March 11, 2009
Edison Volquez, right, earned himself a lot of fans in 2008, but his chances for a repeat seem slim at best. The 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit continues as we release more of the Top 10 Lists Fantasy Owners Always Wanted But Were Afraid to Ask For. Today, Alex has his choices for 2009 flops. They were ...
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March 09, 2009
Could Russell Martin benefit from a few more days off? BY TIM McLEOD AND ROTOROB And we’re off! With the release of our catcher rankings, the 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit is officially launched. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be issuing a complete set of cheat sheets with analysis, essays,...
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March 03, 2009
The World Champion Phillies think they will be stronger with Raul Ibanez instead of Pat Burrell in left field. Spring Training is officially underway, and all is right with the world again. That means it’s time for us to step up our baseball coverage, starting with the completion of our free agent...
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February 25, 2009
MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez writes that free agent pitcher Pedro Martinez looked great Tuesday during a simulated game in the Dominican Republic. He's currently gearing up to represent his country during the World Baseball Classic. "Pedro was working really well, he threw the ball like normal...
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February 24, 2009
What a day, especially if you're a prospect nerd. On the same day the Indians held their first intrasquad game, the final World Baseball Classic rosters were announced, AND Baseball America released their top 100 prospects for 2009. The Indians were represented well on both lists. The WBC will featu...
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February 21, 2009
C.C. Sabathia was the ultimate hired gun for the Brewers, and although they really did try to bring him back, the Yanks gave him 161 million reasons to bolt. Spring Training is underway and we’ll have actual boxscores to peruse come Wednesday! How sweet is that? With that in mind, we push forward ...
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February 17, 2009
Manny Ramirez drove the Dodgers to within three games of the World Series, but no one knows whose uniform he’ll be donning in 2009. Alright, the push is on to hammer the rest of these reports out as we gear up for the release of the 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit. If you’ve missed any of the pre...
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January 19, 2009
Don't worry, there is very little math involved this time. For many years, sabermetricians ignored fielding, at least partially because it was so much harder to quantify compared to hitting. The original fielding metric is fielding percentage, (outs + assists)/(outs + assists + errors). That was fin...
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January 07, 2009
Thanks to the hard-working Sky Kalkman over at Beyond the Boxscore, here's a spreadsheet of the Indians 2009 predicted Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Some notes: For hitting and pitching, I used the CHONE projections. On Sky's suggestion, I also used the quick-and-dirty formula (OBP*1.75 + SLG)/3 to ...
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January 06, 2009
Yes, our little Sam is getting married, and strangely, it's NOT to an athlete. Ms. Milano is engaged to (non-sports) agent David Bugliari, so watch your Blackberry Curve for that wedding invite. So it's like, I guess, one of Vincent Chase's hot babes settling down with Ari Gold. Thanks to the San Fr...
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