Recently, there was a very thought-provoking discussion on the Howard contract at a well-known Sabermetrically-oriented site. Beginning with the 13th comment, things began to take a rather strange turn, as MGL posited that Ryan Howard projected as the 133rd-best player in MLB in 2010 according to his assumptions about WAR and his projection system (comment [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Friday, May 7, 2010 at 9:16 am
Filed under Projection Applications, Rob McQuown · Tagged 133rd, Assertions, Best Player, Buffoons, Cogent Argument, Elijah Dukes, Heckler, Jaso, Kent Gerst, Laforest, League Stats, Luminaries, Phillies, Projection System, Ryan Howard, Shenanigans, Snip, Spring Training, Strange Turn, Validity Check
As Vegas Watch points out, PECOTA is the best in the business at doing what it does.
Posted by Bill Baer on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Filed under Authors A-F, Bill Baer, Main Page, Major League News, Miscellaneous, News, Projection Applications, Reference · Tagged Accent, Baseball Fans, Baseball Prospectus, Colin Wyers, Decent Percentage, Gut Reaction, Holy Crap, Nationals, Nostradamus, Pecota Projections, Playing Time, Random Variation, Representative Team, Six Games, Spans, Standard Deviation, Standard Deviations, Sums, World Series, World Series Champion