Tommy Hanson
11 posts
MLB Pitchers with Best Stuff
The quantitative bounties found in Fangraphs linear weights help us understand most of the who, what, how, or why certain things happen on the field. It is important to remember that pitch values are not a predictive…
What Will the Braves Do?
The Braves had a terrible collapse last September. People outside of Atlanta don't hear much about it because (a) the Red Sox had a worse collapse, (b) the media loves to report on Boston teams, and (c) even Braves fans…
3-Pitch Stars, NL Edition
We're looking at Fangraphs's remarkable pitch value data today in an effort to find pitchers with the highest cumulative score of their three best pitches. Although we're still in the midsts of small sample size…
Roto Top 100 Board (W.I.P.)
It's a lazy Saturday morning. The Albert Pujols drama is still somersaulting from the sounds inside my mind. I've been trying to put my thoughts on why it would be good for the Cubs if he resigned with the Cardinals for…
Working Some Trades
This post sprung from a chain of emails that started with our good friend, Mulhearn, emailing me the following: "What was more impress last night. Dice-K pitching 3 hit ball with no walkers, or the Celtics destroying…
Good Friends, Keepers, & Sleepers
As most of our loyal readers know, I've been living in New York for about 20 months... To let you know where I'm coming from, literally, I'm a Chicago guy, who "colleged" in New Orleans, and since them has lived in…
Rookie of the Year Ballot
The Seamheads Postseason Award Ballots that we shared last month didn't ask for Rookie of the Year votes. Here is our unsolicited Rookie of the Year ballot for the ol' blog. American League Rookie of the Year 1.) Elvis…
Power Arms of the Future
This post began as a prospect report on Giants' farmhand, Madison Bumgarner . We started out thinking about him but couldn't find anything to really write about. Well, other than he's a tall, hard-throwing lefty. It…
Future Stars & Busts
This will be brief. Late last night, I was watching the Blue Jays/Mariners game and rooting for Marc Rzepczynski, who was starting for our fantasy team last night. A few thoughts came to mind that I needed to share with…
Interleague Madness
The Yankees and Mets are meeting up at the new Yankee Stadium tonight, and both teams have seen better times. The M.A.S.H.'ing Mets are limping into this weekend's subway series four games behind the Phillies and even…
The Risk of C.C. the Hut
Please accept my apologies for the long posting break. Perhaps, the sad news that the King Kaufman column at salon was ending threw me off. Anyway, I've returned from Chicago and am back to the land of the Metropolit…
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