Keep track of the available arms with the bullpen usage chart. At the end of the post you will find the link to the PDF containing all the match-ups of Sept. 7. The charts show the number of pitches thrown by each team’s pitchers each of the last seven days. How to read them: Above […]

With seasons wrapping up across the minor leagues and many top prospects either already exhausting their rookie eligibility in the majors or taking their first sips of their cup of coffee, today felt like a good time to look back on the 2010 season at the prospects who did the most to improve their prospect […]

Keep track of the available arms with the bullpen usage chart. At the end of the post you will find the link to the PDF containing all the match-ups of Sept. 6. The charts show the number of pitches thrown by each team’s pitchers each of the last seven days. How to read them: Above […]

Twins 6, Rangers 5: The coach-touching-the-runner interference call which ended this one is kind of nuts. Mostly because I can’t remember this even being talked about during a ballgame let alone ever having seen it. But it happened, Michael Young was out and the Rangers lost a game it looked like they were poised to […]

Keep track of the available arms with to the bullpen usage chart. At the end of the post you will find the link to the PDF containing all the match-ups of Sept. 5. The charts show the number of pitches thrown by each team’s pitchers each of the last seven days. How to read them: […]

Not long ago, Ken Funck got it on, and then went on to earn a spot contributing at Baseball Prospectus due in part to his entry in the “BP Idol Contest” about one of the subjective measures that baseball scouts use. While I’m not going down the same avenue Ken chose, I do find myself […]

Though I had some harsh words for White Sox management earlier this week over the Jim Thome/Manny Ramirez situation (said words seem to be mostly aimed at Ozzie Guillen, the brainchild of the rotating DH, but I still hold the GM ultimately responsible for giving such deference to his manager), I nonetheless noted that ” […]

A certain young Cincinnati pitcher named Aroldis Chapman has generated some buzz over the past week by throwing the fastest pitch ever thrown in the history of the world. Or did he? It turns out that’s not an easy question to answer either simply or accurately, even though we have a lot more and better […]

Here’s a version of Rankometer I’m experimenting with, designed to compare 2 teams head to head. Let’s compare the Yankee and Rays on hitting (OPS), pitching (FIP), defense (UZR), and base running (Fangraphs Speed Score). HITTING: The Rays are disadvantaged at almost every position, and at their strongest positions (3B and LF) they only have […]

On Sept. 3, 1890, a bit of baseball history was made: the 100-homer club, currently 754 members strong, came into existence as the first player to ever crack triple digits knocked one out of the park. I’d love to say it’s a famous name everyone’s heard of, but that’s not the case. It was Harry […]