KyleJRM
Hall Of Fame

Gregg is a free agent at the end of the year. Not entirely up to us.

I don't think Gato posts there? Plus, the discussion has changed subtly in the last year.

That comments section is glorious. It's everything I love about BCB. They may not have the concentrated quality of NSBB or PSD, but sometimes I...

I've been seeing Al's comments on baseball since like the mid-1990s on alt.sport.baseball.chicago-cubs. I don't see why he bothers so many people....

Just for corroboration, Fangraphs' pitch values/100 seen confirm that Castro is having by far his worst season ever against fastballs: ...

I can't be bothered to do actual maths in my head, but I think if they didn't sign Bryant (which they will, this is all just silly hypotheticals),...

I love how sabermetrics has eaten its own head and we can now just arbitrarily assume guy's true-talent peripherals are in a few points in either...

Also, he's right about the $11 million thing. Jackson's salary is considered $13m for luxury tax purposes, but his actual paychecks are on an...

By the baseball definition of "no. 1," there aren't 30 No. 1s. And even if there were, pre-FA players make up a large percentage of the pitching...

So at his age and, what, third? trip through AA, he's finally above average. Hooray?

He's in extended spring training and had some sort of injury last I checked.

I really don't see the Pirates' as better, even with Cole. They've got a few pretty pitchers and not near as much depth.

Castro needs to learn to excel again against MLB pitching. Relearning to hit AAA pitching gives us nothing.

Another month like this and Baez's K-rate will be a strength.

Up to the minute Baez peripherals: K-rate: 23.3% BB-rate: 4.7% Ratio: 5:1 We're back down out of "ZOMG CATASTROPHE!" levels and into "raised...

I'm hoping we can expect something from Lim after he pitches later this year. Rondon is super terrible and goes to Lendy Castillo A-ball purgatory...

Oddly enough, I just thought the Kevin Gregg move was funny because I didn't think there was any chance he'd see the majors. I'm not denying the...

OK, so for 2014 pitching staff, we have: SP - Samardzija SP - Jackson SP - Wood SP - SP - 6th/swingman - Villanueva High-leverage...

A year.

Lottery tickets, on average, have a negative expected value despite not costing very much. Same went for Ian Stewart. And again: It's not the...

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/ask-ba-which-draft-picks-will-become-no-1-prospects/ BA's Jim Callis lists Bryant as one of two draft picks...

He's a relief pitcher. The sample is always going to be small. He's also below replacement level for his career, and ZIPS projects him to be under...

2013 xFIP Shawn Camp 4.67 Henry Rodriguez 6.10 I'm not saying I'd rather have Camp. I don't really care. The season's over, we have nothing in...

He's worse than all those guys. He might actually be worse than Rondon and Camp. I have a long-held pet theory that I can't prove that FIP (which...

Pitchers with less than six walks per nine innings for their career. This is the first step in the "fill out the roster with awful players for...

He's also really awful.

I mean in general, OF doesn't come up enough. The problems he may have at SS would be alleviated by moving to 2b or 3b, but not eliminated. If...

I actually think OF is quite underrated as a potential landing spot for him.

MLB playing time has value. More value than random bench guys.

"low risk" Many of us never hated giving up Colvin or LeMahieu. We hated giving Ian Stewart MLB playing time.