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Date |
 | Western Front: Xavier Cedeno's Not-So-Excellent Adventure | Geoff Young | 2013-04-09 |
| Overthinking It: What it Would Mean for the Marlins if Placido Polanco Bats Fourth | Ben Lindbergh | 2013-03-28 |
| Western Front: Zeroes and Ones | Geoff Young | 2013-01-15 |
| The BP Wayback Machine: Baseball's Y2K1 Bugs | Gary Huckabay | 2011-02-03 |
| Prospectus Perspective: Goodbye, Old Pal | Steven Goldman | 2010-10-06 |
| Transaction Action: North of the Border | Christina Kahrl | 2010-04-16 |
| Transaction Action: Assorted AL Additions | Christina Kahrl | 2009-08-09 |
| Future Shock: Blue Jays Top 11 Prospects | Kevin Goldstein | 2009-03-12 |
| Lies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Takes on First Base Prospects | Nate Silver | 2008-03-28 |
| Prospectus Today: Tejada to Houston, Junk to Baltimore | Joe Sheehan | 2007-12-13 |
| Lies, Damned Lies: Rookies and Cycles | Nate Silver | 2007-08-23 |
| Transaction Analysis: August 1-4 | Christina Kahrl | 2003-08-06 |
| Transaction Analysis: July 7-20 | Christina Kahrl | 2003-07-25 |
| Prospectus Today: Fading Into Oblivion | Joe Sheehan | 2003-07-08 |
| Prospectus Triple Play: New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, Baltimore Orioles | Baseball Prospectus | 2003-04-23 |
| Transaction Analysis: March 25-April 6, 2003 | Christina Kahrl | 2003-04-09 |
| From The Mailbag: Rick Peterson, Assorted Injuries, and the Devil Rays | Baseball Prospectus | 2003-02-19 |
| Transaction Analysis: January 24-February 9, 2003 | Christina Kahrl | 2003-02-13 |
| Transaction Analysis: Transaction Analysis, The Wests | Christina Kahrl | 2003-02-05 |
| Transaction Analysis: April 30-May 11, 2002 | Christina Kahrl | 2002-05-13 |
| Transaction Analysis: March 26-30, 2002 | Christina Kahrl | 2002-04-02 |
| The Daily Prospectus: Contraction Action | Christina Kahrl | 2001-03-07 |
BP Chats
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| 2009-08-04 14:00:00 | I still remember when Ron Coomer was the Twins best player so why I am disappointed that they win 83 games every year?
(paulbellows from Calgary) | I blame the ghost of Cal Griffith. Maybe the organization has its own line of secret in-house successories, say, plaques that say "Timidly Strive for Complete Adequacy!" (Christina Kahrl) |
| 2008-05-20 13:00:00 | Why do I keep reading about how much trouble the Yankees are in? Hasn't this been the story for three years running now? Slow start, fast finish. Do you see anything to make you think this year will be different from 2005-2007?
(Joe from Tewksbury, MA) | Yes. Everybody in the lineup, including Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada is a year older, and with the exception of Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano, they're a year further away from their statistical primes, to say nothing about the fact that Cano looks pretty lost right now. The bench is weak even for a team that's done poorly in that area in the recent past. Seriously, I'd take Chili Davis, Darryl Strawberry, Luis Sojo and Ron Coomer circa 2008 over some of the stiffs they have lying around.
There's that, plus a weak pitching staff where the back of the rotation has been a thorough disaster thus far and the bullpen situation is considered so fragile that there's actually a question about whether they'll move Joba Chamberlain to a starting role this year. Add to that the fact that the AL East has gotten tougher and I think there's no longer any guarantee that the Yankees will contend, let alone win the division.
The other thing in play is the new manager. Through the early season debacles of the last few years, Torre was able to absorb the front office's slings and arrows and still give off a sense of calm confidence that things would eventually turn around. Girardi is protected from the barbs of Hank Steinbrenner at the moment -- his focus appears to be on forcing Brian Cashman out -- but Little Joe is the kind of guy who seems more likely to go Billy Martin bonkers as things get worse, and I don't think that's going to help. (Jay Jaffe) |
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