A sneak peek at the LABR roster of the defending champ.

The concepts behind sabermetrics are what matter.

My attempt to unclutter the cluster of outfielders taken from picks 50 to 70.

Will Daniel Bard replace Jonathon Papelbon some day and is he really the guy for the closer role?

This is what happens when Chris spends too much time at Retrosheet.

Peter’s little addition to the alphabet soup of pitching stats.

Steve considers a new book that examines an historic figure we tend to take for granted.

A half-dozen catchers get their due.

Alexei Ramirez and “Salty” are spotlighted, along with Derek Holland this week.

This week focuses on the NL Central, with a look at Milwaukee 2B Rickie Weeks, St. Louis’ new 2B Felipe Lopez, Pittsburgh’s new-ish LF Lastings Milledge, plus young pitchers Homer Bailey of Cincinnati and (just so the NL West doesn’t feel left out) young-ish Jason Hammel of Colorado.