by darryl johnston | Apr 10, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Murphy, Ian Kinsler, Mike Napoli, Nelson Cruz, New York Yankees, Russell Martin, Texas Rangers
Coming in to 2011, we heard from every pundit with a sabermetric calculator that Clay Buchholz would experience some significant regression this season. In 2010, his ERA well outperformed his xERA and the LOB% and hit rates were were unsustainable. Additionally,...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 6, 2009 | Brad Penny, Game Recap, Ian Kinsler
If Brady Penny is going to be traded then this outing didn’t help the Boston Red Sox front office. Ian Kinsler lined a three-run homer over The Monster in the fifth inning to cap off a four run frame and the Texas Rangers beat Boston, 5-1. Penny suffered his...
by tito crafts | Apr 11, 2009 | Bobby Abreu, Bobby Crosby, Brandon McCarthy, Brian Fuentes, Carlos Silva, Dallas Braden, Dana Eveland, Eric Chavez, Erik Bedard, Ervin Santana, Felix Hernandez, Gary Matthews Jr., Howie Kendrick, Ian Kinsler, Ichiro Suzuki, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jarrod Washburn, Jason Giambi, Jered Weaver, Joe Saunders, John Lackey, Kelvim Escobar, Matt Holliday, Nomar Garciaparra, Vladimir Guerrero
Ok, the season has started. So here is my quick write-up on the AL West, along with very quick predictions for the remaining divisions. LA Angels of Anaheim: 86-76: The one thing that I am not sold on is that a team like the Angels are solely summed up in their run...
by shawn medeiros | Jan 10, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Chase Utley, Chipper Jones, Dustin Pedroia, Ian Kinsler, J.D. Drew, Mark Teixeira
Baseball has forever been a game of statistics and over the past few decades, sabermetrics have taken this passion way beyond batting average and on-base percentage. Growing up, my family always said all you needed to do to be successful was to “build a better...
