We'd like to go to the Playoffs, that would be cool.
By Nicholas Zettel on November 1, 2012
In 2012, the National League was a robust replacement league, which made mid-level performances (and mid-IP performances) more valuable throughout the season. Overall, National League clubs employed 73 regular starters to work 100+ innings in 2012. Those regular starters averaged between 28 and 29 G… [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on October 18, 2012
One of the problems with ranking baseball players is that any stat you choose as the basis for those rankings is going to have some blind spots, biases, or shortcomings that influence the rankings. We saw this problem in the recent arguments about the AL… [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on October 9, 2012
The 2012 Divisional series between the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds seems a fitting, if ironic, match-up. After gaining the reputation of a hitting heavy club without much pitching in the unwelcoming confines of Great American Ballpark, the Reds won 97 games while scoring… [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on April 3, 2012
Major League Baseball fans were abuzz with excitement all day yesterday, as the news cycle churned out report after report about extremely large contract extensions. San Francisco Giants ace Matt Cain signed on for at least five more years in the Bay Area, landing more… [More]
