projecting 2009 Stories - Beyond the Box Score
NL Central Live Chat: Tuesday, March 3 @ 1pm CST
Join BtBers Harry and Erik, plus guest panelists Justin, Charlie, Evan, and Kyle for a saber-slanted preview of the 2009 NL Central. That's 2pm EST/1pm CST on Tuesday, right after FOBtB Marc Normandin's chat at BPro. I work through the questions from beginning to end, so the earlier you show up,...
Yankees' No-Name Bullpen Set To Impress In 2009
Yankee free agent commitments this off-season: $441MM Percentage of free agent commitments to relievers: 2.7% Yankee names my mother would recognize: 16 Bullpen names my mother would recognize: Mariano Rivera. Next to leadership and clubhouse chemistry, talking heads harp on bullpen depth more...
Friday High Fives: 2009's Most Productive Players
Today marks the launch of a new weekly feature at Beyond the Box Score, Friday High Fives. Each week we'll propose a question requiring an answer from each of our authors in list form. Today's question is Who will be the most productive players in 2009? Five points for a first place vote down to...
BtB's "Ball On A Budget" Fantasy League
Do you like fantasy baseball? Do you like WAR? Do you like to one-up ESPN writers, even the ones you respect a little bit? Most importantly, do you like to ball on a budget? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then think about joining BtB's inaugural WAR-based fantasy league, Ball On...
Community Projections Best Practices
So with almost 75% of the teams now having leaders for our Community Projections Project, I thought it would be smart to let everyone share their experiences so far. This thread is for sharing ideas, solving problems, and increasing motivation. Feel free to link to anything helpful you or others...
Beyond the Boxscore Community WAR Project 2009
So Sky Kalkman at BTB has asked baseball bloggers to help him out in filling out a massive database grid with win projections for all thirty teams (to see what I have for the Rockies, open the grid and click on the COL tab). The basis for this idea is that fan communities for teams, while biased,...
Community WAR Project 2009
Here's a chance for us internet know-it-alls to put our knowledge to the test. Using the easy-to-use WAR spreadsheet (good instructions for rookies can be found via that link, too), we're going to project the 2009 performance of all thirty teams, player by player. Eventually, this EditGrid...
WAR Spreadsheet Version 1.0
I've made some changes to the WAR spreadsheet in the hopes of making it more accurate and easier to use. Download it by clicking here. Changes since the beta: The option of using OBP and SLG instead of wOBA. Make sure they are park-adjusted, though. To use OBP/SLG instead, change the TRUE...
Help Me Hash Out WAR Spreadsheet Details
I'm hoping I can get some input from smart readers and bloggers who have played around with the WAR spreadsheet: Offensive outs targets. Assuming that a team's wOBA is their OBP (a mediocre assumption), we know how many batting outs they make. Not included are outs of other kinds and outs made...
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