Pebble Hunting

Pebble Hunting: Fun with 2013 PECOTA Comparables

A guided tour of the sometimes silly, sometimes sensible PECOTA comparables.

In a few weeks, we'll deem one organization's minor-league talent the best in baseball. What will that portend for the team?

The 2013 Tigers will be heavy, slow, and probably bad at baserunning. How much will it hurt them?

Teams that win the World Series tend to bring back most of their players, and the Giants are no exception.

Be there for the rap battle.

The times when pitchers threw way too many balls and not nearly enough strikes.

What happened when pitchers temporarily forgot how to throw strikes last season?

How Mark Reynolds fooled us all.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Most pitchouts aren't very effective. Maybe managers should stop calling for them.

This year's election results didn't bring us any closer to having an inductee for every team. When will the Hall of Fame complete the set?

The intentional balls from 2012 that made throwing intentional balls look like a difficult thing to do.

Age 27 is often thought of as the time when players peak, but sometimes it's just the opposite.

Is it worth paying certain pitchers more for what they do when they're not on the mound?

What can we learn about pitching from FOX Game-of-the-Week scouting reports?

The evolution, or lack thereof, of a pitcher who makes pitching seem simpler than it should be.