Dealing with the New Jacoby Ellsbury

As one of Jacoby Ellsbury’s biggest critics entering 2011 I’ll admit he proved me wrong, but anyone would be hard pressed to find evidence this type of year was coming from him.  The problem now is his value will probably never be higher, but at the same...

Felix Doubront, O-Contact %, and The Change Up

The changeup was nasty. It dropped in like an off-speed dart, hitting the edge of the strike zone as if a painter was adding a precise stroke to his work. This was the out pitch, the one that had hitters swinging at air, the one that had them walking back to the...