5. Win Shares by Letter Grade [This is a continuing series that will run each Thursday throughout the 2005 season. Start here for full details.] One question we might like to answer is how many win shares were earned by players in each grade level during years 1996-2004. John Sickels assigned a grade to each [...]
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Prospects from 1996, Revisited – Start Here
Just gathering all these in one place. New Study Introduction: Background & Motivation (23 May 2005) Similar Prospects Who Diverged (26 May 2005) A Tale of Two Prospects (3 Jun 2005) Best Prospects, Best Big Leaguers (30 Jun 2005) Win Shares by Letter Grade (7 Jul 2005) Minor League and Major League Stats (29 Aug [...]
IGD: Padres @ Astros (6 Jul 2005)
first pitch: 5:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (7-2, 2.89 ERA) vs Andy Pettitte (5-7, 3.15 ERA) previews: CBS | Padres.com Fugly game Tuesday. Shut down by Brandon Backe? Lit up by a team with the worst slugging percentage in all of baseball? Like I said, fugly. I changed the channel after [...]
IGD: Padres @ Astros (5 Jul 2005)
first pitch: 5:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Dennys Reyes (3-1, 3.93 ERA) vs Brandon Backe (6-6, 5.29 ERA) previews: CBS | Padres.com I hope you all had an excellent Fourth. If you missed Monday morning’s game, it was basically a pitchers’ duel between Brian Lawrence and Roy Oswalt. Unfortunately Lawrence hung one to [...]
IGD: Padres @ Astros (4 Jul 2005)
first pitch: 11:05 a.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (5-6, 4.28 ERA) vs Roy Oswalt (10-7, 2.54 ERA) preview: Padres.com Happy Independence Day to all! Analysis? Sorry, not today. Enjoy the fireworks. Other Stuff The Fog is Lifting (Dan Agonistes). The study of baseball using statistics is a constantly evolving process. Bill James [...]
Taking Back Petco
The Padres beat the Giants Sunday, 9-6, to take the final home series before the All-Star break. A few observations from the game… Second Inning First pitch Khalil Greene sees from Jason Schmidt is a filthy slider. Greene takes a horrible hack, and I figure he’ll see a steady diet of breaking balls all day. [...]
IGD: Padres vs Giants (3 Jul 2005)
first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Tim Stauffer (1-4, 4.78 ERA) vs Jason Schmidt (6-3, 4.81 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | Padres.com Great Rickey Henderson moment at Saturday night’s Surf Dawgs game. You need to remember that Henderson is the all-time Major League leader in runs scored and stolen bases, has [...]
IGD: Padres vs Giants (2 Jul 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Woody Williams (3-5, 4.24 ERA) vs Jeff Fassero (1-5, 4.02 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | Padres.com The games are becoming increasingly difficult to watch. Brian Giles thrown out trying to steal third with nobody out and a lefty at the plate? Sean Burroughs again being [...]
IGD: Padres vs Giants (1 Jul 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (7-2, 2.88 ERA) vs Kevin Correia (0-0, –) previews: CBS | Padres.com We’re hip, we’re happening, we’re using three-letter acronyms. Welcome to July. Let’s hope it’s better than June. I try to defend the NL West, but here’s how the division looked last month: [...]
Prospects from 1996, Revisited – Part 4
4. Best Prospects, Best Big Leaguers (or, Fun with Tables) One question I found myself asking was which guys of the 515 in John Sickels’ 1996 Minor League Scouting Notebook were considered the best prospects, and how have they fared as big leaguers. The flip side of this is which players have become the best [...]
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