Links from around the baseball blogosphere...

• My Guide to Stats: Offense | Joe Posnanski
  Posnanski offers up some interesting thoughts on offensive stats.
• Prospectus Hit and Run: A Quality Stat, Better than Wins | Baseball Prospectus
  Jay Jaffe defends the quality start metric. 
• Pitching helmets are coming | ESPN SweetSpot Blog
  The Common Man of the Platoon Advantage argues that the day is coming when a pitcher wears a helmet.
• MLB EloRater: Who Are the Best Players in MLB History? | Baseball Reference Blog
  An awesome new community-based project from Baseball Reference, ranking the best players in history.
• Hackin' Jose Reyes | Fangraphs
  David Gobliewski dissects Jose Reyes' plate approach.
• Striking gold with compensation picks | ESPN SweetSpot Blog
  Dan Hennessey of Baseballin' On a Budget looked at steals that have been found with compensatory draft picks.

• The sinister minister of the spitball | The Hardball Times
  Mat Kovach looks at Frank Shellenback and the demise of the spitball.
• Every Hall of Famer | Summer Anne Burton
  Burton has set out to draw all 295 Hall of Famers on her blog, alongside anecdotes and interesting stats.
• 2+ Opening Day HRs Twice | Baseball Reference Blog
  Some pretty good players on this list...

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