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Is 3,000 Hits Johnny Damon’s Scarlet Letter?

Posted in Baseball, Hot Stove, MLB, Rumors, sabermetrics, Yankees, tagged , , on February 14, 2012 | 5 Comments »

After all the pomp and circumstances that surrounded Derek Jeter’s pursuit of the milestone, have the Yankees had their fill of players approaching 3,000 hits? According to Joel Sherman, one of the main reasons the Yankees have shied away from a reunion with Johnny Damon is because the veteran is only 277 hits from reaching [...]

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Two Strikes and You’re Out?

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, sabermetrics, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on February 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Patience at the plate is about more than just drawing walks. It also incorporates a hitter’s ability to work himself into a favorable count. When ahead, major league hitters batted .299 with a .494 slugging percentage in 2011, but when they fell into a hole, those rates plummeted to .206 and .304, respectively. That’s why [...]

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Starting Over: Looking at Bullpen Usage from the Other End

Posted in Baseball, MLB, sabermetrics, Statistical Analysis, tagged on January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »

On Saturday, I posted a follow-up to a recent Fangraphs’ analysis of relief pitchers’ aggregate performance over the last 30 years. Although my findings supported the statistical conclusion of the Fangraphs’ piece (i.e., reliever performance has not changed meaningfully over the period considered), there was a divergence with regard to the implications.  However, because both [...]

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Grabbing the Bullpen by the Horns: What Is the Optimal Strategy for Using Relievers?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, sabermetrics, Statistical Analysis, tagged on January 28, 2012 | 20 Comments »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley; unless otherwise noted, WAR refers to fangraphs’ calculation of the metric) Is it better to maximize the number of times a reliever can be used or the length of his appearances? Yesterday at frangraphs.com, Dave Cameron tried to answer that question by comparing bullpen performance over the last 30 [...]

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Change for the Better: Is Pineda’s Limited Arsenal a Cause for Concern?

Posted in Baseball, Hot Stove, MLB, sabermetrics, Yankees, tagged on January 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Based on a recent comment from Brian Cashman, it seems as if the Yankees’ general manager does not believe he has acquired a finished product in Michael Pineda. That revelation has caused some uneasiness among Yankees’ fans, but that sentiment shouldn’t be unsettling. How many 22-year old pitchers come to the major leagues as a [...]

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WAR Is Not the New RBI (but It Has Its Own Flaws)

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, sabermetrics, Yankees on September 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Is WAR the new RBI? That was the question asked in a thought provoking post at IIATMS, which is sure to draw a new battle line in the statistical debate over the value of composite metrics. At the heart of author’s argument is the suggestion that WAR, like RBIs, is context-based because so many elements [...]

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