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My first run (that I’m willing to talk about) of projections for the coming season is now up on the 2014 Projected Standings tab. They have also been used to create a new Playoff Chances Report. And, of course, the individual projections that go into are available, again on the Projected Standings page. American League … Read more

Looking back on the Hall of Fame issues that came up, I think quite a few of the problems would disappear if they would just have a real election. What, you say they already have one? No, they do not. Maybe I’m being overly pedantic, but an election, to me, is a way of choosing … Read more

The matchups: 246/234 250/244 263/239 253/230 Colon(R) Gray(R) Parker(R) Straily(R) Avila (L) 154/270 255 260 273 263 Fielder (L) 284/282 267 271 285 274 Infante (R) 279/273 246 256 251 242 Cabrera (R) 388/343 309 322 315 303 Iglesias (R) 245/251 226 236 231 222 Dirks (L) 225/250 237 240 253 243 Jackson (R) 240/273 … Read more

Here’s how their hitters and pitchers matched up:   Red Sox 228/255 171/254 245/226 278/272 Moore(L) Price(L) Cobb(R) Hellickson(R) Saltalamacchia(B) 229/299 282 320 Napoli (R) 302/283 296 295 246 296 Pedroia (R) 327/261 321 319 227 273 Middlebrooks(R)274/230 269 268 200 241 Drew (L) 205/304 180 135 286 325 Gomes (R) 277/265 272 271 Ellsbury … Read more

Here’s how their hitters and pitchers matched up:   174/199 271/213 276/238 264/245 Kershaw(L) Greinke(R) Ryu(L) Nolasco(R) McCann (L) 227/307 152 320 241 312 Freeman(L) 285/339 191 353 303 344 EJohnson(B) 216/211 165 220 198 214 CJohnson(R) 338/280 259 229 309 264 Simmons(R) 253/254 194 208 232 239 Gattis(R) 285/268 218 220 261 253 Upton(R) … Read more

Matchup eqas, based on both the hitters and pitchers splits: Wainwright Lynn Kelly Miller Martin          248      256     277   243 Morneau       264      321     286   310 Walker         270      328     291   316 Mercer          220     227     246     216 Alvarez        270      328     291    316 Marte           244      252     273    240 McCutcheon  287      297  … Read more

Same setup as with the Reds/Pirates yesterday. Danny Salazar goes 225 v left, 253 v right, and is RH. Molina (R) 214 v RH, Salazar 253, net .208 Loney (L) 285 v 225 = 247 Zobrist (B) 295 v 225 = 255 Escobar (R) 252 v 253 = 245 Longoria (R) 281 v 253 = … Read more

A very quick look at the Reds/Pirates game tonight. Reds starter Johnny Cueto, this season, had a .207 eqa against left-handed hitters and a .234 eqa against righties. He is himself a RH. Russell Martin, the Pirates catcher, is right-handed, and hit for a .275 eqa against right-handed pitchers. Now, if a hitter with a … Read more

One of the things I do every day is the download from MLB for new players, both new to the majors and to the minors. This guy showed up as new this morning: 639238,2013,”Arredondo, Edgar”,”Arredondo”,”Edgar”,””,”Edgar”,””,569,”TIG”,11,”OOC”,”1″,”47″,””,”R”,”R”,75,192,1997/04/16,”Culiacan Sinaloa, Mexico”,””,”-“,”-“,””,”-“,”-“,”-” Without going through all the codes, this Edgar Arredondo has joined the Tigres of the Mexican League, who … Read more

In case you couldn’t tell, I have been back home for several days (perfect recovery no, but the trajectory is upwards) and the updates have been going out. And I think I may have, finally, tracked down all the stupid errors in my software that came from Houston being in the American League now. We’ll … Read more