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Eric Gagne Dodgers

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
10	99	.140	.149	.221	.141	10.3

Birth Date	1-7-1976
Height	6' 0"
Weight	240 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	SH	RBI	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1999	LAN	23	5	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	.200	.200	.200	.197	5.3	-0.6	0.4
2000	LAN	24	20	34	28	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	5	6	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.143	2.3	-1.1	0.1
2001	LAN	25	33	51	44	3	6	2	1	1	13	1	13	6	2	1	.136	.156	.295	.141	6.0	-2.9	0.3
2002	LAN	26	77	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-.007	26.2	0.9	2.7
2003	LAN	27	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.9	3.0
2004	LAN	28	70	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-.013	25.6	-0.6	2.5
2005	LAN	29	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.4	0.5
2006	LAN	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-0.0	0.0
2007	BOS	31	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.4
2007	TEX	31	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.9	0.7
2008	MIL	32	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.4	-0.3
Career			402	99	86	5	12	2	1	1	19	1	25	12	3	1	.140	.149	.221	.141	65.5	-1.6	10.3

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1999	LAN	MLB	5	10	.197	.271	.334	.421	.000	.286	90	-0.7	0.3	1.6	-0.6	-0.0	1.1	0.0	5.3	0.4
2000	LAN	MLB	20	34	.143	.270	.340	.439	.000	.174	97	-4.7	0.9	5.5	-1.1	0.3	2.0	0.1	2.3	0.1
2001	LAN	MLB	33	51	.141	.267	.324	.438	.000	.167	96	-6.6	1.4	7.7	-2.9	-0.3	1.6	-0.1	6.0	0.3
2002	LAN	MLB	77	1	-.007	.210	.257	.303	.000	.000	96	-0.3	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.0	0.5	0.1	26.2	2.7
2003	LAN	MLB	77	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
2004	LAN	MLB	70	3	-.013	.240	.317	.396	.000	.000	92	-0.9	0.1	0.5	-0.6	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	25.6	2.5
2005	LAN	MLB	14	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
2006	LAN	MLB	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	BOS	MLB	20	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
2007	TEX	MLB	34	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
2008	MIL	MLB	50	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.3
2008	NAS	AAA	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		99	.141	.267	.330	.433	.258	.183	96	-13.2	2.7	15.4	-1.7	-0.0	4.7	0.0	65.5	6.1

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1999	LAN	MLB	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	.200	.200	.200	.000	.197	5.3	-0.6	0.4
2000	LAN	MLB	34	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	.143	.143	.143	.000	.143	2.3	-1.1	0.1
2001	LAN	MLB	51	3	6	2	1	1	2	1	13	1	.136	.156	.295	.159	.141	6.0	-2.9	0.3
2002	LAN	MLB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.007	26.2	0.9	2.7
2003	LAN	MLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.9	3.0
2004	LAN	MLB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.013	25.6	-0.6	2.5
2005	LAN	MLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.4	0.5
2006	LAN	MLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-0.0	0.0
2007	BOS	MLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.4
2007	TEX	MLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.9	0.7
2008	MIL	MLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.4	-0.3
2008	NAS	AAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-0.0	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2009-02-24	2009-03-08	Camp	12	0	Right	Shoulder	Cartilage Injury	Labrum and Rotator Cuff	-
2009-02-24	2009-02-27	Camp	3	0	Right	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-
2009-01-14	2009-01-14	FA	0	0		Face	Surgery	LASIK	2009-01-14
2008-05-21	2008-06-29	15-DL	39	35	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Rotator Cuff Tendinitis	-
2007-04-23	2007-05-10	15-DL	17	15	Right	Hip	Strain		-
2007-03-28	2007-04-13	15-DL	16	9	Right	Elbow	Fatigue		-
2006-07-06	2006-07-06	On-Alr	0	0		Low Back	Surgery	Herniated Disc	2006-07-08
2006-06-07	2006-10-08	60-DL	123	103		Elbow	Neurological Injury	Ulnar Neuritis	-
2006-04-01	2006-05-30	15-DL	59	51	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Removing Damaged Nerve	2006-04-07
2005-06-13	2005-10-10	60-DL	119	100	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Frayed Ligament and Removing Scar Tissue Around Nerve (not Full Tommy John Procedure)	2005-06-24
2005-04-01	2005-05-14	15-DL	43	35	Right	Elbow	Sprain	UCL Ligament	-
2005-02-25	2005-03-22	Camp	25	0	Left	Knee	Sprain	MCL	-
2004-09-27	2004-09-30	DTD	3	3	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2003-03-07	2003-03-07	Camp	0	0		Low Back	Tightness		-
1997-04-05	1997-09-05	Minors	153	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery Date Is Approximate	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2008	MIL	$10,000,000
2007	TEX, BOS	$6,000,000
2006	LAN	$10,000,000
2005	LAN	$8,000,000
2004	LAN	$5,000,000
2003	LAN	$550,000
2002	LAN	$300,000
2001	LAN	$220,000

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$40,070,000
8 yr	Total	$40,070,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 119 d	Scott Boras

Details

retired 4/10 released by LAD 3/22/10 signed as a free agent from MIL 2/18/10 (minor-league contract, $0.5M major league)
$0.5M performance bonus (g,games finished)
re-signed as a free agent 2/17/09 (minor-league contract, $1.5M major league)
performance bonus
signed as a free agent from BOS 12/10/07, 1 year/$10M (08)+performance bonus:$0.25M each 50,55,60,65 games finished
acquired in trade from TX 7/31/07 (waived no-trade protection in exch for guaranteed of $2.5M of performance bonus (TX pd $0.4M, BOS pd $2.1M)
signed as a free agent from LAD 12/06, 1 year/$6M (07)
suite on road
performance bonus:$75K 3 games finished, $0.1M 6 games finished, $0.15M each 10,13,16 games finished, $0.175M each 20,23,26 games finished, $0.2M each 30,33,36 games finished, $0.25M each 40,43,46 games finished, $0.5M each 50,53,56 games finished, $0.333M 60,63 games finished, $0.334M 66 games finished
award bonus:$0.1M CY ($75K 2nd, $50K 3rd), $0.1M MVP, $50K WSMVP, $25K each Gold Glove,LCSMVP, $50K All-Star, $0.1M Comeback Plyear, $0.25M Rolaids ($0.2M 2nd, $0.15M 3rd, $0.1M 4th, $50K 5th)
signed extension 1/05, 2 year/$19M (05-06)+$12M 07 club option $1M buyout, 05:$8M, 06:$10M, 07:$12M club option $1M buyout if club decls (EG may void & rec buyout of $0.25M, $0.65M (with 50 games finished 05 OR 06), & $1M (50 games finished in 05 & 06), based on games finished 05-06)
1 year/$5M (04), lost arb 2/04 ($8M-$5M)
re-signed 3/03, 1 year/$0.55M (03) (2 year, 119 d srv time, 18 days short of arbitration-eligible after 02) 1 year/$0.3M (02) 3/02
recalled 7/01

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Under The Knife: I Want Candy	Will Carroll	2007-04-12
Under The Knife: First Week Roundup	Will Carroll	2007-04-09
Transaction of the Day: Roster Reviews of the Wests	Christina Kahrl	2007-04-03
Under The Knife: Real Baseball	Will Carroll	2007-04-03
Prospectus Hit List: Preseason Edition	Jay Jaffe	2007-04-02
Prospectus Today: Wrapping Up the Countdown	Joe Sheehan	2007-04-01
Under The Knife: Just Days Away	Will Carroll	2007-03-30
Lies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Projected Standings, AL and NL West	Nate Silver	2007-03-29
Under The Knife: Vegas, Baby, Vegas	Will Carroll	2007-03-21
Under The Knife: Some Stories Remain the Same	Will Carroll	2007-03-15
Under The Knife: A Tale of Two Closers	Will Carroll	2007-03-13
Positional Health Reports: Closers	Will Carroll	2007-03-05
Fantasy Focus: Mocking My Draft	Will Carroll	2007-01-05
The Week In Quotes: December 19-26	Alex Carnevale	2006-12-26
Prospectus Today: The List	Joe Sheehan	2006-12-20
Will's Mill: I Love the Smell of Rumor in the Morning	Will Carroll	2006-12-06
Transaction Analysis: November 3-16, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-11-17
The Week In Quotes: November 7-13	Alex Carnevale	2006-11-13
Internet Baseball Awards: Staff Ballots	Baseball Prospectus	2006-10-31
Future Shock: Short Term Impact, NL	Kevin Goldstein	2006-09-15
Lies, Damned Lies: What to Do With Papelbon	Nate Silver	2006-09-07
Transaction Analysis: August 23-24	Christina Kahrl	2006-08-25
Under The Knife: Gossip and Expectations	Will Carroll	2006-08-23
Lies, Damned Lies: The Origins of the Closer	Nate Silver	2006-08-16
Prospectus Today: Mid-Week Grab Bag	Joe Sheehan	2006-08-16
Prospectus Today: On Streaks	Joe Sheehan	2006-08-09
Prospectus Matchups: Since the All-Star Break	Jim Baker	2006-07-28
Lies, Damned Lies: Tufte Takes on the Tribe	Nate Silver	2006-07-14
Prospectus Hit List: Week of July 9	Jay Jaffe	2006-07-12
Fantasy Focus: RotoWire Barometer, 7/12/06	Gus Papadopoulos	2006-07-12
Under The Knife: Which Limp?	Will Carroll	2006-07-10
Under The Knife: Backing It Up	Will Carroll	2006-07-07
Fantasy Focus: The RotoWire ROI 100	Erik Siegrist	2006-07-04
Fantasy Focus: The RotoWire ROI 100	Erik Siegrist	2006-06-20
Prospectus Hit List: Week of June 18th	Jay Jaffe	2006-06-20
Under The Knife: Money Not Well Spent	Will Carroll	2006-06-19
Transaction Analysis: June 13-15, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-06-16
Under The Knife: The Mesa Grill	Will Carroll	2006-06-14
Prospectus Hit List: Week of June 11	Jay Jaffe	2006-06-13
Under The Knife: Heads Will Roll	Will Carroll	2006-06-12
Under The Knife: Grimsley	Will Carroll	2006-06-08
Prospectus Hit List: Week of June 4	Jay Jaffe	2006-06-06
Prospectus Notebook: Rockies, Dodgers	Baseball Prospectus	2006-06-02
Under The Knife: Advocatus Diaboli	Will Carroll	2006-05-31
Under The Knife: Memorial Day Edition	Will Carroll	2006-05-29
Under The Knife: Elbow Surprise	Will Carroll	2006-05-17
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 14	Jay Jaffe	2006-05-16
Under The Knife: Sparkle	Will Carroll	2006-05-15
Under The Knife: U.S.S. Enterprise	Will Carroll	2006-05-12
Fantasy Focus: Speculating	Jeff Erickson	2006-05-06
Transaction Analysis: April 28-May 1	Christina Kahrl	2006-05-02
Prospectus Hit List: Week of April 30	Jay Jaffe	2006-05-02
Under The Knife: May Day	Will Carroll	2006-05-01
Transaction Analysis: April 21-25	Christina Kahrl	2006-04-26
Under The Knife: Weatherman	Will Carroll	2006-04-25
Transaction Analysis: April 14-17	Christina Kahrl	2006-04-18
Under The Knife: Pitch Counts and Complete Games	Will Carroll	2006-04-17
Transaction Analysis: April 5-10	Christina Kahrl	2006-04-12
Fantasy Focus: NL FAAB Focus	Jan Levine	2006-04-12
Prospectus Hit List: Week of April 9	Jay Jaffe	2006-04-11
Under The Knife: Danger is Will's Middle Name	Will Carroll	2006-04-11
Under The Knife: A Friend is Gone Today	Will Carroll	2006-04-10
Under The Knife: No Intro	Will Carroll	2006-04-07
Prospectus Notebook: Dodgers, Giants	Baseball Prospectus	2006-04-07
Under The Knife: West Coast Love	Will Carroll	2006-04-05
Prospectus Hit List: Preseason Edition	Jay Jaffe	2006-04-03
Under The Knife: Play Ball	Will Carroll	2006-04-03
Preseason Predictions: NL Staff Picks, 2006	Baseball Prospectus	2006-03-31
Transaction Analysis: March 27-28	Christina Kahrl	2006-03-29
Lies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Breaks Hearts	Nate Silver	2006-03-29
Future Shock: Spring Prospect Report, National League	Kevin Goldstein	2006-03-29
Under The Knife: Opening UTK	Will Carroll	2006-03-29
2006--Setting the Stage: The New Guys	Christina Kahrl	2006-03-28
Fantasy Focus: NL Spring Job Battles	Peter Schoenke	2006-03-27
Team Health Reports: Chicago Cubs	Will Carroll	2006-03-21
Team Health Reports: Los Angeles Dodgers	Will Carroll	2006-03-20
Prospectus Today: Learning from Mistakes	Joe Sheehan	2006-03-14
Baseball Between the Numbers: What Do Statistics Tell Us About Steroids?	Baseball Prospectus	2006-03-09
Team Health Reports: Florida Marlins	Will Carroll	2006-03-06
Under The Knife: Spring Training Update	Will Carroll	2006-02-27
Transaction Analysis: National League, December 15, 2005-February 11, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-02-15
Prospectus Notebook: Brewers, Yankees	Baseball Prospectus	2006-02-10
Aim For The Head: Five More Reasons to Hate the Hold	Keith Woolner	2006-02-02
Class of 2006: The Relievers	Jay Jaffe	2005-12-20
Prospectus Notebook: Dodgers, Twins	Baseball Prospectus	2005-12-14
Transaction Analysis: December 2-6	Christina Kahrl	2005-12-07
Prospectus Notebook: Brewers, Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2005-11-30
Baseball's Odd Couple: Matching Up the Two LA Franchises	Jon Weisman	2005-11-11
Prospectus Notebook: Mets, Pirates, Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2005-11-04
Prospectus Today: Bi-Coastal Silliness	Joe Sheehan	2005-11-03
Prospectus Notebook: Angels, Phillies	Baseball Prospectus	2005-10-13
Playoff Prospectus: Props for the Ozzeroo	Rany Jazayerli	2005-10-06
Under The Knife: More on Roberts	Will Carroll	2005-09-22
Transaction Analysis: September 1-7	Christina Kahrl	2005-09-08
Prospectus Today: No Defense	Joe Sheehan	2005-08-23
Lies, Damned Lies: Evaluating the Trade Bait	Nate Silver	2005-07-28
Under The Knife: Take A Chance, Lou	Will Carroll	2005-07-07
Prospectus Hit List: Week of June 26, 2005	Jay Jaffe	2005-06-28
Under The Knife: 30,000 and Counting	Will Carroll	2005-06-27
Transaction Analysis: June 14-22	Christina Kahrl	2005-06-24
Under The Knife: The Right Idea?	Will Carroll	2005-06-24
Under The Knife: More L.A. Woes	Will Carroll	2005-06-23
Under The Knife: Darts and Laurels	Will Carroll	2005-06-22
Prospectus Today: Dodger Blues	Joe Sheehan	2005-06-21
Prospectus Hit List: Week of June 19, 2005	Jay Jaffe	2005-06-21
Under The Knife: Bad News in L.A.	Will Carroll	2005-06-16
Under The Knife: TJs Abound	Will Carroll	2005-06-15
Prospectus Game of the Week: Milwaukee Brewers @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 6/5/05	Jonah Keri	2005-06-08
Under The Knife: The Prior Injury	Will Carroll	2005-05-30
Under The Knife: Was It Worth It?	Will Carroll	2005-05-27
Transaction Analysis: May 10-24, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-05-26
Prospectus Triple Play: Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals	Caleb Peiffer	2005-05-23
Under The Knife: One Quick Game	Will Carroll	2005-05-19
Pennants on the Training Room Wall: How Injuries Are Affecting Preseason Contenders	Will Carroll	2005-05-17
Under The Knife: Chicago Concern	Will Carroll	2005-05-16
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 8, 2005	Jay Jaffe	2005-05-10
Under The Knife: Closing Out the Week	Will Carroll	2005-05-06
Fantasy Focus: Factoring in Defense	Jeff Erickson	2005-05-06
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays	David Kirsch	2005-05-06
Prospectus Today: Double Dipping	Joe Sheehan	2005-05-05
You Could Look It Up: Infinity Edition #2	Steven Goldman	2005-05-04
Prospectus Today: My Guys	Joe Sheehan	2005-05-03
The Many Routes to Pitching Success: More to It than Aces and a Closer	Mark McClusky	2005-04-29
Under The Knife: April Depth Test	Will Carroll	2005-04-28
Fantasy Focus: Fantasy Trends--NL West	Erik Siegrist	2005-04-22
Under The Knife: Superstars	Will Carroll	2005-04-21
Prospectus Triple Play: Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants	Jay Jaffe	2005-04-19
Prospectus Today: The Dodger Bullpen	Joe Sheehan	2005-04-13
Prospectus Hit List: Week of April 10, 2005	Jay Jaffe	2005-04-12
Transaction Analysis: March 29-April 4, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-12
Under The Knife: An All-Star Comes to Indy	Will Carroll	2005-04-08
Prospectus Q&A: Juan Marichal	Carlos J. Lugo	2005-04-05
Under The Knife: On the Brink of Dawn	Will Carroll	2005-04-02
Prospectus Today: NL West Preview	Joe Sheehan	2005-04-02
Fantasy Focus: Rethinking Closers	Chris Liss	2005-03-30
Prospectus Triple Play: Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets	Baseball Prospectus	2005-03-29
2005--Setting the Stage: Breakout Hunches	Rany Jazayerli	2005-03-28
Under The Knife: Spring Training Updates	Will Carroll	2005-03-24
Prospectus Triple Play: Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants	Jay Jaffe	2005-03-23
Under The Knife: Notes From the South	Will Carroll	2005-03-15
LABR of Love: How Team BP Fared at the NL LABR Draft	Jonah Keri	2005-03-14
Team Health Reports: Los Angeles Dodgers	Will Carroll	2005-03-08
Fantasy Focus: You Say Good-Bye, I Say Hello: Making Keeper League Decisions	Erik Siegrist	2005-02-25
Prospectus Today: Fun with PECOTA	Joe Sheehan	2005-01-26
Prospectus Triple Play: Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants	Baseball Prospectus	2005-01-25
Prospectus Matchups: Mail Call	Jim Baker	2005-01-21
Lies, Damned Lies: How Do You Rate Relief?	Nate Silver	2005-01-06
The Class of 2005: The Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2004-12-20
Prospectus Matchups: NL Cy Young Voting	Jim Baker	2004-11-10
Internet Baseball Awards: 2004 National League Winners	Greg Spira	2004-10-28
Lies, Damned Lies: Comparables	Nate Silver	2004-10-21
Prospectus Today: Then There Were Five...	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-11
Prospectus Today: One Down, Six to Go	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-09
Lies, Damned Lies: So You Think You Know Baseball?	Nate Silver	2004-10-07
Under The Knife: Playoff Health Report: NL	Will Carroll	2004-10-04
Prospectus Today: Taking it Away	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-04
Under The Knife: Down to the Wire	Will Carroll	2004-10-01
Prospectus Today: Three for the Road	Joe Sheehan	2004-09-28
Teams: A Critical Guide: Rare Dick Weik Mention Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-09-22
Under The Knife: Everything Counts in Large Amounts	Will Carroll	2004-09-22
Prospectus Today: Weekend Notes	Joe Sheehan	2004-09-20
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2004-09-01
Prospectus Today: Just a Slump	Joe Sheehan	2004-08-21
Prospectus Triple Play: Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants	Baseball Prospectus	2004-08-17
Under The Knife: Anniversary Edition	Will Carroll	2004-08-03
Prospectus Today: Passing Judgment	Joe Sheehan	2004-07-31
Houston, We Have a Problem: Trying to See the All-Star Game for Free	Adam Katz	2004-07-15
Doctoring The Numbers: The Amazing Danny Kolb	Rany Jazayerli	2004-07-14
Prospectus Today: All-Star Diary	Joe Sheehan	2004-07-13
Prospectus Today: Bullet Point Monday	Joe Sheehan	2004-07-12
Prospectus Triple Play: Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-06-16
Prospectus Today: A Trip Through the Adjusted Standings	Joe Sheehan	2004-05-25
Teams: A Critical Guide: Lights Dimmed on Broadway	Steven Goldman	2004-05-24
Can Of Corn: April Awards	Dayn Perry	2004-05-07
Aim For The Head: Hidden Perfect Games	Keith Woolner	2004-04-27
Prospectus Today: Wasting Away in Rochester	Joe Sheehan	2004-04-19
Prospectus Triple Play: Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres	Baseball Prospectus	2004-04-14
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2004-04-12
World Cup Comes to Baseball?: Projecting the Pitchers	Nathan Fox	2004-03-24
Team Health Reports: Los Angeles Dodgers	Will Carroll	2004-03-22
Team Health Reports: Kansas City Royals	Will Carroll	2004-03-18
World Cup Comes to Baseball?: Projecting the Hitters	Nathan Fox	2004-03-11
Prospectus Triple Play: Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets	Baseball Prospectus	2004-03-03
Breaking Balls: Optimal Bullpen Usage, Continued	Derek Zumsteg	2004-03-03
6-4-3: Beating Eric Gagne	Gary Huckabay	2004-02-28
Prospectus Today: February Thoughts	Joe Sheehan	2004-02-27
Baseball Prospectus Basics: How to Run a Bullpen	Derek Zumsteg	2004-02-26
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part V: Baseball Prospectus, Circa '84	Steven Goldman	2004-02-23
Transaction Analysis: February 17-19, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-02-20
A Study in (Near) Perfection: Eric Gagne's Historic 2003	Blake Kirkman	2004-01-26
Prospectus Today: Headed to Arbitration	Joe Sheehan	2004-01-23
Transaction Analysis: The Wests	Baseball Prospectus	2004-01-16
The Class of 2004: Analyzing the Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2004-01-14
Internet Baseball Awards: The 2003 Results	Greg Spira	2003-10-24
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2003-10-14
Prospectus Today: Handing Out the Hardware	Joe Sheehan	2003-09-29
Prospectus Triple Play: Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2003-09-26
Under The Knife: Small Potatoes	Will Carroll	2003-09-11
From The Mailbag: Halladay, Gagne, Ichiro, and GWHBPRBI	Baseball Prospectus	2003-09-09
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2003-09-05
Prospectus Today: Reading the Schedule	Joe Sheehan	2003-09-02
Prospectus Today: Vuckovich's Return	Joe Sheehan	2003-08-25
Prospectus Today: A Day in the Sun	Joe Sheehan	2003-08-22
Prospectus Triple Play: Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres	Baseball Prospectus	2003-08-12
Prospectus Today: Exploiting the Opportunity	Joe Sheehan	2003-08-07
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2003-07-25
Under The Knife: Exhibition	Will Carroll	2003-07-16
Lies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Mid-Season Review	Nate Silver	2003-07-16
Prospectus Today: All-Star Diary	Joe Sheehan	2003-07-16
Mid-Season Baseball Awards: Staff Picks	Greg Spira	2003-07-15
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2003-07-11
Prospectus Today: Fading Into Oblivion	Joe Sheehan	2003-07-08
Prospectus Today: The Mid-Summer Classic	Joe Sheehan	2003-07-07
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Baseball Prospectus	2003-06-25
Prospectus Today: Bullet the White Screen	Joe Sheehan	2003-06-13
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2003-05-30
Prospectus Today: Look Ma, No Bats	Joe Sheehan	2003-05-22
Under The Knife: Opening Night	Will Carroll	2003-03-31
Under The Knife: Injury Jeopardy!	Will Carroll	2003-03-19
Under The Knife: Catching Up	Will Carroll	2003-03-14
Under The Knife: Ephedra Takes a Holiday	Will Carroll	2003-03-11
Under The Knife: Backs, Hammies, and Spring Training Owies	Will Carroll	2003-03-07
Prospectus Today: Roto Madness	Joe Sheehan	2003-03-07
Prospectus Today: Tuesday With Bud	Joe Sheehan	2003-03-04
Team Health Reports: Team Health Report: Los Angeles Dodgers	Will Carroll	2003-02-18
Breaking Out: PECOTA Speaks	Nate Silver	2003-01-29
Internet Baseball Awards: NL Most Valuable Player	Greg Spira	2002-10-26
Internet Baseball Awards: Cy Young	Greg Spira	2002-10-23
Transaction Analysis: September 11-15, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-09-17
Transaction Analysis: August 22-25, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-08-29
Transaction Analysis: August 15-18, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-08-21
Transaction Analysis: August 4-7, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-08-12
The Daily Prospectus: Angels, Umpires and Legends	Joe Sheehan	2002-08-02
The Midseason Awards: Our Picks at the Break	Greg Spira	2002-07-09
The Daily Prospectus: At the Half	Joe Sheehan	2002-07-05
The Daily Prospectus: Cool Thoughts	Joe Sheehan	2002-07-03
The Daily Prospectus: LABR Update	Joe Sheehan	2002-05-10
Prospectus Feature: Aim for the Head: Dropping the Worst Starts	Keith Woolner	2002-05-03
Transaction Analysis: April 18-20, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-04-22

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2009-04-28 13:00:00	Given Manny Acta's limited options, is he going to stick with Joel Hanrahan at closer after his awful start, or is he going to give a guy like Jason Bergmann a shot (a failed started with good stuff and health issues)? (Peeig13 from The Second City)	This is my darkhorse for the Nationals' closer: Kip Wells. His results have never matched his stuff as a closer and a lot of times many pitchers who fit that profile wind up being good closers for a time. Eric Gagne is a prime example. (John Perrotto)
2009-02-24 13:00:00	In the Mitchell report, Eric Gagne's entry still bugs me. It included the results an informal background check done by the Red Sox front office. Given that front offices were fully complying with the investigation - shouldn't we seen a lot more comments from front offices? (goiter6 from MN)	Perhaps. I'll use this question as a jumping-off point for what I hope will be my only steroid comment of the day: Alex Rodriguez has been called to the commissioner's office to discuss his steroid use. (I'm trying to get away from the term "performance-enhanching drugs," since I think it's a loaded phrase in which two words are out of place in a baseball context.) MLB has had the 2003 list since 2004. If they want to ask players on it about their steroid use, why have they waited until one has been outed? Why not ask them all, privately? If Alex Rodriguez can be summoned, why can't the other 103? Or at least interviewed out of the public eye? Or is only information from stars valuable? (Joe Sheehan)
2008-09-10 13:00:00	Hiya Jay .... thanks for chatting ... If Ned Yost had a clue about managing a pitching staff, and didn't care so much about no-hitters, the Brew Crew might have a chance to go deep into October. Do you concur? (dianagramr from NYC)	It's not a chat until Diana shows up! Glad you could make it, as always. I think Yost got a bit too carried away over Scorer-gate, but he's just standing up for his players and trying to take the pressure off them. I'm not crazy about the way he manages his bullpen, particularly with regards to his obsession for spot lefty matchups, and I wish he'd just lose Eric Gagne's phone number, but I don't have a problem with the way he's handled his rotation, particularly the two big guns. At this point, given what we know about the economics of making the postseason (Nate Silver's finding of a 10-year revenue bump for such teams, as noted in his chapter in Baseball Between the Numbers), I think it's far more important for the Brew Crew to simply make it to October and lift that 26-year-old monkey off their backs than it is to win the whole thing. Not that I wouldn't love to see the latter. My wife and in-laws would go nuts. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-07-30 12:30:00	I'm frustrated by the lack of prospects available for a Bay, Nady or Marte! What happened to the 3 good prospects for a middling reliever scenario (see Gagne, Eric; 2007) from only 1 year ago? (Frank from Vegas via Pittsburgh)	I don't think teams hold Nady and Marte in the same regard as Eric Gagne. Bottom line, Nady is an average player having a good and Marte is a situational lefty on a really good team. I think sometimes Pirates fans tend to overrate their own players in context to the rest of the league. (John Perrotto)
2008-07-03 13:00:00	I am an unfortunate owner of Matt Capps (and Eric Gagne-ouch). I was lucky enough to pick up Damaso Marte before the rest of the vultures in my league plucked him up. Is he the front runner to get the nod in Capps' absence? Also, what can we expect from Josh Johnson in the second half of the year? (Brent from Scottsdale)	I'd expect nothing from Johnson - even when a pitcher comes back from TJS, there's usually a lag in his command, and that's especially true when a guy comes back earlier than expected. If you have ample room on your reserve, sure, roster him, but don't activate him until he gets a few starts in to see what's going to happen. Marte - yes, frontrunner, but don't be surprised if there's some sort of committee at work with Yates, because Marte is a lefty. (Jeff Erickson)
2008-02-07 14:00:00	Eric Gagne over/under 35 saves (erbacaine from Milwaukee)	Under, and I'll take out a loan to make that bet. (Joe Sheehan)

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