Jake’s Take

Whenever we observers of baseball statistics have a large enough sample that we are tempted to identify patterns, yet it is still too small to be a stable or useful …

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A tendency I have, that you may have too, is to sometimes pay a little bit too much attention to prospects with unique or attention getting names.  It’s only human …

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We are now a week into the baseball season, and life is glorious.  While last week we discussed some things to not overreact to, as well as things to be …

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As fantasy enthusiasts, we tend to hunker down for fantasy baseball analysis in January and February, and by the time we are halfway through spring training, we get the creeping …

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A sad fact of the beautiful game of baseball and our beloved derivative fantasy baseball is that sometimes, the players get hurt.  No one ever wants injuries to occur, and …

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Although it is probably my least favorite subject to write about, I’ll need to give you a little bit of personal background for the necessary context of this deep dive.  …

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Baseball players, at least as professional athletes go, are fairly stable from year to year.  Projections may spike or fall due to increases or decreases in opportunity, but talent levels …

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Last time, I went over the adjustments I was making to some of the biggest names that switched teams this offseason, Trevor Bauer, George Springer, Nolan Arenado and Francisco Lindor.  …

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