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Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus explains why batter-pitcher data is not all that helpful when filling out a lineup card. Managers are better off simply choosing the player with a better overall track record.

Story | Conversation | October 25, 2011

Colin Wyers explains why Rangers manager Ron Washington did his team a disservice in Game 1 of the World Series by intentionally walking Nick Punto.

Story | Conversation | October 20, 2011

Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospects explains how Tony La Russa mismanaged his bench in Game 3 of the NLDS, and breaks down the optimal situations in which to pinch-hit.

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2011

Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus looks at the wild card and wonders whether a common argument -- that it has drained the excitement from late-season games -- is true. The true wild-card effect isn't what you think.

Story | Conversation | September 01, 2011

Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus looks at the race for the NL Central between the Cardinals and Brewers and wonders what it would look like if Albert Pujols been healthy and producing at his normal rate all season.

Story | Conversation | August 04, 2011

Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus explains why most deadline trades don't make a difference when it comes to deciding who makes the playoffs.

Story | Conversation | July 28, 2011

The regular season brings optimism to almost every team in baseball. (Sorry, Houston Astros.) Special preference is given to the start -- Opening Day. It is, to steal a term from Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus, a "selective endpoint." The Boston ...

The Angels just switched closers from Fernando Rodney to Jordan Walden, but as Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus explains, the change won't matter.

Story | Conversation | April 07, 2011

In this piece, we talked about how the PECOTA projection system has undershot the number of Angels wins by an average of eight games since the 2004 season. But why? Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus had a few thoughts on the matter and passed them ...

Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus uses the PECOTA projection system to predict the rest of Albert Pujols' career and see if he's worth the 10-year contract he desires. All signs point to yes.

Story | Conversation | February 18, 2011

Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus wrote a blog entry for ESPN.com about the PECOTA projections. The Rangers are projected to win the AL West. The Rangers are picked to win despite a projected record of 84 wins. Part of the entry: Rangers: 84-78 (...

Today's links are still recovering from St. Swithin's Day celebrations ... Colin Wyers questions the validity of modern defensive metrics, and Mike Fast responds. This will be an ongoing conversation for quite some time. Since 2001, I've figure...

Well, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer -- the Minnesota Twins have inked Joe Mauer to a massive eight-year, $184 million contract extension. Wait, what? The Twins aren't rich? Could've fooled me. What this means is that more likely than n...