
A history of MLB parity, part 1 (part 2) Type B free agents had a higher average 2008/2009 WAR than their Type A counterparts The Great General Manager Debate: NL Central edition Did Moneyball increase the correlation between OBP and salary? Maybe....

Last Friday, Justin ran an article on free agent first basemen with their 2009 wOBAs. Justin and I determined that it needed a baseline wOBA for reference. The overall league averages can't be used because each position has its own run adjustment depending on its difficultly. Fo...

Harry on Bard's breaking ball: "That which we call a slider, by any other name, would smell as sweet." Visual scouting reports for batters using R. Or, alternatively, Jeremy Greenhouse keeps things hot...

Jay at Fack Youk teaches Mike Lupica the difference between ex ante and ex post judgments. Sure, the Nationals have options for their rotation. Are any of them worthwhile? Meanwhile, in Arizona, Strasburg slowly improves. Just sayin'...

Stephen Strasburg's fastball is raising some interesting questions. While Strasburg was on the mound on Monday, a Tweet and an email (so old fashioned) came in asking about the Surprise, AZ, PITCHf/x data. Was it hot...

Thanks for everything, everyone. With a great lady, a new house, and (hopefully) a career upgrade, the time I have for this hobby has taken a hit. Overall that's a good thing, but for my role with this site, it's not. Therefore, I'm going to step away from managing and writing at BtB and le...









