Sunday Notebook - May 31
on May 31, 2009 in Sunday Notebook Boston College Keith Law Peter Gammons It’s Sunday, so you know what time it is…from around the Red Sox Nation… John Tomase of the Boston Herald wrote a great piece about Baseball-Reference.com, a site created by Sean Forman and essential reading for all fans of basebal...

Sunday Notebook - May 24
on May 24, 2009 in Sunday Notebook Bob Ryan Joe Mauer Peter Gammons This week in Red Sox Nation… In the Globe, Tony Massarotti chats with Carl Yastrzemski, who can certainly relate to David Ortiz’ struggles right now. Bob Ryan ponders the past and future of Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka. Sean McAdam of t...

Sox Need to Get Defensive
on May 18, 2009 in Uncategorized We’ve begun to realize in recent years that a team’s defense can play an incredibly significant role in it’s success.  Many organizations have shifted their philosophies, placing an increased amount of importance on crafting a team...

Sunday Notebook - May 17
on May 17, 2009 in Sunday Notebook David Ortiz Larry Lucchino Around the horn we go… In today’s Globe, Nick Cafardo details the struggles being faced by David Ortiz, and advances some theories about what may be going on.  In his blog, Ask 14, Jim Rice also gets his two cents in on Ortiz’ str...

One Month Checkpoint - Sox Pitching Prospects
on May 12, 2009 in Pitching Prospects Sabermetrics Casey Kelly Daniel Bard Michael Bowden Alright, yesterday we took a look at the early season performances of the Red Sox Top 20 hitting prospects, which really weren’t up to expectations.  Today, it’s time to analyze the pitching prospects, and there’s no doubt that thi...

One Month Checkpoint - Sox Hitting Prospects
on May 11, 2009 in Hitting Prospects Che-Hsuan Lin Josh Reddick Ryan Kalish Since we’re just over a month into the minor league season, I thought now would be a good time to check in on the members of our Top 20 Prospect List.  Today, I’ll start with the hitters, while tomorrow I’ll turn it over to the pit...

Sunday Notebook - May 10
on May 10, 2009 in Sunday Notebook Julio Lugo Manny Ramirez Troy O'Leary Alright, let’s take a look at the goings on around the baseball world… Dan Shaugnessy voices the opinion of many fans around Red Sox Nation - The Dodgers and Manny had this coming to them… Bob Ryan suggests that Manny may actually...

All Time WAR Rankings - Pitchers
on May 8, 2009 in Pitching Sabermetrics Bob Stanley Phil Niekro Steve Carlton So yesterday we took a look at the all-time greatest position players ranked by WAR, and today we’ll take a look at the pitchers.  Here are the Top 20 all time pitchers according to Sean Smith’s study on historical WAR: I don’t thi...

All Time WAR Rankings - Position Players
on May 7, 2009 in Hitting Sabermetrics Jim Rice WAR Sean Smith, author of Baseball Projection, recently finished up a massive research project in which he compiled the WAR (Wins Above Replacement) values for every single player in the Major Leagues since 1955.  He released the findings on his website...

Evaluating Prospects - Part 2
on May 5, 2009 in Prospects Sabermetrics BB% GB% Josh Beckett Justin Masterson K% Pitching Alright, let’s pick up where we left off and dig futher into prospect analysis and the second factor that determines a top notch hitter in the minor leagues… 2) Power The tricky thing about analyzing minor league hitters is the fact that...