March 2012
3 posts
Explaining The Different Sabermetrics
What Sabermetrics Are: Sabermermetrics are advanced stats that measure players more accurately than standard stats. Per say a hitter in Petco Parck hits a ball to the warning track it would be an out most likely but in most other stadiums that ball would be long gone. Sabermetrics would credit the player a home run. BABIP: Batting Average Balls In Play. This stat show what percentage of the time...
Five Trades Still On The Table
1. Gerardo Parra (Ari) for Leonys Martins (Tex), Mike Olt, and a PTBNL This trade would give the Rangers a top defensive outfielder who has some offensive pop in his bat and the move would allow Josh Hamilton to move to center shoring their outfield up and keeping a great defense in the outfield. They would also only part with prospects who would be blocked too. Meanwhile the D-Backs would be...
MLB Realignment and what it would look like.
Everyone knows that MLB has problems with the schedules, division, playoffs; I could go on and on, but I won’t. I have a plan that would fix all MLB has done that is wrong. My plan would hopefully fix all that. Here is my plan: There will be six new divisions to make traveling easier, and two leagues: East and West. Each league will have three divisions. The East divisions will be North...
February 2012
3 posts
Projecting Clayton Kershaw's career.
2012: 19-4 263K 2.28 2013: 24-4 281K 2.27 2014: 26-3 321K 1.99 2015: 18-7 301K 2.09 2016: 14-3 221K 1.72 INJURY 2017: DOES NOT PLAY SURGERY 2018: 14-4 232K 2.41 2019: 15-9 213K 2.32 2020: 18-2 278K 2.22 2021: 23-7 316K 2.01 2022: 12-11 201K 2.55 BATTLING INJURIES 2023: 18-10 222K 2.78 2024: 14-11 202K 2.99 2025: 12-12 200K 3.21...
What to expect from the Red Sox
How will the Red Sox fare this season after losing some key pieces? The Sox offense should be fairly consistent even though it’s lost Scutaro and Reddick. Ross should a nice addition and will allow an old fashioned platoon when he faces lefties while Sweeney faces righties. Around the All-Star break, Kalish could take over the right field job. Ellsbury will have a good season but not one as...
Five More Big Trades That Would Help All Involved
1. Zack Greinke (Brewers) for Bryce Brentz, Henry Owens, and Sean Coyle (Red Sox). This trade would give the Red Sox one of the top pitchers in baseball. Greinke had a league-best 2.60 xFIP. He is by far the most underrated pitcher in baseball. This trade would give the Brewers a helping hand at rebuilding their farm system. The reason they would do this trade is because they will be faltering...
January 2012
3 posts
Eleven Deals That Almost Happened
2010: Zack Greinke (Royals) to the Nationals for Drew Storen, Danny Espinosa, Derek Noris, and Eury Perez This trade would have made the Nationals better than they had ever been before, with a real chance for contention in 2012. Who knows what kind of season Greinke would have had in D.C.! Now the Royals would have a true closer in Drew Storen who would end up being their set-up man for Joakim...
A mock draft of the first 50 people taken
This draft is based off an ESPN standard 4-man league. Albert Pujols, 1B
Miguel Cabrera, 1B
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Matt Kemp, OF
Jose Bautista, 3B/OF
Justin Verlander, SP
Troy Tulowitzki, SS
Robinson Cano, 2B
Clayton Kershaw, SP
Justin Upton, OF
Prince Fielder, 1B
Jacoby Ellsbury, OF
Ryan Braun, OF
Roy Halladay, SP
Carlos Gonzalez, OF
...
A late round steal from every team
This draft analysis is based off an ESPN 4-man league
Bobby Abreu (Angels) 17-22th BNCH
Josh Reddick (Athletics) Not Drafted
Ian Kinsler (Rangers) 6th 2B
Justin Smoak (Mariners) 14-22th UT/BNCH
Paul Konerko (White Sox) 7th UT/1B
Shin-Soo Choo (Indians) 11th 4out
Aaron Crow (Royals) 18th RP/SP
Danny Valencia (Twins) 19th BNCH/3B
Doug Fister (Tigers) 13th 3or4SP
Clay Buchholz (Red...
December 2011
12 posts
Anonymous asked: Thought provoking and very well reasoned posts! I'm impressed (though I don't necessarily agree) with your trade suppositions. After unloading Adrian Gonzalez to get him, the Padres aren't going to give up on Anthony Rizzo that fast, and certainly not for such a small return. Same with BJ Upton. The Rays see him as a potential MVP candidate, so it'll take a lot more than...
Power Ranking Different Aspects of Pitching...
Power Ranking The Best Rotations
Phillies
Giants
Angels
Rays
Tigers
Braves
Brewers
Red Sox
Mariners
Diamondbacks
Nationals
Dodgers
Yankees
Cardinals
Rangers
Blue Jays
Marlins
Reds
Athletics
Indians
Royals
Mets
Padres
Cubs
Pirates
White Sox
Rockies
Twins
Astros
Orioles
Power Ranking Every Teams’ Ace (all teams get one ace except the Phillies) Justin Verlander...
15 Straight-Up Deals Least Dramatic To Most
1. Anthony Rizzo (SD) for Geovany Soto (ChC) This trade would be a major first piece in the Cubs’ quest for rebuilding. Coincidentally, the Cubs’ GM and President were on separate teams last year (Jed Hoyer was on the Padres and Theo Epstein was on the Red Sox), and they made a blockbuster trade involving Anthony Rizzo. Geovany Soto could allow extra time for Yasmani Grandal to make it to the...
Five Trades That Will Make Every Team's Fan Base...
1. Mark Trumbo for Francisco Rodriguez You’re probably thinking right now: “this really favors the Brewers.” Well, it does. But the Angels have too many first basemen already - without Trumbo - so the Angels are looking to trade him. This would help the Brewers obtain a cheap first baseman for the long haul. He and Aramis Ramirez could partially make up for losing Prince Fielder. Thinking ahead,...
Predictions for every team's record next year and...
Regular Season The Detroit Tigers 102-60 1st in AL Central
The Philadelphia Phillies 98-64 1st in NL East
The New York Yankees 97-65 1st in AL East
The Boston Red Sox 96-66 2nd in AL E Wildcard
The San Francisco Giants 94-68 1st in NL West
The Los Angeles Angels 94-68 1st in...
These are five trades that would benefit every...
1. Mark Trumbo for Fransisco Rodriguez You’re probably thinking right now “this really favors the Brewers” well it does but, the Angels have too many first baseman already without Trumbo. So the Angels are looking to trade him. This would help the Brewers get a first baseman who is signed cheap and long term. He, with Aramis Ramirez, could make up partially for losing Prince Fielder. Mark Trumbo...
Predicting the Top Seven Teams Next Year in the...
7. Blue Jays 84-75 For the next few years, the Jays are in good shape. If the Jays sign Prince Fielder, they will jump up on my list, but they haven’t done so, as of this writing. They have a great farm system and a super-star in Jose Bautista, who will have reasonable protection in Brett Lawrie and J.P. Arencibia. The Jays also have a stellar GM in Alex Anthopoulos. 6. Rays 87-73 ...
My Awards For The 2011 Season
MLB Player: Matt Kemp Runner Up: Jacoby Ellsbury MiLB Player: Mike Trout Runner Up: Jose Altuve MLB Pitcher: Justin Verlander Runner Up: Clayton Kershaw MiLB Pitcher: Matt Moore Runner Up: Julio Teheran Closer: Jose Valverde Runner Up: John Axford Relief Pitcher: Eric O’Flaherty Runner Up: Jonny Venters Defensive Player: Jacoby Ellsbury Runner Up: Jeff Francouer Organization: Detroit...
Predictions for top fantasy players next year at...
First Basemen
Miguel Cabrera .329 38HR 116RBI
Adrian Gonzalez .312 31HR 132RBI
Albert Pujols .317 34HR 104RBI
Prince Fielder .298 41HR 119RBI
Joey Votto .319 31HR 108RBI
Paul Konerko .289 29HR 102RBI
Eric Hosmer .301 30HR 87RBI
Mark Trumbo .291 26HR 93RBI
Freddie Freeman .307 21HR 96RBI
Mark Teixeira .270 35HR 101RBI
Second...
Anonymous asked: this is westby will u post predictions for the al east
Ultimate Fantasy Team Next Year
1B: Miguel Cabrera 2B: Dustin Pedroia 3B: Evan Longoria SS: Troy Tulowitzki OF: Jacoby Ellsbury OF: Matt Kemp OF: Ryan Braun OF: Justin Upton OF: Adrian Gonzalez C: Buster Posey 1B/3B: Adrian Gonzalez 2B/SS: Robinson Cano UT: Carlos Gonzalez BNCH: Yadier Molina BNCH: Hunter Pence BNCH: Prince Fielder SP: Tim Lincecum SP: Jered Weaver SP: Clayton Kershaw SP:Stephen Strasburg SP:Josh Johnson ...
Five Blockbuster Trades for Five Non-playoff Teams...
Blue Jays: Despite Bautista, Lawrie, and Arencibia, Toronto needs a better offense, and enhanced pitching in order to be a playoff contender in the AL East. The Twins have a few players who would really make their offense and rotation one to reckon with. A possible trade could be: Justin Morneau, Joe Benson, Francisco Liriano, and around three million in cash would make this a fair trade if in...
