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In theory, no sport makes it easier to rank players' value than baseball does. The game's statistical revolution started 55 years before Moneyball, when Branch Rickey lured Montreal Royals stats keeper Allan Roth to the Dodgers, making Roth the first full-time statistician in major league history. The ensuing six and a half decades allowed future Allan Roths to create and refine a series of advanced metrics, to such an extent that we could measure a player's worth by how many games he helped his team win.
There’s always a few sets of brothers kicking around Major League Baseball. The LaRoches back when Andy was able to make a 40-man, the extremely weird Giles brothers a bit before that; the Drews (J.D., Stephen, and Tim),... more »
The Toronto Blue Jays are taking this "build a contender" idea pretty seriously. On the heels of the multiplayer blockbuster trade with the Marlins, they signed outfielder Melky Cabrera to a two-year, $16 million... more »
The eyes have it. In a battle of computer analysis versus people who still watch baseball as, you know, a sport, what we saw with our Detroit vision was what most voters saw as well: Miguel Cabrera is the Most Valuable Player in... more »
Here’s what we know about the Red Sox [team stats]’ offseason: A) They don’t want to hamper their long-term vision by signing/acquiring bad contracts. B) They value their top-tier prospects too greatly to trade them, even... more »
Miguel Cabrera is the right choice. The rest is just sound and fury. The award is not Player of the Year. It is not Most Awesome Overall Skills. And it most certainly is not a Math Bowl. It is the Most Valuable Player award, and... more »
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