ZiPS-a-Dee-Do-Dah
Dan Szymborski is the creator of the ZiPS projection system. Whether you have read his musings on Baseball Think Factory,…
Category: Boston Red Sox
Taking A Look At Keith Law’s Top 100 Prospect List
On Thursday, ESPN analyst Keith Law released his annual ranking of the top 100 prospects in the game. Before ESPN,…
Great Moments in Intellectual Dishonesty
As most of you probably know by now, I love to read baseball articles, pick them apart, and respond in kind. …
A Pitch F/x look at Daniel Bard Part 1
I took a look earlier this offseason at why projections and comparables for Daniel Bard should make us optimistic, but there…
Sabermetric Spring Training: FIP
It’s almost Truck day and the Red Sox players are almost ready to get started. What better time to start…
Comparing the AL East Starting Rotations
Going into the 2012 season, the Red Sox’s biggest perceived weakness is their starting pitching. While they have a formidable front…
Are Mike Aviles And Nick Punto Really Going To Be The Starting Shortstops?
Well, in a short answer: yes. Unless Ben Cherington knows something that the rest of us don’t (and he just…
Varitek Still “Deliberating”
In case you missed it yesterday as you were preparing to watch what turned out to be the Patriots bonecrushing and entirely depressing loss…
Sox Unlikely to Add a Starter, Is the Rotation Good Enough?
Can the Red Sox starting rotation hold up in 2012? Find out by watching every Red Sox game in 2012…
Aceves Signs, Ortiz Still Pending
According to Peter Abraham (by way of Nick Cafardo) of the Boston Globe, the Red Sox and Alfredo Aceves have…