Joe Price Archive
My name is Dickerson…Chris Dickerson
, Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 6:41 PM Comments (1)
My secret is that I use two bats...
A couple of weeks ago I did a column on rookie pitchers that debuted in 2008 and analyzed what their prospects were for future success. I thought I might follow that up with a column on the rookie hitters that debuted in 2008. To do this, I took a look at the 119 hitters that debuted last year and to minimize the analysis, I looked only at those hitters with at least 100 AB’s and an OBP at least .325 and a SLG of at least .375. To make sure that I didn’t miss anyone, I also looked at anyone with an OBP over .350 or a SLG of at least .425. Here are the top 10:
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If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you
, Friday, February 6, 2009 at 2:45 AM Comments (1)
If you have ever listened to sports talk radio or watched ESPN for more than five minutes, you have probably heard the reasons that college football can’t create a playoff system. It goes something like this: 1) The BCS exists to make the rich football conferences richer. 2) The bowl system can’t be changed because there is too much money involved. 3) Extending the season would dramatically affect the ability of student athletes to complete their classes.
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Every Rookie Pitcher in the House Throw Your Hands Up
, Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 12:53 AM Comments (1)
So what if my name makes me sound like a German dictator?
With the major theme of most of my posts being baseball so far, I thought I might switch it up a bit and talk about baseball.
(Since my Giants embarrassed themselves this past week, I am counting down the days to pitchers and catchers). I found myself wondering if there might have been some promising rookie pitchers out there I might have missed. So, I decided to look at the 119 pitchers who made their major league debuts last year. Now I, not being a major league scout, do not possess the ability to break down film, so I will do what I always do, and take a look at a reasonably good predictor of future success, K/9IP.
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No One Boos the Guy who Finishes First… Except for A-Rod
, Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 7:18 PM Comments (7)
As a Yankee fan and someone who has never, and will never boo Alex Rodriguez, I thought it might be interesting to try and project what Alex Rodriguez’ final career numbers might be. So in what is admittedly a simple analysis, here we go.
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Jack Morris, the Hall of Fame, and why we can’t trust our own brains
, Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 12:59 AM Comments (3)
There has been much talk about the Hall of Fame lately, and I wanted to take the time to focus on one player who has been talked about a lot in terms of his candidacy: Jack Morris. From what I can tell, the basic arguments about Jack Morris are that he was a winner, and he was a good postseason pitcher ( the masterful Game 7 in 1991 being the most obvious argument).
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