Archive for the 'Stats' Category

Superman, an unhittable staff, the New Babe Ruth, and the guy who is going to make Twins fans forget all about that Mauer kid.

Aaron takes a look at the guys who hack and the guys who walk, and imagines a dream matchup.

Aaron heard a rumor about Arthur Rhodes’ record closing games, so he does a little investigating.

If you have no idea what Steve’s talking about here, forget it. You never will. Don’t worry about it. But if you do, then you know exactly what he’s talking about. You’re of a certain age range and you became enraptured with Strat-o-Matic at a certain point. Your life would never be the same.

What can Win Shares tell us about player salaries? A lot, as it turns out.

Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Minnesota. They’ve been together for 10 years now and Aaron looks at exactly what they’ve done.

Matthew examines Mariano Rivera’s Hall of Fame case and finds some interesting results.

Craig writes a few truisms on adjusting baseball’s many numbers.

Aaron takes a look at Kansas City’s rotation full of lefties and whether or not that’s an advantage in the AL Central.

Does the “sophomore slump” really exist? Aaron examines what happens the year after a Rookie of the Year season.