My PORBr (posting over replacement blogger as a rate stat) was at an all-star level this week. The scouting report says it’s not just a small sample size fluke, but only time will tell. Here’s are my favorite topics:
- Yankee fielders — Damon’s good, Jeter’s bad, and there’s a nice chart to summarize it all.
- American League polls — AL Cy Young, AL Rookie of the Year, and AL MVP.
- Expert team predictions — I presented VegasWatch’s review of the experts and then ran the same study using Pythagorean wins. For the record, my average error was 5.4 for actual wins and 5.2 for Pythagorean wins. Can I get a job at ESPN?
- My new man-crush team (Tampa Bay) — I outlined a plan for improving the fielding, finding a bullpen, and winning 88 games in 2008. Oh, and there’s something about Barry Bonds in there, too.
- Fielding — Fielding is important; more important than most people realize. There are good ways to measure fielding and we need to throw away the bad ways. As an example, I showed that the difference between a great fielder an awful fielder is the difference between hitting like ARod and hitting like Aubrey Huff.
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Sky is a baseball fan and racket sport afficianado living in upstate NY. His favorite color is orange and is just about ready to give up on his life-long dream to become the next Magnus ver Magnuson (World's Strongest Man). His favorite baseball teams are the Yankees and Red Sox, proving that there's hope in the Middle East.