American League East JeffBower ClayDavenport JeffHildebrand RanyJazayerli ChrisKahrl KeithLaw DavePease StevenRubio JoeSheehan MichaelWolverton DerekZumsteg TotalPoints New YorkYankees 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 53 BostonRed Sox 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 43 TorontoBlue Jays 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3…
National League East JeffBower ClayDavenport JeffHildebrand RanyJazayerli ChrisKahrl KeithLaw DavePease StevenRubio JoeSheehan MichaelWolverton DerekZumsteg TotalPoints AtlantaBraves 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 55 New YorkMets 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 40 PhiladelphiaPhillies 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 32…
Over the past couple of weeks–the long and storied life of the daily column–I’ve made a couple of references to baseball games of long, and not-so-long, ago. I’ve been lucky to get additional information on both the games mentioned here, and luckier still to not have to look it up myself. First, there was the…
Last Friday, The Daily Prospectus contained a short sermon on the Hall of Fame worthiness of just-retired Tim Raines. Judging by the results of an ESPN.com poll that same day, not everybody was paying attention. It’s not worth our time to explain in exhaustive detail why more than 4% of 75,000 voters should have cast…
Ignore, for a moment, the question of how much Ken Griffey Jr. is going to add to the Reds’ lineup. Put aside the concerns of whether Pat Hentgen and Darryl Kile can regain their former glory. Cast away those doubts about whether Mitch Meluskey is healthy and ready to hit major-league pitching. All three contenders…
The Phillies face a series of choices at the bottom of their roster that, taken together, will determine whether they have the potential to outperform expectations or whether they definitely will underperform. The Phillies apparently believe they have to win, and win now, and we’re going to see this cost them games both this year…
Yesterday was the deadline for the staff of Baseball Prospectus to submit their predicted standings for the 2000 season, an exercise that is usually met with equal parts seriousness and whimsy. You can see the results here this weekend, and about all I can say for sure is that everyone predicts all 30 teams to…
Before this column kicks off, I want to thank everyone for their feedback on Friday’s column, in which I stated Tim Raines was a clear Hall of Famer. The response was overwhelming, and I have been unable to return all the mail. What I can do is ask all of you to keep an eye…
Whether or not progress is inevitable is one of those things that historians, cranks and the Census Bureau spend plenty of time kvetching about, usually all at the same place and at the same time. If you’re someone who thinks things do get better, here are some reasons to believe it, and some reasons to…
Although most major teams head to spring training with enough players to fill two 25-man rosters, if all goes according to Hoyle, the winnowing of players the following six weeks is mainly a formality. This is as it should be, since personnel decisions shouldn’t be based on 45 at-bats or 15 innings pitched. Inevitably, however,…
