Posted in 2008, Defense, Discussion, Infield, Lineup, Roster, Stats, tagged Alex Cora, Jed Lowrie, Julio Lugo on June 22, 2008 | No Comments »
You know, I try not to overreact to a particular game or string of games, because baseball is one of those marathon sports. But I need to get some things off my chest about Julio Lugo:
Posted in 2008, Baserunning, Bullpen, Defense, Discussion, Game Summary, Lineup, Rotation, Stats, tagged Alan Embree, Coco Crisp, Craig Hansen, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Frank Thomas, Huston Street, J.D. Drew, Jack Cust, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jeith Foulke, Joe Blanton, Joey Devine, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Justin Duchscherer, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mark Ellis, Mike Sweeney, Mike Timlin, Rich Harden, Tim Wakefield on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Oakland came into this series struggling of late, and Boston came in on a six-game win streak. But it didn’t matter, as the A’s silenced the Boston bats and got enough offense to win all three games. The Sox are really feast or famine this year; in addition to the extreme home/road splits, they have [...]
Posted in 2008, Discussion, Lineup, Sabermetrics, Stats, tagged Manny Ramirez on May 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Cleanup hitter: Manny Ramirez
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Well, if that picture don’t say it all. Manny has already given us a lot of promises this year: he’s not only going to hit 500 HR, but he wants to get to 600 HR. He wants to be the next Julio Franco, playing into his mid-40s. [...]
Posted in 2008, Discussion, Lineup, Sabermetrics, Stats, tagged David Ortiz on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hitting third: David Ortiz
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Few people would have predicted that David Ortiz would be hitting .241/.345/.434 on May 12. But Big Papi opened 2008 in a 3-42 slump that stretched 12 games. Since that time, he’s hit .311/393/.452. Six of his seven homers and 13 of his 14 XBH have come [...]
Posted in 2008, Discussion, Infield, Lineup, Sabermetrics, Stats, tagged Dustin Pedroia, Juan Pierre on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hitting second: Dustin Pedroia
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After winning AL Rookie of the Year honors despite a horrible April and a broken hamate bone the last month plus of 2007, Dustin Pedroia has hit the ground running in his sophomore season. No slump for this guy, who just seems to will his way on [...]
Posted in 2008, Bullpen, Defense, Discussion, Injuries, Lineup, Rotation, Stats, tagged Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Justin Masterson, Kevin Cash, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Tim Wakefield on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Red Sox are currently at 15-12 this season, but considering the Japan trip and the rash of injuries and illnesses they’ve endured, I don’t consider this too bad. We are currently in a three-way tie for first place in the division, and our players are on the mend. Here’s a look at what’s gone [...]
Posted in Contracts, Discussion, Predictions, Sabermetrics, Stats, tagged David Ortiz, Mo Vaughn on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
For those of you not into sabermetrics, Dan Szymborski over at Baseball Think Factory has projected the career of David Ortiz to the year 2016, when he will be 40 years old.
Some things of note:
Papi’s walk rate is projected to drop significantly starting this season, and 2008 shows a spike in strikeouts. Personally, I don’t [...]
Posted in 2008, Bullpen, Defense, Predictions, Rotation, Sabermetrics, Stats, tagged Bartolo Colon, Bryan Corey, Bryce Cox, Clay Buchholz, Craig Hansen, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Pauley, Devern Hansack, Hideki Okajima, Javier Lopez, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Kyle Snyder, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Timlin, Tim Wakefield on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
In order to project the team’s performance this year, I’m going to look at each pitcher’s projections and trends for the coming year and use that to generate an estimated runs given up total.
Defense should be roughly the same, given that we basically have the whole starting lineup back; substituting Jacoby Ellsbury for Coco Crisp [...]
Posted in Bench, Discussion, Lineup, Outfield, Predictions, Stats, tagged Coco Crisp, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis on February 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Both Theo Epstein and Terry Francona spoke this week about Coco Crisp being the “incumbent” centerfielder and the starter for the 2008 season. This despite an unspoken assumption by everyone that the job belongs to one Jacoby Ellsbury.
Some have speculated that this is just a ploy to try and build up trade value for Crisp [...]
Posted in Defense, Free Agents, Infield, Roster, Sabermetrics, Stats, tagged Mike Lowell on November 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For those of you still not convinced about Mike Lowell’s value:
Here’s another way to figure out a player’s value based on expected WARP-2 and current players and salaries. You simply plot what players are worth, and how much they are getting paid, and the trendline will give you a rough guideline for player value. You [...]
