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More photos » by Gail Burton - AP (AP Photo/Gail Burton) Browse more photos » While writing my piece for last weekend, I spent a lot of time looking at the Fangraph win values of historical players on the Rays . I'm a huge fan of baseball history and lore, and looking at those old totals sparked an interesting question in my mind: I wonder who's had the worst offensive year ever while on...
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Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
I’m off to bed soon so I’m going to wait to explain this until tomorrow. I just wanted to put this up. Bill James came up with a method to predict whether or not a player who had 400 or more PA’s in a season would be at least as good the following season. This was published in The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010. High scores are better, but all of these correspond to a percentage...
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Tom's Bombs of Thought (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Jason Varitek’s hot bat early in the season appeared to justify the 2-year contract the Red Sox handed him in the offseason. However, his production has nosedived late this year. Since the acquisition of star catcher Victor Martinez, Varitek has hit just .134 while striking out one out of every three at-bats. Many wondered whether the Martinez acquisition would affect the playing time of third...
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Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Hot Stove at BP "Though Cruz hit 33 homers and was selected to the All-Star Game this past season, the Rangers are looking to sell high because they feel he had a career year." I still feel like this is an awful idea unless they get a great offer. "Catching has become an increasingly difficult position for teams to fill, yet there are some interesting names floating as trade possibilities:...
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Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
by Eric Risberg - AP about 1 month ago: Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Chad Billingsley takes a break on the mound after the San Francisco Giants scored their third run in the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009. San Francisco won the game 7-2; Billingsley was the losing pitcher. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) View full size photo » Every Sunday, John Perrotto...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
The 2008 NL Rookie of the Year is coming off a horrible season but is Jim Hendry shopping his catcher? According to a report from Baseball Prospectus on the eve of the GM Meetings in Chicago, " Catching has become an increasingly difficult position for teams to fill, yet there are some interesting names floating as trade possibilities : the Pirates' Ryan Doumit , the Rays' Dioner Navarro , the...
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
More photos » by Jerry S. Mendoza - AP The "sign and trade" of Akinori Iwamura is another example of the Rays getting creative in order to acquire new talent. Browse more photos » It is no secret that the Tampa Bay Rays are never going to be major spenders in the free agent market like their AL East Rivals, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees . Instead, this team is built...
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
More photos » by Brian Blanco - AP It was that kind of season from Dioner Navarro. Browse more photos » Please don't get his confused as making an excuse for Dioner Navarro 's poor season. No major leaguer should accumulate 410 plate appearances and hit .218/.261/.322, but that's what Dioner Navarro did this past season. His .583 OPS was second worst amongst all Major Leaguers with at least...
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Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
* much From Kirby Arnold this afternoon , we get this bit about Johjima through Mark Lowe : "I talked to [Kenji] last year about it during batting practice one day," Lowe said. "We were in the outfield at Shea. He told me, 'I don't care how much money I'm making. I don't play for the money. I want to play every day.' " Two years ago, the Mariners played a three-game set in New York...
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Rays Index (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
25-Man Roster Projection and Lineup (notes and explanations on the projection can be found following the roster)… Notes on the 25-man roster projection… LINEUP: The questions here are catcher, second base and right field. And most of the answers are in-house. Dioner Navarro could be non-tendered if the Rays want to save a few bucks, but more [...]
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Rays Index (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
BJ Upton Carl Crawford Evan Longoria Carlos Pena Ben Zobrist Pat Burrell Jason Bartlett Gabe Kapler Dioner Navarro Above is a pretty standard batting order used by the Rays this past season versus left-handed pitchers early in the season. In fact, no other batting order was used more often this season. How often? Six (6!) times. Joe Maddon employed 125 different batting orders this [...]
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The Rays Party (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
I remember really enjoying this feature on Raysbaseball.com (devilrays.com for awhile). But I guess that was before I got super interested in statistics and better baseball knowledge in general. Now those questions fans sent in give me headaches . Question #1 : To sum up a three paragraph question, one fan (person) questioned why the Rays don't sacrifice more, Carl Crawford wasn't leading off, Crawford's...
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times : Tampa Bay Rays seem willing to see if catcher Dioner Navarro can come back — BOSTON — Of the three most disappointing Rays, DH Pat Burrell has the farthest to go, CF B.J. Upton is the most important to the team and C Dioner Navarro poses the biggest question.
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
More photos » by Matt Slocum - AP Browse more photos » Acquiring a new catcher is probably the top priority this off-season. Gregg Zaun may not return, Dioner Navarro turned back into a pumpkin, and the other 40-man options are reserves at best. With limited free agent options (read: budget) the Rays are probably getting said new catcher via trade. This means, the catcher likely won't be...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
ST. PETERSBURG - Slumping Dioner Navarro hit a two-run homer and rookie Jeff Niemann pitched five solid innings to win for the first time in more than a month and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 5-3 on Saturday night.
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