Too often in sports, teams give up on players because of one bad year. They forget potential or prior results and send them on their way. Sometimes you can’t blame them; whether it is pressure from ownership or the fan base, teams are expected to deliver results. ...
If you’ve been watching baseball the past decade, Jason Vargas is a name that probably rings a bell. Vargas is a career journeyman, spending time with the Marlins, Mets, Mariners, Angels and currently, the Royals. Between 2010-2014, Vargas had 3 2.0+ WAR seasons and...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past month, you are aware of Aaron Judge’s hot start to the season, where he is slashing (.337/.435/.815). Judge is far exceeding his FanGraphs projections, already posting a 2.5 WAR, thanks in large part to all the success...
What’s up guys and Happy Saturday! This March we saw the return of Spring Training, a stellar World Baseball Classic, and a handful of major contract extensions. Today, I want to cover some of the major contract extensions signed in the month of March and give you my...
Okay I can’t just sit by anymore, I am jumping on the Eric Thames bandwagon. Thames is already leading the Majors in home runs this year since coming over from South Korea. I know I know, we are only two weeks into the season Gary. But something about...
I always stuck to the basics when it came to defensive stats, but in the last few years I have abandoned errors and putouts in favor of UZR (quantifies how many runs a player has saved through his fielding prowess) and DEF (measures a player’s defensive value). If...
