Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Sometimes we don’t appreciate what we have even when it’s right in front of us. Despite Julio Franco having a long Major League Baseball career and the majority of that career taking place during my formative baseball watching years I never realized how great of a player he actually was. It wasn’t until recently that […]
Josh Norris – Baseball America ($): The majority of people have been clamoring for an automated strike zone in Major League Baseball for a while now. It will happen eventually, but I don’t think all the people shouting “robo umps now” quite realize the issues that still plague any automated system. A delay in the […]
Baseball Prospectus – Craig Goldstein ($): Baseball executives love to talk about financial flexibility. They peddle that term as if it means they are positioning themselves to spend big money when it counts. As these past two offseasons have shown that isn’t the case. Financial flexibility simply means saving as much money as a team […]