When half of your team’s schedule is played in a ballpark that increases run production by fifty percent, the manager has to be able to adjust his thinking to account for that distortion. As the Colorado Rockies’ manager since their inception, Don Baylor has been the only man who has had to operate within this…
The Prospectus Projections Project began last February, when we asked about 40 people to make "human" projections of how 100 hitters and 25 pitchers would perform in 1998. We wanted to see how people would do compared to the computer formulas that appear in such publications as Baseball Prospectus and STATS’ Major League Handbook. In…
ANAHEIM ANGELS Signed INF Andy Stankiewicz to a minor-league contract with a spring training NRI; signed LHP Chris Michalak, RHP Steve Mintz and OF Darold Butler to minor-league contracts. [1/25] Signed LHP Mike Magnante to a one-year contract. [1/26] Just in case you’re wondering, Mike Holtz’ window of opportunity is being shut now that the…