Does size matter?
No, this isn’t a spam email. It’s just a reference to David Pinto’s latest article for the Sporting News, in which he looks at the impact size has on a player’s stats—as in clean-up batter Dustin Pedroia. Reminds me of David Gassko’s superb six-part series on size in these pages two years ago. Here’s the fourth installment in David’s series, which recapped the impact size has on a batter’s career and projections.
Dave Studeman was called a "national treasure" by Rob Neyer. Seriously. Follow his sporadic tweets @dastudes.