2014 MLB Capsule: Summarizing All 30 MLB Teams
Felipe Melecio uses advanced statistics to rank the best and worst 2014 MLB teams and where they stand heading into 2015.
2014 MLB Capsule: Top Position Players No.11-15
Felipe Melecio uses advanced metrics to rank the top 2014 MLB position players.
Another East Bay Night: Understanding Oakland Athletics Offensive Woes
Felipe Melecio combs through the stats to figure out what went wrong for the Oakland Athletics after they landed the biggest prizes of the trade deadline.
2014 Baseball Capsule: Best Hitters in MLB
Felipe Melecio uses advanced stats rather than raw output to rank the best hitters in MLB.
The Real All-Stars: Using FUBAR to Determine American League All-Star Roster
Felipe Melecio looks at what the AL All-Star roster would be in an ideal world where players are rewarded for merit and substance and not for their popularity.
Week 20 MLB Injury Report: Hanley, Aramis, Wright
Late season injuries can be devastating for fantasy baseball owners. If a good player on a team out of contention suffers a significant injury, there’s a good chance the team may shut him down for the season. The closer we move the September, the more likely the injuries will become season-ending. Consider David Wright, batting […]
Fantasy Baseball Rest-of-Season Projections: Second Half Drop-Off Candidates – Hitters
Every year, inexplicably, players have drastically different first- and second-halves. It defies logic but nothing turns a top home run hitter or strikeout pitcher into a dud like the halfway point of the season. The real halfway point, not the arbitrary post-All-Star break “second half”. While it strikes unexpectedly, there are second-half drop offs that […]
ALDS Game 2: Don Kelly and the Tigers win Battle of Ineptitudes
The Oakland Athletics tried to give the game away, but the Detroit Tigers kept trying to give it back. Today’s jerk turned hero: Don Kelly. Over the past four seasons with the Tigers, Kelly has been called up and sent down more times than he’d like to remember. This year in 118 at bats, Kelly […]