The latest team spotlight heads West, where the Anaheim Angels continue to compete for the AL West division race. Also, I forgot to mention that all of our stats were updated over the weekend. Hopefully, you figured that out for yourself.

Today’s Team Spotlight, is on the Cubs. Can Dusty’s boys make the playoffs? Well, we don’t really know, but check it out anyway.

All stats and graphs (including Win Shares) have been updated through Thursday’s games. Here’s a list of the top run creators in each league, including all batters with 95 or more Runs Created: First, the National: Player Team RC Bonds B. SFG 157 Pujols A. STL 133 Rolen S. STL 124 Abreu B. PHI 119 […]

The Houston Astros have won twelve straight games, and they now have a slight lead in the wildcard race. This is an amazing streak for a team that seemed out of it a month ago. Our Team Spotlight takes a closer look. FYI, here’s a list of all teams, ranked by the number of games […]

Jeff Angus, proprietor of the Management by Baseball blog, sent an e-mail reminding me of Ichiro’s other quest. Here’s Jeff’s e-mail in full: Don’t overlook the singles-in-a-season all-time best, a definite possibility. Suzuki as of close of biz yesterday had 191. Current leader is Willie Keeler from 1898 (152 games for most of any team […]

JC, over at the Sabernomics blog, has developed a great tool called the MLB Salary Estimator. If you have the BA, OBP, SLG and primary position of a player, along with his debut year, it will calculate his “market value” for you. This is wild stuff, which I also explored earlier this year using Win […]

Today’s team spotlight is on the red-hot Boston Red Sox. And for the more passionate side of the story, don’t miss Ben and Larry’s latest column.

We’ve got your Win Shares, good through games of September 2nd. Despite the Yankees’ recent woes, Gary Sheffield is starting to break away from the pack in the AL MVP race. He now has 27 Win Shares and 14 WSAA, compared to his nearest competitors, Carlos Guillen (!) and teammate Hideki Matsui (both at 24/10).

Our stats have been updated through yesterday’s games. One thing we report, thanks to our friends at BIS, is the number of outs created by each player, whether at the plate, on the basepaths, or grounding into a double play. Here’s a list of all the players whose outs are 60% or less of their […]

Skyking sent me an e-mail asking about the opponents’ winning percentage of the Yankees’ and Red Sox’s remaining schedule. Here’s the answer: Yankees: .475 Red Sox: .511 The key is that the Red Sox have games remaining against some very tough AL West teams, while the Yankees play the AL Central.