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Economics of Baseball

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Aside from the Extremes, Pricing for Run Creators in 2011 is Pretty Volatile

(Click here to enlarge) On Friday I posted a visual of 62 positional free agents that have been signed for 2011 and how cost effective they are likely to be in terms of projected wRC. As I...

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Fun with Salaries and Marcel Projections: Cost Efficiencies of Free Agents

(Click here to enlarge) Tom Tango's annual Marcel projections were released last week. As I was already thinking about the cost of runs for teams I thought I'd take a look at those...

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Economics of Baseball: The bottom of the bargain bin

A look at the 22 players that have signed guaranteed MLB deals for $1 million or less this offseason.

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Visualizing the Most and Least Cost Effective Run Creators in 2010

Who were the most cost efficient run creators in 2010? Hint: they're typically young and cheap

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Economics of Baseball: The Rays' draft picks

A look at how much the Rays boatload of draft picks in 2011 are worth.

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Economics of Baseball: 2010 in multi-year deals for free agent position players

A look at the 2010 free agent market for position players on multi-year deals in baseball economics terms.

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A Simulation of the Arbitration Process: Francisco Liriano

Interested in understanding how the arbitration process works? Here's an example, using Francisco Liriano as the player involved.

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Economics of Baseball: 2010 in 1-year deals for free agent position players

A look at how the free agent position player class that signed 1-year deals during the 2010 preseason fared in baseball economics terms.

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The Carlos Gonzalez Deal

Gonzalez had a fantastic year at the plate (.336/.376/.598, 143 OPS+), but I am curious why he signed this deal, particularly since Scott Boras is his agent. Seems a bit fishy to me. Could it be...

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Economics of Baseball: 2010 in multi-year deals for free agent starters

A look at how those free agents who signed multi-year deals during the 2010 preseason fared in baseball economics terms.

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