Age BA OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ WAR Hanley Ramirez 30 2013 (Dodgers) .345 .402 .638 .442 191 5.1 ’14 ZiPS .276 .342 .486 .357 N/A 3.8 ’14 Steamer .279 …
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Yesterday, Baseball Prospectus released their initial PECOTA projections for 2014. Nate Silver, noted political projectionist/analyst, introduced PECOTA in 2003. After Silver departed, Colin Wyers took over, and the Astros recently …
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Now that Masahiro Tanaka has signed, the free agent starting pitcher market is finally starting to move. Matt Garza signed with the Brewers this weekend, and rumors are starting to …
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The Dodgers have been relatively quiet this offseason, except in the bullpen. The most confusing signing of the bunch was that of Chris Perez, which doubled their number of “closers who lost …
Read More »Contextualizing Masahiro Tanaka’s Japanese Numbers
After a lengthy period of deliberation, the Rakuten Eagles officially posted Masahiro Tanaka on Christmas day. MLB teams have until Friday at 2PM PST to sign the Japanese starter. It …
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