Newsletter: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
MEDIA
WLQR 106.5 FM (Toledo, OH)
Jay Jaffe - Jay Jaffe talks baseball with Norm Wamer on "The Front Row,"
Wednesday at 3:15 pm CT/4:15 ET. Streaming via their website at
http://www.1065theticket.com as well
02-20 3:15 PM CST
NEW PREMIUM CONTENT
Pebble Hunting
Fixing the Holes, American League
by Sam Miller
Each AL team had a weakest position last season. Those positions aren't so
weak anymore.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19666
Punk Hits
Baseball Players Are Too Damned Good For Their Own Good
by Ian Miller
Or maybe for our own good.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19668
Rumor Roundup
Fishing for Carp
by Daniel Rathman
The Mariners face a Thursday deadline to move Mike Carp, and the Biogenesis
saga won't go away.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19670
Transaction Analysis
Snakes Get Legs
by R.J. Anderson
The Diamondbacks trade for Tony Campana, the Marlins sign Casey Kotchman, and
Jack Cust lands in Tampa Bay.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19669
Pre-Season Positional Rankings
Top 15 Fantasy Shortstops
by Paul Singman
The elite players at this position are tantalizing, but each of them carries
significant risk.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19671
NEW FANTASY CONTENT
Five to Watch in Spring Training
Impact Arms With Unclear Roles
by Paul Sporer
A pair of triple-digit hurlers top this group of pitchers, whose upside is
high, but whose specific jobs are up in the air.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19664
NEW BASIC CONTENT
The Lineup Card
11 Favorite Off-Season Moves
by Baseball Prospectus
With most teams finished with their winter shopping, which moves did the BP
staff like the most this offseason?
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19644
BP Announcements
Episode 33: Get Well Soon, Jason
by Paul Sporer, Mike Gianella and Bret Sayre
Shortstops, get your shortstops here!
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19667
PODCASTS
THE SEASON-PREVIEW PODCAST SERIES CONTINUES WITH THE PHILLIES
Over the next three 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
Braves; Ben and Sam are joined by Paul Sporer to discuss the team's outlook,
and then Pete Barrett interviews CSN Philadelphia insider Jim Salisbury.
EFFECTIVELY WILD, THE DAILY BP PODCAST - EPISODE 143: 2013 SEASON PREVIEW
SERIES - PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19672
BP FANTASY PODCAST EPISODE 33: GET WELL SOON, JASON
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19667
ANNOUNCEMENTS
TOP 10 PROSPECT LISTS SERIES CONTINUES WITH THE RANGERS
Jason Parks and the BP prospect team are hard at work on their top-10 lists.
The latest installment, on the Texas Rangers, can be found here:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19656
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=19660
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/
BASEBALL PROSPECTUS ON FACEBOOK
Check out the Baseball Prospectus page on Facebook
at:
http://www.facebook.com/baseballprospectus
BASEBALL PROSPECTUS TWITTER FEED
Stay up to date on the latest articles, events, chats, authors and stats by
following @BaseballPro ( http://www.twitter.com/BaseballPro ) on Twitter for
updates throughout the day.
FOLLOW BP CONTRIBUTORS ON TWITTER
Mark Anderson @ProspectMark (http://www.twitter.com/ProspectMark)
R.J. Anderson @r_j_anderson (http://www.twitter.com/r_j_anderson)
Stephani Bee @StephBee118 (http://www.twitter.com/StephBee118)
Hudson Belinsky @hudsonbelinsky (http://www.twitter.com/hudsonbelinsky)
Dan Brooks @brooksbaseball (http://www.twitter.com/brooksbaseball)
Maury Brown @BizBallMaury (http://www.twitter.com/BizBallMaury)
Evan Brunell @evanbrunell (http://www.twitter.com/evanbrunell)
Russell A. Carleton @pizzacutter4 (http://www.twitter.com/pizzacutter4)
Derek Carty @derekcarty (http://www.twitter.com/derekcarty)
Jason Cole @LoneStarDugout (http://www.twitter.com/LoneStarDugout)
Jason Collette @jasoncollette (http://www.twitter.com/jasoncollette)
Corey Dawkins @CoreyDawkinsBP (http://www.twitter.com/CoreyDawkinsBP)
Bradford Doolittle @bbdoolittle (http://www.twitter.com/bbdoolittle)
Jeff Euston @JeffEuston (http://www.twitter.com/JeffEuston)
Dan Evans @DanEvans108 (http://www.twitter.com/DanEvans108)
Nick J. Faleris @NickJFaleris (http://www.twitter.com/NickJFaleris)
Perfect Game @PerfectGameUSA (http://www.twitter.com/PerfectGameUSA)
Mike Gianella @MikeGianella (http://www.twitter.com/MikeGianella)
Larry Granillo @wezen_ball (http://www.twitter.com/wezen_ball)
Joe Hamrahi @jhamrahi (http://www.twitter.com/jhamrahi)
Matthew Kory @mattymatty2000 (http://www.twitter.com/mattymatty2000)
Zachary Levine @zacharylevine (http://www.twitter.com/zacharylevine)
Ben Lindbergh @ben_lindbergh (http://www.twitter.com/ben_lindbergh)
Max Marchi @MarchiMax (http://www.twitter.com/MarchiMax)
Jason Martinez @mlbdepthcharts (http://www.twitter.com/mlbdepthcharts)
Rob McQuown @robmcquown (http://www.twitter.com/robmcquown)
Chris Mellen @ChrisMellen (http://www.twitter.com/ChrisMellen)
Dan Mennella @DanMennella (http://www.twitter.com/DanMennella)
Ian Miller @productiveouts (http://www.twitter.com/productiveouts)
Sam Miller @SamMillerBP (http://www.twitter.com/SamMillerBP)
Jason Parks @ProfessorParks (http://www.twitter.com/ProfessorParks)
Harry Pavlidis @harrypav (http://www.twitter.com/harrypav)
Dave Pease @davepease (http://www.twitter.com/davepease)
John Perrotto @jperrotto (http://www.twitter.com/jperrotto)
Daniel Rathman @danielrathman (http://www.twitter.com/danielrathman)
Bret Sayre @dynastyguru (http://www.twitter.com/dynastyguru)
Josh Shepardson @BChad50 (http://www.twitter.com/BChad50)
Paul Singman @pauliesings (http://www.twitter.com/pauliesings)
Adam Sobsey @sobsey (http://www.twitter.com/sobsey)
Paul Sporer @sporer (http://www.twitter.com/sporer)
Michael Street @MichaelWStreet (http://www.twitter.com/MichaelWStreet)
Doug Thorburn @doug_thorburn (http://www.twitter.com/doug_thorburn)
Jason Wojciechowski @jlwoj (http://www.twitter.com/jlwoj)
Will Woods @IAmWillWoods (http://www.twitter.com/IAmWillWoods)
Colin Wyers @cwyers (http://www.twitter.com/cwyers)
Geoff Young @ducksnorts (http://www.twitter.com/ducksnorts)
|
