Overthinking It

Overthinking It: Internet Commenters Try to Trade for Giancarlo Stanton

What the partisan parts of the internet think Miami's young All-Star outfielder is worth.

Overthinking It: Bourn to Be … What?

The market for Michael Bourn has been tepid, and there are few teams that provide a natural fit.

Overthinking It: Handicapping the Injury-Prone Pitchers of 2013

Rich Harden, Scott Kazmir, and Jeremy Bonderman will be back in big-league camps next spring. Which one is the safest best to have something left?

Overthinking It: Remembering Ryan Freel

by Ben Lindbergh 12/23

Former Reds supersub Ryan Freel committed suicide on Saturday. Why does his death hurt more than most?

Overthinking It: The Winter’s Quietest Contenders

by Ben Lindbergh 12/22

Which of last season's contending teams have been least active this offseason, and why?

Overthinking It: The Mike Minor Mystery

by Ben Lindbergh 12/21

How can we tell whether a player's performance improved because he did something different or because he had better luck?

Overthinking It: The Prospects Who Get Traded

by Ben Lindbergh 12/14

Teams know their own prospects best, so should it be a red flag if they're willing to trade a top one? History suggests it is so.

Overthinking It: The Royals, the Rays, and the Problem with Windows

by Ben Lindbergh 12/11

Was the Royals' strategy in their swap of Wil Myers and more prospects for James Shields and Wade Davis based on a broken windows theory?

Overthinking It: Teams That Still Have Holes to Fill

by Ben Lindbergh 12/07

What work is still left to be done for some of baseball's playoff contenders?

Overthinking It: How Will Josh Hamilton Age?

by Ben Lindbergh 11/29

The top free agent outfielder has a hitting style that should scare teams considering buying his mid-30s.

Overthinking It: The Art of NPB Scouting

by Ben Lindbergh 11/26

Forecasting Japanese imports provides particular challenges, which teams will try to adjust for this offseason.

Overthinking It: Why Justin Upton is Always About to Be Traded

by Ben Lindbergh 11/20

It's a lot of fun to talk about Justin Upton being traded, which might be why reporters talk about it so much, and it might be why Kevin Towers talks about it so much.

Overthinking It: All Quiet on the Free Agent Front

by Ben Lindbergh 11/19

Despite many factors pointing toward increased spending, baseball's salaries haven't seemed much more inflated this winter.

Overthinking It: The Moves Alex Anthopoulos Made Before the Blockbuster

by Ben Lindbergh 11/14

Deals like this week's blockbuster are rare for any team. What are the day-in, day-out moves that Alex Anthopoulus has tended to make, and is likely to continue to make, to finish building a contender?

Overthinking It: The 50-Run Receiver

by Ben Lindbergh 11/13

Is Jose Molina a stealth MVP candidate? Ben looks for photographic evidence.

Overthinking It: Why Nobody Gets Caught Stealing

by Ben Lindbergh 11/08

Catchers can't throw anyone out anymore. Why is that, and should we be worried?