Newsletter: Monday, March 4, 2013
BASEBALL PROSPECTUS 2013 HAS ARRIVED
The latest annual, complete with all of
the projections, player comments, and insight that you have come to expect
from your favorite BP authors, is ready to be shipped. To purchase your copy
online, on paperback or ebook, just use one of the links below.
Amazon.com:
http://bbp.cx/b
Barnes & Noble: http://bbp.cx/bn
MEDIA
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03-05 1:00 PM EST
NEW PREMIUM CONTENT
Baseball Therapy
Of Dogs, Men, and Stolen Bases
by Russell A. Carleton
Can managers be classically conditioned to change their in-game tactics?
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19772
Pebble Hunting
Team Previews Based on Cactus League Stadium Advertisements
by Sam Miller
What the outfield signs in spring training say about each team.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19768
Bizball
2013 American League Attendance Projections
by Maury Brown
A look at which way each AL team's attendance will move during the coming
season.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19774
Skewed Left
It's No Good to Get Old (Except for These Guys)
by Zachary Levine
Old players are contributing less to teams than they have in years, but a few
veterans are bucking the trend.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19743
Rumor Roundup
Patching Pitching Staffs
by Daniel Rathman
A pair of starters might soon have new homes.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19769
NEW FANTASY CONTENT
Fantasy Auction Values
Third Edition, March 4
by Mike Gianella
Mike adjusts his bid limits based on two expert auctions and the latest news
from around the league.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19767
NEW BASIC CONTENT
Painting the Black
The 2013 Free Agents and Hidden Rationality
by R.J. Anderson
R.J. goes back over his free agent rankings to see what teams knew that he
didn't.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19771
The Week In Quotes
February 25-March 3
by Hudson Belinsky, Jonah Birenbaum and Andrew Koo
Running through the notable quotes of the week that was.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19742
BP Unfiltered
Daddy, What's Replacement Level?
by Russell A. Carleton
Having the hard talk about where replacement level comes from.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19773
PODCASTS
NEW PODCAST COMING IN APRIL!
Many of you have been waiting for the podcast successor to Up and In. Well,
next month, Jason Parks will join forces with Mike Ferrin—who has recently
been filing BP Unfiltered journals from each Grapefruit League camp—to bring
you more of the great audio content that you have come to expect from BP. For
more information on the podcast, and a contest that will allow you, the
listeners, to come up with its name, follow the link below.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19762
THE SEASON-PREVIEW PODCAST SERIES CONTINUES WITH THE GIANTS
Over the next two-plus 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
Giants; Ben and Sam are joined by Ian Miller and Josh Shepardson to discuss
the team's outlook, and then Pete Barrett interviews Bay Area News Group beat
writer Alex Pavlovic.
EFFECTIVELY WILD, THE DAILY BP PODCAST - EPISODE 152: 2013 SEASON PREVIEW
SERIES - SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19770
BP FANTASY PODCAST EPISODE 34: AMAZEBALLS
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19766
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MLB ROUNDTRIP WITH BASEBALL PROSPECTUS RETURNS MARCH 17
We are thrilled to announce that MLB Roundtrip with Baseball Prospectus will
return to SiriusXM Radio on Sunday, March 17, and air every Sunday night
throughout the season. The show will be sponsored this year by Perfect Game
USA, and your hosts will be Mike Ferrin, Daron Sutton, and our own joe
Hamrahi. We hope you'll join us for the 2013 debut!
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TOP 10 PROSPECT LISTS SERIES CONTINUES WITH THE GIANTS
Jason Parks and the BP prospect team are hard at work on their top-10 lists.
The latest installment, on the San Francisco Giants, can be found here:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19740
For a complete archive of the lists, and the order of teams to come, go to:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/
For our list of the top 101 prospects across all teams, go to:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19694
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
GET YOUR DAILY NEWS FIX WITH THE MINOR-LEAGUE UPDATE AND RUMOR ROUNDUP
Spring training has begun, and 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=19741
Rumor Roundup: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19769
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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