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May 20, 2013

Baseball Therapy: Would the Astros' Piggyback Starters Model Work in the Majors?

by Russell A. Carleton

Considering the pros and cons of an innovative experiment.

May 14, 2013

Baseball Therapy: How Reliable Are Our Fielding Metrics?

by Russell A. Carleton

How long fielding stats take to stabilize.

May 9, 2013

Baseball Therapy: Should I Worry About My Favorite Pitcher?

by Russell A. Carleton

When pitching stats stabilize.

May 6, 2013

Baseball Therapy: What is a Good Hitting Coach Worth?

by Russell A. Carleton

In some cases, quite a bit.

April 29, 2013

Baseball Therapy: On the Evolution of the Patient Hitter

by Russell A. Carleton

Have hitters become too passive, or is there something else going on?

BP Unfiltered: Starling Marte, Bryce Harper, and the Limits of WARP

by Russell A. Carleton

Have Starling Marte and Bryce Harper really been equally valuable in 2013?

April 23, 2013

BP Unfiltered: Should Players Get Preventative Appendectomies?

by Russell A. Carleton

Jason Heyward had an appendectomy on Monday night and will miss some time. Could the Braves have prevented this? Should they have?

April 22, 2013

Baseball Therapy: What is a Good Pitching Coach Worth?

by Russell A. Carleton

Assigning a value to the coaches behind the arms.

April 15, 2013

Baseball Therapy: Boys Will Be Boys?: The Carlos Quentin and Zack Greinke Story

by Russell A. Carleton

How baseball's latest brawl was emblematic of American culture.

April 8, 2013

Baseball Therapy: Rethinking Randomness: Pitchers and Their BABIPs

by Russell A. Carleton

Are we still too accepting of the idea that pitchers have little to no control over balls in play?

April 1, 2013

BP Announcements: Entire Baseball Prospectus Staff Hired by Mystery Team

by Russell A. Carleton

BP's big news steals baseball's thunder on Opening Day.

March 29, 2013

Prospectus Preview: These Questions Three: The Bottom of the Barrel

by Russell A. Carleton and Ian Miller

The final installment of a five-part series on the pressing questions confronting each team in 2013.

March 27, 2013

Baseball Therapy: The Lessons of Lohse

by Russell A. Carleton

Does the hard time Kyle Lohse had finding a job suggest that we should change the draft pick compensation system?

March 25, 2013

Baseball Therapy: Could the All-Bullpen Approach Actually Work?

by Russell A. Carleton

Considering all the pros and cons of a revolutionary way to structure a roster.

March 21, 2013

Baseball Therapy: Is Brandon Inge Worth 10 Wins Behind Closed Doors?

by Russell A. Carleton

An attempt to quantify the effect a good clubhouse guy has on his teammates.

March 18, 2013

Baseball Therapy: You Gotta Keep 'Em Separated

by Russell A. Carleton

Does separating starters of the same type in the same rotation make sense?

March 11, 2013

Baseball Therapy: Maybe I'm Wrong

by Russell A. Carleton

Are sabermetricians too willing to blame their own mistakes on bad luck?

March 4, 2013

Baseball Therapy: Of Dogs, Men, and Stolen Bases

by Russell A. Carleton

Can managers be conditioned to change their in-game tactics?

BP Unfiltered: Daddy, What's Replacement Level?

by Russell A. Carleton

Having the hard talk about where replacement level comes from.

February 26, 2013

Baseball Therapy: Can't Buy Me Chemistry?

by Russell A. Carleton

Do teams that stick together win together more often than high-turnover teams?