Search results

  1. pokey_reese

    fWAR Getting an Update to the Defensive Component

    article here I thought that this was worth a thread given how often WAR is used around here, and how often it leads to disagreements within threads, in particular because of how it handles defense. In particular, this will help address one of the main complaints about it, which is how credit...
  2. pokey_reese

    Genevieve Beacom - What Do We Have Here?

    She's a teenager pitching in Australia's top league (of men) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/sports/baseball/genevieve-beacom-australia.html The article describes her as "a rangy lefty with a looping curveball" and "6 feet 2 inches, with a fastball that tops out at 84 miles per hour, a solid...
  3. pokey_reese

    Who Would You Like the Sox to Draft in the First Round?

    We can't know who will be available with any certainty (though feel free to speculate along with your answer), so just tell us who you want to get, and why.
  4. pokey_reese

    The New Deadball

    Here is the link, but there is a paywall: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/66204/moonshot-this-baseball-isnt-what-mlb-said-it-would-be/ Introductory paragraph:
  5. pokey_reese

    2016 Spring Training Game Thread (Non-Sox)

    Wasn't sure where to put this, or if there is another one in existence already, but I couldn't find it. I'm going to be watching a lot of non-Red Sox baseball this spring, based on the MLB.tv schedule, and dang it I want to stream my observations! I need baseball game threads back in my life, so...
  6. pokey_reese

    2016 ZiPS Projections for Red Sox

    I'm pretty sure that we have a thread about this each year, so pardon me if this doesn't belong on the main board, but it's something to discuss during these coldest, longest days. Anyhow, full list and write up is here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2016-zips-projections-boston-red-sox/ This...
  7. pokey_reese

    Wk5 Pre-Game Thread: Patriots @ Cowboys

    I know that Hardy and McClain are good players in terms of individual skill, but having not followed the Cowboys that closely over the past few seasons outside of Thanksgiving, can any of you Dallas fans mention anything about how their absence/return affects the defensive schemes or alignments...
  8. pokey_reese

    Wilfork & the 2015 Pats

    So, article from a Football Outsiders writer on ESPN today, talking about how the Pats should cut Wilfork: http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12300361/bold-move-new-england-patriots-miami-dolphins-new-york-jets-buffalo-bills-nfl   I don't know exactly when the honeymoon ends, but spring...
  9. pokey_reese

    How About Joe Kelly?

    We have threads for Cespedes, and Craig, who isn't even playing, and Ranaudo who made one start.  Then poor Kelly goes out, and gives up one run against his former team and no one wants to talk about this shiny new toy who might be in the rotation for years?  No sir.   Looking at the pitchF/X...
Top Bottom