Open Thread, Fantasy Round up, Yankees Moves

By Sean P. On March 28, 2011 · 10 Comments · In General Musings, Musings, Open Threads

A lot of news here, so let’s touch on that immediately.

The Yankees did the following:

-Cut

- Sent Jesus Montero to AAA and Austin Romine to AA

- Sent , and to AAA

- Sold [...]

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RLYW Releases 2011 Diamond Mind Projected Standings

By Moshe Mandel On March 28, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Statistical Analysis

Before each season, SG of RLYW uses the Diamond Mind program to simulate the upcoming season, using the statistics provided by various projection systems. The 2011 simulations were released this morning, and I encourage you to visit the site to check them out. If you go to RLYW, you will find individual standings for [...]

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Was Branch Rickey the Father of Sabermetrics?

By William J. On March 28, 2011 · 5 Comments · In History, Statistical Analysis

(The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog).

Branch Rickey was always considered to be a man well ahead of his time. The former GM of the Cardinals, Dodgers and Pirates is best known for being an instrumental figure in breaking baseball’s color barrier, but he is also credited with such innovations as [...]

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Questions for 2011: Outfield Edition

By Matt Imbrogno On March 28, 2011 · 2 Comments · In General Musings

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Going into 2011, it’s hard not to be confident about the Yankees’ outfield. All three players are above average in some aspect of the game at their worst, and they’re easily better than that anyway. , though lacking in power, is a great on base guy and has [...]

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The Schedule and the Rotation

By Matt Imbrogno On March 28, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Game Strategy

I’m going to start this off with a message of hope: OPENING DAY IS THIS WEEK. We were just in the darkest stretch of the tunnel, but ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, we can see the light. There are just two more Spring Training games, an off day, and then [...]

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A Look at the 2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On March 28, 2011 · 3 Comments · In The Opposition

In 2009 the Angels won 97 games and came two victories shy of making the World Series. That team featured a high-powered offense that put the ball in play to score runs. Apart from , no other player on that team had more than 30 homers, but every single starter posted [...]

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