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Links for 17 Oct 08

October 17, 2008 – 6:28 am

The topic du jour seems to be Jake Peavy, so let’s get busy…

Paul DePodesta weighs in on the situation [h/t LynchMob]: “If you have something you value at one million dollars, it would be foolish to refuse to consider selling it for twenty million dollars. On the flip side, it would also be foolish to [...]

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Please, Don’t Beat the Worms

August 26, 2008 – 7:32 am

In the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual I noted that Adrian Gonzalez didn’t ground into many double plays in 2007. Given how slow he is and how many he’d hit into the year before, this surprised me. Well, now he’s back to his old tricks:

Adrian Gonzalez, Grounders and Double Plays

Year
PA
GIDP
GB%

Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and Hardball [...]

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When Projections Go Bad

May 30, 2008 – 7:02 am

What the heck, now is as good a time as any to revisit pre-season projections. I know, OPS and ERA aren’t the end-all and be-all, but they’re good enough for government work…

Projections vs Reality: Hitters

 
OPS

Player
BJ
CH
MA
MI
ZI
DS
Act

Statistics are courtesy of FanGraphs and are through games of May 29, 2008. Click on column head for more info about [...]

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