There was a time when there was no such thing as bullpens and closers. In fact saves! weren’t even an official statistic until 1969. Starting pitchers were expected to pitch the whole game, and relief pitchers were used for spot starts and multi-inning relief appearances when a starter would struggle or get injured. Things changed however… starters went from pitching
Read moreThere are a lot of articles about auction and draft strategies out there, but what should you do during the season? The main thing to do is not to give up on your season if you’re down in the standings. Instead, assess your roster and what you need to do to win. Don’t give up unless there’s literally nothing that
Read moreI decided to take a look at the biggest bargain contracts in the game. As you can imagine, most of these players have not signed free agent contracts. That said, I think that it’s an interesting look at how many players are severely underpaid in their early years. I will use rWAR in this article. Keep in mind that the
Read moreThe New York Yankees acquired Andrew McCutchen in a trade that would’ve been huge a couple of years ago. San Francisco received at least something in return for the former superstar, while the Bronx Bombers now have a temporary replacement for Aaron Judge that is better than Neil Walker and Shane Robinson and a solid bench piece upon Judge’s return.
Read moreIt’s time for the New York Mets to commit to a fire sale. There is simply no reason for them not to. Does anyone really think that next year they can compete with the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies? How about with the Washington Nationals? Jacob DeGrom is wasting an 8.3 (!) rWAR when he could’ve been pitching on
Read moreThe all-star game has become an outdated tradition. Here are five reasons why: 1. THE ORIGINAL REASON FOR IT IS NO LONGER VALID The All-Star game was started in 1933 as another way for the American League and the National League to compete with each other. At the time there was an actual rivalry between the two leagues and the
Read moreBryce Harper and Manny Machado entered this season with the general expectations being that they would be the recipients of record-setting contracts after the season, that hasn’t changed. What has changed however, is that Harper has been having a “down season of sorts” and Machado has the advantage of no longer being tied to draft pick compensation due to being
Read moreBaseball statistics are great…. when they analyze the player’s actual ability. What if there was a statistic that penalized a player’s good performance for having bad teammates and rewarded a player’s bad performance for having good teammates? Would that be a good statistic to measure a player’s value? Should a player’s value be judged by the performance of his teammates?
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