Saving the Gold Gloves
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...doesn't appear in these rules, the nice person at Rawlings tells me that yes, as Rany Jazayerli suggested earlier, each voter is asked to vote for just nine players; that is, no second...
Blog | November 12, 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 trashing of the Gold Glove Award...
Blog | November 12, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...interest in acquiring Milton Bradley. One of those teams is Kansas City, and Friend of SweetSpot Rany Jazayerli suggests, reasonably enough, a straight Jose Guillen-for-Bradley swap. • As Dave Cameron notes, recent...
Blog | September 28, 2009Greinke takes Cy Young lead!
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotShortly after Joakim Soria locked up Zack Greinke's 15th win last night, I saw this Tweet from Joe Posnanski: @robneyer Blog readers want to know...
Blog | September 23, 2009Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Kansas City Royals
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the rapid April-to-late summer decline of the Kansas City Royals in 2009.
Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009
Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...attendance vs. wins and asks, "Where are the fans in Colorado?" • It took Rany Jazayerli a year or two longer than it took me, but it's happened: He'...
Blog | September 14, 2009BP Daily: The ghost of Mark Prior
Christina Kahrl, Baseball ProspectusAs the postseason approaches, there is concern (as always) about limiting young pitchers' workloads because of previous flameouts. Baseball Prospectus finds teams are already heeding the call.
Story | Conversation | September 10, 2009
Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...curveballs and we're still just calling him "Zack Greinke?" Where's Rany Jazayerli when you need him? What I really want to know is this: Take those eight metrics...
Blog | August 31, 2009The Royals' lost decade
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotRany Jazayerli's been working, for at least a few weeks now, to evaluate the Royals'...
Blog | August 24, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...to Triple-A? No, he hasn't played well since coming off the DL. But Rany Jazayerli wonders if the timing isn't a bit odd; if perhaps Gordon was sent down...
Blog | August 19, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...break ... • If you're in Kansas City this weekend and you want to join Rany Jazayerli and a few dozen of his closest friends at Kauffman Stadium, here's how (and...
Blog | July 17, 2009Statistically, Royals stuck in '70s
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...of hours to post my reaction to the Royals' trade for Yuniesky Betancourt. It took Rany Jazayerli nearly 24 hours to post his but then, he had a good excuse: Rany's...
Blog | July 13, 2009Cubs' Jim Hendry speaks
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotFrom David Laurila's recent interview with Jim Hendry ($): DL: When the decision was made to sign Milton Bradley, were you, [manager of baseball ...
Blog | July 13, 2009Royals add Betancourt, save season
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...give up a couple of prospects for Yuniesky Betancourt. Lately, the Royals seem close to losing Rany Jazayerli and Joe Posnanski. They lost me a long time ago, and it's because of...
Blog | July 10, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...impression that the Royals are floundering, organizationally? One of their biggest and most optimistic fans is Rany Jazayerli, right? Well, Rany's now persona non grata at Kauffman Stadium (more on that here...
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