An 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
Instant replay must be expanded … immediately
Buster OlneyThere were mistakes made by professionals this week. The gritty Ryan Raburn played a pop-fly single into a triple in the Metrodome. Chris Carpenter le...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009
Three Strikes: Sunday insanity edition
Jayson StarkSTRIKE ONE -- TRIFECTA DEPT. So much bizarre stuff happened in Sunday's New York Mets-Philadelphia Phillies game at Citi Field, cyberspace barely has...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009
1988 Draft versus 1989 Draft
Jason A. Churchill...there are only seven potential Hall of Famers in Jeff Bagwell , Mike Piazza, Jeff Kent, Trevor Hoffman, Jim Thome and Frank Thomas and Jason Giambi. And on top of that, 1989 was a strange draft...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 08, 2009
BP Daily: Does this make me look fat?
Will Carroll, Baseball ProspectusWe may be able to measure height and weight, but talent? That shows up only in the results.
Story | Conversation | March 26, 2009
BP Daily: Cubs gamble in offseason
Christina Kahrl, Baseball ProspectusWe're still projecting a handy victory in the NL Central for the Cubs, currently averaging 94 wins.
Story | Conversation | March 04, 2009
Manny, prospects can help fill holes
Jay Jaffe, Kevin Goldstein and Christina Kahrl, Baseball ProspectusTeams can find a good fit for their open jobs through free agents like Manny Ramirez as well as their farm system.
Story | Conversation | February 04, 2009
Market still loaded with names
Buster Olney...s a guy you'd want, but it would have to be at the right price." Jim Edmonds: "He played OK for me. He's got to go to a smaller ballpark, because he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 02, 2009
Odd offseason nearing end
Buster Olney...guys who probably won't get in but will each receive some HOF votes, guys like Jim Edmonds, Andruw Jones and Luis Gonzalez. • The Royals are getting set to unveil the renovation work...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 01, 2009
Edmonds not ready to call it quits
There was talk after the Cubs were knocked out of the playoffs that center fielder Jim Edmonds, a borderline Hall of Fame candidate, might have played his last game. But his agent, Paul...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2008
Not a crazy idea to think Edmonds belongs in Hall
I'm not going to quote myself on the Cubs' acquisition of Jim Edmonds; suffice to say I wasn't a big fan of the move. I was wrong about...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2008
Rays' Howell mixes his pitches with precision
Tampa Bay Rays catcher Dioner Navarro strolled to the mound Friday with much at stake. Tampa Bay had a 3-2 lead in Game 2 of its American League Divis...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2008
Yankee Stadium a true treasure
This, in all likelihood, is the last day baseball will be played in Yankee Stadium, and some players, managers and coaches have shared their thoughts ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2008
Cubs aren't a shoo-in to win NL pennant
...a fixture on Lou Piniella's bench, a $48 million late-inning defensive replacement. Piniella and GM Jim Hendry thought enough of Soto to anoint him the starting catcher before spring training -- and the kid...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2008
Wood, Murton, LaRoche, finding the next Ludwick
There was a big difference between Ryan Ludwick and Carlos Quentin heading into this season, and although they have had comparable seasons statistical...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 18, 2008
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