Hello everyone, My new website is now up and running at www.mvn.com/mlbinsights I will no longer be posting new articles here, so please direct your valued readership to the new website. Thank you for your support, and the thousands of pageviews I have received in my two months of hosting this blog. Ryan
Archive for August, 2009
The New Website!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Moving To Most Valuable Network
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Most Valuable Network, MVN.com on August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last week I was offered the opportunity to host my blog on the Most Valuable Network (mvn.com), an offer which I accepted. We are in the process of transferring all of my archives and setting up the new website, so until then I will not be posting on here. I have a big study on [...]
How The Save Is Hurting Baseball
Posted in Opinion, Studies, tagged Carlos Marmol, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Joe Nathan, Kevin Gregg, Mariano Rivera, RE24, Save, Todd Jones, WPA on August 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Let me give you the stats of two relief pitchers thus far in 2009. Player 2 appears to be a power pitcher who strikes out his fair share of batters but also has trouble finding the strike zone, while Player 1 looks like a middling reliever who is lucky enough to be a closer. Now [...]
JP Ricciardi Is An Excellent GM And I Have Numbers To Back It Up
Posted in Studies, tagged American League, Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, JP Ricciardi, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Terry Ryan, Toronto Blue Jays on August 2, 2009 | 27 Comments »
With The Jays collapsing this year, and the dangling of Roy Halladay on the trade block, it appears that JP Ricciardi’s days in Toronto could be numbered. Hailed as one of Billy Beane’s golden boys, expectations were high in Toronto when he was hired following the 2001 campaign. Since then, the Jays have had only [...]
MLB Playoff Preview 2009
Posted in Opinion, tagged Playoff Preview on August 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
With rosters pretty much settled for the remainder of the season, here is my prediction for the remainder of the MLB season and the playoffs: American League AL East: Boston Red Sox AL Central: Detroit Tigers AL West: Los Angeles Angels AL Wild Card: New York Yankees ALDS Red Sox d. Tigers Yankees d. [...]
2009 MLB Trade Deadline Recap
Posted in News and Notes, tagged Boston Red Sox, Casey Kotchman, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Washburn, Jerry Hairston Jr., Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Nick Johnson, Orlando Cabrera, Trade Deadline, Victor Martinez on August 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It was a busy day for GM’s yesterday, with several contenders adding key pieces to their post-season drive. Let’s take a look at the moves and the effect I think they will have. Boston Red Sox Acquire Victor Martinez The Red Sox added a big bat in Martinez, while holding onto prized pitching prospect Clay [...]
