Slightly Better than Replacement Level
I enjoy writing about baseball, it’s my hobby and a way I release stress while also keeping my mind engaged. When I write for Baseball Prospectus or other sites/publications I am getting paid. Still, I don’t need money to write with professionalism. This doesn’t mean I’m not going to write in a manner I find […]
Beth Woerner – Baseball Prospectus: Women’s baseball almost always gets the short shrift. Baseball Prospectus is going a long way towards helping that with a satellite site devoted to statistics from the 2018 Women’s Baseball World Cup. We’re talking real-time info that can tell you spin rates, exit velocities, and more from that year’s tournament. […]
Hannah Keyser – Yahoo! Sports: The Tampa Bay Rays are a good baseball franchise. The Rays have proven themselves to be great at developing prospects and getting the most out of players who floundered with other teams. They win, even when it seems like they shouldn’t win, and they have limited the years in which […]
Daniel R. Epstein – Beyond the Box Score: Women play baseball, that is a simple fact. They play in the amateur ranks and they play professionally, both in their own leagues and in leagues with men. There’s no reason that women playing baseball shouldn’t get more attention, but ultimately the women who do play get […]
Baseball Prospectus – Sydney Bergman and Kiehl Christie ($): I am staunchly pro-labor, anyone who reads my work regularly should be aware of that fact. The Major League Baseball Player’s Association isn’t among the best of unions, and they could stand to learn from other unions. The MLBPA gaining strength and taking back power from […]