Tools of Ignorance

Tools of Ignorance: Cornered

by Jeff Quinton 1/13

Is there an inefficiency to be exploited by taking so-so center fielders and playing them in a corner?

Tools of Ignorance: Showalter, Decisions, and Regrets

by Jeff Quinton 10/06

How will Tuesday affect the decisions of Buck Showalter moving forward?

Tools of Ignorance: The Trades Remain the Same

by Jeff Quinton 8/18

Practically every major trade in baseball fits into the same mold. Why isn't there more variety?

Tools of Ignorance: Why Was Chapman So Expensive?

by Jeff Quinton 8/15

The Cubs are a well-run organization who, relative to other buyers this summer, seemed to overpay for Aroldis Chapman. Do we need to reframe their choice?

Tools of Ignorance: Is Now the Time to Sell?

by Jeff Quinton 6/30

Why do teams almost always wait until late July to make significant trades?

Tools of Ignorance: The Team-Mandated Player Opt-Out

by Jeff Quinton 5/26

Within an unusual and thought-provoking trend, there is an extremely unusual and extremely thought-provoking subtrend.

Tools of Ignorance: The Somewhat Dubious Outlook For the Next Generation of Rebuilds

by Jeff Quinton 5/04

Is the #process going to suffer the same fate as every other broadly embraced tactic?

Tools of Ignorance: The Dodgers’ Breakable Rotation

by Jeff Quinton 3/04

Finding the "pitcher" in "fragile pitcher"

Tools of Ignorance: Forget It, Jake

by Jeff Quinton 2/08

It's Unconvincingstrategyinlastplacetown.

Tools of Ignorance: Behavioral Economics and the Rise of the Player Opt-Out

by Jeff Quinton 12/28

Forget whether they're good or bad for teams. Why have players and teams suddenly agreed to so many of them?

Tools of Ignorance: Non-Strategies, Ben Cherington’s Job, and the Cole Hamels Trade Market

by Jeff Quinton 10/06

GMing when everybody is doing the same thing.

Tools of Ignorance: The San Diego Hedgehogs?

by Jeff Quinton 4/20

Rethinking one man's assessment of the Padres' offseason brilliance.

Tools of Ignorance: Pitfalls of the Arb-Year Buyout

by Jeff Quinton 4/08

Are clubs getting the most out of their extension opportunities?

Tools of Ignorance: How are the Phillies Framing the Cole Hamels Decision?

by Jeff Quinton 2/20

Thinking about how the Phillies think about trading Cole Hamels.

Tools of Ignorance: How the Padres Won the Offseason

by Jeff Quinton 2/10

San Diego's big offseason appeared to follow a strategy long prescribed for the amateur draft: Prioritize talent, not need.