• Manager Swap: Twins, Angels, and Dodgers Should Trade Gardenhire, Scioscia, and Mattingly
• Manny Machado for MVP?
• A New Take On Prospect Evaluation
• Estimating Final Batting Average From Small Samples
• Who’s Awesome And Who’s Not Awesome
• Justin Upton, Dexter Fowler Impress As April’s SPP Leaders
• The Colorado Rockies Must Deal For Some Pitching
• It’s Getting Late Early: Three Teams Whose Surprising Starts Portend Future Results
• Jason Collins And The Gay Teammate
• The Active All-Throwing Arm Team

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  Manager Swap: Twins, Angels, and Dodgers Should Trade Gardenhire, Scioscia, and Mattingly

  Before I lay out my grand plan for an unprecedented three team triangle trade of skippers, let me first make clear that it is possible to trade non-players. In fact, it...

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  Manny Machado for MVP?

  Manny Machado, the Baltimore Orioles 20 year old third basemen, has thrust himself into the conversation as one of the best young players in baseball but he might be doing something...

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  A New Take On Prospect Evaluation

  I know I know, I’ve been missing from action for the past couple weeks and before that I was not posting so regularly either. But I’m back! Weekly articles from me...

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  Estimating Final Batting Average From Small Samples

  I frequently read about projections and computer simulations designed to predict how the New York Yankees or some other organization will do for the coming year, with no idea where the...

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  Who’s Awesome And Who’s Not Awesome

  Every so often, when I don’t have any other ideas, I revert back to the old “Who’s Awesome” template. I know it’s a bit of a cop out but it can...

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  Justin Upton, Dexter Fowler Impress As April’s SPP Leaders

    Atlanta Braves slugger Justin Upton won April handily, while an outfielder for the Colorado Rockies surprised everyone.  The young Upton clubbed more home runs than singles in the month and...

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  It’s Getting Late Early: Three Teams Whose Surprising Starts Portend Future Results

  Some teams start off hot, some start slow. Some teams come out slugging but fade into last place clubs, while others stumble out of the gate but eventually wind up on top....

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  The Active All-Throwing Arm Team

  Last year, I did the all-time defense team and I really enjoyed the idea of those guys running around, covering ground, and making every defensive play together.  That team, which featured...

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  With Struggling Sluggers, When Do Teams Hit The Panic Button?

  For fans, April is a month to make the first of innumerable rash judgements concerning the fortitude of their favorite franchise.  It’s a time to bask in the promise of time tested heroes,...

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  The Decline Of Ubaldo Jimenez

  The Cleveland Indian’s Ubaldo Jimenez was once one of the top 5 pitchers in all of baseball.  For the first half of 2010, he was nearly unhittable, racking up a 2.20...

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  An Unapologetic Plea For The Seattle SuperSonics

  As a Mariners’ fan, and as the only representative of this blog who currently lives west of the Hudson River, I spend a majority of my time writing about the Mariners,...

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  Toronto Blue Jays Latest Proof That Super-Teams Struggle

  The Kobe-Dwight-Pau-Nash Lakers? Fighting for 8th place. The Vick-Vince-Dream Team Eagles? New coach, 4th overall pick. The Halladay-Lee-Hamels Phillies? 81-81 last season. The AGon-Kemp-Crawford Dodgers? Missed the playoffs in 2012, division...