by Troy Patterson | Feb 20, 2010 | Javier Vazquez, Johan Santana
For those not following the sabermetric updates Baseball Prospectus has attempted to create a new pitching statistic that improves on all those before it. This new stat is called SIERA or Skill-Interactive Earned Run Average. This takes the work of Nate Silver who...
by evan brunell | Feb 19, 2010 | Theo Epstein
Was there any doubt? The Boy Wonder is clearly Boston’s GM of the Decade, taking the job over officially for the 2003 season. 2000-2001 was the death throes of former Boy Wonder Dan Duquette, who was responsible for bringing Pedro Martinez to town, and …...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 18, 2010 | Mike Pelfrey, Misc.
I have always been critical of the “Verducci Effect” or “Year After Effect” as I have yet to see the study that proves its existence. Now that it’s February again, Tom Verducci has released his top ten high-risk pitchers based on the...
by lee perrault | Feb 17, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, Bill Hall, Boof Bonser, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Marco Scutaro, Mike Cameron, Mike Lowell, Ryan Westmoreland
Spring Training is only a day away, and it’s been a busy offseason for the Red Sox in 2010. The team struggled in the playoffs last year after putting up another solid regular season; tweaks were made to sew up the loose ends on the team’s defensive...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 16, 2010 | Jason Bay, New York Mets, Quick Post
Last week I answered some questions for Scott Wallace at Mets Paradise. You can check them out today. There was some good questions about the roster and a few on front office and the farm system. Of course there was also the obligatory question about Jason Bay and...
