Overthinking It

Overthinking It: Bartolo Colonoscopy

Does history offer any reason to believe that Bartolo Colon is the solution to the Yankees' dire fifth-starter straits?

Should dedicated pinch-hitters like Matt Stairs be consigned to the Smoky Burgess Shale?

Wrapping things up by running down the National League's best candidates to benefit from hot spring starts.

Running down the American League's best candidates to benefit from hot spring starts.

After going from worst to first, the Rays have hit hardcover, and Ben brings you the verdict.

How often do teams' Opening Day starters live up to their top billing?

A look at our article aging curve and the most prolific authors of BP's past and present.

Grudzielanek's goodbye, and some of the week's other more elusive headlines.

Hunter Pence's payday inspires an argument on who comes in last among the ranks of teams' best players.

Do some teams handle their talented tyros with kid gloves while others let them sink or swim?

Taking a spin through the top-earning agencies as we prepare to put agents and contracts on the player cards.

How many true five-tool players do the major leagues hold?

Applying PECOTA to its namesake reminds us why conservative projections aren't a curse.

Do southpaws really tend to be soft tossers, and if so, why?

What can a middling middle reliever's retirement tell us about the game's recent trends?

Few pitching coaches ever get the opportunity to become major-league skippers.