Greinke almost unanimous
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...faced hitters roughly as tough as the next guy (among the league's top starters, only Roy Halladay had a clear edge in this area ... and Halladay finished well down in the balloting; and...
Blog | November 17, 2009Cliff Lee a secret weapon no more
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...24 pitchers, Lee has the fourth-best adjusted ERA, behind only Tim Lincecum, Zack Greinke, and Roy Halladay. He's got the third-best strikeout-to-walk ratio, behind only Halladay and Dan Haren...
Blog | October 29, 2009Tigers and Twins a mismatch ... on paper
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...runs allowed per nine innings. Qualitatively, he's been just as good this season as Roy Halladay and Felix Hernandez and everybody else in the league but Zack Greinke. If you have to...
Blog | September 29, 2009Greinke takes Cy Young lead!
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...stupid relief pitcher. • In 2003, the Predictor predicted that closer Keith Foulke would win; instead Roy Halladay won and Foulke finished seventh. • Also in '03, the Predictor predicted that Mark Prior...
Blog | September 23, 2009With Greinke, why stop at Cy Young?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...bit as much as Joe Mauer. And this isn't a freak season. Last year, Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee were worth more than MVP Dustin Pedroia. What if FanGraphs is right? Do...
Blog | September 18, 2009Who's running the show in Toronto?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...passage that's getting most of the attention: General manager: J.P. Ricciardi ran the Roy Halladay trade show the way Chuck Barris ran The Gong Show. Halladay, his best asset, was tossed...
Blog | September 14, 2009Tribe's prize makes debut
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...might recall that the Phillies, at least according to some accounts, didn't trade for Roy Halladay because the Blue Jays wanted Kyle Drabek a lot more than they wanted Carlos Carrasco. The...
Blog | September 01, 2009Does five-man rotation still make sense?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...lower. Maybe you'd determine that certain power pitchers -- I'm thinking guys like Roy Halladay and CC Sabathia -- are just as effective on three days rest as on four, with no...
Blog | August 28, 2009If not Greinke for Cy, then who?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...now leads the league in ERA, complete games, and home-run rate, and is second (to Roy Halladay) in strikeout-to-walk ratio. I'm still not sure that Greinke is better than...
Blog | August 26, 2009Win-win for Indians, Phillies
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...fact it's a medium-term deal. Considering how much less money Lee makes than Roy Halladay, and considering how much less the Phillies had to give up to get Lee than they...
Blog | July 29, 2009Jays waiting for big 'WOW'
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...bring Cliff Lee to Philadelphia? That was the sound of the Blue Jays' leverage in Roy Halladay discussions. And apparently the Jays still aren't close to trading Halladay? The Blue Jays...
Blog | July 29, 2009Our kingdom for a Halladay
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Because the Blue Jays are clearly being offered a great deal more than eight months of Roy Halladay is worth
Blog | July 28, 2009Twins lose Slowey for season
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...and middle infielders, though even before getting the Slowey news, they inquired about Toronto's Roy Halladay and Seattle's Jarrod Washburn. Halladay did not include the Twins on his list of...
Blog | July 28, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...MLBTradeRumors, totally awesome news for Cubs fans. • Pete Abraham scores points for blowing a silly Roy Halladay notion out of the water (and Abraham gets bonus points for his music of choice. &bull...
Blog | July 22, 2009Do Phillies need Halladay (or Lee)?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotMight the Phillies be going after Cliff Lee instead of Roy Halladay? Ken Rosenthal explores that notion: In theory, the price in talent for Lee should not be...
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