Just an idle thought before we get back to our look at some notable first-half performances…is it possible that interleague play has made it easier for players to skip or be held out of the All-Star Game? The midsummer classic isn’t the only chance to see some of those special matchups anymore, and perhaps the…
It has now been more than two years since we created Pitcher Abuse Points to standardize the measurement of pitcher workloads. By and large, we have been more successful at that goal than we had any reason to expect. Some people in baseball now agree with the notion that limiting pitch counts in an attempt…