What we talk about when we talk about starters.

OK, no hips, but David does share a wealth of DIPS 3.0 statistics for 2006, and introduces a new stat to help further weed out luck from a pitcher’s statistics.

Which minor league pitchers best controlled the basepaths in 2006?

Jeff Suppan and Barry Zito are the best pitchers left on the market. A handful of teams have some soul-searching to do.

John looks at some pretty good performances in 2006, some you might not have heard much about.

Jeff looks at the market for free-agent second basemen.

It’s time for Round Two in the look at how individual player stats were shaped by the conditions impacting MLB offensive production from 1988 through 2000.

Why Soriano’s contract really isn’t as big as it seems.

Not until nearly four decades after Curt Flood spoke truth to power did his first biography appear, but this year we’ve been treated to two. Steve provides his perspective on the second.

Nine young pitchers who held their own in the offense-oriented Arizona Fall League.