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BP's 2012 Mets Top 20 Prospects
As you may have noticed, Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus released his Mets top 20 prospect rankings earlier this week. There are a lot of new rankings floating around right now but Goldstein's are one of a small handful that I actively take note of and encourage others looking for a good...
The Over The Monster Podcast - Episode 15 - I Can't Say "Federowicz"
It's that time of the week again. Marc and Matt are talking Red Sox over the intertubes. This week we're celebrating IPA day by talking about the newest Red Sock, Erik Bedard. And yes, of course, there's a connection, and no, I won't tell you what it is. We look at who has been in his career and...
Dude, I'm in Baseball Prospectus!
Late last night I was reading through Baseball Prospectus 2010. After I'd finished the last chapter that I'd allowed myself before bed, I was flipping around in the back, delaying sleep the best I could. Looking through the acknowledgments, I saw my name, right there on page 641. It was extremely...
This Year's Baseball Prospectus and the Cardinals
One more Spring Training tradition: Once a year I buy the new Baseball Prospectus Annual on Amazon, where it is perpetually 40% off, and spend the next three days trying my hardest not to buy it at Barnes and Noble. The further they are from the vanguard, and the easier it is to find advanced...
Prospect Questions For Kevin Goldstein
On Friday we posted Kevin Goldstein's Top 11 Mets prospects from Baseball Prospectus. Kevin has agreed to answer some follow-ups from us, so drop your questions in the comments and we'll send along the best ones. If you were going to ask whether Reese Havens took a dump on Kevin's front porch --...
New Stat Alert: SIERA
Those money-grubbing sabermetricians are at it again! Furthering their journey down that money trail, talented Baseball Prospectus writers Matt Swartz and Eric Seidman unveiled a new pitching statistic, "Skill Interactive Earned Run Average" (SIERA, for short). It is rooted in the DIPS concept,...
Evening Prowl: Voting Verlander, Ernie Harwell, and Granderson's Hitting
MLive.com's Steve Kornacki was the one voter who put Justin Verlander on the top of his AL Cy Young Award ballot. (25 went to the winner, K.C.'s Zack Greinke, with two going to Seattle's Felix Hernandez.) Kornacki based his vote on Verlander showing toughness under pennant race pressure,...
Morning Prowl: Edwin Jackson Q&A, End of Season Awards, Milton Bradley, and Goodbye Metrodome
Edwin Jackson talked to David Laurila in a Q&A for Baseball Prospectus. Topics discussed include Jackson's transition from outfielder to pitcher early in his professional career, changes he made in his game from 2008 to 2009, and his own expectations. Unfortunately, the interview was conducted...
Avila and Perry on Baseball Prospectus Radio
The latest edition of the Baseball Prospectus Radio podcast has a distinct Detroit Tigers flavor to it, as David Laurila interviews rookies Alex Avila and Ryan Perry when the team visited Boston this week. First up is Avila, who describes the transition in making the transition from third base to...
Morning Prowl: Halladay Hootenanny, Grandy Meets Obama, Viva El Tigersosphere, and Who's Selling?
Could the Tigers really be a player in the Roy Halladay sweepstakes? My Spidey sense tells me no, but that's not going to stop reporters from trying to connect dots between now and July 31. For instance, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, who remembers Mike Ilitch's "whatever we have to do"...
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