Baseball Prospectus Home
OK, so the mistake I made was not reiterating my position on the All-Star voting, and simply including a pointer to last year’s article. Lazy mistake. Here’s the relevant quote: Regardless of how you define the term, though, it seems obvious that this is what the All-Star Game is about: seeing the best players in…
ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE DOING IT "Teams not hitting are the teams not walking. All great hitters wait for their pitch to come to them–Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, [Barry] Larkin. That’s why Larkin always hits .300 and why he always hits well in the clutch." — Bob Boone, Reds manager "I think the main…
I’m a little amazed at the gap between the two leagues right now. I think if you put together a list of the top 50 players in the game, some inordinate percentage of them would be in the NL. This is tempered somewhat by the AL having the two best players in baseball in Pedro…
I spent most of Thursday battling Bay Area traffic, largely because my wife and I had tickets to go catch the Padres/Giants finale out at Pacific Bell Park. Pac Bell is really a great place to see a ballgame, and would pretty much be perfect if it weren’t for the fact that I loathe its…
This week’s question comes from Joel Wirth: Plenty is made about players pre- and post-All-Star Break numbers, but what I’m interested in our "cool" and "hot" weather splits. Who does significantly better/worse in June, July, and August compared to April, May, and September/October? Thanks. Thanks for the question, Joel. We often hear about players who…
Yes, that’s right: All-Stars. A year ago, during the inaugural season of The Daily Prospectus, I explained my rationale for selecting my All-Stars in early June, about a month before the actual teams are announced. I believe the All-Star Game is for the true superstars of the sport, and my selections do not hinge primarily…
When I was growing up in Half Moon Bay, California, I went to school "over the hill" in nearby Belmont (for elementary and junior high) and Atherton (for high school). As a result, I didn’t really know anyone in Half Moon Bay (my friends lived close to school), and spent a lot of time on…
Before the din of their World Championship celebration died down last year, Chris Chambliss was fired from his job as the hitting coach for the New York Yankees. He resurfaced this spring as manager of Florida’s Triple-A team, the Calgary Cannons. Chambliss is probably the most qualified managerial candidate in baseball today, but has yet…
Right now, 30 major-league organizations are making decisions that will impact the success of their franchise over the next few years, and in some cases, for a decade or more. Unlike the football and basketball versions, though, the annual draft of young talent doesn’t receive national television coverage or make men with good hair and…
Part One This continues our update on how the first round of last year’s draft is performing this season. We’re not assigning grades or drawing conclusions. For a look at a draft from a few years out, I highly recommend John Sickels’s piece on the 1996 draft, available from ESPN.com. Billy Traber, Mets. Traber is…