Norichika Aoki

5 posts

  1. Kung Fu Panda and Red Sox Angst

    Photo by Brandon Wade / AP Unclogging our writer's block... On twitter this Sunday afternoon, the legendary Michael Schur bemoaned how much the Red Sox owe Pablo Sandoval : “Don't worry, Sox fans -- we only have to pay…

  2. Team Off the Street

    We built a team of Hall of Fame Outsiders this morning. Now, we are looking at present day team construction. How good could a team fully comprised of late December free agents be this year? Let's see what's available…

  3. Best and Worst of MLB's First Half

    The Major League Baseball All-Star break is upon us. It's a good time to take a deep dive into a specific analysis because first-half stats are set for a few days. We'll likely get into something this afternoon that…

  4. Trade Deadline Dreaming is Believing

    We took a look at the trade target for contenders a bit earlier last year, at the start of June. We are only three weeks from this season's non-waiver trade deadline, which gives us a different perspective. Let's see if…

  5. 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…