Newsletter: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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02-13 3:15 PM CST
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02-14 1:00 PM EST
NEW PREMIUM CONTENT
Pebble Hunting
Fun with 2013 PECOTA Comparables
by Sam Miller
A guided tour of the sometimes silly, sometimes sensible PECOTA comparables.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19618
Rumor Roundup
Wednesday, February 13
by Daniel Rathman
With Michael Bourn finally signed, Kyle Lohse might finally get some
attention... or not.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19621
Overthinking It
Spring Position Battles, National League
by Ben Lindbergh
Five positions on NL contending teams where playing time is still up for grabs
this spring.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19608
Arbitration Showdown
Mock Hearing: Homer Bailey
by Ian Miller, Doug Thorburn and Ben Lindbergh
Did the BP arbitration panel buy into Bailey's 2012 breakout?
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19528
NEW FANTASY CONTENT
Pre-Season Positional Rankings
Top 15 Fantasy Catchers
by Paul Sporer
National League MVP Buster Posey leads off a deep crop of high-upside
backstops this year.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19619
Fantasy Beat
The Closer Matrix
by Jason Collette
Jason examines the indicators that can save you from the volatility of fantasy
closers.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19615
NEW BASIC CONTENT
The Lineup Card
9 Breakout Candidates
by Baseball Prospectus
Which players do the BP staff believe will come up big in 2013?
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19600
PODCASTS
THE SEASON-PREVIEW PODCAST SERIES CONTINUES WITH THE ANGELS
Over the next four weeks, Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller are turning the
Effectively Wild podcast into a series of season previews. Each preview will
include an interview with one of your favorite BP writers or an outside source
intimately connected with the team. The series continues today with the
Angels; Ben and Sam discuss the team's outlook, and then Pete Barrett
interviews Orange County Register beat writer Jeff Fletcher.
EFFECTIVELY WILD, THE DAILY BP PODCAST - EPISODE 139: 2013 SEASON PREVIEW
SERIES - LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19620
BP FANTASY PODCAST EPISODE 32: WE GOT TO SECOND BASE
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19609
ANNOUNCEMENTS
TOP 10 PROSPECT LISTS SERIES CONTINUES WITH THE TIGERS
Jason Parks and the BP prospect team are hard at work on their top-10 lists.
The latest installment, on the Tampa Bay Rays, can be found here:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19611
For a complete archive of the lists, and the order of teams to come, go to:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/
BALLPARK EVENTS SERIES PLANS COMING TOGETHER
Many of your favorite BP authors will soon descend on a major-league ballpark
near you. For information on all of our ballpark events for the upcoming
season, visit the page linked below. You can find out more about each
individual event and purchase tickets by following the links on that page. We
hope to see you there!
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19546
INTRODUCING THE GREG SPIRA BASEBALL RESEARCH AWARD
BP's Joe Hamrahi and Dave Pease have joined forces with Sean Forman of
Baseball-Reference.com, Sean Lahman of Baseball1.com, and Gary Gillette of
24-7 Baseball to create an award that commemorates the work of Greg Spira and
annually honors the authors of the year's most innovative baseball research.
For more information, including how to nominate pieces of research for
consideration, please see Dave's post:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19410
GET YOUR DAILY NEWS FIX WITH THE MINOR-LEAGUE UPDATE AND RUMOR ROUNDUP
The postseason may be over, but with winter leagues in the Caribbean and hot
stove rumors in the States, baseball is a year-round sport. We're keeping up
with the latest happenings on and off the field in Jason Martinez's
Minor-League Update and Daniel Rathman's Rumor Roundup. Here are the links to
today's installments:
Minor-League Update:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19532
Rumor Roundup: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19613
BP JOINS FORCES WITH PERFECT GAME
For more information on our new partnership with baseball's largest
independent scouting service, see the press release linked below:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19092
ORDER YOUR COPY OF BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS 2012-2013
The NBA season is underway, and if you're not already the analysis and
commentary in our annual, we invite you to get in on the fun! This year's
edition includes a foreword by Indiana Pacers general manager Kevin Pritchard,
to go with essays on all 30 teams and Kevin Pelton's SCHOENE projection system
and much, much more. You can download sample chapters and purchase a copy by
following the link below.
http://www.basketballprospectus.com/products/pbp2012/
PLAYOFF ODDS AVAILABLE DAILY
The season is underway, and our playoff odds report is now updated to account
for the double wild card. Check it out here:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/odds/
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