One of the central tenets of performance analysis is the idea that position players generally peak between the ages of 25 and 29. The evidence for this is a study initially published in the 1982 Bill James Baseball Abstract There are exceptions, and there is some evidence that players may be peaking later (or declining…
The Pirates continue to astound us with their incompetence. This week, they signed Scott Sauerbeck, the very definition of free talent (he was taken from the Mets via the Rule 5 draft in December of 1998), to a three-year, $2.4-million deal. Although that’s not a lot of money, and we generally advocate locking good young…