The Mariners DH hasn’t been hitting enough line drives, and Mariners fans aren’t thrilled. It seems obvious to me and many observers that from on on-field perspective, the Mariners are the best fit for Barry Bonds or Frank Thomas. Adding one of the two sluggers might be one of the biggest upgrade any contender could […]

I’ve been developing ideas for my column this week, but David Cameron just took one of them. This business is getting harder every day!

Baseball’s amateur draft is more than a month away, but Saber-Scouts has mocked up their version of the first 11 picks.

Let’s use PITCHf/x data to examine a question on the mind of many Astros fans. Jose Valverde compiled 47 saves with a 2.66 ERA in 64.1 innings last year for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Over the winter, the Houston Astros acquired Valverde for Chris Burke, Chad Qualls, and Juan Gutierrez, and installed him as their closer. […]

There are two pitchers: One is young, with a hard sinker that he doesn’t control very well; the other is old, with a two-seam fastball he can spot pretty well though of course not perfectly. The young pitcher throws half of his fastballs to the middle of the plate; 50 percent go down the middle […]

The Baseball Crank lists the 173 players who were on the starting roster last year, but not this year. That’s a 25% attrition rate. As the Crank says, …each and every name on this list is a story of a guy who, at a minimum, started 2008 with less hope and optimism about his future […]

Kosuke Fukudome has been an immediate big splash in Chicago, but some fans should really spend a little extra time to make sure their sign in Japanese really says what they think it says.

Andy Sonnanstine gets a full workup from Beyond the Box Score. He’s a prime example of why letting any defensive impact into pitching analysis is faulty.

The Bucs Dugout is holding a playoff-style vote contest to determine the worst G.M. in baseball.

Cubs blogger Al is soon to be attending his 2,000th* Cubs game. Even with season tickets that would take you the close to 25 years to accomplish.