All stats have been updated as of the All Star Game break. One of the stats we track closely is how well batters have been hitting with runners in scoring position. Here’s a list of the top ten batter averages with RISP in the National League (minimum of 200 plate appearances): Estrada J. ATL .458 […]

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a great article on the Mariners’ woes this year. I found this article thanks to David Cameron of the U.S.S. Mariner, which isn’t a shabby source of baseball news either. In reference to the article, David says, “…I’m surprised at how well the ‘seamhead’ opinions are being received in the media.” […]

Baseball America has just added a live minor league scoreboard to their site, along with standings, sortable stats and other neat stuff. It’s in beta phase right now, but you can find it just under the main picture on their home page. This is great news for minor league junkies and even casual minor league […]

As of the fifth inning, the Mets are leading the Phillies 10-0 tonight. They’ve hit four home runs (two by Cameron), giving them 27 in their last ten games, a new team record. Over the last twenty games, the Mets lead the NL with 31 homers. With all their regular players healthy, the Mets do […]

The results of the 32nd Man ballots for the All-Star Game are in, and it’s Hideki Matsui and Bobby Abreu. It’s great that Abreu, a great player who’s never before made the All-Star team, was selected, but the choice of Matsui was a bit… well, it was predictable, but not really the best choice. While […]

Win Shares have been updated through games of July 5th, just about the halfway point of the year. Barry Bonds is on pace for 54 Win Shares, which would tie for the third-most Win Shares in any season, post 1900. One of the players Bonds would tie is himself — he also reached 54 in […]

After ending his consecutive saves streak at 84 with a blown save against Arizona on Monday, Eric Gagne started up a new streak last night, saving a 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks. Also of note from the game is that Jose Lima improved to 7-3 on the year with the victory. Combined with his 14 […]

Eric Gagne just blew a save. It’s been a very long time since someone could say that. After 84 straight saves, Gagne just gave up two runs in the top of the 9th inning against the Diamondbacks, blowing a 5-3 lead. After striking out Scott Hairston to start the inning, Gagne gave up a single […]

Okay, I realize, just a couple weeks ago, I was the guy who wrote, “Each year, the All-Star game is news for about five days — the two days leading up to the game, the day of the game, and the two days following the game. For the other 360 days a year, no one […]

have been updated. The division race graphs are really fun to look at, especially in the AL East (Devil Rays) and NL West (Giants). We don’t display pickoffs in our stats, but here is a list of the number of pickoffs each team’s pitchers have caught in the NL: COL 13 MIL 10 LAD 6 […]