I have heard from a couple different people that many teams plan on limiting the amount of detail on injuries beyond mentioning DL reports. This could have a serious impact for those that follow injury reports. If true, many injury reports will contain more speculation or information filtered by the team. It also means there […]

Here’s a way to visualize a pitcher’s season using Bill James’ Game Score stat. I found that shapes were more revealing than a simple line graph and I was able to spot patterns more easily. Here are a few pitchers from 2010: Roy Halladay: I was struck by the weirdly repeatable pattern he had in […]

With pitchers slightly ahead of hitters in getting hurt this season, I have to admit that an ethical question has been in my head since the Hall of Fame voting. Let’s say (this is hypothetical and not an accusation against anybody) one of the pitchers put down for the count this season did the following: […]

Way back in November, Brad Johnson, Richard Barbieri, Vince Caramela and I projected where we thought baseball’s top 30 free agents (plus Brandon Webb) would land this offseason. Now that all those have signed (or retired), it’s time to see how we did and comment in hindsight. Here is the breakdown of our respective accuracies: […]

Some things dumbfound me. Okay, many things do, but in particular this did when I read it: “Despite the recognized risk of pitch type and amount of pitches, nearly a third of those we surveyed did not believe pitch counts were a risk factor for injury. Even more disturbing was that fact that a quarter […]

I’m fascinated by Hall of Fame debates. And I admit that using Rankometer is only one tool to assess a player’s Hall of Fame candidacy. Then again, I think a good way to decide if someone was a Hall of Famer is to look at how he compared to the elite at his position, in […]

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting some bad news for Cardinal fans, and fans of pitching in general—Adam Wainwright appears to have injured his right elbow. General manager John Mozeliak said he believes it is a “significant injury” and the early word is “not encouraging.” This isn’t the first time Wainwright has had elbow problems, […]

Here’s a list of people you may have heard of: Les Claypool – the God of Bass – is from the band Primus, Julia Morgan was the architect of the Hearst Castle, Aaron Rodgers is a Superbowl MVP quarterback, Scott Adams is the creator of Dilbert, Gregory Peck won the Academy Award for his portrayal […]

Fifty thousand days ago, a new rule created one of the enduring and vital elements in baseball’s field of play. On those many days ago, the National Association adopted the batter’s box, which (obviously) is still with us to this day. As long as I’m here, the following events are all celebrating their day “anniversary” […]

When the Texas Rangers signed free agent third baseman Adrian Beltre to a five-year, $80 million contract, it became apparent that incumbent third baseman Michael Young’s role would be diminished to that of a utility infielder, a first baseman or a designated hitter. As it stands, it looks as though Young will spend most of […]