November 22, 2009
Order Now The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010 is now in development and will ship in mid November! This year's book will feature articles by THT's staff as well as Bill James, Tom Tango and Craig Wright. If you use this link to purchase the Annual, you will be in the first group to receive it and you'll be supporting THT. Most Recent Comments
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Saturday, May 31, 2008Reliever BABIPPizza Cutter finds that Troy Percival has a career BABIP figure below average. Supposedly, this rocks the common wisdom, but elite relievers have always had a relatively low BABIP. Check out Mariano Rivera's career BABIP someday (okay, I'll tell you. It's .268. Usually, BABIP is around .290). Or read this article of mine from a few years ago (relevant point at the bottom). Friday, May 30, 2008The sweet spotLuke Scott gives Tyler Kepner a vivid demonstration of how small the "sweet spot" is. (Hat tip: Alex) The Padres’ draftSpeaking of the draft, Paul DePodesta checks in with his first overview of how the Padres go about setting their draft priorities. This is pretty basic stuff ("we have scouts and crosscheckers...") but it's still good information. And DePodesta says that more details will be posted soon. Prospect Profile: Pedro AlvarezSaber Scouting is gearing up for the draft big time. Here's an in-depth look at #2 prospect Pedro Alvarez. EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about Alvarez... Location, locationI'm catching up on old articles on PITCHf/x-related topics, and I came across a couple of real gems from Jonathan Hale over at Baseball Digest Daily. Back in March he published two studies of results on batted balls based on strike zone location. The first study covers results based on height of the pitch, and the second study covers results based on location across the plate. I highly recommend both articles. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||