Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Wilbur Good came up as a pitcher, but he quickly started seeing time in the field, and within a few years was exclusively an outfielder. There aren’t many statistics available for Good’s time spent as a pitcher, so it’s unclear exactly why he gave up throwing the rock so quickly. Still, he did, and within […]
The Negro major leagues never played league schedules as long as what the recognized white major leagues played during the time before integration. This isn’t a bad thing, it just displays how the Negro major leagues operated differently than the white major leagues did. Usually, teams from the Negro major leagues would play longer schedules […]
Unaffiliated baseball in North America (for the purposes of the North American definition used here we are not including Mexico as the various Mexican leagues are part of the Latin American sphere of baseball) can be a bit strange. I don’t mean that in a negative way, but unaffiliated baseball in North America is different […]
Estrellas Orientales steamrolled the competition en route to winning the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana bracket. They advance to the later to be held championship bracket. LIDOM First RoundLIDOM SemifinalsLIDOM Championship This past week Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente opened up their 2019-2020 season and that makes it a good time […]
J.P. Breen – Baseball Prospectus ($): The economics of Major League Baseball can seem daunting at times. A collection of mega-corporations under the umbrella of what amounts to an ultra mega-corporation means there is quite a bit of money at play. Most of that doesn’t matter, because at the end of the day we know […]