http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:00:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're going to take a pause for the holiday weekend and finish off the top ten on Monday, but wanted to give you guys a chance to see the list up through #11 in one big post. Feel free to put your guesses for the top ten in the ... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/mlb-trade-value-08-11-50-recap/ A conundrum is loosely defined as anything that puzzles... so it makes perfect sense to use the term when describing the anomaly present in the ERA and FIPs of both Carlos Zambrano and Jeremy Bonderman. We've written about pitchers either outperforming their FIP or failing to live up to ... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-zambranobonderman-conundrum/ Continuing on in the week long series on the 50 most valuable assets in major league baseball. If you missed the introduction, it can be found here. Ranking, Player, Position, Franchise, 2006-2008 WPA/LI 15. Joe Mauer, C, Minnesota, 6.09 WPA/LI 14. Brandon Webb, RHP, Arizona, 8.14 WPA/LI 13. Cole Hamels, LHP, Philadelphia, ... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/mlb-trade-value-08-11-15/ Brewers prospects such as Mat Gamel and Matt LaPorta get a great deal of attention, and deservedly so. However, the Brewers have a few 'B-level prospects' that are intriguing, including Michael Brantley and Cole Gillespie. Brantley is interesting because he is a 'small ball' player who has actually embraced the role. ... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/b-is-for-brewers-and-prospects/ Back on April 22, I wrote a post titled "Nasty Nate McLouth", dissecting the hot start of the Pirates outfielder. He had a ridiculously high BABIP at the time which led to quite the inflated slash line. Additionally, while sustaining a very similar walk rate he had drastically ... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/nasty-nate-revisited/ Continuing on in the week long series on the 50 most valuable assets in major league baseball. If you missed the introduction, it can be found here. Ranking, Player, Position, Franchise, 2006-2008 WPA/LI 20. Ryan Braun, LF, Milwaukee, 5.05 WPA/LI 19. Jose Reyes, SS, New York Mets, 3.40 WPA/LI 18. Russell Martin, ... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/mlb-trade-value-08-16-20/ Continuing on in the week long series on the 50 most valuable assets in major league baseball. If you missed the introduction, it can be found here. Ranking, Player, Position, Franchise, 2006-2008 WPA/LI 25. Chad Billingsley, RHP, Los Angeles, 2.03 WPA/LI 24. Josh Beckett, RHP, Boston, 6.22 WPA/LI 23. Scott Kazmir, LHP, ... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/812/ Jeremy Jeffress has one powerful arm. Unfortunately, he also allegedly has one powerful love of... '90s Cypress Hill music, shall we say, which has resulted in more than one suspension from baseball and the Milwaukee Brewers. The right-hander was originally drafted 16th overall in the 2005 draft out of a ... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/a-fat-dose-of-the-good-speed/ In case you have not yet heard, the Phillies optioned struggling starter Brett Myers to Triple-A Lehigh Valley yesterday. The move followed a very disappointing more-than-start to this season in which expectations were quite high. In light of this development I decided to take off my unbiased analyst ... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/mishandled-myers/ Continuing on in the week long series on the 50 most valuable assets in major league baseball. If you missed the introduction, it can be found here. Ranking, Player, Position, Franchise, 2006-2008 WPA/LI 30. Prince Fielder, 1B, Milwaukee, 7.32 WPA/LI 29. James Shields, RHP, Tampa, 3.20 WPA/LI 28. Geovany Soto, C, Chicago ... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/808/