Steven Goldman triumphantly returns to BP with a revisionist idea: to create player comments for those players who existed before Baseball Prospectus.
Calvin Pickering heads to Omaha after 31 plate appearances, Brad Penny makes his return and Jaret Wright hits the DL. All that and more in today’s Transaction Analysis.
Baltimore’s Brian Roberts, Rockies rookies and Mets minor leaguers take the field in today’s Prospectus Triple Play.
Jim Baker checks in on the pitching-deprived Orioles and Giants and the questionable offense of the Marlins in today’s Prospectus Matchups.
For the second straight season, the DiSar Awards went to players who weren’t regulars.
The Dodgers and Marlins retain their top rankings–how does the rest of the league shape up?
Will checks in with news on Nomar Garciaparra’s status, plus some updates on a few injured sluggers.
It’s an almost all-Chicago edition of The Week in Quotes, as Ozzie Guillen and Magglio Ordonez feud, Nomar Garciaparra gets accused of steroid use, and there’s closer trouble for both Second City teams.
Jay Jaffe, Keith Woolner, James Click and Jonah Keri reach into the mailbag and address win expectancies, the stathead revolution, the running game, gambling, and…scrabble? Plus, a reader known only as “J.S.” offers Steven Goldman (if that is his real name) some more conspiracy fuel for the fire.
The series continues with advice about Jon Garland, Troy Percival and Mike Sweeney, among others.
NL Central rivals…err…acquaintances collide as the Pirates take on the Cubs in the Prospectus Game of the Week.
Brad Penny returns, Kerry Wood leaves early, and Jaret Wright exits stage left for at least a month.