TYA Trivia Open Thread for 3-8-11

By William J. On March 8, 2011 · 15 Comments · In Trivia

On every weeknight throughout the year, one of the TYA writers will post a trivia question as the nightly open thread. The blog administrators will keep track of the winners, and the commenter with the most correct answers will win a prize that has yet to be decided upon. The answers will be posted in [...]

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Do You Feel Lucky….Swisher?

By Moshe Mandel On March 8, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Statistical Analysis

One statistic that gets thrown around a lot as a measure of luck is Batting Average on Balls In Play, or BABIP. BABIP measures how often balls that are batted into the field of play go for hits. Because about 30% of balls in play tend to go for hits, a player [...]

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Prospectus Annual on Prospects

By Sean P. On March 8, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Prospects

Baseball Prospectus recently published their annual book which is a must read for baseball fans. They’ve also been rolling out some changes to their stats, many of which show up in the annual. The biggest change is their fielding metric, FRAA which you can find out about here. Using FRAA and TAv, or true average [...]

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Asymmetrical Information Problems and Trading Prospects

By EJ Fagan On March 8, 2011 · 23 Comments · In Prospects

A quote from Mark Newman caught my eye last week:

SICKELS: What about your weaknesses?

NEWMAN: Corner players with power. We have (Brandon) Laird who is a solid prospect, but we are thin for corner bats otherwise in the system. We always try to take the best players available in the draft and on [...]

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Looking at Reyes Through the Jeter Lens

By Matt Imbrogno On March 8, 2011 · 11 Comments · In General Musings

While driving home from my girlfriend’s on Sunday night, I flipped on WFAN after I got tired of the shuffle button. The host, Adam the Bull I believe, was discussing the fact that Jose Reyes‘ contract will expire after this season. He mentioned that there is a relatively large segment of Mets fans [...]

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The TYA interview with Yankee beat writer Bryan Hoch

By Matt Warden On March 8, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Interviews

I’m incredibly pleased to present the first of what I hope to be many enjoyable interviews as a TYA columnist, as I recently had an opportunity to chat with Yankee beat writer Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.  Bryan does an excellent job covering the Bombers at both the mothership Yankees.com and

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Lineup changes being considered

By Steve S. On March 8, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Game Strategy, Player Analysis

This made

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