MLB: Who Wins The AL East Pitchers’ Duel?
With big names like David Price and Aroldis Chapman coming into the division (or in Price’s case staying there), the American League East’s pitching has become an interesting thing to look at for the coming season. Indeed there’s so much talent in rotations and bullpens alike that it looks like the arms will decide what’s […]
Pitching Showdown: Zack Greinke vs Carlos Carrasco
Controversy ran rampant the day I released my 2015 FUBAR rankings (a.k.a. Felipe’s Ultimate Baseball Advanced Rankings–a look at baseball from exclusively a sabermtrics’ point-of-view) for the top starting pitchers in Major League Baseball: Guess I forgot to share this here. #Top25 starting pitchers of 2015, per #sabermetrics#pitcherscatchersreportpic.twitter.com/RSKCCWPdUi — Felipe M (@pathological_h8) February 18, 2016 […]
2015 MLB Almanac: The Best of the Best
With only days away from pitchers and catchers reporting, we take a final look at the 2015 Major League Baseball season as we list the best of the best of last year. FUBAR FUBAR stands for Felipe’s Ultimate Baseball Advanced Rankings and it combines the following criteria to come up with what it believes to be […]
2015 MLB Almanac: Absolute Kelvin Herrera
Using advanced baseball metrics, Felipe Melecio explains why Kelvin Herrera is not a top 25 MLB relief pitcher.
2015 MLB Almanac: Locating Huston Street
Felipe Melecio compares MLB pitchers Huston Street, Luke Gregerson, Pedro Baez, and Josh Fields using advanced baseball stats.
2015 MLB Almanac: Rookie Position Players by the Numbers
On Monday, Major League Baseball announced their American and National League Rookies of the Year. Many appear to not be surprised by the results. So the question at this point is, “how did these rookies break down from a statistical standpoint?” For the answer, we utilize Felipe’s Ultimate Baseball Advanced Rankings (or FUBAR for short), which evaluates players […]
NFL DFS Week 9 Breakdown
Steve Ricciardi and Nick Rodriguez Breakdown their top daily fantasy football plays and sleepers of this week’s NFL slate. [Play Daily Fantasy Football On DraftKings!] Featured Image Credit: By SteelCityHobbies (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Week 9 DraftKings Cheat Code
Were most of your football gladiators carted off the field on the NFL’s week 8 Roman Holiday? Did you miss out on the fantasy point bonanza between the Giants and the Saints in New Orleans in week 8? You were not alone. PlayerProfiler and XN Sports are pushing the reset button with a handful of fresh […]