Giants 10, Astros 4: Edgar Renteria and Aaron Rowand combine to go 9 for 11 with four RBI. Nineteen hits in all for San Francisco, who pretty much abused the Astros for the past three days. And they didn’t care how they looked doing it, as infielder Eugenio Velez took the field wearing a jersey […]

Headed into the 2010 season, it was clear that Cliff Lee and Josh Beckett were the two best starting pitchers on the 2011 free agent market. Brandon Webb is a familiar name, but his health was (and still is) in question. Ted Lilly was an all-star last season, but let’s be honest, he’s not in […]

Full Name – David Allen Wright Born – Norfolk, Virginia on December 20, 1982 Nickname – It’s just things like D-Wright, some people call me D-Dub. That’s pretty much it, no cool nicknames. Hobbies/Interests- Golf and tennis. That’s pretty much it. I also like to hang out with my brothers, I have three younger ones. […]

Every year brings changes and improvements to MLBAM’s Gameday application, and many of them have some bearing on PITCHf/x and related analysis. Let me share with you the differences I’ve noticed so far in 2010. First, Cory Schwartz of MLBAM notified some of us in February that some redundant information was going to be removed […]

You probably know Morgan Ensberg from his days as an All-Star third baseman for the Astros. However, you should start knowing him better by reading his new baseball website, Morgan Ensberg’s Baseball IQ, which gives an in-depth look to how a former major leaguer goes about the game. Ensberg, who has begun broadcasting college games […]

Rays 4, Orioles 3: Opening Day comes a day late for the Rays and Orioles. And only the Rays and Orioles. Why they didn’t get to play on Monday when everyone else did is beyond me. Maybe there was a gun show or a regional numismatic convention scheduled for the Trop over the weekend and […]

Yesterday, I read the following from Morgan Ensberg from his chat at Sons of Sam Horn. WTE: Does position in the batting order matter to you, or to most players? The best studies I know show that batter order actually has a pretty minimal impact on overall team performance — so why is there always […]

Braves 16, Cubs 5: Yeah, I saw it. Right before it happened I even berated Chipper Jones for scoring from third because it screwed up Heyward’s inevitable debut at-bat grand slam. A few seconds later: bammo. By the way, everyone seems to want to go with “J-Hey” as a nickname. I suppose there’s no stopping […]

A common mistake made by baseball fans is to call a pitcher unhittable when that pitcher is not Matt Thornton. His stuff is the best in baseball, and today, he demonstrated why his fastball is truly unhittable. Thornton entered the ninth inning to face three very accomplished hitters in Grady Sizemore, Shin-Soo Choo, and Travis […]