Friday Links to Finish Up March
A few links for your Friday ESPN has a front page article on the Nats’ going from being an intriguing playoff pick to a “fashionable” one. You may have think you’ve heard much...
Monthly Archives: March 2012
2012 NL East Rankings Part 2: The Pitchers
Yesterday, we examined the position players for each team in the NL East, giving out 5 points for the best player at each position, 1 point for the worst. Here’s where we stand: SCORE: PHI (28)...
2012 NL East Rankings Part 1: Position Players
It’s time for the annual rankings of the NL East, position by position! This is the very same method to determine playoff odds that some analytic website uses in an alternative universe. The ru...
The Nationals Review Podcast Episode 2
This week Charlie and Colm talk: Nationals Review Episode 2 (click to download podcast) Baseball Prospectus visit Baseball Prospectus topics Best rotations in the league Strasburg best ERA Lannan sti...
What Does Lombardozzi Bring?
The Nats, with Danny Espinosa at 2B and Ian Desmond at SS, have two young middle infielder in their starting lineup. Espinosa is coming off a very good season, with a low AVG but decent OBP and good ...
Another Year, Another CF Question
Time for the annual spring “what the heck is going on in CF?” question. As of right now, it appears the starting center fielder for the Nationals is Roger Bernadina. Or Rick Ankiel. Which...
Lannan and the Trouble with WARP
Baseball Prospectus has a handy dandy little statistic called WARP, which behaves like WAR does everywhere else. But it’s their version of the stat, and you know it’s theirs because of th...
Is Strasburg Really the Best Pitcher in the League?
According to PECOTA, Baseball Prospectus’ prediction system, Stephen Strasburg will have the lowest ERA of any starting pitcher in the league. He isn’t the most valuable starter because t...
The Nats and the Best Rotations
Jay Jaffe over at Baseball Prospectus wrote an article about the top pitching staffs in the NL, but it was focused on the Nats. No, he wasn’t saying Washington had the top staff, although he di...
Baseball Prospectus in DC
The guys from Baseball Prospectus made their annual pilgrimage to Politics and Prose in DC last night, and I went to hear them talk. It is always a fun session because they basically talk about what ...