Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | yesterday
More photos » by Reinhold Matay - AP Browse more photos » On Monday afternoon, I fully expect Joe Mauer to win his first MVP award after finishing sixth in 2006 and fourth last year. Joe led the AL in batting average while hitting for respectable power (28 HRs) in only 138 games, most of which were as a catcher. He led the Twins into the postseason after they trailed by three games with...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ponder this question, answer it, and then mentally rank the options in order from one to five. Leave full rankings in the comments section. And no Fangraphs-peeking allowed! No worries, the answer will be coming at 10 AM today. **For those that haven't heard of wRAA, imagine the question this way: who has provided the Rays with the most offensive value during their time with the Rays'** Poll Who do...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
More photos » by Duane Burleson - AP about 1 month ago: Detroit Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson makes a diving catch of a fly ball from Chicago White Sox's Carlos Quentin in the eighth inning of a baseball game Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in Detroit. The Tigers defeated the White Sox 5-3. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson) Browse more photos » Given how much Fernando Martinez 's value has apparently...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
View full size photo » Jaime Cevallos is a well known man around these parts. As co-star of the Zobrist code , he is widely credited for being part of the process that turned Ben Zobrist into Zorilla. Well if Cevallos is as good as advertised, we should be hearing a lot more from the "swing mechanic." In addition to working with Arizona Fall League breakout, Nevin Ashley , Cevallos...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Meet the Mets I think I'll retract my desire to see Chone Figgins as a Met if it means him in left field and Castillo remaining at second . MLB Trade Rumors also passes along a quote saying that the Mets are not a desirable destination for players . Hot Foot argues that the Mets should take a flyer on Chien-Ming Wang . Mets Merized has taken on the mantle of being Jeff Francoeur 's primary defender...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Rays VP of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman Chats With DRaysBay about Carl Crawford, closers and sabermetrics. View full size photo » Erik mentioned last week that we are making a strong effort to bring you some more insight from in and around the world of baseball. Whether it's a columnist, player or executive, we hope to bring you more perspective about the Rays than just the DRaysBay staff....
Mets Today (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
RaysIndex put to rest an unfouded rumor that Carl Crawford was upset by Tampa Bay’s choice to exercise his 2010 option. FireJerryManuel had some funny tweets in cheeky response to the Crawford rumor. FJM also has a great evaluation of Josh Thole and catcher offense. Speaking of catchers, BlueandOrange.net provides plenty of reason to say NO! to [...]
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Carl Crawford would be the perfect fit for the Mets vacancy in left field. Crawford is the perfect mix of defense, speed and power that the Mets are desperate to obtain. The 28 y/o left hander is a three time all star and four time AL stolen base champion. He has hit as high as .315 in a season ( 2007) and as many as 18 HRs ( 2008). The Rays just picked up his 10MM option for next season, after which...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
The Heater : Report of Carl Crawford wanting out of Tampa Bay is false — With trade rumors already circulating about All-Star leftfielder Carl Crawford, now there's an apparently false, unattributed report from the NY Baseball Digest that suggests Crawford wants out of Tampa Bay.
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Let's take a look at some Rays notes from around the web: A report from earlier today suggesting that Carl Crawford wants out of Tampa Bay after his $10MM team option was exercised doesn't add up, writes Cork Gaines of Rays Index and Joe Smith of the St. Petersburg Times. Gaines points out that the alleged "handshake agreement" not to pick up Crawford's option would have happened when he...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
I created UZR projections for the 2010 season and the values are available on a Google Documents Spreadsheet . I got 4 years worth of UZR numbers from Fangraphs. Then I did a 5-4-3-2 yearly weighting regressed to 125 games with a -0.7UZR aging factor ( article where the math is explained ). I selected for the worksheet any players that played in at least 63 games at the position over the last 4 years....
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Frank Russo / Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest : Report: Crawford Wants Out Of Tampa — It appears that Carl Crawford's days in a Tampa Bay uniform could be numbered. We spoke with someone with knowledge of the situation on Friday who told us that Crawford is “livid” over management's decision to pick up his 2010 club option …
Rays Index (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
NY Baseball Digest is reporting Carl Crawford is upset the Rays picked up his 2010 option and that Crawford believes the Rays backed out of an agreement to renegotiate his deal. We spoke with someone with knowledge of the situation on Friday who told us that Crawford is “livid” over management’s decision to pick up his [...]
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MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Mike Silva of New York Baseball Digest says that Carl Crawford is “livid” that the Rays picked up his option for 2010 and wants out of Tampa. According to Silva, Crawford wanted to negotiate a contract extension which was evidently agreed upon when he signed his current contract. …i’m not surprised that he would be livid over [...]
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
So, yeah, that new format didn't work out so well. I was hoping it would be easier for me to put together, but would be much more work to get it to work properly. Oh well, you're stuck with the old-fashioned way. Meet the Mets The Mets promised an an AVERAGE across-the-board decrease in season ticket prices of 10%, but some fans are getting smaller price breaks . Outrage ensues . While the Citi Field...
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