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Founded in 2016, Michigan Baseball and Sabermetrics is the first club at the University of Michigan solely dedicated to the study of baseball and sabermetrics, the advanced statistics of the game.

• 2018 Season Preview: St. Louis Cardinals

  By M-SABR on March 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  (Photo: Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) by Patrick Barron St. Louis Cardinals 2017 Record: 83-79 (3rd in NL Central) 2017 Payroll: $142,821,766 (13th) All player projections from Steamer Projected 2018 Lineup: RF Dexter Fowler .259 AVG/.364 OBP/.429 SLG, 1.9 WAR CF Tommy Pham… Read More ›

• 2018 Season Preview: Milwaukee Brewers

  By M-SABR on March 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  (Image: Call to the Pen) by Ryan Castellano Milwaukee Brewers 2017 Record: 86-76 (2nd in NL Central) 2017 Payroll: $83,488,679 (30th) All player projections from Steamer Projected 2018 Lineup: LF Christian Yelich .296 AVG/.381 OBP/.491 SLG, 3.9 WAR CF Lorenzo… Read More ›

• 2018 Season Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates

  By M-SABR on March 15, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Photo: WBLZ Media by Anthony Brown Pittsburgh Pirates 2017 Record: 75-87 (4th in NL Central) 2017 Payroll: $109,840,330 (25th) Projected 2018 Lineup: All player projections for 2018 from Steamer 2B Josh Harrison, .276 AVG/.325 OBP/.416 SLG, 1.5 WAR LF Corey… Read More ›

• 2018 Season Preview: Washington Nationals

  By M-SABR on March 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  (Image Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports) As winter draws to a close, temperatures rise—Ann Arbor aside—and Spring Training gets underway it can only mean one thing: Baseball is (almost) here! Welcome back to M-SABR’s Season Preview 30 Teams in 30… Read More ›

• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep 2018: Busts

  By M-SABR on March 12, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  by Erik McKeen, Griffin Murphy, Max Brill, and Anthony Brown Along with making a list of players that you think will over-perform their draft position, it is also important to make a list of players who you think will under-perform… Read More ›

• 2018 Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies

  By M-SABR on March 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  photo: hj_west (Flickr) Philadelphia Phillies by Max Sander 2017 Record: 66 – 96 (Last in NL East/ 3rd Worst in MLB) 2017 Payroll: $116,874,208 (22nd) Projected  2018 Starting Lineup All Player Projections from Steamers/ Player Lineup Projected by Rotochamp  … Read More ›

• 2018 Season Preview: Houston Astros

  By M-SABR on March 8, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  As winter draws to a close, temperatures rise—Ann Arbor aside—and Spring Training gets underway it can only mean one thing: Baseball is (almost) here! Welcome back to M-SABR’s Season Preview 30 Teams in 30 Days series, where our staff writers… Read More ›

• 2018 Season Preview: Texas Rangers

  By M-SABR on March 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Photo: Keith Allison As winter draws to a close, temperatures rise—Ann Arbor aside—and Spring Training gets underway it can only mean one thing: Baseball is (almost) here! Welcome back to M-SABR’s Season Preview 30 Teams in 30 Days series, where… Read More ›

• 2018 Season Preview: Oakland Athletics

  By M-SABR on March 4, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Photo: Ben Margot, AP Photo As winter draws to a close, temperatures rise—Ann Arbor aside—and Spring Training gets underway it can only mean one thing: Baseball is (almost) here! Welcome back to M-SABR’s Season Preview 30 Teams in 30 Days… Read More ›

• 2018 Season Preview: Minnesota Twins

  By M-SABR on March 2, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Photo: Keith Allison As winter draws to a close, temperatures rise—Ann Arbor aside—and Spring Training gets underway it can only mean one thing: Baseball is (almost) here! Welcome back to M-SABR’s Season Preview 30 Teams in 30 Days series, where… Read More ›