Today we have a special “Celebrity Edition” of Roster Doctor.

Get up-to-date average year and prime year projections for five former top pitching prospects.

Over his last two starts Joba Chamberlain has pitched quite well. Did speeding up his game have anything to do with it?

What does it mean to know how good a player really is? Or, how likely is Ichiro to get a hit in his next at-bat?

Regression to the mean: good for groups, but it can’t tell the future. A graphical analysis.

TUCK! toons, right here, every Thursday

On Monday Daisuke Matsusaka spouted off. Yesterday, Terry Francona and John Farrell spouted back. Today, we may have achieved detente: But it appears that, contrary to speculation, this relationship can be salvaged. During his weekly radio appearance on WEEI’s “Dale and Holley Show,” Francona said he spoke to the starting pitcher on Wednesday morning and […]

MooseinOhio has a friend named Mike, who has followed the Indians for decades and decades. His friend reacted somewhat colorfully to the news of the Cliff Lee trade, and all involved were gracious enough to share that reaction with the rest of us: Only Cleveland would trade the reigning Cy Young Pitcher who is currently […]

Because Lord Haw Haw always seems to rile you people up: #sfgiants in serious talks for freddy sanchez. bowker, frandsen, guzman 3 of many names being discussed. Sanchez would actually be a really good pickup for the Giants.

Sorry for the silence over here. Kind of a crazy day, as I pinch hit for the travelling Aaron Gleeman over at CTB. I had figured it would be two or three sleepy posts, but then Lee gets traded, the Pirates and Mariners trade a good chunk of their junk back and forth, and J.P. […]