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OBAMA URGES HELP JEDILEROY WITH STATS 9

So, I set out to prove to someone that bunting for a single down three with no outs in the bottom of the ninth was not necessarily a conservative strategy, nor a better way to increase the likelihood of a win (compared to hitting for power).

Some miscellaneous stats, one month in 54

1. Some former A’s hitters a) the good?!: Scott Hairston .250/.348/.500 Bobby Crosby .289/.400/.421 Carlos Gonzalez .317/.340/.475 Marco Scutaro .288/.368/.396 Jason Kendall .292/.370/.354 Dan Johnson (AAA) .307/.424/.556 b) the bad: Milton Bradley .214/.313/.371 Orlando Cabrera .257/.292/.376 Aaron Cunningham (AAA) .242/.289/.385 c) the ugly: Jason Giambi .095/.375/.143 Mark Kotsay .146/.226/.271 Mike Sweeney .172/.273/.172 Eric Byrnes .094/.237/.156 ...

Zips Projections for the A’s 97

out here Few semi-noteworthy things: -Zips has Rajai as a much better hitter than Crisp. -Not enthusiastic about Fox (league average, as here, strikes me as more likely than +7 for him.) -Bad projections for all the pitchers. I don’t usually look at the comps, but these were lots of fun, e.g.: Cust: Chili Davis. ...

Some Team Projections 42

CAIRO (I don’t know what that is) has the A’s last. PECOTA has the A’s….. first. West W L RS RA AVG OBP SLG 10 Oakland Athletics 87 75 791 737 .263 .342 .418 3 Seattle Mariners 86 76 794 741 .275 .347 .412 2 Texas Rangers 85 77 883 842 .275 .346 .459 4 ...

The Last Thread Was Getting Too Long 131

This is a good post comparing the AL West teams on LL I have hopes for this season because what else is there to do.

CHONE Projections Released 46

at baseballprojection.com. Cust: .231/.366/.430 Dale: .259/.364/.410 Sweeney: .277/.342/.391 Buck: .261/.337/.420 (I’m surprised this one is that high.) Hairston: .254/.310/.439 (ugh) Suzuki: .272/.333/.404 Cunningham: .259/.323/.411 Patterson: .262/.326/.404 Powell: .229/.316/.397 Ellis: .251/.314/.381 Rajai: .267/.326/.372 (probably a 3 WAR player if he does this). Wallace: .250/.305/.385 Cliffy: .247/.327/.347 (~1.5 WAR if he does this; not too bad.) Carter: ...

World Series WPA hitting leaders (through game 5) 12

A Rodriguez 0.345 C Utley 0.302 H Matsui 0.3 J Damon 0.297 P Feliz 0.283 J Posada 0.15 A Pettitte 0.091 N Swisher 0.037 C Hamels 0.033 J Rollins 0.019 E Hinske 0.014 J Molina -0.009 A Burnett -0.01 C Lee -0.011 E Bruntlett -0.036 J Hairston -0.036 J Werth -0.04 M Stairs -0.045 S ...