Major League Win Shares have been updated through Thursday’s games. This is interesting: the National League leader is now Chase Utley, while the AL leader is Ichiro. Not unexpected, but not the first players you might think of as league MVP’s. Oops, the All-Star ballots just closed. Oh well.

Zone Ratings for each team, and broken out by infield and outfield, are now available on our Team Statistics Page. These take the place of our old “Plus/Minus” statistics. Zone Ratings are discussed in detail in this article.

Those of you who read my column on the similarities between cricket and baseball will know that my all time favorite Internet game is Stick Cricket. I’m pleased to report that the folks at Stick Sports have now released a baseball game. It has some way to go before it surpasses its cricket sibling, but […]

Casey, you heard the boo-birds in Toronto last night. I was listening to the game on the radio and when the Jays were up 3-2 at the end of seven innings I felt confident the game was in the bag knowing that you and Jeremy Accardo would most likely put it on ice. When you […]

The Hardball Times now has Zone Ratings for every major league player, courtesy of Baseball Info Solutions (BIS). BIS’s Zone Ratings differ from ESPN’s, as plays made out of zone aren’t included in the Zone Rating statistic—they’re listed separately. We believe this version of Zone Rating is the best fielding stat freely available on the […]

Our Win Shares stats have been updated through Friday’s games. There’s a new player now tied for the National League lead in WSAB: Albert Pujols. You may have heard of him. The overall major league leader continues to be Vladimir Guerrero.

From our own Sean Smith, via Baseball Think Factory: “Clutch doesn’t regress to the mean, it rises to the occasion.”

Came across this breakout of appearances, ERA, saves and blown saves for Francisco Cordero, the last two years: In Texas Other App 25 80 ERA 7.92 1.76 Saves 2 42 BS 9 4 Courtesy of Buster Olney and his ESPN blog.

Many readers have written to the effect of “How could you leave Joe Mauer off your future Hall of Famers list?” The answer is quite simple actually. I’m an idiot. Just your garden variety, drooling, slack-jawed, knuckle dragging, swing set too close to the house and riding-the-short-bus-to-school inspired oversight. He obviously belongs on that list. […]

Win Shares have been updated including all games through June 9. Presenting your National League MVP (at this stage of the season): Jose Reyes.