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In working on some stuff for the site, I ran into a link to a top-50 position players list I’d published 2 years ago: link. There are many ways to dissect something like this, and I think I can deservedly pat myself on the back for ranking Desmond Jennings the 7th-best position player prospect [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Filed under Main Page, Prospect Views, Prospects, Rob McQuown · Tagged Adrian Cardenas, Andrew Mccutchen, Angel Villalona, Baseball America, Beau Mills, Cannon Arm, Drew Stubbs, Elvis Andrus, Gomez Ss, Gorkys Hernandez, Hector Gomez, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joey Votto, Jose Tabata, Kosuke Fukudome, Lung Hu, Nick Weglarz, Nolan Reimold, Ryan Kalish, Taylor Teagarden
Only Steve Bartman appreciated Milton Bradley for what he was worth. Then again, Bartman moved down the scape”goat” list thanks to Bradley’s antics in Chicago. Now that baseball is the #1 attraction in Wrigleyville, the Cubs look to reclaim the division that was there’s for two consecutive seasons before Milton Bradley’s “Game of Strife” hit [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 4:05 am
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Featured, Main Page, Rob McQuown · Tagged Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Baseball Reference, Chicago Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Cubs Goat, Consecutive Seasons, Cy Young, Dan Bernstein, Dollar Man, Game Play, Goat List, Hendry, Lee Majors, Main Attraction, Mcquown, Milton Bradley, Nl Central, Obscure Reference, Position Breakdowns, Pythagorean, Radio Personality, Rich Harden, Sports Radio, Steve Bartman, Straight Time, Strife, Team Previews, Time Mark, Ups, Ups And Downs, Wbc, Wrigleyville Chicago, Wscr
By now “Yes we can!” is so played out that even using it to introduce the President’s favorite baseball team is lame. It’s difficult to keep a White Sox intro short, though. There’s the obligatory mention of Ozzie Guillen’s Twitter, the South Side, and, for the nostalgic, throw in a Black Sox reference, too. Were [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Featured, Main Page, Rob McQuown · Tagged Alexis Rios, Black Sox, Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, Chicago White Sox, Climax, Differential, Favorite Baseball Team, Gauntlet, Hot Streak, Ineptitude, Kenny Williams, Mcquown, Measly, Minor League Game, Outfielder, Ozzie Guillen, Pecota, Pitchers, Position Breakdowns, President Of The United States, Pythagorean, Return Date, Straight Road Games, Straight Time, Team Previews, Thome, Twitter, Usa Today, York Boston
Elvis Andrus was a rookie in 2009, and hence is available in most Strat-O-Matic league drafts this off-season. He usually is not one of the first two players taken, though he should be.
This is an article specific to Strat-O-Matic, specifically the role of defense. Others who are interested in the value of defense may find [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Monday, March 1, 2010 at 10:05 am
Filed under Rob McQuown · Tagged Cesar Izturis, Elvis Andrus, Fielding Stats, Fraa, Game Company, Game Playability, Games, Jack Wilson, Measurement, Missing The Point, MLB, Pmr, Rare Case, Replay, Rookie Season, Schema, Shortstop, Starting Lineups, Stat, Strat O Matic
In Heater e-Magazine this week (heatermagazine.com), I tried to help out White Sox readers by describing the offensive adjustments from the regular 2009 lineup to the regular 2010 lineup:
“Here’s a decoder for the offensive changes to CWS in ‘10: Chris Getz to Juan Pierre, Jim Thome to Mark Teahen, Jermaine Dye to Andruw Jones. [...] [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Filed under Main Page, Rob McQuown · Tagged Andruw Jones, Career Leaders, Dh, E Magazine, Fandom, Getz, Hillman, Jake Peavy, Jermaine Dye, Juan Pierre, Last Move, Mark Kotsay, Mysterious Thing, New Convert, Radio Show, Rhp, Royals, Starting Lineup, Utl, White Sox
Last December 3, I was invited to participate in an “Expert Mock Draft” with 11 other fantasy baseball experts. Well, it’s hit the stands and you can read USA Today’s discussion of that magazine here. The participants included:
Mock draft
Rob McQuown, Baseball Prospectus
Tom Kephart, BaseballHQ.com
Tim Heaney, KFFL.com
Ryan Hallam, Fighting chance Fantasy
Mike Podhorzer, FantasyPros911.com
Doug Anderson, RotoExperts.com
Derek Carty, [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 3:29 am
Filed under Main Page, Rob McQuown, Roto Lunch · Tagged Albert Pujols, Baseball Prospectus, Baseballhq, Carlos Gomez, Chris Carpenter, Dan Haren, Fantasy Baseball Experts, Hardball Times, Jason Heyward, Jeff Erickson, Mastersball, Matt Holliday, Mockdraftcentral, Neftali Feliz, Nick Markakis, Nick Swisher, Nyy 16, Rotowire, Todd Helton, Tom Kephart
Hey all! Remember 10 short months ago, when several baseball experts got together and picked the collection of players they would start a team with, considering only the following 6 years of major-league performance and assuming that salaries weren’t an issue? That’s right… the Dream Draft!
Well, I thought it would be more interesting to post [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Filed under Main Page, Rob McQuown · Tagged Asdrubal Cabrera, Bj 43, Chase Utley, Colby Rasmus, Dayan Viciedo, Ian Kinsler, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jason Heyward, Johanna Wagner, John Danks, Kevin Slowey, Max Scherzer, Mike Moustakas, Roy Halladay, Taylor Teagarden, Troy Tulowitzki, Yovani Gallardo, Yu Darvish, Zack Greinke
What exactly are we measuring? Personality? Manners? The number of championships? Whether you played for the Dodgers or Yankees? If you can explain it to me, go ahead.
- Whitey Herzog on HOF selection criteria (from his 1998 book You’re Missin’ a Great Game).
Now, Jayson Stark “manned up” and openly discussed his HOF votes, for [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Filed under Main Page, Rob McQuown · Tagged All Star Game, Dodgers, Espn, Fantastic Day, First Halves, Game 7, Great Game, Greatest Game, Jack Morris, Jayson Stark, Juan Nieves, Lecturers, Manners, Matt Clement, Selection Criteria, Sparky, Star Games, What On Earth, Whitey Herzog, World Series
Okay, it’s a bad offseason to be Cubs fan… $7.5mil to an essentially replacement-level middle reliever in John Grabow, shipping out one of their best OBP guys because he failed “plays well with others” to get a $16mil hitting tee (cost for Carlos Silva for 2 years plus buyout after M’s contribution)… but then Ken [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 8:50 am
Filed under Free Agent Signings, Main Page, Rob McQuown · Tagged Baseballreference Com, Billy Williams, Career Values, Carlos Silva, Cubs Fan, Cubs Lefty, First Baseman, Free Agents, Gold Glove, Henry Rodriguez, Jamie Moyer, John Grabow, Mark Grace, Marlon Byrd, Mickey Morandini, Middle Reliever, Mitch Williams, Offseason, Rick Ankiel, Scott Podsednik
Guerrilla Warfare is summarized on wikipedia as: “irregular warfare and combat in which a small group of combatants use mobile militaryfr tactics in the form of ambushes and raids to combat a larger and less mobile formal army.” It’s from the Spanish “guerra” (war) and “-illa” (diminutive), translating literally to “little war”. And throughout history, [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:21 am
Filed under Main Page, Rob McQuown · Tagged Afganistan, Bottoms, Civilians, Combatants, English Army, Evil Empire, Freedom Fighters, Guerrilla Warfare, Irregular Warfare, Little War, Major League Baseball, Military Tactics, Pira, Remarkable Success, Skirmishes, Space And Time, Tenets, Title Contender, Wikipedia, Yankee, Yankees Baseball