Slightly Better than Replacement Level
There aren’t legitimate levels to the various unaffiliated leagues like there are for Minor League Baseball. However, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a general consensus on where unaffiliated leagues would fall on such a level system. There are a few leagues at the very top, right below major league level but clearly better than […]
The past couple of days I have watched games from Taiwan, Panama, Australia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and more. Sometimes I watched whole games, other times I caught a few innings or just an at-bat or two. I watched though, and the reason I watched is that I love baseball. It took me a long […]
Last week’s Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente semifinals featured a couple of blowouts that saw Gigantes de Carolina move past Cangrejeros de Santurce and Criollos de Caguas send Indios de Mayagüez home. LBPRC Wild CardLBPRC Semifinals Caguas and Carolina square off in the championship game with the winner of that moving on to the […]
Allison McCague – Baseball Prospectus ($): Whether you call it the Houston Plan, the Manfred Plan, or some other iteration makes no difference when it comes to Major League Baseball’s proposal to eliminate 42 Minor League Baseball teams. What does matter is that it is a terribly thought out plan that is choosing short term […]
In the 1890s two-way play was just a thing that happened. That’s not to say that it was extremely commonplace, but if you could swing a bat and throw a baseball you could play both ways if you so desired. That’s how baseball ended up with players like Cy Seymour. If they played great or […]