Holliday vs. Bay: D is the difference
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus analyzes the defensive aptitude of Jason Bay and Matt Holliday. The outcome? Holliday is clearly more valuable, but a fit is easier to find for Bay.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009
Successes, struggles and sabermetrics
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus analyzes the best and worst performances of the 2009 MLB season through its sabermetric lens.
Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009
BP Daily: Mind the gap
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus examines the gap between AL and NL teams and finds it's even wider than expected. Consider this: If the Blue Jays and Dodgers swapped divisions, they might also swap records.
Story | Conversation | September 02, 2009
BP Daily: Explaining the JUMP metric
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusWant to know more about Baseball Prospectus' JUMP metric for predicting MVP races? Here's a detailed explainer.
Story | Conversation | August 31, 2009
BP Daily: Mauer won't win MVP
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus brings out a new metric to predict MVP voting -- JUMP -- and finds that Joe Mauer doesn't have much of a chance at the AL award. The NL MVP, though, should be a runaway for Albert Pujols.
Story | Conversation | August 31, 2009
BP Daily: Sorting out NL playoff chances
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus examines the NL playoff odds for the remaining contenders by focusing on schedule strength. The San Francisco Giants are sliding while the division leaders (Phillies, Cardinals, Dodgers) are in prime position.
Story | Conversation | August 28, 2009
BP Daily: Sorting out AL playoff chances
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus analyzes the AL schedules in the final five weeks of the season, and finds the White Sox are almost dead in the water and the Rays are in trouble, but the Rangers and Twins have life.
Story | Conversation | August 27, 2009
BP Daily: The future of Mark Reynolds
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus examines Arizona Diamondbacks 3B Mark Reynolds, dismissed by some as a big whiffer (204 K last year) with subpar defense. Not so fast: He could develop as one of the NL's more complete players over time.
Story | Conversation | August 21, 2009
BP Daily: Helton and the Hall
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus evaluates the HOF chances of Colorado Rockies 1B Todd Helton, an argument that has to account for the Coors Field effect. BP has the numbers to help settle the debate.
Story | Conversation | August 11, 2009
BP Daily: Inside the Yankees' surge
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusThe Red Sox probably won't sweep the entire season series from the Yankees, who've changed the dynamic from earlier this year. But whatever happens in this four-game series, the bigger issue is this: Both teams still need help in the starting rotation.
Story | Conversation | August 06, 2009
BP Daily: No longer on the warpath
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus examines the problems with the Cleveland Indians and finds that shoddy bullpen work and some questionable moves by Mark Shapiro and Eric Wedge are among the culprits.
Story | Conversation | August 04, 2009
BP Daily: Looking for a good Doc
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus looks at various teams that could land Roy Halladay and the potential impact he'd have on their playoff chances. And even though the Phillies are out of the running now, they wouldn't have been the best fit anyway.
Story | Conversation | July 29, 2009
BP Daily: Desperately seeking Rickey
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusThere likely will never be another player like Rickey Henderson statistically. Baseball Prospectus looks at the current game and finds that no one is really close, but names such as Brian Roberts, B.J. Upton and Johnny Damon fall into the discussion.
Story | Conversation | July 24, 2009
BP Daily: Playing the spoiler role
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusA revised look at our strength-of-schedule rankings shows that Toronto is tied with the Orioles for the most difficult second-half schedule.
Story | Conversation | July 20, 2009
Dr. BP's Prescriptions: NL West
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus knows what ails every team in the NL West. Whether they have medical insurance or not, the Dodgers, Rockies, Giants, Diamondbacks and Padres get a diagnosis from Dr. BP.
Story | Conversation | July 16, 2009
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