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Predictions and Projections

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:34:00 +0000

Happy belated Opening Day! The season is underway, of course, and I’ve been particularly busy finishing up the Fantasy Baseball Index Spring Update series, drafting a fantasy team of my own to compete in the True Blue LA league, and trying to keep my head above water at Baseball Prospectus. For starters, here’s my entry ...

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Happy Opening Day

Jay Jaffe — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:02:00 +0000

A belated Happy Opening Day to you all. I’ve spent much of the past 48 hours half-watching games while I worked against my deadlines, a less-than-entirely satisfying endeavor offset by the fact that at least I was watching real baseball. Sunday night’s Braves-Phillies contest, Monday’s Mets-Reds, Yankees-Orioles and Dodgers-Padres tilts offered their novelties (touted Braves ...

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Rays of Hope

Jay Jaffe — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:11:00 +0000

Back when I was making the rounds to promote Baseball Prospectus 2008, I invariably spent some amount of time discussing our PECOTA projection that calls for the Tampa Bay Rays to win 88 games. Mind you, this is a club that hasn’t topped 70 wins in any of its 10 seasons to date, one that ...

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Prediction Pain, 2008 Edition

Jay Jaffe — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:21:00 +0000

The Baseball Prospectus staff predictions went up over the past weekend, though most of them (including mine) were in the can by Opening Day. Here are the American League ones, and here the National League ones, with the oddball questions as well. My slice of the pie: American League AL East AL Central AL WestYankees ...

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Root for the Rox, Bet on the Sox

Jay Jaffe — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:56:00 +0000

As I did on Opening Day, I awoke at virtually the crack of dawn this morning and did a handful of drive-time radio hits across the country, previewing the World Series for Fox News Radio. Starting at 7:10 AM, without benefit of coffee or an alarm besides the phone (some idiot who shall remain nameless ...

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Open Season (Part I)

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:56:00 +0000

It was often said that Manny Mota could roll out of bed on Christmas Day and get a base hit. On Monday, I discovered that I could roll out of bed on Opening Day and do coherent radio for a couple hours, ten minutes at a time. From 7:30 AM until just before 10:00, I ...

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