Headlines for March, 2008

Huston Street: Blown Save Cause for Concern?

Street is in any discussion with the games best relievers. But his fly ball percentage has increased each of the last three seasons: 2005 2006 2007 39% 42% 45% Which is responsible for the increase in his HR/9 allowed: 2005 2006 2007 0.34 0.51 0.90 According to fan graphs, he's lost some velocity as well; averaging 90.4 MPH on his fastball in 2007, down from his career 91.1 average. MPH data, and the conclusions that [read more...]

Whats the Deal With Ryan Zimmerman?

It only took Zimmerman 269 MiLB PAs to earn a Sept. call up, after being lured away from UV with a $2.9M signing bonus in 2005. Given his outstanding college resume, and his dominance in the Eastern League (a league known for its difficulty against batters) expectations were very high on the 20 year old prospective star. In his '06 rookie season, [read more...]

2008 NFL Expert Picks, Predictions and Fantasy Football Notes - AFC West

If you were like me and you watched your NCAA bracket disintegrate to nothing this weekend then you will welcome a little NFL talk. And today, it is time for you and I to explore the AFC West. My prediction for this division seems pretty cut and dry - as far as the winner goes anyway - but after that I [read more...]

Interview With Voros McCracken

Voros McCracken has consulted with the Boston Red Sox front office, and won a World Series during his time with the team. He revolutionized pitcher evaluation methodology by discovering Defensive Independent Pitching Statistics (DIPS) in 1999. Currently he is writing columns for the fine Baseball Digest Daily. Q. Can you share three things about yourself people probably don't know? A. One, I [read more...]

2008 NFL Expert Picks, Predictions and Fantasy Football Notes - AFC North

With the AFC East taken care of, it is time to move on to the AFC North. I was a little surprised there weren’t any Jets fans giving me hell for picking the Bills ahead of them. But, perhaps its early or, perhaps they know I’m right. This week I suspect I will get a little flack from a very loyal, [read more...]

The Story of an Effective Player Prognosticator

You get home from a long days work; turn on your computer, and visit your league page… Awesome! Just what you wanted to see: via the league announcement you made yesterday; you now have trade feedback. There's several offers that look solid on the surface, but you want to do some further investigating before making any decisions. You open up your reliable Google [read more...]

2008 NFL Expert Picks, Predictions and Fantasy Football Notes - AFC East

I know, I know, it is only March. But damn it, predictions is what I do. I am going through a bit of withdrawal here, so humor me. Besides, this is a much more fun way to explore what’s been happening in free agency. So here we go. Today I am starting a series of posts outlining my predictions for each [read more...]

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