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2019 Predictions

Posted in Baseball on March 28, 2019 | 1 Comment »

American League East The Yankees and Red Sox are on equal footing in the East, so just about anything could tip the balance. Boston’s bullpen looks to be its biggest weakness, and a few extra blown saves could make the difference in the division race. The rotation is the Yankees’ Achilles heel, and if Luis […]

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Reexamining the Springboard Effect: Do Exhibition Records Foreshadow the Regular Season?

Posted in Baseball on March 26, 2019 | 1 Comment »

Can anything to be gleaned from team records during the exhibition season? Or, does Opening Day truly wipe the page clean? Conventional wisdom scoffs at those who pay too much attention to spring training games, but maybe a team’s pre-season performance shouldn’t be completely ignored? Distribution of Spring Training and Regular Season Winning Percentage Divergence, […]

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Overextended? Is the Yankees Budget Really Constrained by Need To Sign Young Core?

Posted in Baseball on March 2, 2019 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees’ spending freeze was expected to thaw this winter. With two of baseball’s brightest young stars on the market and reportedly eager to shine in the Bronx, almost everyone assumed at least one would be wearing pinstripes. Conventional wisdom was wrong. In fact, the Yankees didn’t even make a formal offer to Bryce Harper […]

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Solving Baseball’s Free Agency Freeze Requires Addressing a Crisis of Competition

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on February 2, 2019 | 5 Comments »

For the second straight winter, baseball’s hot stove has run cold. With the free agent market in a deep freeze, unthawed by the superstar talent of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, and the game’s former big spenders conspicuous by their inactivity, whispers about pending labor strife have grown louder. Some have even mentioned the “C” […]

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Breaking Down MLB Payroll and Revenue Data (in Tweet Form)

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 11, 2019 | Leave a Comment »

AP has released MLB’s official salary data for 2018, and in many stories there is some conflicting data, particularly with regard to the percentage of revenue allocated to salaries. Following are some clarification and interpretation. You will often see Scott Boras quoted with a claim that players get a mid-40% share, but it seems like […]

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All Isn’t Grand(al) for MLB Free Agents as Crisis of Competition Weighs on the Market

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , , , on January 10, 2019 | Leave a Comment »

Major League Baseball may be in the midst of a free agency paradigm shift, but Yasmani Grandal’s contract is not the tipping point. After the 30-year old catcher signed a one-year deal, instead of the multi-year deal he expected, many have wondered whether this will be the last straw that breaks the back of baseball’s […]

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Robbie’s Return Makes Cents for the Yankees; Reunion with Cano Could Turn Contract Burden into a Bargain

Posted in Baseball on November 28, 2018 | 1 Comment »

Five years after parting, the Yankees and Robinson Cano could be headed for a reunion. The Mariners, who have begun an aggressive tear down, are reportedly eager to shed the $120 million remaining on Cano’s contract, and the Bronx Bombers are one of the teams that has expressed an interest. But, is Cano still a […]

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