Slightly Better than Replacement Level
For some time now I have been putting off writing a Transaction Analysis article on César Prieto signing with Olmecas de Tabasco of Liga Mexicana de Béisbol. I kept telling myself I had plenty of time to get to it, especially when it was announced that Prieto would be late in joining his new club […]
Thanks to the Taiwanese government, correctly, locking their country down to better handle a spike in Coronavirus cases I find myself with a little more time to catch up on intriguing Chinese Professional Baseball League stories. At the very top of that list is the performance of the young phenom, Hsu Jo-hsi. In a league […]
I have never claimed to be an expert on Nippon Professional Baseball. I watch a decent amount, but the knowledge I have of the league is usually limited to insights I gain from others that are able to watch far more than me. One thing that has become patently obvious in my seven years of […]
Recently I was listening to the This Week in Baseball History podcast. TWiBH is one of my favorite baseball-related podcasts so it’s not surprising that I was listening to an episode. The guest for this particular episode was Mike Petriello of MLB.com fame. He was on the pod to talk about the stats-driven broadcasts of […]
Con la conclusión de los playoffs de la 60 Serie Nacional de Béisbol de Cuba (SNB), la temporada de béisbol 2020-2021 llegó oficialmente a su fin. Si bien se jugó mucho béisbol y hubo grandes logros, el desempeño de un jugador sobresalió más que el de cualquier otro: La grandeza del diestro abridor de los […]