Replacement Level Podcast: Recent Episodes
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Paul Moehringer. Paul is a contributor to the Hardball Times and the creator of the pyramid rating system. He joined me to discuss the player...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Michael Clair. Michael is a writer for MLB.com and CUT4. He joined me to discuss his piece on the history of American baseball being played in...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Nathan Rode. Nathan is the national scouting supervisor for Prep Baseball Report. He joined me to discuss the 2019 MLB draft. He gave scouting...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Rob Arthur. Rob is a writer for Baseball Prospectus. He Joined me to discuss some of the statistical trends that have emerged so far in 2019...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Shi Davidi. Shi is a baseball columnist for Sportsnet in Toronto. He’s also the author of the book The Big 50: The Men and Moments that...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Evan Drellich. Evan is a frequent contributor to WEEI and MLB Network. He’s also the author of The Big 50: The The Men and Moments that...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Cliff Corcoran. Cliff is a writer at The Athletic and a regular contributor on MLB Network. He joined me to preview the 2019 MLB season. We...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Todd Zolecki. Todd covers the Phillies for MLB.com. He joined me to discuss the eventful offseason in Philadelphia. Topics include the pursuit...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features James Fegan. James covers the White Sox for the Athletic. He joined me to discuss the White Sox offseason. Topics include missing out on Manny...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jason Collette. Jason is a writer for RotoWire. He joined me to preview the 2019 fantasy baseball season. He offered insights on players at...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jeffrey Paternostro. Jeff is the lead prospect writer at Baseball Prospectus, he joined me to discuss their top 101 list. We discussed how to...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Chris Bodig. Chris runs the website Cooperstown Cred. He joined me to recap the 2019 Hall of Fame voting results. We discussed some Hall of Fame...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features C. Trent Rosecrans. He joined me to discuss the Reds and his Hall of Fame ballot. Some of the topics discussed include Joey Votto’s steep...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features David Lennon. David is the national baseball writer for Newsday. He joined me to discuss the Yankees, Mets, and his Hall of Fame ballot. He...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jonathan Judge. Jonathan is a senior member of the Baseball Prospectus stat team and one of the creators of DRC. He joined me to discuss the new...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Ryan Divish. Ryan covers the Mariners for the Seattle Times. Ryan joined me to discuss the flurry of trades the Mariners have made this...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Craig Edwards. Craig joined me to discuss several of his recent posts at FanGraphs and to break down this year’s Hall of Fame...
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The 2019 Hall of Fame ballot was officially announced on Monday. Twenty newcomers join the fifteen holdover candidates already up for BBWAA consideration. The writers have elected a record number of...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Chris Sabo. Chris is a former three-time MLB All-Star, and the new manager of the Akron Zips. He spoke about many aspects of his playing career...
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This is a repost of my interview with Tommy John. The interview was originally recorded on July 1st, 2015. Tommy detailed his approach to pitching, how he adjusted to hitters, overcame bad command...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features R.J. Anderson. R.J. is a writer a CBS Sports and the co-host of the DFA podcast. R.J joined me to recap the 2018 regular season. We talked about...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jen McCaffrey. Jen covers the Red Sox for The Athletic. She joined me to discuss the state of the Red Sox. We hit on Chris Sale’s return...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Mark Armour. Mark is theauthor of six books including In Pursuit of Pennants. He’s also the founder of SABR’s bio project, and the...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Cliff Corcoran. Cliff is a writer at The Athletic and a regular contributor on MLB Network. He joined me to discuss pitching milestones for...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Ben Reiter. Ben is a senior writer at Sports Illustrated and the author of the new book Astroball. He joined me to discuss his book and how the...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Dan Hirsch. Dan operates the website The Baseball Gauge. He joined me for a Hall of Fame draft. With Hall of Fame induction weekend right...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Phil S. Dixon. Phil is a historian and researcher who specializes in the Negro Leagues and black baseball in general. Among the topics...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Chelsea Janes. Chelsea covers the Nationals for the Washington Post. Among the topics discussed are Bryce Harper’s struggles, Juan...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Chandler Rome. Chandler covers the Astros for the Houston Chronicle. Among the topics discussed are the Astros historically good starting staff,...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Carlos Collazo. Carlos is a writer for Baseball America, he joined me to discuss the 2018 MLB Draft. He gave scouting reports on several top...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Evan Drellich. Evan covers the Red Sox for NBC Sports in Boston. He’s also the author of the new book The Big 50: The The Men and Moments...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Grant McAuley. Grant covers the Braves for 92.9 The Game in Atlanta. He joined me to discuss the early success of the Braves and if it’s...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Russell Carleton. Russell is a regular contributor to Baseball Prospectus and the author of the new book The Shift: The Next Evolution in...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Dan Szymborski. Dan is the creator of the ZIPS projection system and a regular contributor at FanGraphs and ESPN. He joined me for some small...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Joshua Kusnick. Joshua is a MLBPA certified agent and a contributor to Baseball Prospectus. He joined me to discuss the life of a working agent....
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jared Diamond. Jared is the national baseball writer for the Wall Street Journal. He joined me to preview the 2018 MLB season. We discussed...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jason Collette. Jason is a writer for Rotowire, RotoGraphs, and a regular contributor on Sirius XM. He joined me to preview the 2018 fantasy...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Sweeny Murti. Sweeny covers the Yankees for WFAN. He joined me to discuss the Yankees offseason including the Stanton trade, realistic...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Sahadev Sharma. Sahadev covers the Cubs for The Athletic. He joined me to discuss the Cubs offseason including the Yu Darvish signing, their...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jeff Long. Jeff is a writer for Baseball Prospectus. Jeff joined me to discuss some of BP’s new pitching classifications, pitch tunneling,...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Mike Rosenbaum. Mike is a prospect writer for MLB.com He joined me to discuss MLB’s top 100 prospect list. He gave detailed scouting...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Nathaniel Rakich. Nathaniel’s work has appeared at FanGraphs, FiveThirtyEight, and in the Hardball Times. He joined me to discuss his Hall...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Andrew Baggarly. Andrew covers the Giants for The Athletic. Andrew discussed the Giants busy offseason and their acquisitions of Evan Longoria...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Ryan Divish. Ryan covers the Mariners for the Seattle Times. Ryan shared some stories on Edgar Martinez, spoke about the Mariners losing...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Evan Grant. Evan covers the Texas Rangers for the Dallas Morning News. Evan shared some stories on Adrian Beltre, spoke about the Rangers losing...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jayson Stark. Jayson is the author of several books and was previously a senior writer at ESPN. He joined me to discuss the Hall of Fame. Jayson...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Lynn Henning. Lynn covers the Tigers for The Detroit News. Lynn joined me to discuss the careers of new Hall of Fame inductees Alan Trammell and...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Rob Biertempfel. Rob covers the Pirates for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Rob discussed what the Pirates plan to do with Andrew McCutchen. He...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jeff Fletcher. Jeff is the Angels beat writer for the Orange County Register. We started the podcast by discussing Shohei Ohtani. The Angels are...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Sean Forman. Sean is the president of Sports Reference and the creator of Baseball-Reference. Sean joined me to discuss Bill James’ recent...
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The official 2018 Hall of Fame ballot was mailed out last week to eligible voting members of the BBWAA. Nineteen newcomers, headlined by Chipper Jones and Jim Thome, join a star-studded and stuffed...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Joe Lemire. Joe is the senior writer at SportTechie. He joined me to recap the 2017 season and discuss his piece on the top nine tech stories in...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jay Jaffe. Jay Joined me to discuss his new book The Cooperstown Casebook: Who’s in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who should be in, and who...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jeff Katz. Jeff is the Mayor of Cooperstown, New York, and the author of the book Split Season. Jeff joined me to discuss his responsibilities...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jonathan Mayo. Jonathan is the senior prospect writer at MLB.com Jonathan joined me to recap the 2017 draft. He offered scouting reports on...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jen McCaffrey. Jen is the Red Sox beat writer for MassLive.com. She joined me to discuss the state of the Red Sox. We hit on David Price’s...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Justin McGuire. Justin is the host of the Baseball by the Book podcast and is the former MLB editor at Sporting News. Justin joined me to...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Bronson Arroyo. Bronson is a 15-year MLB veteran, a former All-Star, and a World Series champion with the 2004 Red Sox. He joined me to discuss...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Paul Sporer. Paul is a writer at FanGraphs and Rotowire. He joined me for the fist ever Replacement Level Podcast fantasy baseball primer. We...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Elliott Kalb. Elliott is the senior editorial director for MLB Network. He’s also the author of several books including The 30 Greatest...
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The great Joe Posnanski recently challenged his readers to make a lineup using an active player from a different country at each spot. No country can be repeated but you can use territories (Puerto...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Brandon Isleib. Brandon is the author of the book Playing for a Winner. He joined to me to discuss his book which attempts to quantify some of...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jeffrey Paternostro. Jeffrey is the senior prospect writer at Baseball Prospectus. BP just released their list of the top 101 prospects in...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Rob Arthur. Rob is a writer and researcher whose work has appeared at FiveThirtyEight, Baseball Prospectus, Slate, and the Wall Street Journal....
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Harry Pavlidis. Harry is the Director of Technology for Baseball Prospectus and the founder of Pitch Info. Baseball Prospectus just released...
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Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell, and Ivan Rodriguez are the newest members of the Hall of Fame. Bagwell had the highest percentage of the vote with 86.2%, this was his 7th year on the ballot. Raines became...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Craig Edwards. Craig is a writer at FanGraphs and the managing editor of Viva El Birdos. He joined me to discuss the results of the 2017 Hall of...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Nathaniel Rakich. Nathaniel’s writing has appeared at the Hardball Times, FiveThirtyEight, and FanGraphs. He runs the blog Baseballot...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Roch Kubatko. Roch covers the Orioles for MASN. He joined me to discuss the Orioles offseason so far, and the Hall of Fame. He spoke about what...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Dan Hayes. Dan covers the White Sox for CSN Chicago. He joined me to discuss the busy offseason for the White Sox, and the Hall of Fame. Dan is...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jerry Crasnick. Jerry is a senior writer at ESPN.com. He joined me to discuss the Hall of Fame. The early polling results are showing a very...
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Hall of Fame season is well underway and Ryan Thibodaux has already gathered 100 ballots in his tracker. With that new information I wanted to update my Hall of Fame predictions. You can find a link...
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This is part ten of my series ranking the top 250 baseball players ever to play the game. For more information about how this list was compiled please refer to part one. This is the final section and...
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This is part nine of my series ranking the top 250 baseball players ever to play the game. For more information about how this list was compiled please refer to part one. This section is for players...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Sam Mellinger. Sam is a columnist for the Kansas City Star. He joined me to discuss the state of the Kansas City Royals, and the Hall of Fame....
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This is part eight of my series ranking the top 250 baseball players ever to play the game. For more information about how this list was compiled please refer to part one. This section is for players...
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This is part seven of my series ranking the top 250 baseball players ever to play the game. For more information about how this list was compiled please refer to part one. This section is for players...
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This is part six of my series ranking the top 250 baseball players ever to play the game. For more information about how this list was compiled please refer to part one. This section is for players...
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This is part five of my series ranking the top 250 baseball players ever. For more information about how this list was compiled please refer to part one. This section is for players ranked 150-126....
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This is part four of my series ranking the top 250 baseball players ever. For more information about how this list was compiled please refer to part one. This section is for players ranked 175-151....
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This is part three of my series ranking the top 250 baseball players ever to play the game. For more information about how this list was compiled please refer to part one. This section is for players...
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This is part two of my series ranking the top 250 baseball players ever. For more information about how this list was compiled please refer to part one. This section is for players ranked 225-201....
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Two years ago I ranked the top 250 baseball players in history. The list included players from all over the world and across all eras. It was fun to do so I wanted to revisit the list with a fresh...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Ryan Spaeder. Ryan is the man behind the @theaceofspaeder twitter account, he’s also a contributor at Sporting News, and the author of the book...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Nathaniel Grow. Nathaniel is a contributor at FanGraphs, the author of the book Baseball on Trial: The Origin of Baseball’s Antitrust...
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The offseason is underway, which means it’s time for an annual tradition on this site, Hall of Fame predictions. I like to make my initial predictions before any ballots are published and Ryan...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Dan Shulman. Dan joined me to discuss his life and career in broadcasting. He spoke about breaking in, how the industry has changed, and what a...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Graham Womack. Graham joined me to discuss the Hall of Fame’s induction weekend, their new changes to the rules and structure of their...
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This episode of the Replacement Level podcast features Vinnie Chulk. Vinnie played in the majors for parts of eight seasons and he joined me to discuss his career from draft day to retirement. He...
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The 2016 MLB All-Star game is fast approaching and the rosters for it will be finalized soon. Here are my rosters and a few thoughts on how I put them together. I kept within the rules MLB presents...
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This episode of the Replacement Level podcast features Reggie Jefferson. Reggie played in the majors for parts of nine seasons and he joined me to discuss his career from draft day to retirement to...
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Underrated is fundamentally a subjective term. That word means different things to different people and that’s okay. For me, it’s a player whose value on the field is not fully understood,...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Hudson Belinsky. Hudson is a writer for Baseball America. He joined me to recap some of the highlights of the 2016 MLB amateur draft. He gave...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jonathan Judge. Jonathan is a senior member of Baseball Prospectus’ stat team and one of the creators of DRA. He joined me to discuss the...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Craig Goldstein. Craig is the minor league editor at Baseball Prospectus. He joined me to discuss the BP 101 prospect list and offered scouting...
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Now that the 2016 Hall of Fame results have been announced I thought it would be fun to take a look at what some upcoming classes might look like. Here are my predictions for every Hall of Fame class...
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The 2016 Hall of Fame results were announced today so what better time to make predictions for the 2017 class. Here are my quick, ridiculously early, mostly useless, but still fun to make predictions...
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Today the BBWAA Hall of Fame voting results were announced and 2016 will be a class of two. Both Ken Griffey Jr., and Mike Piazza exceeded the necessary 75% threshold for enshrinement. Griffey was...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Andrew Baggarly. Andrew covers the San Francisco Giants for the San Jose Mercury News and is the author of Giant Splash. Andrew and I...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Scott Miller. Scott is the national baseball writer for Bleacher Report. Scott and I discussed the Dodgers messy off-season, the status of their...
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The 2016 Hall of Fame ballot has officially been mailed to voters. This year the Hall of Fame trimmed its voting group requiring voters to have been active BBWAA members within the last ten years....
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The record for the most Hall of Famers appearing in a MLB single season is 53. This happened in 1928, 1929, and 1930. However, not all of the best players were playing in Major League Baseball at the...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jim Callis. Jim is a senior writer at MLB.com and MLBpipeline.com. He offered some scouting reports on the top prospects moved at the trade...
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A lot of time is spent, rightfully so, on the greatness of Hall of Fame players. When you look at the greatest individual seasons ever produced almost all of them are by players who eventually made...
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The full All-Star rosters officially were revealed last night. Here’s what my rosters would look like. I kept within the rules of the All-Star game itself. Every MLB team had to be represented,...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Tommy John joined me to discuss his twenty six year playing career, and the surgery that now bares his name. Tommy detailed his approach to pitching,...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Kiley McDaniel. Kiley is the lead prospect analyst for Fangraphs. He joined me to talk about his top 200 prospect list, explained his evaluation...
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On Tuesday the BBWAA Hall of Fame voting results were announced. For the first time since 1955 four players (Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz, and Craig Biggio) received the necessary 75%...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features David Lennon. David is the national baseball writer for Newsday. We talked about the rumors of the Mets trading for Troy Tulowitzki, the...
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The Baseball Hall of Fame is broken. Here are twelve ways to improve the voting process. 1) Fire the BBWAA. That sounds harsh as there are many BBWAA voters who spend a lot of time on their ballot,...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Lynn Henning. Lynn covers the Tigers (and many other sports) for The Detroit News. This would have been Lynn’s 25th year as a Hall of Fame...
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The Hall of Fame ballot has officially been released and this ballot like the previous several is overcrowded with deserving candidates. While the archaic 10-slot limit remains in place the Hall of...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features C. Trent Rosecrans. Trent covers the Reds for the Cincinnati Enquirer. We talked about the possibility of the Reds trading pitching for...
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The Baseball Hall of Fame (in conjunction with SABR) launched its Diamond Mines exhibit last year. The exhibit and its corresponding web database have scouting reports for over 4,000 players from...
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As this list comes to a conclusion you will see lots of familiar names, some of whom will be in unfamiliar places. Please read part 1 of this series for information about methodology and how this...
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As we enter the top 50 of this list you will see lots of familiar names, some of whom will be in unfamiliar places. Please read part 1 of this series for information about methodology and how this...
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For information about how this list was compiled please read part 1 of this series. This section is for players ranked 75-51. 75: Charlie Gehringer– Gehringer was an above average hitter and...
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For information about how this list was compiled please read part 1 of this series. This section is for players ranked 100-76. 100: Jim Thome– Even though Thome only led his league in home runs...
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For information about how this list was compiled please read part 1 of this series. This section is for players ranked 125-101. 125: Eddie Plank– Plank won 326 games during his seventeen year...
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For information about how this list was compiled please read part 1 of this series. This section is for players ranked 150-126. 150: Larry Doby– Larry Doby started playing in the Negro Leagues...
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For information about how this list was compiled please read part 1 of this series. This section is for players ranked 175-151. 175: Andre Dawson– Dawson won the NL MVP in 1987. He had power...
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For information about how this list was compiled please read part 1 of this series. This section is for players ranked 200-176. 200: Yutaka Fukumoto– An elite leadoff hitter and defender,...
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For information about how this list was compiled please read part 1 of this series. This section is for players ranked 225-201. 225: Bobby Doerr– Doerr was a nine time All-Star who had good...
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For as long as I can remember I’ve been making baseball lists. The all 80s team, the all switch-hitter team, the best first basemen, etc. What I’ve never done is make a top 100 list. A...
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This episode of the Replacement Level podcast features David Aardsma. David talked about developing pitches, the pitcher catcher relationship, and the value of set bullpen roles. He also discussed...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features former relief pitcher Bill Bray. Bill discussed his career with the Reds and Nationals. He spoke about getting drafted by the Montreal Expos,...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features two writers from Baseball America John Manuel and Aaron Fitt. John and Aaron discussed the Brady Aiken situation and why everything fell apart...
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This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Mitchel Lichtman. Mitchel revealed how he first got into sabermetrics, what findings surprised him when he was researching/writing The Book, and...
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The All-Star rosters officially get revealed Sunday night. In advance of this ESPN had several analysts pick their own All-Star teams. I decided to do the same. I kept within the rules of the...
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This episode of the Replacement Level podcast features Mark Melancon. Mark talked about pitching for the University of Arizona, Team USA, and in the majors with the Yankees, Astros, Red Sox, and...
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Today the BBWAA Hall of Fame voting results were announced. For the first time since 1999, three players (Maddux, Glavine, and Thomas) received the necessary 75% of the vote needed for enshrinement....
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast USA Today national baseball writer Bob Nightengale joined me to discuss the Hall of Fame. Bob has been a Hall of Fame voter for nearly two decades. He...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Seattle Times columnist Larry Stone joined me to discuss the Hall of Fame. Larry discussed in great detail who he plans to vote for in 2014 and more...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast MLB.com national baseball writer Phil Rogers joined me to discuss the Hall of Fame. Phil has been a Hall of Fame voter for nearly two decades. He...
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I’ve written a lot about the Hall of Fame and my personal Hall on this site. My first pass at a “personal Hall of Fame” was smaller than the actual Hall yielding 174 players compared to the Hall’s...
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With the official release of the ballot, yesterday marked the beginning of Hall of Fame Season. This ballot is stacked, it has more depth and quality players than any other class in modern voting...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast former pitcher John D’Acquisto joined me to discuss his ten year MLB career. John talked about getting drafted by the Giants, playing through...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast former pitcher C.J. Nitkowski joined me to discuss his ten year MLB career. C.J. talked about getting drafted by the Reds in the 1st round of the 1994...
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The consensus all-time starting nine seems to be: POS PLAYER FROM TO WAR WAA C Johnny Bench 1967 1983 75.2 46.7 1B Lou Gehrig 1923 1939 112.5 78.6 2B Rogers Hornsby 1915 1937 127.0 97.4 3B Mike...
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I host another podcast (Conversations with Ross) that showcases various filmmakers, actors, writers, and directors. My most recent interview features Sean Pamphilon who directed the documentary The...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Hal Morris joined me to discuss his thirteen year MLB career. Hal talked about getting drafted by the Yankees, playing through the minors, his first...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast former pitcher Bob Tewksbury joined me to discuss his thirteen year MLB career. Bob talked about getting drafted by the Yankees, playing through the...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast former MLB outfielder Gabe Kapler joined me to discuss his career. Gabe talked about getting drafted by the Tigers, playing through the minors, his...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast former MLB second baseman Todd Walker joined me to discuss his career. Todd talked about winning the College World Series with LSU in 1993, getting...
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In parts 1 & 2 of this series I explored the concept of a bigger Hall of Fame. This piece will examine several of the details of this bigger Hall and take a look at some future inductees. The...
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In part one of this series I took a look at the concept of a bigger Hall by examining position players. Here, I’ll look at pitchers. This project came about because earlier this year a few baseball...
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Earlier this year a few baseball writers including myself set out to make our personal Hall of Fames. We started from scratch and built our own Halls from there. The results varied somewhat but we...
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Fox is announcing the actual All-Star rosters tomorrow night. In advance of that ESPN had several analysts pick their own All-Star teams. I decided to do the same. I kept within the rules of the...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast former MLB left fielder/second baseman Frank Catalanotto joined me to discuss his career. Frank talked about getting drafted by the Tigers, playing...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Neuroscientist & Brooksbaseball.net founder Dan Brooks joined me to discuss PITCH f/x. Dan talked about how and when the system was implemented,...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Baseball America’s Conor Glassey joined me to discuss the 2013 MLB draft. Conor gave some scouting reports on several notable players from the...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Baseball Prospectus writer Russell Carleton joined me to discuss small sample sizes and when statistics start to stabilize. Russell also spoke about...
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The Baseball Hall of Fame recently launched its Diamond Mines exhibit. The exhibit and its corresponding web database have scouting reports for over 4,000 players from more than 400 scouts. The...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Wendy Thurm joined me to discuss the business of baseball. We discussed the future of local TV contracts, what teams are set to benefit from the boom,...
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Not everything or everyone is the best thing ever. We live in a time of instant gratification, short attention spans, and hyperbole overload. Recently, I’ve heard and read various pundits and...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Sports Illustrated’s Jay Jaffe joined me to discuss his 20 ways to improve baseball right now piece. His ideas include expanding instant replay,...
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Predictions are useless but are also fun to do. This past week I rolled out my own dumb predictions for the 2013 season. Here are my predictions for award winners, league leaders, division winners,...
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Predictions are useless but are also fun to do. This week I will roll out my own dumb predictions for the 2013 season. NL West Team W L GB San Francisco 91 71 – Los Angeles 89 73 2 Arizona 84...
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Predictions are useless but are also fun to do. This week I will roll out my own dumb predictions for the 2013 season. AL West Team W L GB Los Angeles 92 70 – Texas 91 69 1 Seattle 78 84 14...
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Predictions are useless but are also fun to do. This week I will roll out my own dumb predictions for the 2013 season. NL Central Team W L GB Cincinnati 90 72 – St. Louis 88 74 2 Pittsburgh 80...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Baseball America’s Ben Badler joined me to discuss the possibility of an international draft and what that would mean for Major League Baseball....
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Predictions are useless but are also fun to do. This week I will roll out my own dumb predictions for the 2013 season. AL Central Team W L GB Detroit 93 69 – Cleveland 81 81 12 Chicago 80 82 13...
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Predictions are useless but are also fun to do. This week I will roll out my own dumb predictions for the 2013 season. NL EAST Team W L GB Washington 99 63 – Atlanta 93 69 6 Philadelphia 84 78...
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Predictions are useless but are also fun to do. This week I will roll out my own dumb predictions for the 2013 season. AL EAST Team W L GB Toronto 94 68 – Boston 88 74 6 Tampa Bay 83 79 11 New...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast FanGraphs writer Bill Petti joined me to discuss his favorite advanced metrics and why those numbers matter. Bill spoke about the differences between...
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The Baseball Hall of Fame has 208 players enshrined in it primarily because of their MLB playing careers. Over the past several months, I started a project creating my own personal Hall of Fame. I...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Vice President at Baseball Info Solutions and co-author of The Fielding Bible-Volume Three, Ben Jedlovec joined me to discuss the state of defensive...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast St. Louis Cardinals minor league infielder Vance Albitz joined me to discuss his Gloves4Troops endeavor, and life in the minor leagues. Vance talked...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast NBC Sports blogger Craig Calcaterra joined me to discuss the Hall of Fame election results, and much more. Craig and I discussed the problems with the...
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Today the BBWAA Hall of Fame voting results were announced. For the first time since 1996, no player received the 75% of the vote necessary for enshrinement. On December 20th, I posted my...
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Given that it’s Hall of Fame season we are hearing a lot of chatter about the Hall. Some of the phrases I keep hearing over and over again are “he falls below standards” or...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast FOX Sports columnist Ken Rosenthal and I discussed all things Hall of Fame. He discussed in great detail who he plans to vote for in 2013 and more...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Sports on Earth Columnist Joe Posnanski and I discussed all things Hall of Fame. He discussed in great detail who he plans to vote for in 2013 and...
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It’s Hall of Fame season and many voters have started to release their ballots. This ballot is stacked, it has more depth and quality players than any other class in modern voting history...
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Twenty eight players have accumulated 3,000 hits or more. Twenty five players have hit 500 home runs or more. Pete Rose tops the hit list with 4,256, Roberto Clemente finished with exactly 3,000....
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Here are some quick links to some of my favorite baseball stories this week, (with a few of my own posts mixed in). Bryan O’Connor examined how sports have evolved, and why each generation of...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast SweetSpot writer and editor David Schoenfield and I discussed ESPN’s Hall of 100, and the 2013 Hall of Fame ballot. David gave his thoughts on...
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Tom Tango, sabermetrician and co-author of The Book Playing the Percentages in Baseball, was kind enough to answer some of my questions regarding run expectancy, PEDs, defensive metrics, and the Hall...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Red Sox beat writer Michael Silverman and I discussed all things Hall of Fame. Michael has been a Hall of Fame voter since 2006. He discussed in great...
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Should Tim Raines be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame? In short, yes. Below is a statistical look at how Raines compares to the Hall of Fame averages, and to some of his Hall of Fame...
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Quick Post: Graham Womack from Baseball Past and Present recently posted a survey to determine the 50 best players not in the Hall of Fame, and asked voters to note if they think the player is Hall...
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It’s baseball Hall of Fame season and everyone has an opinion on who should or shouldn’t get enshrined. Below are two polls. First up: who do you think is a deserving Hall of Famer?...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast ESPN’s Dan Szymborski joined me to discuss his ZIPS projection system. Dan projected the career trajectory for dozens of players including...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast St. Louis Cardinals beat writer Derrick Goold and I discussed the 2012 MLB award season. Derrick detailed his NL Cy Young ballot, and explained why he...
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Should Kenny Lofton be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame? For me, the answer is yes. However Lofton finds himself on the borderline. Below is a statistical look at how he compares to the Hall of...
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Should Alan Trammell be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame? In short, yes. Below is a statistical look at how he compares to Hall of Fame averages both as his position and overall. The chart...
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Should Lou Whitaker be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame? In short, yes. Below is a statistical look at how he compares to Hall of Fame averages, and to some of his HOF contemporaries. The chart...
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Should Mike Piazza be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame? In short, yes. Below is a statistical look at how he compares to the Hall of Fame averages both as his position and overall. In addition...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Dave Cameron from FanGraphs and I discuss some baseball myths (like protection), PEDs, and what’s next with advanced metrics. Dave also discussed the...
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C-WAR is a Hall of Fame monitoring system using career and peak WAR. C-WAR is the career WAR(P) totals from Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Prospectus added up and averaged out, plus an...
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C-WAR is a Hall of Fame monitoring system using career and peak WAR. C-WAR is the career WAR(P) totals from Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Prospectus added up and averaged out, plus an...
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C-WAR is a Hall of Fame monitoring system using career and peak WAR. C-WAR is the career WAR(P) totals from Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Prospectus added up and averaged out, plus an...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Baseball-Reference founder Sean Forman joined me to discuss WAR (wins above replacement). Sean talked about...
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On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Grantland’s Jonah Keri and I discuss the baseball Hall of Fame, the “steroid era”, and what’s next with advanced...
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C-WAR is a Hall of Fame monitoring system using career and peak WAR. C-WAR is the career WAR(P) totals from Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Prospectus added up and averaged out,...
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C-WAR is a Hall of Fame monitoring system using career and peak WAR. C-WAR is the career WAR(P) totals from Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Prospectus added up and averaged out, plus an...
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C-WAR is a Hall of Fame monitoring system using career and peak WAR. C-WAR is the career WAR(P) totals from Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Prospectus added up and averaged out, plus an...
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C-WAR is a Hall of Fame monitoring system using career and peak WAR. C-WAR is the career WAR(P) totals from Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Prospectus added up and averaged out,...
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C-WAR is a Hall of Fame monitoring system using career and peak WAR. C-WAR is the career WAR(P) totals from Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Prospectus added up and averaged out, plus an...
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