Archive for February 2015

Getting ground balls is definitely a good thing. But does that make a pitcher who gets tons of them a good pitcher?

Sometimes, it makes no sense for a team to add another good relief pitcher.

In part three, we lay out the net value for 2014 draft picks and ruminate on this from both the team and player perspective.

In part two of three, we examine the value each draft pick provides relative to its cost.

In the first part of a three-part series, previous studies to quantify draft pick valuation are updated.

The Tigers have been one of the slowest teams in the game in recent years. Will that change in 2014?

Teams are often lambasted for paying high price tags for “proven” closers. But in some cases, doing so helps teams save a good deal of money.