Slightly Better than Replacement Level
A week ago the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball’s (NPB) Central League (JPCL) signed Trevor Bauer. This isn’t a Transaction Analysis or a look at Trevor Bauer the pitcher. I don’t care about either of those elements. The BayStars could have signed Bauer for $1 and I would still say they were a […]
The end goal of every baseball team should be to win, I think that the majority of us can agree on that point. These days in Major League Baseball it doesn’t always seem like that’s what most teams are doing. Every day we are inundated with sound bites from one team or another’s front office […]
Evan Drellich – The Athletic ($): Rob Manfred doesn’t seem to care for baseball all that much, but as Major League Baseball’s Commissioner he does the job that the owners want him to do. Never has this been more clear than him using the ability of Minor League Baseball players to earn a living wage […]
Ever since the moment I finished reading The Only Rule Is It Has to Work I knew that it was my favorite baseball book I’d ever read. It approached the game of baseball in a way I can relate to and asked the questions that I want to see asked when it comes to strategy […]