Fantasy Baseball Word Problems: Question 3
For question number one, we tried helping Bob acquire a free agent pitcher who can strike out a lot of pitchers but not hurt his ERA. for question number two, Will Ing needed help finding a spot starter in his daily league. For the next question we switch it up to offense as we try […]
Breaking Down the Top Major League Baseball Teams in Stolen Bases
We have already looked at the top 10 most efficient offenses, in terms of runs per game, in Major League Baseball. We found plenty of common ground among those 10 teams. Now we look at run production from a different angle as we see if a high yield in stolen bases correlates to more runs scored. […]
Fantasy Baseball Word Problems: Question 2
I hope you enjoyed Question number one of this series. Now we move along to Question number two: [All pitchers listed have an Ownership% of less than 60% of fantasy baseball leagues at CBS Sports. All stats are based on the last 30 days of play. Outside factors, such as what team will the pitcher face this week […]
Fantasy Baseball Word Problems: Waiver Wire Scenarios
Remember growing up and how much your hate for math class exponentially increased when the teacher made you do word problems? Your initial thought process probably sounded like this: What is this nonsense? What exactly am I trying to solve here? Math was already hard enough with numbers, but now you’re adding words to the […]
Breaking Down the Top Run Producing Teams in Major League Baseball
We take a break from evaluating player performances, apropos to stolen bases this season, and take a look at the more, successful run producing ball clubs in the 2013 campaign. We will try to figure out the impact of stolen bases on overall team production in this piece. So without further ado, here are the […]
Tortoises vs Hares Part III: Hunter Pence and Elvis Andrus
We’ve been discussing the value of base running, stolen bases, and speed. So far, in Part I of this series, we looked at the Major League Baseball leaders in “Runner on First Scores on a Double (1stDH).” Part II of this series looks at league leaders who have led the league in “Reaching Third Base or Scoring from First Base on a […]
Tortoises vs Hares Part II: What Scutaro and Trout Have in Common
We explained in Part I that the leading base runners in Major League Baseball in the “Scoring from First Base on a Double” scenario are mostly players who are more known for their power bats rather than their blazing speed. In this chapter of this series, we take a look at the leaders in the “Reaching […]
Tortoises vs Hares: Does Speed Still Matter in Baseball?
I’ve been having these season-long conversations with fellow baseball fans about the major significance of Major League Baseball teams to have “speed” guys on their team. Lots of people still believe in the notion that a speedy player can cause havoc on the basepaths and, in turn, provide more runs for their respective teams because they […]