Despite the St. Louis Cardinals and the Albert Pujols camp breaking off talks until the off season, the speculation about where the games best hitter will be sign will continue throughout the season. The White Sox GM Kenny Williams has already told everyone what he thinks of Albert’s salary demands. He is by far the best hitter I have [...]
Archive for the ‘MVP’ Category
Albert Pujols is even better than we thought
Posted in Albert Pujols, Cardinals, Free Agent Signing, MVP, National League on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Superbowl Sunday 44 Tape Measure Hits
Posted in American League, MVP, Projections, Twins on February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have heard rumors of Twins catcher Joe Mauer , the 2009 AL MVP, going to the dance together with the Twins for the next 10 years. Mauer’s 2009 season is one for the record books, leading the American league in Batting Average , On Base Percentage, Slugging, OPS, and runs created. Did the Mets [...]
The Phils Hot-n-Cold Lefty Righty Split Problem
Posted in fantasy, Free Agent Signing, Hitting, Infield, MLB, MVP, National League, Phillies, Platoon on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is well known that Ryan Howard is one of the power hitting offensive forces of the past 4 years in the National league. The Phillies have 18 million reasons they like the lefty slugger coming into the 2009 season. But, one thing I touched on a few weeks ago about Ryan Howard: Every now and then you hear the [...]
Bringing The D in 2008
Posted in Albert Pujols, American League, Around the Web, Defense, MVP, National League on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pinto with his PMR uses play-by-play data to determine the probability of a ball in play being converted to an out based on six parameters: Direction of hit (a vector), The type of hit (Fly, ground, line drive, bunt), How hard the ball was hit (slow, medium, hard), The park, The handedness of the pitcher, [...]
Kent: The David Cone throw in
Posted in Giants, Hall Of Fame, Indians, Mets, MLB, MVP, Trade on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was with the Toronto Blue Jays that Jeff Kent first came on the radar. He had some pop even back then with his bat when the Blue Jays were giving him some play at 3B. The Mets did the unthinkable and traded the player who meant so much to the team in David Cone. [...]
MLB Quad 2008: TOB,TB,SLG,OBP Winners
Posted in Albert Pujols, American League, Cardinals, MLB, MVP, National League, RedSox, Sabermetrics on January 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Quad takes into account both counting stats in Times on Base, and Total Bases and the rate stats in On Base Percentage, Slugging average. Below is the top 10 overall finishes in MLB over the course of the 2008 season (either American League or national League results). If a player makes it to the [...]
American League MVP, CY, ROY Blog Vote Week 7
Posted in American League, Around the Web, blogpoll, Cy Young, MLB, MVP, Rookie Of Year on May 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
This is the fourth AL voting period after six seven in the books. The MLB Blog Poll votes on the MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of Year candidates in each league throughout the regular baseball season. In doing so, you get a cumulative snapshot of the award winners, instead of the single vote. That way [...]
NL BlogPoll MVP, CY, ROY Week 6
Posted in Cy Young, MLB, MVP, National League, Rookie Of Year, Uncategorized on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is not the first, nor the second second NL Voting period, but the third NL voting period after six weeks in the books. The MLB Blog Poll votes on the MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of Year candidates in each league throughout the regular baseball season. In doing so, you get a cumulative snapshot [...]
MLB Blog Poll Week 5 AL MVP,CY,ROY Vote
Posted in American League, Around the Web, blogpoll, Cy Young, MLB, MVP, Rookie Of Year, Uncategorized on May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The MLB Blog Poll votes on the MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of Year candidates in each league throughout the regular baseball season. The Blog Poll Voters is a group of some of the best writers the baseball blogosphere. American League Most Valuable Player Vote Week #5 Manny Ramirez – 270 points Casey Kotchman – [...]
MLB Blog Poll Week 4 NL MVP Vote
Posted in blogpoll, MLB, MVP, National League, Uncategorized on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The MLB Blog Poll votes on the MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of Year candidates in each league throughout the regular baseball season. The Blog Poll Voters is a group of some of the best writers the baseball blogosphere. This week we vote on the National League. This week I am making an individual post [...]
