This week, why there can be more to a trade than the players involved, learning something about 12 offensive categories, using BABIP, Component ERA and Defense Independent Component ERA to find buy-low pitchers. Plus chatter about the Rockies pitchers, Justin Verlander, Stephen Drew and Chris Denorfia. With lovely charts. Really lovely.
peter
Should be: The Indispensible Baseball Musings
DAVID PINTO WROTE: “Update: Jason Marquis is allowed to take a beating for the second time this year. He gives up two hits in the sixth before he comes out of the game. Just to finish his night off, the bullpen allows the runner they inherited from Jason to score. He’s charged with 12 runs. He allowed 14 against the White Sox earlier this season. Almost 30% of the runs Marquis allowed this year came in those two games.”
Pinto has created a baseball news site with fantasy relevance, excellent data tools, and it’s all free. Unless you do the right thing and pony up some cash, if you feel the way I do. I sent money last year and I’m not bragging, it wasn’t really enough. So I’m sending more this year.
Highly recommended.
As for Marquis, he’s killing me. Or Tony LaRussa is. I’d been riding the matchups the last couple of weeks (since the last time he was left in to take a beating) and it’s worked out well, so I didn’t see the spot to dump him. Mercy.
RotoRob
A New Baseball (and other sports, too) blog.
Rob Blackstien has been writing and editing the Fantasy Baseball and Football Guides for a couple of years now, so I wasn’t surprised how well written and good looking his new site is. I’ve been travelling and I’ve also been surprised how often I’ve checked in just to get Rob’s take on the latest stories. Check it out, click some links, buy some stuff, and if you like Rotorob like I do, support a good writer who loves (and plays) baseball.
Midseason Fantasy Prices
As usual, my midseason fantasy prices (single and mixed leagues) are up at mlb.com. Even if you don’t play by the exact rules you can make use of them by comparing the preseason prices (guesses) and the actual thing. Most surprising to me is just how valueless Dontrelle Willis’s season has been so far, but pitching prices swing wildly when they run hot or cold.
Ask Rotoman July 12, 2006
Major League Baseball : Fantasy
The new column is out, with a look at an A-Rod for Jose Reyes plus somethng trade, a survey of corners, chatter about Jake Peavy, and a survery of closer situations as we head into the second half. Postings here at askrotoman.com have stalled as I travel around this great country of ours, but I hope I’ll pop up from time to time. Thanks for checking in.
Scout’s honor
Wanna good cry?
Major League Baseball
Chuck James and other young pitchers, on being a powa-hatah, second half recommendations among those who wrecked the first half, and chatter about Gary Matthews and the Tampa Bay bullpen.
Baker can’t close door on Dempster
The center of this story seems to be Dempster pulling his pants down on the mound to show Corey Koskie the bruise on his butt, the result of a Koskie comebacker. But it’s played so low key I’m having a hard time buying it. Did Ryan Dempster moon Corey Koskie this past Tuesday night? Who has video?
The Baseball Analysts: War Stories
Bob Klapisch on Why Ballplayers Don’t Say Interesting Things Anymore
It seems he wrote a highly critical book about the 1992 Mets, and is then surprised that they were really mad about it. Nonetheless, the is a funny story that asks and answers the rhetorical question: What curseword would get you to climb into Bobby Bonilla’s face and offer to fight him, here, now?
Taking One for the Team
MLB – St. Louis Cardinals/Chicago White Sox Box Score Wednesday June 21, 2006 – Yahoo! Sports
That’s what Jason Marquis is doing tonight, dragging down my Tout Wars NL pitching staff, which went into tonight with the second best ERA and Ratio in the league. Amazingly, after 12 runs in four innings I’ve still got 12 points in both categories, though the margin of error is significantly smaller now.