Understanding Sabermetrics: UZR

In the realm of baseball statistics, there aren’t very many metrics that deal with defense. There are even less good ones. The best, so far, is UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating). UZR is expressed as runs earned or lost on defense. For example, if player X had a UZR of 10 in 2009, he would be [...]

Understanding Sabermetrics: wOBA

If you follow baseball you’re bound to run into some advanced statistics, eventually. There are a plethora available, some good, some not so good. One of the best of the good ones is wOBA, developed by Tom Tango.  This article is here to help you understand how wOBA works, and what it means. wOBA stands [...]

Understanding Sabermetric Stats: WAR

By using linear weights to quantify offense and defense, it is possible to determine the value of a player above replacement level. WAR (Wins Above Replacement) is the statistic that represents this idea. It can be expressed in terms of wins and dollar value. There are 6 components of batter’s WAR. The first part of [...]

Is Run Prevention the New Moneyball?

Jack Zduriencik inherited quite a mess when he took over the General Manager for the Seattle Mariners following the 2008 season. He took over a team that won 61 games in 2008. That team was the first team in MLB history to lose 100 games with a $100 million payroll. In one off-season he transformed [...]

Surprise! Sportswriters Get One Right

The Cy Young award winners were announced this week, and as many predicted Zack Greinke won in the AL and Tim Lincecum won in the NL. This shows some forward thinking by the BBWAA, who usually determine the winner of this award by the number of wins and losses a pitcher has and their ERA. [...]

Money Not Well Spent

Vernon Wells signed a seven year $126 million dollar deal in December 2006 coming off a season where he posted an OPS of .899. The move was questionable at the time and it’s looking worse every day. This contract is arguably the worst in all of baseball. If I were the GM of a baseball [...]

Rumor: Kevin Millwood for Milton Bradley

A new rumor has surfaced regarding the inevitable trade of Milton Bradley between the Rangers and Cubs that would send Kevin Millwood to Chicago and Aaron Miles to Arlington along with Bradley.

Question Mark

Mark Derosa, one of the more versatile players in baseball is a free agent this off-season.  He does have value to a team looking for a player that can play anywhere on the field. This could be Derosa’s last chance to get a big pay day before he retires so I don’t see him coming [...]

Sabermetrics Glossary

This is a glossary of Sabermetric terms and statistics. Some of these don’t really apply to fantasy baseball since some include defense or other statistics that really have no bearing on fantasy statistics. Nonetheless, these stats reflect the ever-growing view of baseball thought that emphasizes advanced statistical analysis. A few of these are not specifically [...]

A Plea for Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley has certainly been one of the most controversial Cubs players in recent memory. If you listened to media and fans you would think Bradley is the worst player on the team. If you look deeper into his numbers you would see that Milton was far from the worst player on the team in [...]

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