As the sad tale of Nick Johnson shows, a high on-base percentage doesn’t help unless you can stay in the lineup
Non-roster invitees are swarming to spring training, but do these players ever pan out? Ben looks for an answer in the best of last season’s NRI crop
How can we reconcile Oakland’s Yoenis Cespedes signing with the team’s latest rebuilding efforts and its surplus of Stepford outfielders?
Why have two of the top 30 position players since 1950 been ignored by BBWAA voters and bloggers alike?
Are the super-agent’s statistics damned lies? And is he any more credible if he’s technically telling the truth?
Why the next big step for baseball teams might not be learning something new, but making better use of the information they already have.
Assessing whether the AL got stronger this offseason, evaluating extensions for Tim Lincecum, Brandon Morrow, and Mike Morse, and tackling Toronto’s moves for Francisco Cordero and Omar Vizquel.
Proposing a new way to settle an old debate about which players get too much attention and which are overlooked.
Disc injuries are difficult to prevent, but their long-term prognosis is positive.
Taking a look at an injury being treated in-season more often thanks to improvements in surgical techniques.
The Rangers make it official with Yu Darvish, the A’s hope for another surprising season out of Bartolo Colon, the Diamondbacks bring back Joe Saunders, and the Rockies allow us to hope for more Jamie Moyer.
A look at the annual spike in interest in Jack Morris, with an assist from Google Trends.
As new technology continues to change how we evaluate players, Jorge Posada’s Hall of Fame case might hinge as heavily on what we don’t know about him as what we do.
Catching up with the surgeries on and recoveries of Nick Markakis, Alex Rodriguez, Ian Kinsler, Jason Castro, Al Alburquerque, and other players.
Examining a potentially career-ending, difficult-to-diagnose injury that most commonly affects pitchers.
Two teams commit less cash and fewer years by avoiding bigger names, as the Reds ink Ryan Madson and the Rays sign Luke Scott.