we replace Gold Gloves?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotIn the wake of the latest round of atrocities, Friend of the Blog Rany Jazayerli shows up with a welcome and constructive idea: This annual trashi...
Blog | November 12, 2009Crawford's in for '10, but what's next?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotYes, of course the Rays picked up their 2010 option on Carl Crawford. But what does it mean? Joe Smith: Rays executive VP Andrew Friedman said after deciding to...
Blog | November 10, 2009And the winners are ...
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Albert Pujols (9) 2B: Aaron Hill (6) SS: Jack Wilson (6) 3B: Ryan Zimmerman (6) LF: Carl Crawford (10) CF: Franklin Gutierrez (9) RF: Ichiro Suzuki (9) Those numbers in parentheses represent the number...
Blog | November 02, 2009Thinking about the '10 Red Sox
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotJeez. October's not even here, and Yawkey Way Academy's Troy Patterson is already worrying about next year: The Red Sox are facing a position...
Blog | September 17, 2009Rays just keep reloading
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...comparison, prior to this year Crawford had never drawn even 40 walks in any season, minors or majors. Any prospect whose ceiling can even optimistically be described as "Carl Crawford with plate discipline"...
Blog | September 05, 2009Will anyone echo Ellsbury?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...1962), and his son Bump leads the Rangers with exactly half as many (in 1978). • Carl Crawford's got the top six steal-seasons in Rays "history" and is probably...
Blog | August 28, 2009Crawford runs, but also happy to walk
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...s never going to be Rickey Henderson. But as Roger Mooney writes, Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford really is trying: Crawford sat on the couch of his offseason home in Phoenix a few...
Blog | August 11, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the welcome sight of Stan Musial -- weren't actually in the game (the third was Carl Crawford stealing a home run away from Brad Hawpe). Hey, no complaints. The outcome was in doubt...
Blog | July 15, 2009Fourth-place Rays just unlucky?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...hitting (Jason Bartlett), doubles (Evan Longoria), home runs (Carlos Pena), RBIs (Longoria), walks (Pena), stolen bases (Carl Crawford), extra base hits (Longoria), batting average vs. lefties (Akinori Iwamura) and hardest to double up (Carl...
Blog | June 01, 2009How many wins for the Rays?
Rob Neyer...season. Center fielder B.J. Upton lost power while playing with a torn labrum. Left fielder Carl Crawford and third baseman Evan Longoria missed significant time in August and September. None of the Rays...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 26, 2009Nobody will catch Rickey's record
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comIf you're waiting for someone to challenge Rickey Henderson's stolen-base record, don't bother: It's not going to happen.
Story | Conversation | January 11, 2009Explaining some new math
Rob Neyer...7.5 runs, and 1B docked -12.5 runs. Using these adjustments allows us to compare Carl Crawford in LF to Chase Utley at 2B. If Crawford is +15 runs via UZR and Utley...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 19, 2008Searching for help when it comes to overall value
Rob Neyer...Cameron wrote about positional adjustments, and I'll try to summarize the first few paragraphs … Carl Crawford's defensive numbers in 2008 were fantastic. According to Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR), he saved more...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2008From Wright to Cabrera: The top 50 for five years
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comFrom David Wright to Asdrubal Cabrera, Rob Neyer counts down the top 50 players over the next five seasons.
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