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The Two Hugheses

Jay Jaffe — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:31:25 +0000

As promised, my Pinstriped Bible debut is up. In it, I break down some Pitch f/x data on Phil Hughes in an attempt to see what he’s doing differently of late than he was before, using his late-June skipped start as the dividing line: GS IP/GS K/9 HR/9 HR/FB GB/FB BABIP ERA FIP Thru June ...

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Friday’s Child: Headshots and Coups de Grâce

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:03:16 +0000

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve once again been invited to appear on the Fox 5 Sports Extra with Duke Castiglione. It’s the second time this season I’ve done so; I joined him back in March, where I got to show off the latest copy of the Baseball Prospectus annual. The spot airs Sunday at ...

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Dodger Deadline Dealings

Jay Jaffe — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:34:31 +0000

Well, the Dodgers pulled off a deadline deal with the Cubs, acquiring Ted Lilly, Ryan Theriot and $2.5 million in exchange for Blake DeWitt and two low-minors pitching prospects, Brett Wallach and Kyle Smit. Regardless of whether the latter duo pans out (Wallach ranked as the #20 prospect in this year’s Baseball America Prospect Handbook, ...

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Whole Lotta Jay

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:13:30 +0000

It’s been a big day — a big week — for me at Baseball Prospectus, with the Replacement-Level Killers piece on Tuesday, the NL Hit List on Thursday, and then a double dip today featuring the AL Hit List and a piece comparing Tim Raines’ Hall of Fame case to that of Andre Dawson, who’s ...

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Here Come the Replacement-Level Killers

Jay Jaffe — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:51:04 +0000

It’s that time of year again: When it comes to playoff races, every edge matters. Yet all too often, managers and GMs fail to make the moves that could help their teams for reasons rooted in issues beyond a player’s statistics, allowing sub-par production to fester until it kills a club’s post-season hopes. Back in ...

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Gearing Up for the Second Half

Jay Jaffe — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:55:28 +0000

It’s been a rough whirlwind of a week in Yankeeland, not only with the passing of Bob Sheppard but also the Big Boss Man, George Steinbrenner, but as the second half dawns, things are looking up in terms of their on-field situation. I’ve got a pair of pieces up at Baseball Prospectus and ESPN Insider ...

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Testing a few things

Jay Jaffe — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:21:21 +0000

Most of the handwringing regarding the Sox’s slow start boils down to concern about Ortiz, who’s in the final year of a four-year, $52 million deal. It took just two games and seven futile at-bats before the calls for his benching began, and at this writing he’s now 6-for-41 with 17 strikeouts and zero homers; ...

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Jay Jaffe — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:28:23 +0000

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Clayton Kershaw: TMI

Jay Jaffe — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:06:00 +0000

Behind the subscription wall, our partners at ESPN Insider have launched a new blog called TMI (The Max Info). Baseball Prospectus is contributing to it, as are writers from Fangraphs, Tom Tango from the Inside the Book blog, and folks from within ESPN’s Stats and Info department, a couple of whom I had the pleasure ...

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The Sausage Factory

Jay Jaffe — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:12:00 +0000

If you’re wondering how the sausage that is the Baseball Prospectus annual gets made, editor Steven Goldman explains it in his latest chat: Nick (Manhattan): I’m curious about the annual. Did Joe Sheehan contribute? And are the authors cited at the end of team sections so that we know who is writing what? I’ve always ...

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