Second Opinion Player-Profile Game, Question #5
Note: The 1:30pm ET deadline has passed. All submissions time-stamped at 1:30pm and before will be considered for the 2011 Second Opinion. Those after the deadline will still be considered in the heart...
View ArticleWinner(s), Question #5, Second Opinion Game
This morning, I posed to the readership the fifth and final player-profile question ahead of the release of this year’s Second Opinion. Unlike the previous four, this question required the reader not...
View ArticleSecond Opinion Player-Profile Game: Question #1
Play the player-profile game again on Thursday and Friday of this week at 11:30am ET. Each day, we’re giving away a free copy of the 2012 Second Opinion to the first reader who guesses correctly the...
View ArticleSecond Opinion Player-Profile Game: Question #2
Play the player-profile game again tomorrow (Friday) at 11:30am ET. We’re giving away a free copy of the 2012 Second Opinion to the first reader who guesses correctly the identity of that day’s mystery...
View ArticleSecond Opinion Player-Profile Game: Question #3
This edition of the player-profile game is appearing at 11:30am Central Time because the author is an idiot. As announced Wednesday, FanGraphs will once again be offering to the public its fantasy...
View ArticleMLB Drops Alfonzo’s Existing PED Suspension
According to a baseball source, Major League Baseball has dropped the 100-game suspension levied against Eliezer Alfonzo last season due to the same procedural issues that surfaced during the Ryan...
View ArticleAn Unsolicited Follow-Up Study of Pull%
I’m always looking for new angles to unlock the mysteries of BABIP, so I was intrigued by Jeff Sullivan’s exploration of pull rates against pitchers. So I grabbed the data from baseball-reference.com,...
View ArticleThe Second Opinion Player-Profile Game, Question #1
Play the player-profile game every day this week at 11:30am ET. Each day, we’re giving away a free copy of the 2011 Second Opinion to the first reader who guesses correctly the identity of that day’s...
View ArticleThe Second Opinion Player-Profile Game, Question #2
Play the player-profile game every day this week at 11:30am ET. Each day, we’re giving away a free copy of the 2011 Second Opinion to the first reader who guesses correctly the identity of that day’s...
View ArticleSecond Opinion Player-Profile Game, Question #3
Play the player-profile game every day this week at 11:30am ET. Each day, we’re giving away a free copy of the 2011 Second Opinion to the first reader who guesses correctly the identity of that day’s...
View ArticleSecond Opinion Player-Profile Game, Question #4
Note: Tomorrow’s question will be IN TWO PARTS. Get ready to rumble answer a kinda nerdy baseball question. Play the player-profile game every day this week at 11:30am ET. Each day, we’re giving away a...
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Simulating the Impact of Pitcher Inconsistency
I thought Matt Hunter’s FanGraphs debut article last week was really interesting. So interesting, in fact, that I’m going to rip it off right now. The difference is I’ll be using a Monte Carlo...
View ArticleMy Simple(ish) Playoff Chances Simulator
A month ago, I submitted an article with something I came up with that I thought was pretty cool. It was a simulator similar to the Coolstandings sim, except that it would use Steamer and ZiPS...
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Why Strikeouts Secretly Matter for Batters
I got my start at FanGraphs by writing Community Research articles. As you may have noticed, community authors have been very busy this season, cranking out a lot of interesting articles. One that...
View ArticleMarlon Byrd and Trading Contact for Power
Nine months ago, Marlon Byrd could not secure a major league deal from any team leading him to sign a minor league deal with an invite to camp with the New York Mets. Two days ago, he parlayed a 136...
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