Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Nelson Figueroa’s Major League Baseball career was long, but not exactly noteworthy. He spent nine seasons in MLB and by the time he was finished had amassed a career 92 ERA+ and 2.7 rWAR. Like I said, not exactly noteworthy, but Figueroa’s professional baseball career did not begin in 2000 and it did not end […]
For the past few years, a part of baseball has been gnawing away at me. I’ve tried to stifle it, to lock it away and ignore that it is calling to me. Alas, I am weak and keep getting into discussions and arguments related to this part of baseball. I’m not referring to anything torrid […]
A couple of months removed from Major League Baseball’s restructuring of Minor League Baseball the dust has somewhat started to settle. MLB itself has laid bare what the minors are going to look like moving forward. Meanwhile, unaffiliated leagues throughout America have started accepting new member clubs and forming the blueprints for how their leagues […]
Initially, my inclination was to write a Transaction Analysis for Rusney Castillo signing with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. It is, after all, a rather important signing based on Castillo’s pedigree and his status as a Cuban who has not repatriated. For many of the usual reasons the Eagles signing of Castillo is news worth […]
If someone approached you with a stat line that read, “.285/.337/.373 with 737 hits, a career 87 OPS+ and 4.6 rWAR” you probably wouldn’t think much of the guy in question. That’s the reaction I would expect from most folks if they were told Jigger Statz’s Major League Baseball stats line. It’s both unimpressive and […]