Who is the greatest team ever? How did the best teams do against other good teams and in different series (set of games against a team at a time)? WP = Winning Percentage. 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES Regular Season W-L 110-44 (.714 WP) Pythagorean W-L 109-45 (.708 WP) W-L VS Teams Over .500 42-24 (season only/.636 WP), 46-24 (with playoffs/.657
Read moreAL EAST 1. New York Yankees The lineup and bullpen could be top 5 in the league, but the rotation must stay healthy and productive, but has good upside. 2. Toronto Blue Jays The rotation looks solid but too-heavy. The bullpen looks good too and so does the lineup, but I think that New York looks better overall and they’re
Read moreAll ratings are from the 2021 season. I looked at starting pitchers who I thought needed a detailed look. Age: ERA/FIP in IP: K%: BB%: GB %: FB%: FB Velocity (MPH): Pitch #1 (% thrown) & Value: Pitch #2 (% thrown) & Value: Pitch #3 (% thrown) & Value: Pitch #4 (5 thrown) & Value: Notes (if necessary): Alcantara, Sandy
Read moreThe Atlanta Braves had the best rotation in the game and won the division annually (minus the 1994 strike shortened season). They also won pennants in 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1999. Despite all this success, they only won the World Series in 1995. The Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series in 2008 and actually had increasingly better teams every
Read moreThere is a flawed thinking that the regular season record is a good way to judge how good a particular team is. This idea leads some to think that the playoffs are a “crapshoot”. The problem with this type of thinking is that teams don’t play to have the best record, they play to win the World Series, which requires
Read moreAL WILD CARD PLAYOFF GAME Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees NL WILD CARD GAME Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals AL DIVISION SERIES Boston Red Sox 3 Tampa Bay Rays 2 Houston Astros 3 Chicago White Sox 1 NL DIVISION SERIES Atlanta Braves 3 Milwaukee Brewers 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 3 San Francisco Giants 2
Read moreWho will win this season’s AL and NL MVP races and who should win? The all-star break is just around the corner, so let’s take a look, while also considering the fact that there’s still more if this season to be played. It’s useful to take a look at the odds of who might win. The AL MVP race unsurprisingly
Read moreIt’s that time of year again and along with it are my predictions for the season. AL AL EAST 1. NEW YORK YANKEES 2. BOSTON RED SOX 3. TORONTO BLUE JAYS 4. TAMPA BAY RAYS 5. BALTIMORE ORIOLES The Bronx Bombers are head and shoulders above every other team in the division, with a strong bullpen and lineup and a
Read moreIt’s that time of year again. The season feels as if it only just started, but here we are and the playoffs begin today. I won’t do the typical round by round predictions and just make a general analysis of the likelihood of each team winning it all. If you’ve been reading this site, you know that my research showed
Read moreI‘m focusing on the most important transactions. Weird early move by Houston. Yuli Gurriel is not worth that contract and wouldn’t even come close to it on the open market. Logical move by Boston to fire manager Ron Roenicke, as he was terrible. They never should’ve been that bad this season. The Chicago White Sox surprisingly fired manager Rick Renteria,
Read more2013 was the last season when the Cincinnati Reds were in the playoffs. 2012 was the last season when they won the division. Can they win their division or at least return to the playoffs this season? Cincinnati focused on doing just that since the trade deadline last year and it may actually work. Cincinnati has by far the best
Read moreThe Los Angeles Dodgers extended RF Mookie Betts. It’s now the most expensive extension in the game’s history. I think that Betts’s game is dependent on speed and hrs already in his prime. As he goes deeper into his 30’s, he won’t be worth anywhere near this contract. LA had to extend him and I think that was good, but
Read moreAn asterisk denotes a Wild Card team and I listed teams in order of how I think that they’ll finish. AL AL EAST 1. NEW YORK YANKEES 2. TAMPA BAY RAYS* 3. BOSTON RED SOX 4. TORONTO BLUE JAYS 5. BALTIMORE ORIOLES Baltimore looks really bad, as in they’re contenders for the worst team in the game. Toronto have a
Read moreWhat if the teams with the best records in their leagues faced each other in the World Series every year? What if the playoffs were never used starting with the 1969 season. I used this to simulate World Series results. I edited lineups to the ones that were actually used, alternated the home team and Starting Pitchers. I realize that
Read moreI decided to simulate series using this. I just alternated home and away and cycled SP’s accordingly. I gave home field advantage to teams with a better WP% and used a 2-3-2 format. Here are the results: 1927 NYY 4 1939 NYY 1 1917 CWS 4 1920 CLE 3 2015 KCR 4 1991 MIN 1 1984 DET 4 1917 CWS
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count WAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI decided to complement a great new series on MLBTradeRumors by rating each GM’s listed trades by bWAR. I only count WAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI decided to complement a great new series on MLBTradeRumors by rating each GM’s listed trades by bWAR. I only count WAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreI only count bWAR for the years that the players accumulated on their acquiring teams while under the team control at the time of the trade. In other words, I didn’t count any years added by new contracts or spent on other teams after subsequent trades. A positive or negative WAR is the result of the difference between the combined
Read moreAL AL EAST 1. NEW YORK YANKEES The Bronx Bombers needed an ace and what did they do? They signed the top SP on the market (and in fact in the game) Gerrit Cole, despite it likely taking them over the highest luxury tax barrier. This is the type of move that more teams should be willing to make. They
Read moreOver the last few years there’s been a silly idea floating around… the idea that 1 WAR is worth $8-9 million in annual salary on the open market (note: I’ll be using rWAR). Before we look at that, let’s quickly look at annual salaries and payrolls.. The best players cost $20 million+. $30 million or even higher is reserved for
Read moreHouston has a new manager. The bad news is that it’s Dusty Baker. Baker has yo be in the dictionary next to “incompetent managing”. I e thing that Dusty proved throughout his career is that he’s good at losing when it matters. He made it into an art form on fact. 2002: He managed the San Francisco Giants to a
Read more1990 Teams That Changed Closers: 10 1991 Teams That Changed Closers: 12 1992 Teams That Changed Closers: 10 1993 Teams That Changed Closers: 9 1994 Teams That Changed Closers: 9 1995 Teams That Changed Closers: 6 1996 Teams That Changed Closers: 8 1997 Teams That Changed Closers: 10 1998 Teams That Changed Closers: 12 1999 Teams That Changed Closers: 11
Read moreThis isn’t an actual list where the managers are ranked from best to worst, but rather a look at the greatest managers. 1. MILLER HUGGINS 1913-1917 St. Louis Cardinals 1918-1929 New York Yankees Pennants: 6 Championships: 3 Extra Pythagorean W-L: 37-11 Overall Playoff Series Results as Favorites/Not Underdogs: 3-2 Overall Playoff Series Results as Underdogs: 0-1 2. JOE MCCARTHY 1926-1930
Read moreI decided to make a list based on records, level of competition and postseason success. I used this to help with my own opinion. MY OPINION 1. 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 2. 1939 NEW YORK YANKEES 3. 1998 NEW YORK YANKEES 4. 2018 BOSTON RED SOX 5. 1932 NEW YORK YANKEES 6. 1961 NEW YORK YANKEES 7. 1975 CINCINNATI REDS
Read moreI only considered competitive series with ideally rivalries. ALDS 2001 NEW YORK YANKEES 3 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 2 NLDS 2001 ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS 3 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 2 ALCS TIE BETWEEN 2003 NEW YORK YANKEES 4 BOSTON RED SOX 3 AND 2004 BOSTON RED SOX 4 NEW YORK YANKEES 3 NLCS 1992 ATLANTA BRAVES 4 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 3 WORLD SERIES 1956 NEW
Read moreThe Washington Nationals are world champions for the first time ever. During the series, Washington batted .241/.320/.419 compared to .265/.342/.454 during the season. The Houston Astros batted .272/.342/.452 during the series and .274/.352/.495 during the season. On the pitching side, Washington had a 4.29 ERA during the series and a 4.27 ERA during the season. Houston had a shockingly identical
Read moreGood start to the offseason by the Los Angeles Angels. Great love by the Philadelphia Phillies, as they get an experienced manager who should make it easier for them to make the playoffs. Questionable hire by the San Diego Padres, that seems pretty risky and could work out or be a disaster. A move that can go either way by
Read moreNLCS WASHINGTON NATIONALS 4 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 0 The sheer dominance by Washington was a surprise, but their win was not. They had the better record, the better Pythagorean record, better starting pitching and better hitting. They were simply the better team. ALCS HOUSTON ASTROS NEW YORK YANKEES Another unsurprising result. Houston were the favorites going in because they had
Read moreWhat if teams finished according to their Pythagorean W-L records? What changes would take place? I’m only looking at the playoff years. 1969 The Chicago Cubs win the NL East instead of the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants win the NL West instead of the Atlanta Braves, one of them loses to the Baltimore Orioles in the
Read moreALCS NEW YORK YANKEES VS HOUSTON ASTROS Hard to say which is the better team, though most likely it’s Houston. I think that the Bronx Bombers will be more motivated due to overcoming all of their injuries and not wanting to lose to Houston in the playoffs again. They also swept Minnesota, who were better than Tampa Bay, who Houston
Read moreALDS NEW YORK YANKEES 3 MINNESOTA TWINS 0 New York had the better team and dominated accordingly. HOUSTON ASTROS 3 TAMPA BAY RAYS 2 Houston were the better team and should’ve won easier. NLDS ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 3 ATLANTA BRAVES 2 Atlanta were the better team but it was close and luck was the deciding factor, as St. Louis won
Read moreALDS NEW YORK YANKEES VS MINNESOTA TWINS New York has beaten Minnesota every single time in the playoffs throughout history: 2003 ALDS, 2004 ALDS, 2009 ALDS, 2010 ALDS, 2017 AL Wildcard Playoff Game. The Bronx Bombers also overcame a lot of injuries to get into the playoffs. I expect them to be motivated and confident going into this series. That
Read moreI decided to analyze some playoff upsets. Records aren’t always the best way to judge a team as injuries and trades affect a team throughout the season. A team might’ve had a better record had they not had some injuries or if they had particular players all season. I’m using the “modern” period starting with the advent of the playoffs
Read moreI decided to analyze every team that won the World Series and see what led to them winning the championship that season. 1903 BOSTON RED SOX Easily won the pennant, had the best record in the Majors and dominated to the championship. 1905 NEW YORK GIANTS They had the best record in the Majors and dominated all the way to
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MLB & FANTASY BASEBALL ANALYZED 