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Jason Collette |
Fantasy Beat: Orange Crush(ers) |
A look at the surprising early season success of Baltimore's hitters
Your computer is not broken. The Baltimore Orioles do indeed lead all of baseball in home runs this season with 56. They were quietly the fourth-best team last year with 191 home runs, trailing only the Yankees, Red Sox, and Rangers. Last season, the Orioles hit 1.18 home runs per game, but in 2012, that pace has spiked to 1.6 per contest… with essentially the same personnel as last year, no less. Nick Johnson—who anointed Joel Peralta his favorite pitcher this weekend when he took him deep twice—is the lone addition to the lineup.
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May 11, 2012 9:41 am
BP Fantasy Podcast: Episode 3: Can Your Hear the Rain? |
Jason and Paul talk the hot topics, read your emails, and include a bonus interview with Tampa Bay Rays' color analyst Brian Anderson at the tail end of the show. 1 hr 52 minutes this week!
May 8, 2012 10:40 pm
Inside The Park Blog: BP Park Event At Tropicana Field |
Baseball Prospectus kicked off its 2012 ballpark event schedule at Tropicana Field.
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May 8, 2012 3:00 am
Fantasy Beat: Moore's Mess |
A look at Matt Moore's struggles this season, what the problem is, and what the outlook for the rest of 2012 is
Matt Moore has done one thing very well in 2012: remind everyone that he is a rookie. He was purchased in the low-teens in mixed league, upper-teens in AL-only leagues, and even as high as the eighth round in drafts. Despite the high praise fantasy drafters gave him, he is currently 1-2 with a 5.71 ERA and 5.15 FIP while walking 18 and striking out 28 in 34 2/3 innings of work.
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May 7, 2012 7:11 pm
BP Fantasy Podcast: iTunes Feed is Ready! |
XMhell, err, XML is done and ready to go!
Right-click here to copy the XML feed, then go into iTunes and find the Advanced menu. Click it, then click "subscribe to podcast" and past the copied XML feed into the open window and click OK. If you'd rather navigate straight to the iTunes store and subscribe that way, you can do that here. Both episodes 1 and 2 are in the feed so you can subscribe and pull them down. We are recording again this Thursday night and have quite the group of emails to read along with news to react to and a bonus interview with Tampa Bay color analyst Brian Anderson on the Rays pitching staff.
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May 4, 2012 11:33 am
Fantasy Beat: Introducing the New Fantasy Podcast |
A look at Baseball Prospectus' new, fantasy-themed podcast
In case you do not peek at the blogs section on the front page or the revamped toolbar at the top, Baseball Prospectus has a new podcast for fantasy baseball! Paul Sporer may be a new addition to the staff, but he is a long-time friend of mine, so I could think of nobody better to start the podcast with than someone I have written with, debated against, and have known for ten years.
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May 4, 2012 8:31 am
BP Fantasy Podcast: Episode 2 is live! |
The Towers of Power Fantasy Hour is up for your listening enjoyment.
The 2nd Episode of the Towers of Power Fantasy Hour is live! The punchlist for the show includes:
· 0:00 – housekeeping
May 3, 2012 4:07 pm
BP Fantasy Podcast: We're in iTunes |
It's been a struggle but we are in
Have I mentioned how much I hate XML? It hasn't been easy but we're into the iTunes library now so you can subscribe. Please rate us!
May 2, 2012 1:57 pm
BP Fantasy Podcast: RSS feed finally done |
It's been a struggle, but the RSS feed it going so you can add the show into iTunes
We've finally gotten the show submitted to iTunes now that the xml is done. If you can't wait for iTunes to approve it, you can go to the Advanced menu in iTunes, select "subscribe to podcast", and paste this URL in
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May 1, 2012 3:00 am
Fantasy Beat: September Surges, April Struggles |
A look at the players many predicted breakouts for based on strong September performances
One of the most common fallacies in fantasy baseball is that hot Septembers are precursors to players performing well the following season. Ben Zobrist hit .321/.42/.732 in September of 2008 after doing nothing the previous five months before breaking out in 2009. Jose Bautista had OPS’s of 868, 691, 735, 606, and 503 before hitting 10 home runs in September, putting up a 944 OPS, and then breaking out in 2010. In 2010, Troy Tulowitzki had his coming out party in September, hitting 15 of his 27 home runs over the final month and parlaying it into a monster 2011 season.
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April 26, 2012 11:34 pm
BP Fantasy Podcast: The Towers of Power Fantasy Hour (or 2) Launches! |
Jason Collette and Paul Sporer launch the new Baseball Prospectus Fantasy Podcast and discuss the studs and duds of April, roster management in the first few weeks of the season, make prop bets, and talk about their favorite read of the week.
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April 23, 2012 12:08 pm
Fantasy Beat: Humber's Change in Process |
A look at how Phil Humber has changed the way he is attacking batters
In our preseason fantasy baseball awards piece a few weeks ago, I was the lucky guy who told everyone that Philip Humber would be the best $1 pitcher you could pick up in a mixed league. While I am patting myself on the back, please try to ignore the fact I also told you that Homer Bailey would be the Comeback Player of the Year this season instead of the player you wish you could just throw back into the free agent pool already.
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