The Colorado Rockies finished the deal to lock up Jeff Francis.
“I think at this point in my career, it’s a huge thing and an exciting thing for them to come to me when they don’t have to,” Francis said Thursday after he and the Rockies finalized a $13.25 million, four-year contract. The deal also includes [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:39 pm | Pitchers | Permalink | No Comments
November 30, 2006
Get Out the Check Book
With Barry Zito showing interest in the Texas Rangers because of Ron Washington, I wonder if the Rangers will review their past:
Millwood was 16-12 after being the team’s key free-agent addition last winter. Boras got the right-hander a $60 million, five-year deal.
Boras, the agent for Matsuzaka, also negotiated the $252 million, 10-year deal Alex Rodriguez [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:26 pm | Free Agents | Permalink | 3 Comments
November 30, 2006
Thinking Again
Baseball Think Factory am again.
Posted by David Pinto at 7:17 pm | Blogs | Permalink | No Comments
November 30, 2006
Reading Hardball
The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2007 is now shipping. There’s plenty of time to make it a Christmas present for the baseball fan you love.
Posted by David Pinto at 5:09 pm | Books | Permalink | No Comments
November 30, 2006
This Justin
U.S.S Mariner explains why Mariners fans should be happy about the addition of Justin Lehr.
Posted by David Pinto at 3:24 pm | Pitchers | Permalink | No Comments
November 30, 2006
The Future of Manny
ProTrade asks its researchers to look at what a trade of Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers would mean.
Posted by David Pinto at 1:12 pm | Trades | Permalink | 3 Comments
November 30, 2006
Bob
Yesterday, Ben Kabak noticed Royce Clayton’s career OBA was a palindrome. That’s enough of an excuse to link to this video.
The last line is my favorite, simply because I make a pretty mean lasagna.
Posted by David Pinto at 12:44 pm | Humor | Permalink | 8 Comments
November 30, 2006
Doha Round Robin
The South Korean press is pessimistic about the team’s chances in the Asian games after they lose the opening game to Taiwan:
South Korea’s hope to take the third straight baseball title at the Asian Games tumbled on Thursday as it lost 4-2 to Taiwan in what was regarded as the virtual final of the six-country [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 11:46 am | International | Permalink | 3 Comments
November 30, 2006
Baseball Think Factory Down
Many of you wondered what happened to Baseball Think Factory. Here’s the explanation from Jim via Repoz:
“I’m working on this. Apparently there was some kind of snafu when I
transferred the domain to a different registrar last year. Although the
domain shows current until next year at the new registrar (goddaddy.com),
the old registrar (registerfly.com) somehow still [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:28 am | Blogs | Permalink | 3 Comments
November 30, 2006
Deal Killing Physical
A physical killed the deal between the Phillies and Joe Borowski.
According to the sources, the Phillies were prepared to sign Borowski when a team doctor examined the results of the physical and advised against giving the pitcher a multiyear contract.
Borowski’s agents, Ron Shapiro and Michael Maas, continue to field one-year offers from several clubs. It’s [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:18 am | Free Agents | Permalink | 1 Comment
November 29, 2006
Baseball Musings Radio Show
If you missed tonight’s show, you can hear the recorded version here. It’s also available on demand at TPSRadio.
Posted by David Pinto at 8:59 pm | Podcasts | Permalink | 5 Comments
November 29, 2006
Funny Foto
Mr. Irrelevant posts a funny picture from a baseball wall calendar.
Posted by David Pinto at 8:55 pm | Humor | Permalink | 1 Comment
November 29, 2006
Baseball Musings Radio Show
The Baseball Musings Radio Show is coming up in a little while at 8 PM EST. You can leave questions during the show in the TPSRadio Chat Room.
Posted by David Pinto at 7:20 pm | Broadcasts | Permalink | No Comments
November 29, 2006
Ricciardi’s Out of the Club
It’s officially time to throw J.P. Ricciardi out of the Moneyball club.
Ricciardi also would like to sign a middle infielder this week. He planned on having Aaron Hill play shortstop but said he’ll probably play second now.
“We like Royce Clayton. We like a lot of guys,” Ricciardi said. “We’re going to address that in the [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 4:31 pm | Management | Permalink | 15 Comments
November 29, 2006
No Love for Littlefield
Larry Dobrow puts the problems of the Pirates squarely on Dave Littlefield’s shoulders:
The Pittsburgh Pirates might be one of baseball’s two or three franchises truly beyond resuscitation, and I can tell you why in three words: Dave Motherbleepin’ Littlefield.
In his five tragic years as the team’s executive zookeeper, Littlefield has committed the following offenses against [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 4:11 pm | Management | Permalink | 3 Comments
November 29, 2006
Too Many Platoons?
Erik Cassano wonders if the Indians are headed toward too many platoons in 2007.
Tuesday’s agree-to-terms with outfielder David Dellucci ostensibly adds yet another platoon player to the mix for the Indians. Left-handed hitting Dellucci will likely start against righties and play left field, while right-handed hitting Jason Michaels will start against lefties.
And that’s just the [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 12:57 pm | Team Evaluation | Permalink | 4 Comments
November 29, 2006
Baseball Musings Radio Show
The Baseball Musings radio show will be on TPSRadio tonight at 8 PM EST. Check out TPSRadio’s other sports programming as well.
You can stop by the chat room at TPSRadio during the broadcast and leave a comment. Also, feel free to leave a question in the comments to this post and I’ll be happy [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 12:36 pm | Broadcasts | Permalink | 3 Comments
November 29, 2006
Rays in Orlando?
The Devil Rays are thinking about playing a series in Orlando this season:
Efforts to move the May 15-17 games against Texas from St. Petersburg to Orlando are in the early stages. Still to be dealt with are approvals from Major League Baseball, the players union, the city of St. Petersburg, and the umpires, but the [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:57 am | Stadiums | Permalink | 2 Comments
November 29, 2006
FishStripes Responds
Yesterday I asked why the Marlins don’t finance their own stadium. FishStripes explains:
The main reason is they can’t afford it. According to Forbes, on April 6, 2006, the entire Marlins franchise was worth $226 million and had an operating income of $-11.9 million. Granted that has changed since the reduction in payroll [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 9:30 am | Stadiums | Permalink | 5 Comments
November 29, 2006
Bean Town Update
It looks like the Red Sox and J.D. Drew are going to work out a deal for five years, $70 million. Not bad given Drew’s talent and the price of free agent outfielders this winter. He’s taking a hit money wise for his injury history, but he’s still getting a long term contract. [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 8:22 am | Free Agents | Permalink | 13 Comments
November 29, 2006
James on Defense
Baseball Digest Daily interviews Bill James on the 2006 Fielding Bible Awards. Here he talks about Mike Lowell:
Mike Lowell is the best defensive third baseman in baseball. He’s extremely interesting to watch. He keeps his glove hand, his left hand, very relaxed, and he doesn’t appear to anticipate the hop at all. [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 7:50 am | Defense, Interviews | Permalink | 6 Comments
November 28, 2006
Sub Base Moves to Baltimore
The readers of MetsBlog.com think New York did the right thing by letting Chad Bradford become an Oriole.
Posted by David Pinto at 11:08 pm | Free Agents | Permalink | No Comments
November 28, 2006
Yankees Win the Bidding
The Yankees won the bidding for Kei Igawa, for the paltry sum of $25 million. His stats are here. He looks pretty good. His strikeout, walk and home run numbers in Japan are excellent. He’s mature but not old. He’s not Matsusaka, but I bet he can be effective in [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:47 pm | International | Permalink | 5 Comments
November 28, 2006
Adding From the East
Fire Brand of the American League is happy the Red Sox are going after Japanese pitcher Hideki Okajima:
I like this for many reasons: One, it appears the Orioles are gobbling up every potential setup man on the market without the Sox getting anyone. Secondly, his numbers last season were filthy: 2.14 ERA, 63 K in [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:40 pm | Pitchers | Permalink | 3 Comments
November 28, 2006
Probabilistic Model of Range, Third Basemen, 2006
There’s been a suggestion to present the data in a different format, so I’m going to try that with the third basemen. I’m also just reporting the mixed velocity/distance model here. People seem to like that model better. At some point, I’ll redo the tables for the positions posted ealier. Here’s [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 6:16 pm | Probabilistic Model of Range | Permalink | 13 Comments
November 28, 2006
Hamm and Eggs
Nomar Garicaparra is going to be the father of twins:
Soccer legend Mia Hamm her husband of three years, Los Angeles Dodger first baseman Nomar Garciaparra, are expecting twins, Time reports.
I assume one will play forward and the other shortstop. Congratulations!
Posted by David Pinto at 5:05 pm | Players | Permalink | 2 Comments
November 28, 2006
Angels with Different Wings
Viva el Birdos reports on the Cardinals signings, including Adam Kennedy. With former Angels Eckstein, Kennedy and Edmonds in the lineup (and Angles brother Yadier Molina behind the plate), can it be that long before Chone Figgins and Garret Anderson are in camp?
Posted by David Pinto at 4:25 pm | Free Agents | Permalink | 2 Comments
November 28, 2006
Hudson’s Defense
There’s been some talk in the comments on the second basemen that Orlando Hudson is a pop up hog and that’s why he does so well in PMR. The best way I know to examine this is by charting the player’s DER by vector against the expected DER. The yellow line is the [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 3:29 pm | Probabilistic Model of Range | Permalink | 6 Comments
November 28, 2006
Catching Again
Greg Zaun is back with the Blue Jays:
Gregg Zaun remained with the Toronto Blue Jays, agreeing Tuesday to a $7.25 million, two-year contract after the team’s apparent agreement with Rod Barajas fell through.
…
Ricciardi said late Monday that the deal with Barajas was not going ahead. Ricciardi declined to comment about why the contract with [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 12:48 pm | Free Agents | Permalink | 3 Comments
November 28, 2006
Seven vs. Eight Figures
The difference between getting seven and eight figures a year for pitchers appears to be whether you were injured in 2006.
Free agent pitcher Adam Eaton has reached preliminary agreement on a three-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies worth more than $24 million, a baseball source told ESPN.com.
The contract includes a mutual option for a fourth [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 12:17 pm | Free Agents | Permalink | 2 Comments
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