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Small sample sizes: Spending more money gets you further in baseball's postseason.
Former Gaslamp Baller, apparent current AZ Snakepitter Drama, writes for his friends and acquaintances to read: 11 teams this season had a payroll of over $100 million dollars...only 2 are still playing (Phillies & Tigers). Drama obviously now advocates for only high payroll teams. As he...
Can Ike Davis sustain his hot start for the Mets?
While Jose Reyes stole today's headlines with his exuberant display from last night's game, Ike Davis quietly continued his hot start to the 2011 season. Davis extended his hitting streak to nine games with two base hits yesterday, boosting his slash line to an impressive .325/.424./.595 over the...
Monday Rockpile: The "Two Games Played" Overreactions
It's the perfect time of year for it: Small Sample Size overreactions. Teams are 2-4 games in and things don't look perfect for them, so the world is clearly over. Or other teams are performing far better than expected; they are clearly bound for the championship.Troy Tulowitzki is 0fer so far, as...
And One Other Thing About Pat Burrell and Johnny Damon
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An Early Look At J.J.
The Mets rotation is 10th in the league in FIP (4.29), which is even more awful when you realize that Johan Santana is the only reason it's not 16th. But today I'm trying to be positive, so I'll write about something pleasant. The bullpen has been unquestionably awesome, posting the best FIP in...
Notes Regarding the Giants' Hot Start
This season was supposed to be miserable. It still might be. But, hot dang, if this isn’t a fantastic start, I don’t know what is. Everything is clicking. It’s only been ten games, sure, but you can’t argue with the results. Matt Cain has had the run support he was lacking...
Ten Reasons Why I'm Not Worried About Lincecum
Numbered list style: His strikeout rate is still high. Eight innings, ten strikeouts. I’d be worried if teams were knocking the ball around the park and not swinging through pitches. Last year, Linecum struck out 29% of the batters he faced; this year he’s struck out 22%. It’s...
Mets Spring Training Batter WAR
Spring training is all about small sample sizes, overemphasis on a tiny body of work, the results of which are subject to the caprice of numerous external and internal forces beyond the immediate control of the players involved. Despite this, coaches, managers and front offices make some pretty...
Series Preview: Seattle Mariners @ Tampa Bay Rays
Seattle: 2-5Tampa: 3-3 GAMES Game 1: Erik Bedard* vs Matt GarzaGame 2: Jarrod Washburn* vs Andy SonnanstineGame 3: Miguel Batista vs Edwin Jackson No lefties, yay for small favors. It's hard to figure out exactly what kind of batted ball profile Garza yields given multiple small and disparate...
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