The use of a four-man starting rotation was firmly established in the major leagues by 1925. In the 1970s, teams started tinkering with five-man rotations, and by about 1980 all clubs had switched over to it. Last year, Mets’ manager Bobby Valentine implemented a six-man rotation in late-July, which he used up until the last…
CHICAGO WHITE SOX (1998: 861 runs, .269 Equivalent Average) Starters (with projected Equivalent Average) C Mark Johnson .262 or Josh Paul .222 1B Paul Konerko .287 2B Ray Durham .272 3B Greg Norton .251 or Carlos Lee .255 SS Mike Caruso .244 LF Jeff Abbott .269 CF Brian Simmons .245 or McKay Christensen .252 or…
Recently, a reader sent the following to me: Keith — I enjoy your articles, and thought that I would ask you a question that I have never seen answered in all of the mags, books and websites: How does valuation change if you have 11 or 10 (or less) teams instead of the standard 12?…
ANAHEIM ANGELS Optioned INF Nelson Castro to Erie (AA); assigned Ps Mark Harriger and Ramon Ortiz and C Bret Hemphill to extended spring training; assigned Ps Mike Bovee, Mike Butcher, Brian Cooper, Seth Etherton, Lou Pote and Keith Troutman, and C Fausto Tejero to their minor-league camp. [3/10] Optioned CF Norm Hutchins and P Geoff…