Hardball Times Mock Draft- 1/16/11
Vincent Carmela - The Hardball Times 13 Matt Garza CHC Josh Shepardson - The Hardball Times 13 Carlos Beltran NYM Ray Flores - Fantasy Baseball Cafe 13 Jose Valverde DET Adam Kaplan - Game Of Inches ....
View ArticleExtra Base Hits (XBH)
Looking at the second half of the season can provide us with some insight as to which players may continue a certain trend into the following year. Extra base hits include doubles and triples and...
View ArticleHot Stove Report
Juan Rivera traded to Toronto - This likely signals the move to 3B for Jose Bautista as Rivera will take over as the starting LF. In 11 seasons in the majors, Rivera has had over 500 AB once. He's...
View ArticleCool WHIP
Let’s take a look at the pitchers who led and trailed the WHIP category over 2010’s final three months. Looking at the final three months can account for trends, improvements and regressions on their...
View Article2011 Catcher Prospects
Trying to fill out the catcher position is not always easy. And while this is an extremely deep crop of MLB veterans for 10 team leagues, those in deeper leagues are really going to need to look deeper...
View Article2011 First Base Prospects
First Base is an easy position to fill in fantasy baseball, but in leagues where you require a corner infielder, this crop of young first basemen could provide some undervalued benefits to a fantasy...
View ArticleDIPS vs FIP
Many of our readers wondered why we use DIPS instead of FIP in our Sabermetric Pitching Index. Let’s see if there is a difference between the two. FIP is used to predict the current year's ERA, if you...
View ArticlexFIP
Today we’ll look at 2010 xFIP and see if we can predict 2011 ERA. xFIP is similar to FIP but assumes the 11.5% league average for HR/FB%. Additionally, it proves that a higher rate of ground balls will...
View ArticleContract Year Players
Let’s examine the players who are entering a contract year. Motivation doesn’t work for everybody, but the amount of money to be made on the open market is enough for a lifetime. In this economy, these...
View Article2011 Second Base Prospects
Middle infield, shortstop in particular is a tough position to fill in fantasy baseball, and this year you will not see a new Hanley Ramirez or Jose Reyes come in for 2011. However, there are some...
View Article2011 Shortstop Prospects
The shortstop crop won't blow you away in 2011 but there are a few names to remember: Dee Gordon, SS, Los Angeles Dodgers Gordon was a raw 4th round pick a few years ago who the Dodgers pushed all the...
View Article2011 Third Base Prospects
Third base has a fairly weak position in terms of fantasy and there are now more fantasy assets at second base than third base. However, there are some good third base options in the minors coming up,...
View ArticleMinor League FIP 1 of 2
This article will use minor league sabermetrics to predict major league success. This first table shows 15 minor league pitchers and their minor league numbers from 2010. Player MLB Team ERA FIP K/9...
View ArticleMinor League FIP 2 of 2
The following chart shows the major league sabermetric stats for those pitchers who made it up to the major leagues last year and pitched as a starter. Let’s see how their minor league success...
View Article2010 Runs Received/Runs Allowed
MoneyStats has developed new Starting Pitcher Splits Lists for 2011. We track Runs Received in our Staring Pitcher Game Log. This allows us to tell you the Runs Received / Runs Allowed Differentials....
View ArticleThe Top 75 Starting Pitchers
75. Edinson Volquez - He didn't exactly come back strong. Injury risk with upside. He did strike out over a batter per inning last year in limited time, but it's the ERA and WHIP we worry about. 74....
View ArticleSwinging Strike Percentage (SwStr%)
SwStr% is Swinging Strike Percentage or the percentage of pitches thrown that are swung on and missed by batters. Generally, these are your strikeout pitchers. Today we’ll look for nay positive or...
View ArticleHardball Times Mock Draft Recap
Rounds 1-3 with writeups Rounds 4-6 with writeups Rounds 7-12 with writeups ....
View ArticlePhazerline - Super Bowl Edition
So this is what it all comes down to? Just as we thought, the Packers and the Steelers will fight it out for Super Bowl XLV. Two of the historical great franchises in the NFL will look to add one...
View ArticleNatural Progression
Today we'll examine some pitchers who logged a good amount of second-half innings, yet had less than 175 innings pitched overall. These pitchers are primed to make the jump to the 200+ inning plateau...
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