In an homage to Kasparov versus Deep Blue, Nate puts his PECOTA system to the test as it tries to predict the results of the 2007 season.
Joe tries his hand at analyzing some transactions taking place in camps throughout the game.
Entering the last weeks of Spring Training, we get some straight talk, but the rest is just for fun.
The Mariners need a whole lot of luck–PECOTA 90th-percentile luck–and a reformation of managerial style to win it all in 2007.
Some big-name prospects report to the farm for duty, the Fish search for a flycatcher, and the Nationals take their act off-Broadway in this edition of Transaction Analysis.
Will MLB’s completist instinct for new or improved stadiums find satisfaction in Miami and Fremont?
This week, an interview with the notoriously successful high school draft pick turned budding star pitcher.
Will gives us a literary take on what makes the Astros a potential World Series winner.
John takes a look at where expectations and projections collide, and updates the rumor mill from around Spring Training.
Motivated by a lack of sports venues in the American Institute of Architects’ recent poll of top buildings, Jim opens the floor for readers to nominate the best and worst sporting facilities of all time from an architectural standpoint.
There’s a lot of movement this week among formerly famous pitching prospects and currently famous hitting prospects.
Will talks about his forthcoming mechanics project, and checks in on Miguel Tejada and a gaggle of pitchers.
Nate envisions what exactly needs to go right for the Tigers to get in the playoffs.
Can the Cardinals become the first NL team to repeat since the Big Red Machine? In the NL Central, anything’s possible.
Revelations and rumors won’t deflect Will from covering the stories that matter–what’s going on in the trainer’s room.
It may seem that PECOTA has gone soft when it comes to the plethora of excellent center field prospects, but there’s good reason to be excited.