Scott Kazmir was out of affiliated baseball last year, something no one would have believed five years earlier. With a second chance in Cleveland, the lefty has started to resurrect his career.

The A's and Jays got shafted, while the Angels made out unscathed, but just barely. Umpires are in the news again, it isn't good, but will it lead to any significant changes in the future?

The best saber links from around the web.

The guys discuss the value of positional flexibility and more.

It may be easy to chalk any hot or cold streak up to small sample size, but at what point is a sample actually large enough to use?

I threw everything at the wall and not much stuck. Walks remain somewhat of a mystery.

A look at pitch selection for starting pitchers as they face the same hitters multiple times in the same game.

Beyond the Box Score serves up baseball's best links

Building on a 2012 study, attempting to predict changes in K% based on Whiffs and fastball velocity.

We compile play by play data since 2002, using the overall run expectancy of teams to calculate the most efficient offenses of the 2000's. Then we look at last year's most efficient offensive attacks.