Our long national nightmare is almost over. The saga of Johnny Damon looks to be drawing to a close with the Tigers’ reported two-year, $14 million offer out to Damon. The Braves reportedly have a one-year, $4 million offer out as well, while the White Sox are nibbling around the negotiations. It’s very unlikely the […]

Last season I, along with many other Cardinals’ fans, noticed that Dusty Baker was one of the few managers to employ an infield shift against Albert Pujols. Under the impression that Pujols has been a hit-to-all-fields hitter since he came up in 2001, many Cards’ fans mocked Baker’s defensive tactics. Baker is, after all, widely […]

On this day in 1965, Ringo Starr married Maureen Cox. The marriage was not meant to be, however, as the couple divorced ten years later in 1975. On this day in 2010, I give you… Baseball Prospectus’ newest pitching statistic, SIERA. Created by former StatSpeakers Eric Seidman and Matt Swartz, this invention looks to correct […]

About sixteen months ago, Dave Cameron took a look at a free agent catcher who at the time had not yet found a team: There are quite a few teams who could use some added punch from behind the plate in 2009. If they can get over their obsession with batting average, Dave Ross could […]

Four names have made waves (okay… more like ripples… in a puddle) in baseball recently. Let’s take a quick peek at who they are and what value they bring. Todd Wellemeyer is coming off an injury-marred season with the Cardinals where he posted a 5.89 ERA and 5.21 xFIP. The year prior, he was considered […]

With Ken Rosenthal reporting that

Keith Woolner, Manager of Baseball Analytics for the Cleveland Indians, has asked us to post the following job openings: Title: Data Architect – Baseball Analytics Location: Cleveland, OH Description: The Cleveland Indians are currently scouting for a Data Architect to work in our Baseball Operations Department. This individual will report to the Director of Baseball […]

The North East League, the world’s first play-by-mail baseball simulation league, is pleased to invite experienced APBA managers to apply for an open franchise. We’re also going to name an official alternate who will automatically get the next available franchise. This is the first manager search that we’ve run in 12 years, so if you’re […]

I don’t think it will come as a surprise to anyone that I use FanGraphs a lot. It seems that every month, owner David Appelman rolls out some new shiny improvement to the site. Just recently, he gave users the ability to look up splits. But while everybody has been sorting and looking things up, […]

I was extremely excited to find that our saber-partner, Fangraphs, is now hosting splits data on their site. Lefty/righty splits are something that fascinate me. Ever since I was a little kid, I was awed by the idea of having a “lefty masher” on the bench, just in case an opposing manager brought in a […]