BP begins to roll out its projections and fantasy tools for the 2013 season.
With PECOTA projections for 2013 due out Monday, we take a look back 10 years at the first-ever PECOTA team projections.
We answer your questions about the approaching arrival and rollout of our offerings for early 2013.
Ben and Sam discuss PECOTA’s projections for top draft picks from 2007 and talk about whether FIELDf/x and comparable technologies will ever pose a threat to scouts.
How did PECOTA do in projecting 2007’s big-bonus draftees?
Until recently, Game Two starters Chris Carpenter and Ryan Vogelsong weren’t expected to pitch in the playoffs. Which one does PECOTA prefer?
What we wrote the last time Roger Clemens came back.
Forty notable projection successes and failures from the first half, in haiku form.
Announcing the arrival of in-season projections, updated daily.
The PECOTA cards are here, including 10-year projections and percentiles.
The 2012 PECOTA projections are here, and Colin Wyers explains why looking further into the past makes PECOTA more accurate in predicting the future.
There is enough evidence to perform at least an exploratory empirical analysis of what types of skills are best accentuated by Coors Field.
As pitchers and catchers report to sunny climes this week–soon to be joined by hitters, beer vendors, and spring breakers–much will be made of the battle for the five slots in the New York Yankees’ starting rotation.
In an article that appeared last week on ESPN.com, Peter Gammons provided a list of 20 players whom respondants to an informal straw poll described as candidates for a breakout season. The list, derived from a survey of major league executives, included a mix of pitchers and hitters, five-tool talents and makeup guys, united only in their ability to tease hibernating fantasy leaguers into dreams of greener days ahead.
If one needs any reminder that lists like these are little more than a grownup’s version of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, it’s worth reviewing a similar list that Gammons produced last year.