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  • Fuentes Debunking Saves Singlehandedly
    in FanGraphs by Dave Cameron - 9/17/2009 -  51
    If you ever need to convince someone of the uselessness of the save statistic, make them watch Brian Fuentes pitch. Fuentes leads the major leagues with 41 saves, and is simultaneously on the verge

  • The Rodney/Fuentes Situation
    in RotoGraphs by David Golebiewski - 12/26/2009 -  9
    Speier pulled down $18 million while contributing -0.2 WAR. Brian Fuentes compiled 0.4 WAR in 2009 while making $8.5M. He'll earn $9M in 2010, and has a $9M vesting option for 2011. Fun fact: Donnelly

  • Was Fuentes's Move a Balk?
    in FanGraphs by Jack Moore - 6/24/2010 -  58
    govern." With that in mind, let's take a look at another play from the Dodgers-Angels game from last night: Brian Fuentes's pickoff of Matt Kemp in the top of the 9th inning. Watch the video here

  • FanGraphs Audio: In the Clubhouse w/ Brian Fuentes
    in FanGraphs by Carson Cistulli - 5/3/2012 -  3
    Episode 176 David Laurila, curator of FanGraphs’ Q&A Series, asks left-handed Oakland A's reliever Brian Fuentes to respond to notable quotations of famous French general Napoleon Bonaparte

  • Anchoring Miguel
    in FanGraphs by Eric Seidman - 9/15/2008 -  4
    is doing. It is with this in mind that I bring up Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers, the offensively-talented youngster that is usually thought of as a force to be reckoned with when he steps up to the plate

  • Four Degrees of Miguel Batista = Miguel Batista
    in NotGraphs by Jeremy Blachman - 4/24/2012 -  5
    As I notice that 41-year-old Miguel Batista started the first game of yesterday's Mets-Giants doubleheader... Batista's first game was as a member of the Pirates in 1992, where he pitched two

  • Miguel Olivo Hulk Smash
    in NotGraphs by Eno Sarris - 5/1/2013 -  5
    Miguel Olivo thought his bat could have done a better job Tuesday, so he told him so. Apologies to Carlos Perez, but Brian Wilson's feedback to the water cooler on July first, 2011

  • The Rather Prepossessing Miguel Batista
    in NotGraphs by Dayn Perry - 7/8/2012 -  11
    When you lay rheumy eyes upon Miguel Batista's abovely pictured Gentleman's Ensemble, the first words upon your lips -- upon them like libidinous kisses from Joan Collins and Adrienne Barbeau

  • Merry Dissmas, Miguel Batista
    in NotGraphs by Carson Cistulli - 3/21/2011 -  1
    , concerning Miguel Batista's fastball velocity (or lack thereof). Regard: Inspired choice by Mr. Desmond, I think, to go with Iowa there. Everyone knows that Miss California generally brings

  • A New Low for Miguel Cabrera
    in FanGraphs by Jeff Sullivan - 5/20/2013 -  53
    is that Miguel Cabrera clubbed three dingers. That sort of game for Cabrera shouldn't come as a surprise, but it's a bigger surprise than the Rangers beating the Tigers. Cabrera's individual effort has

  • Projecting Both Miguel Tejada's
    in FanGraphs by Eric Seidman - 7/23/2008 -  2
    One of the odder stories this season was the revelation that former MVP shortstop Miguel Tejada is actually two years older than the public had been to led to believe. Despite the questionable

  • Miguel Olivo's Hat Trick
    in FanGraphs by R.J. Anderson - 9/4/2009 -  10
    There’s an old saying about patience being a virtue. Over the years we’ve established that possessing plate patience is a virtue too, one that some players, like Miguel Olivo undoubtedly lacks

  • More on Miguel Batista
    in NotGraphs by Jeremy Blachman - 4/26/2012 -  1
    I did not expect the deluge of e-mail I received following my Miguel Batista piece on Tuesday. (Okay, it was one e-mail.) Jon Daly of the excellent Designated Sitter blog linked me to his

  • Miguel Cabrera's Best
    in FanGraphs by R.J. Anderson - 7/2/2010 -  56
    The 2009 season ended poorly for Miguel Cabrera. An arrest and the Tigers’ collapse coincided with the worst month of his season which wasn’t all that poor by anyone else’s standards. The dialect

  • The Padres and Miguel Tejada
    in FanGraphs by R.J. Anderson - 7/20/2010 -  17
    Padres’ beat writer Corey Brock tweeted yesterday afternoon that the team has interest in Miguel Tejada. Truthfully it’s hard to understand why. Tejada could potentially take third base or maybe

  • The Legend of the Legendary Miguel Cairo
    in FanGraphs by Matt Klaassen - 2/15/2013 -  16
    The impossible finally happened. Miguel Cairo retired. Cairo hung on for 17 seasons -- he made his debut the season after Mariano Rivera. One would be hard-pressed to find one season in which he

  • Miguel Cabrera's Trade Value
    in FanGraphs by Matt Klaassen - 11/24/2009 -  51
    Miguel Cabrera getting a first place MVP vote is pretty silly. That said, as a player, dude is awesome. He's not Keith Hernandez with the glove or Willie Wilson on the basepaths, but in case you

  • Miguel Cabrera's MoTown Hacking
    in RotoGraphs by David Golebiewski - 12/3/2008 -  0
    Since bursting onto the scene as a precocious 20 year-old and helping the Florida Marlins capture a World Series title in 2003, Miguel Cabrera has remained an offensive powerhouse. A career .309/.381

  • Miguel Cabrera Strikes Back
    in FanGraphs by R.J. Anderson - 6/18/2009 -  12
    Sometimes trades fail to work out immediately. Dave Dombrowski traded the farm prior to the 2008 season for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis – the perceived final pieces of a championship puzzle

  • The Miguel Tejada Trade
    in FanGraphs by Eno Sarris - 7/30/2010 -  9
    In the blockbuster to end all blockbusters, the San Diego Padres acquired Miguel Tejada for double-A pitcher Wynn Pelzer on Thursday night. Damn hot tub, it’s not 2004 any more, and now this is more

  • Introducing Miguel Angel Sano
    in FanGraphs by R.J. Anderson - 6/11/2009 -  6
    Now that Strasburg-mania is cooling down, the next top amateur player will find out his destination over the next month. 16-year-old shortstop Miguel Angel Sano has been profiled heavily over

  • Estimating a Miguel Montero Extension
    in FanGraphs by Carson Cistulli - 1/31/2012 -  6
    Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero narrowly avoided his arbitration hearing today, agreeing with the club to a one-year, $5.9 million deal for 2012 -- i.e. Montero's last year of team

  • Haunting Miguel Cabrera
    in NotGraphs by Robert J. Baumann - 11/19/2012 -  2
    to be fit and so I eat good things. Lean meats, raw vegetables or steamed ones, mango smoothies, many fruit smoothies -- sometimes one cookie at night if I hit a homerun. A cookie per homerun, Miguel, I tell

  • The Unassuming Miguel Montero
    in RotoGraphs by Howard Bender - 11/14/2012 -  1
    in the business, I'll stick with Zach Sanders' Catcher End of Season Rankings and scroll on down to a personal favorite of mine, at number seven, Miguel Montero. If you've owned him at any point over the last

  • Miguel Cabrera and Intentional Walks
    in FanGraphs by Dave Cameron - 9/15/2010 -  87
    the field for the first five months of the season, leaving no real argument for anyone else. Now, though, as he stands on the sidelines, people have begun to make a case for Miguel Cabrera. Since most

  • Diamondbacks Extend Miguel Montero
    in FanGraphs by Eric Seidman - 5/28/2012 -  12
    The Diamondbacks signed Miguel Montero to a five-year, $60 million extension over the weekend. The richest deal in Diamondbacks franchise history effectively keeps Montero in Arizona for the rest

  • Miguel Batista on Literary Theory, by Memory
    in NotGraphs by Eno Sarris - 7/2/2012 -  3
    [All quotes are approximate, the recorder was not running for this one.] Me: Hey Miguel what are you reading. [Hands me Lost Angel in Spanish] Me: I have no Spanish -- something about

  • Slideshow: Miguel Sano Is Too Big
    in NotGraphs by David G Temple - 3/21/2013 -  15
    Nineteen-year-old Miguel Sano was drafted signed as a shortstop. He was then seen as oversized for that position, so he was moved to third base. As the above photo -- where he is compared

  • Miguel Sano is Too Big
    in NotGraphs by David G Temple - 3/21/2013 -  0

  • Miguel Cairo Falls Prey to The Move
    in NotGraphs by Patrick Dubuque - 8/24/2012 -  6
    never tried it against Miguel Cairo. From last night's Reds-Phillies game, bottom of the ninth, man on first: Your browser does not support iframes. There's just so much happening in those first

  • Seriously, Someone Voted For Miguel Cabrera?
    in FanGraphs by Dave Cameron - 11/23/2009 -  148
    For Jon Heyman and the rest of the reactionary "Keith Law should lose his ballot" crowd, I present the following comparison between Joe Mauer and Miguel Cabrera. Singles: Mauer +2 Doubles

  • Miguel Olivo Is Happy August Is Over
    in FanGraphs by Matt Klaassen - 9/3/2010 -  8
    Miguel Olivo is having a nice season at the plate (if you believe in defensive metrics for catchers, he's also having a good season behind the plate, but this post is about offense) for the Colorado

  • Reports From Instructs: Miguel Sano
    in FanGraphs by Kiley McDaniel - 12/31/2012 -  18
    competition so the most entertaining Twins prospect to watch was Miguel Sano. Sano has had plenty of fanfare himself after he signed for $3.15 million as a 16-year-old in 2009 after highly contentious

  • Miguel Cairo Proves Useful for the Reds
    in FanGraphs by Joe Pawlikowski - 8/3/2010 -  6
    Chris Heisey (6.6 wRAA), Ryan Hanigan (4.3 wRAA), and Miguel Cairo (4.0 wRAA). These players have played an important complementary role on offense, bringing above-average production to supplement

  • Miguel Montero and the Victor Martinez Contract
    in FanGraphs by Matt Klaassen - 3/30/2012 -  15
    Contract extension talks between catcher Miguel Montero and the Arizona Diamondbacks reportedly ended without a resolution this spring. Montero is said to be looking for something like the four-year

  • Miguel Cabrera Gets Robbed: A Tale of Consequences
    in FanGraphs by Jeff Sullivan - 9/27/2012 -  55
    out, is embeddable, owing to MLB.com's Keep-'Em-Guessing embeddable video policy. That's Alex Gordon going up and taking a home run away from Miguel Cabrera. While this home run would've broken

  • HitTracking Miguel Olivo's Raburn-Aided Home Run
    in NotGraphs by Jack Moore - 4/27/2011 -  6
    In case you missed it, Miguel Olivo hit what will surely be in the running for Funniest Homer of 2011 in yesterday's Mariners/Tigers game. You can check the video here. Of course, when it comes

  • Armchair Zone Rating: Miguel Cabrera on Sunday
    in FanGraphs by Carson Cistulli - 6/25/2012 -  33
    innings one and six, neither left the infield -- and, notably, both were hit in the direction of third baseman Miguel Cabrera. Detroit's decision to field a number of defensively challenged players

  • Miguel Cabrera's Armchair Zone Rating: Results
    in FanGraphs by Carson Cistulli - 6/26/2012 -  43
    in the direction of Miguel Cabrera, who is generally speaking considered to be something of a defensive liability at third base. With that in mind, I provided video footage of the two hits -- a bunt single

  • Miguel Cabrera and Jonathan Papelbon: Baseball Play Analysis
    in FanGraphs by Jeff Sullivan - 2/25/2013 -  23
    into. But even meaningless baseball can generate baseball highlights. It's been a long time since we were given fresh, new baseball highlights, and earlier Monday, Miguel Cabrera did a mean thing

  • Red Sox, Padres Win the Miguel Cabrera Trade
    in FanGraphs by Joe Pawlikowski - 11/15/2010 -  20
    , where the Marlins were dangling Miguel Cabrera, who would be 25 years old in 2008. After doubling payroll from 2006 to 2007, the Marlins clearly had no intentions of raising it again. And so

  • Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera, and Measuring Value
    in FanGraphs by Dave Cameron - 9/19/2012 -  275
    it hard to put together any kind of realistic argument for a non-Trout candidate. However, Miguel Cabrera is having a monstrous September, hitting .373/.426/.797 over the last couple of weeks

  • Totally Unaltered Tweet: Miguel Cabrera on the MVP
    in NotGraphs by Carson Cistulli - 11/15/2012 -  8

  • Daily Notes: Miguel Tejada Signs Mostly Major-League Deal
    in FanGraphs by Carson Cistulli - 1/2/2013 -  13
    Table of Contents Here's the table of contents for today's edition of Daily Notes. 1. Assorted Headlines for the Baseball Enthusiast 2. Graphs: Miguel Tejada's Career in WAR 3. SCOUT