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Graph of the Day: The 2008 Rangers Outfield
The Texas Rangers are in first place, and a lot of credit has been given to their improved defense. Today's Graph of the Day looks at last season's outfield defense using David Pinto's Probabalistic Model of Range (PMR), which gauges the probability of each play being turned into an out by an...
Graph of the Day: Seattle's Revamped Outfield
To many analysts, the Mariners overhaul of their outfield was one of the biggest moves of the off-season. The team replaced Raul Ibañez and a mishmash of Wladimir Balentien, Jeremy Reed, and Brad Wilkerson with Endy Chavez and Franklin Gutierrez, in the hopes of improving their ability to...
Saber-Friendly Blogging 101: Making Sense of Defense
Continuing with Sky's Saber-Friendly Blogging 101 Series, this installment will focus on an issue of baseball sabermetrics that is likely gaining popularity not only on the internet but major league front offices as well; at least by judging the contracts handed out to players like Pat Burrell and...
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