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Friday, October 16th, 2009Updated: 10/16/2009 6:52 PM EST - See first and last bullet points. Some links and analysis for your viewing pleasure. The Braves have parted ways with Reid Gorecki Vladimir Nunez (Baseball America got it wrong and has since corrected it), Jorge Campillo, and Buddy Carlyle (Hat Tip: Chop-n-Change). They were outrighted to AAA to make [...]
Braves 2009 Season In Review
Thursday, October 8th, 2009This is going to be a very lengthy post. It will involve a lot of statistical analysis and will attempt to determine what the Braves did well, what they did badly, what they need to change, and generally how they got to where they are. While the purpose of this post is to examine the [...]
Elimination Post
Friday, October 2nd, 2009By the time the Braves played yesterday the game was meaningless. The Rockies completed a 3-game sweep of the Brewers and clinched the NL Wild Card. So, the Braves won’t be playing October baseball this year. Well, not meaningful October baseball, as the regular season schedule extends into October this year on account of the [...]
Best They Can Do Is Tie Post
Thursday, October 1st, 2009Update 7:00 NFL Picks Ravens 24 at Patriots 23 Buccaneers 10 at Redskins 11 Titans 17 at Jaguars 20 Raiders 10 at Texans 27 Lions 3 at Bears 13 Bengals 31 at Browns 9 Seahawks 17 at Colts 27 Giants 31 at Chiefs 6 Jets 24 at Saints 31 Bills 35 at Dolphins 31 Cowboys [...]
Wednesday Post
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Update 3:45 PM I’ve read two articles that have been very good and I have to link to them here: Joe Posnanski on Chipper and the Braves. David O’Brien discusses the Braves’ pitching surplus. End Update With a Braves loss and a Rockies win last night, the Rockies’ magic number is now 3. By the [...]
A Rather Defensive Daily Post
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Thought of the Day The Braves are 23rd in Defensive Efficiency and 24th in Park Adjusted Defensive Efficiency. That sucks. Think about how awesome our pitchers would look if the Braves had an above-average defense. Getting better in that department, in my opinion, is the number 1 priority for the off-season. Let’s take a look [...]
Economic Roster Analysis
Friday, August 28th, 2009The Braves’ roster is made of two types of players, acquired and developed. These two types of players are divided into 3 sub-categories based on service time. Those who are yet to become eligible for arbitration, those who are arbitration eligible, and those who have already qualified for free agency. I took the 25 players [...]