... position was replaced with one or more well above-average fielders. What does this do to overall value? Here are batting above average + fielding above average totals for each position: Granted, this is strictly using UZR data. But wow--we're seeing net improvements at virtually every position. The only dropoff was 3B. We're even seeing improvements in LF, where the Reds essentially traded...
... last year proved you can win with no agenda at all.... So if it was of very limited ideological value, and even of dubious election-winningvalue, what (other than brevity, always a good sign in a political document) is the Contract With America’s enduring appeal? I felt something on a recent rereading, my first in more than a decade....It was not any affection for the...
As we head into the Winter Meetings, let’s take a look at how the FA market has behaved thus far. So far we’ve seen 16 contracts signed: Name Yrs Total Salary Avg Salary Chone Figgins 4 $36,000,000 $9,000,000 Billy Wagner 2 $13,500,000 $6,750,000 Takashi Saito 1 $4,350,000 $4,350,000 Placido Polanco 3 $18,000,000 $6,000,000 Gregg Zaun 1 $2,150,000 $2,150,000 Marco Scutaro 3 $14,000,000...
... An Irish banker even at this stage. Better cards today on the horseracing front with meetings at Wincanton, Leicester and Market Rasen. Fulham take on CSKA Sofia in the Mickey Mouse, sorry, The Europa League tonight. Horseracing A David Pipe double today with two very well handicap winners last time out. 1:45 Wincanton, Master Overseer- Win 3:35 Leicester, Quinte Du Chatelet- Win Football We now...
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...
... the MVP would be good enough for the Cy Young, and vice-versa. Ballot Weighting Based on Empirical Win Values An alternate, perhaps more accurate, method of balloting would be to have each voter assess the value of each player (perhaps measured in wins). Each voter would give a value score and the player with the highest average value among the writers would be the MVP....
... off with a very cool modification of WAR from Alex Krolewski at Beyond the Boxscore, called PZR Win Values. Before you read that, let me give you a brief history of what WAR actually is. The AR part of WAR stands for Above Replacement, and generally represents some minor league scrub who each team has. Think guys like Brad Thompson or Blake Hawksworth . You would expect such a player to...
... worth of play, 520 plate apperances, he was an above average player according to FanGraphs' Win Values . However, it wasn't all sunshine and roses. As a player who showed exceptional plate discipline throughout the minors, walking in 11.6% of his plate appearances, he showed a disappointingly hacktastic approach in the majors last year, walking just 7.1% of the time. Even more disturbing...
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... PM): One of the first things I thought after seeing the Iwamura rumors was how similar he is (win value-wise) to Freddy Sanchez. Thus, the Pirates essentially traded Jesse Chavez for Tim Alderson, an additional Rays player and $3.75 million. Not bad at all. UPDATE (7:10 PM): Jen Langosch reports that the deal is Chavez for Iwamura, straight up. No other players included. Dejan confirms this...
