Shin-Soo Choo
10 posts
All-RE24 Teams
Joe Posnanski, wrote about RE24 three weeks ago : "The statistic is called RE24 because, as you might know, there are 24 different possibilities when a batter comes up in any given inning. There are eight “states.” They…
50 Ways to Pick an All-Star Team
Major League Baseball released the All Star Ballots obscenely early this year, about 3 weeks into the season. Below is a link from April 24th. @ mlbonfox @ allstargame it's too early — Bobby Aguilera (@BobbyAguilera)…
Memorable Tuesday Night Baseball
Matt Harvey was unstoppable tonight. The White Sox never had a chance against him. As just about anyone reading this knows, Harvey went 9 innings, facing 28 batters, retiring 27. After 20-straight outs, Alex Rios ran…
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…
What Happened Last Night?
In honor of MLB's first 15-game day, and as we did in June of '09 , we present our brief notes from perusing the box scores, attempting to answer 'What happened last night?' Cubs 0 at Pirates 3 Caught much of this game…
Stark, Underrated Response
Jayson Stark unveiled his All-Underrated team of active players today on ESPN.com. Stark is a modern-day BBWAA icon for his baseball musings on ESPN's website, magazine, and TV networks. He's into nuances of the game…
Best Players in Their Prime
We introduced the topic of players in their prime this past weekend. We analyzed 109 position players, younger than 29 at next year's All Star Game, with Major League experience. In Sunday's Players in Their Prime post,…
Players in Their Primes
Let's begin with what this is NOT. This is not a quasi mock fantasy draft. We're not ranking players with a view on fantasy baseball. We are not necessarily arguing that any of these players will be better in 2011 than…
Unlikely All-Stars
I went to the Yankees game on Memorial Day, which was the first time this season I got an All-Star ballot . As usual, I rode the fence between the players with the best performances and my favorite players. Let's take a…
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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