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O Starters Where Art Thou?
Recently a certain Red Sox hurler has come under scrutiny, and I'm not talking about the guy whose DFA announcement caused birds to sing and lepers to dance Javier Lopez. No, the man under fire is Jos...
Mets Starting Pitcher tRA+
An explanation of tRA+ can be found at StatCorner. Short version for lazies: It considers what the pitcher actually did -- not just what earned runs he happened to allow -- adjusted for defense and ...
Saturday Rockpile: Attitude change in '09, Opening Day optimism, Examination of the Hammel trade, more
The Denver Post's Dave Krieger goes in depth on the Rockies' change of attitude to start this season. While it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the lowered expectations have helped e...
5 Best Opening Day Starts in White Sox History (Retrosheet Era)
Because I don't want to write one of those forced preview pieces. #5. Wilbur Wood, 1973 -- 9 IP, 4H, 1R, 2BB, 6K Only 22-thousand people saw Wood's gem to open the '73 season. There were three...
Mark Buehrle is Your Opening Day Starter, Officially
While I wouldn't go so far as to call Mark Buehrle's final spring outing brilliant, it should be good enough to quiet those who wonder if the Sox kid gloves with Buehrle are a result of some undisclos...
White Sox Settle Center Field, Leadoff Mess... for now
The unceremonious dismal of Jerry Owens (along with a few others) has made the White Sox opening day roster all-but-official. But the Owens news is the longest-running, most headline-grabbing battle o...
White Sox Still Riddled with Roster Questions
While the beat writers start to ring the alarm bell on the health of Mark Buehrle, Ozzie Guillen seems concerned (with good reason) about the backend of his rotation. The Sox will send Bartolo Colon t...
White Sox Lock Up Gavin Floyd Long-Term
The White Sox made the longest spring training ever a little bit more exciting this weekend; first, naming Chris Getz their starting second baseman (leadoff hitter to follow), then signing Gavin Floyd...
Should The Mets Sign Pedro Martinez?
A few weeks ago, the Mets' fifth starter forecast was mostly Garcia with a chance of Redding. When the Mets signed Tim Redding to a guaranteed major league deal back in January the odds were good th...
NL East WAR Projections: Infielders
Continuing our NL East WAR projection series, today we're going to take a look at the division's starting infields. Once again I've used Baseball Prospectus's depth charts to fill in the gaps of my pi...
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