Carl Crawford

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  1. 2013 Leadoff Hitter Power Rankings

    The importance of batting order construction is a polarizing debate. I tend to lean towards evidence that batting order construction ultimately means very little. The one spot in the lineup that tends to be the most…

  2. Best Hitters Against Pitch Type

    An occasional glance at a few numbers on Fangraphs can quickly freshen up your bar stool baseball talk tremendously. Case in point, let's look at the best hitters against certain pitch types. For a larger sample size,…

  3. The Procrastinator's Guide to a Season Preview

    The Almost-1-Week-In look at 2011 Some of this is old news to many people, although we've updated a few points here and there recently. We're simply identifying moments or themes to anticipate and appreciate this…

  4. Popping Your 20 HR Cherry

    In the past week, I had the pleasure of meeting Lorraine Bracco and Greg Kelly at separate occasions. They were both very nice, even after I may have allegedly ganked Lorraine Bracco's seat at Diane von Furstenberg's…

  5. The Best Free Agents

    W're working on a few things over here including: a revised Game Score formula that sort of feels more right, with IFFB data our look at 1973 awards Mark Prior Sandy Alderson's next move I'd think that at least two of…

  6. All Appreciation Team

    This list is subject to change on a daily basis. It is simply a list of the player we appreciate the opportunity to watch play at each position. We could, I guess, also call it our favorite player team, but it’s more…

  7. The Power/Speed Elite

    The Bill James Power/Speed formula is 2*(HR*SB)/(HR+SB) We looked through players' 2009 numbers and production from this young 2010 season, to come up with the best team made up of power/speed guys. As if you needed…

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