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Brocail, the Second?

May 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Stats and photo courtesy of Yahoo Sports.
Every year there is an addition from the wire that just boggles the mind.
Last year, Alex added Doug Brocail, which sparked 1500 emails in 10 minutes.
This year, John Crimmings adds John Grabow.
Who?
Yes, some shitty reliever on Pittsburgh.
This is the classic “look at the wire, click on the ‘WHIP’ category […]

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Tags: "blown" managers · "blown" players · "blown" saves · Baseball Prospectus · Even Alex Agrees · Guess who's blowing their season? · I think I'm going to win the league this year · blown elbows · consulting charts

Yesterday’s Draft

March 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Wow, what a day!  I have to say, I had a blast.  Thanks again Kris for letting us use your office for the draft.  Honestly, it couldn’t have gone better, well, maybe if I read rotoworld two minutes before I chose Lackey.  The best part about the draft was that I recorded the entire thing on […]

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Tags: Baseball Prospectus · Crazy · approaching the max moves limit

I Finally Got My Baseball Prospectus

February 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

And it sucks. Could the blurbs be shorter? Thanks for nothing, guys.

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Tags: Baseball Prospectus · Dump

Baseball Prospectus : Projections :: Miss Cleo : Being Psychic

February 25th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Since we’re on the subject, let’s look at BP’s 2007 projection for Carlos Pena:
Breakout: 9% Improve: 21% Collapse 38%
18 HR, 62 RBI, .252 BA, .457 SLG
Actual 2007 Carlos Pena results:
46 HR, 121 RBI, .282 BA, .627 SLG
Come on!

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Tags: Baseball Prospectus · Pecota · Printed On Time: 10% · Terrible

So Much For Early Order

February 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Just drove to Borders about twenty minutes ago and picked up my copy of Baseball Prospectus.   My son enjoyed his bedtime story, it was a comedy called Crimmings Keepers.
The following excerpt is from BP
Lee’s 2006 wrist injury seemed to have sapped him of his power early last year, but he banged out 16 home runs […]

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Tags: Baseball Prospectus · Distressing News About Your Keeper · Keepers · Last · Laster than Last

Just Received Via E-Mail

February 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The following items have been shipped to you by Amazon.com:
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Qty      Item                           Price  Shipped  Subtotal
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Amazon.com items (Sold by Amazon.com, LLC):
1     Baseball Prospectus 2008: …   $13.17      1   $13.17
Shipped via USPS (estimated arrival date: 29-February-2008).

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Tags: Baseball Prospectus · Five Days? · Strategy · VORP!

K-Talk: Draft Day Panic 2007

February 23rd, 2008 · 6 Comments

Okay, I have a confession to make (this feels like I’m Eli Sunday at the end of There Will Be Blood). On draft day after the second round…I panic. It’s true. All the reading, excel spreadsheets, tiers and charts all go out the window. I see red. It all happens so […]

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Tags: Baseball Prospectus · Draft · It Just Happened · Keepers · Last · Laster than Last · Managers · Pecota · Strategy · Terrible · There Will Be Blood · trades

You’re Welcome

February 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Hi, I just previewed the 2008 Baseball Prospectus by checking out this link and refreshing until I was not allowed to refresh further.

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Tags: Baseball Prospectus