There are numerous ways to look at the Cy Young Award, and possibly many different winners based on many different points of view. There are a plethora of ways to discern what characteristics the winner of this award should have. Should actual talent be measured with more weight than performance? How does team success or [...]
Archive for the ‘Statistics’ Category
Just How Much Has Glen Perkins Hurt The Twins?
Posted: 20th September 2008 by vacant in Division, Glen Perkins, StatisticsIn a game where perfection is looked at in such high regard, imperfection is viewed as a plague in baseball. Prior to August 27th, Glen Perkins was a surprisingly good pitcher. Stuck in the middle of a transition from the bullpen, this 25-year old young man sported an ERA of 3.90 to go with an [...]
Who is the Twins' Best Pitcher?
Posted: 4th September 2008 by vacant in Francisco Liriano, Pitching Rotation, Scott Baker, StatisticsThis question has caught my attention lately. After a lengthy road trip, which isn’t even over yet, the Twins seem to have found every way possible to lose. Including horrible pitching. Despite that, a very strong case could be made for Scott Baker. He has put up some great starts this year, and seems to [...]
Taking a Look at The MLB MVP Race
Posted: 1st September 2008 by vacant in Justin Morneau, StatisticsThe question has been posed forever. The chant has been yelled for decades. The nicknames have stuck for years. “O-ver-rated!” Just what makes a player overrated? Are we just dealing with emotions, or are other statistics and facts applied? Likewise, MVP chants have filled sporting arenas and fields for years on end. In the end, [...]
Carlos Gomez vs. Torii Hunter. $395,000 vs. $16,500,000. 22 years vs. 33 years. Does this comparison also show the difference between ‘young and promising’ and ‘good’? Let’s take a look at both Carlos Gomez and Torii Hunter and compare them: Carlos Gomez Torii Hunter .255/.291/.344 .277/.342/.471 Hunter certainly gets the advantage in this matchup. He [...]
The Negative VORP Club of the Twins
Posted: 30th July 2008 by vacant in Adam Everett, Carlos Gomez, Craig Monroe, Glen Perkins, Michael Cuddyer, Mike Lamb, StatisticsI will be on vacation for the next two weeks. Today’s post comes courtesy of Marty Andrade. Marty writes for both his blog and about the Twins at Bleacher Report. Be sure to check his stuff out, he is one of the best writers out there! Value Over Replacement Player, or VORP, is a counting [...]
Comparing the 2007 Defense to the 2008 Defense
Posted: 25th July 2008 by vacant in Glen Perkins, Kevin Slowey, Livan Hernandez, Nick Blackburn, Pitching Rotation, Scott Baker, StatisticsYesterday I did a piece on the impact the defense makes on the Minnesota Twin’s starters. As promised, here is my article comparing the 2007 defense’s effect on the starters to 2008′s effect. Per Nick Nelson and Toby, I will be switching the FIP statistic to xFIP because it is known for more accuracy. In [...]
Twins Pitchers and the Teams' Defense
Posted: 24th July 2008 by vacant in Livan Hernandez, Pitching Rotation, Scott Baker, StatisticsThis recent series with the Yankees was disastrous in many ways. The bats, at least Minnesota’s bats, never lit up the way they have in the past. The pitching wasn’t the best it has ever been, either.The normally fundamentally-sound defense that the Twins are known for has also been lacking. While defensive blunders have been [...]
Carlos Gomez Needs to Go-Go Away
Posted: 22nd July 2008 by vacant in Carlos Gomez, Center Field, Denard Span, StatisticsSorry for the gimmicky title, but it’s all I could come up with, and I think it perfectly describes what is running through my mind right now. Carlos Gomez needs to go-go away. Fast. Go-Go Gomez is 22 years old and is blazing fast. This we know for a fact. He is also supposed to [...]
Is Boof Bonser a Starter or a Set-Up Man?
Posted: 21st July 2008 by vacant in Boof Bonser, Bullpen, Pitching Rotation, StatisticsEver since Boof Bonser was demoted to the bullpen back in early June, the question of his future has been tricky to answer. Will Bonser ever work his way into the rotation again? Or should he stick to his bullpen duties for a while? First off, let’s take a look at why Bonser was demoted [...]