Our best guess at 2002’s winners and losers.
National League East First Second Third Fourth Fifth Jeff Bower Braves Marlins Mets Phillies Expos Clay Davenport Braves Mets Phillies Marlins Expos Jeff Hildebrand Braves Phillies Mets Marlins Expos Gary Huckabay Braves Marlins Mets Phillies Expos Rany Jazayerli Braves Phillies Mets Marlins Expos Chris Kahrl Braves Phillies Mets Marlins Expos Mat Olkin Braves Mets Phillies…
We’re proud to present the Baseball Prospectus Top 40 Prospects for 2002, as compiled by Rany Jazayerli. Complete analyses of these players, and more than 1,500 others, are available in Baseball Prospectus 2002. Hank Blalock, 3B, Texas Rangers Josh Beckett, RHP, Florida Marlins Sean Burroughs, 3B, San Diego Padres Nick Johnson, 1B, New York Yankees…
BASEBALL PROSPECTUS 2002 When will I recieve my copy of Baseball Prospectus 2002? –Many People Baseball Prospectus 2002 will arrive in our publisher’s warehouse on Tuesday, February 5. From there, it will be sent to resellers and on to you. To aid in comparison, we’re four days behind the timetable for last year’s book, so…
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN I remember seeing an ESPN report during spring training on Joe Kerrigan’s disdain for the slide step. Instead, the Red Sox use an unusual amount of pitch-outs. How much of a factor do you think this is in Hatteberg’s case? A quick answer might come from looking at the…
Roundup We’ve tabulated this year’s HACKING MASS results, and we’ve got ourselves a winner. Keith Lindahl led his imaginatively named squad to a fantastic 371.76 ESPN to easily capture the 2001 HACKING MASS title. Keith’s winning team is a smorgasboard of stiffness: C Mike Matheny 1B Kevin Young 3B Cal Ripken IF Rey Ordonez OF…
Staff Ballots As many of our readers were submitting their ballots for the Internet Baseball Awards, 13 Baseball Prospectus staffers went into the polling booths themselves, voicing their opinions on who should win the major baseball awards this year. Here are the results: National League MVP Player Ballots (First) Points Barry Bonds 13 (13) 182…
Joe Sheehan Mat Olkin Keith Woolner Jeff Bower Jeff Hildebrand Michael Wolverton Derek Zumsteg Rany Jazayerli Clay Davenport Dave Pease Gary Huckabay Chris Kahrl Greg Spira Joe Sheehan American League MVP 1. Jason Giambi, Athletics 2. Alex Rodriguez, Rangers 3. Bret Boone, Mariners 4. Roberto Alomar, Indians 5. Jim Thome, Indians 6. Edgar Martinez, Mariners…
The Baseball Prospectus staff is divided in their World Series predictions. The only consensus is–and we’re not guaranteeing this, Lou–that the series will stretch into next weekend. Jeff Bower:: Nobody has ever gotten rich picking against the Yankees in the World Series. The advent of the wild card and the expanded postseason means that even…
The Baseball Prospectus staff discussed this week’s playoffs. Mariners/Indians Joe Sheehan: Indians in five. Derek Zumsteg: Okay, I’ll bite–you’re mad. The Mariners have a slightly better offense, a bullpen an order of magnitude better (with Cleveland’s stats including their pre-John Rocker goodness), and a better rotation. The Indians are talking about using a three-man rotation,…
THE DEBATE CONTINUES The Dowd investigation was both sloppy and biased against Rose, and it doesn’t come all that close to proving what it claims to prove. Yes, someone was betting on baseball games. But it easily could have been Paul Janzsen, Rose’s chief accuser making the bets for himself rather than for Rose. Perhaps…
TRANSACTION ANALYSIS For the love of God! Where is Transaction Analysis?!? Please Chris, take mercy on my soul and post a new Transaction Analysis! –AC Well, it should hopefully warm your heart to hear that TA is gearing up for daily coverage of the trading deadline action, starting on Friday. Sorry about the quiet period,…
(Ed. note: The unofficial kickoff to Rumor Week got the staff here at BP riled.) Rany Jazayerli: The following deal is about to take place: Kansas City trades Jermaine Dye to Oakland, which trades Mario Encarnacion, Jose Ortiz, and a pitcher to Colorado, which trades Neifi Perez to… Do I need to finish the sentence?…
With half the season down and the good half to go, the Baseball Prospectus staff has assembled its mid-season awards. Take these with a few grains of salt, and enjoy the second half of the season. (Numbers in parentheses indicate number of ballots on which the player appeared, then number of first-place votes received.) AL…
ON STADIA As you state, prior to 2000 teams that moved into new stadia tended to be good ones. You might check attendance figures for this season at Comerica Park. Granted the weather has not been good, but allowing for unoccupied season tickets counted as attendance, it’s hard to claim that fans are flocking to…
With almost five weeks of baseball behind us, let’s take a look at offense in the major leagues to see what, if any, impact the changes in the strike zone are having. Ball Four and Strike Three First, here’s the basic walks and strikeouts information (through May 2), and the comparable information for April of…