Photo: Wikimedia Commons 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 ›
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2018 Season Preview: New York Yankees
Photo: Wikimedia Commons by Jared Wolff New York Yankees 2017 Record: 91-71 (2nd AL East) 2017 Payroll: $224,458,752 (2nd) Projected 2018 Lineup: All player projections for 2018 from Steamer LF Brett Gardner, .258 AVG/.344 OBP/.411 SLG, 1.6 WAR RF Aaron… Read More ›
2018 Season Preview: Tampa Bay Rays
Photo: Keith Allison/Wikimedia by Aaron Knopf As winter draws to a close, temperatures rise—Ann Arbor aside—and the sweet sounds of bats hitting balls emanate from Florida and Arizona, echoing around the country, it can only mean one thing: Baseball is… Read More ›
2018 Season Preview: Toronto Blue Jays
Photo: Keith Allison/Flickr As winter draws to a close, temperatures rise—Ann Arbor aside—and the sweet sounds of bats hitting balls emanate from Florida and Arizona, echoing around the country, it can only mean one thing: Baseball is (almost) back! Pitchers… Read More ›
2018 Season Preview: Baltimore Orioles
by Sahil Shah As winter draws to a close, temperatures rise—Ann Arbor aside—and the sweet sounds of bats hitting balls emanate from Florida and Arizona, echoing around the country, it can only mean one thing: Baseball is (almost) back! Pitchers… Read More ›
Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep 2018: Sleepers
by Erik McKeen, Anthony Brown, and Griffin Murphy Finding value with your sleepers is the most important part of draft day. This is the best way to gain an advantage over your opponents and hit the ground running when Opening… Read More ›
MLB Free Agency: Cubs Sign Darvish to 6-Year/$126M Deal, take a calculated risk
By Zane Harding The Cubs made a huge splash Saturday afternoon, inking All-Star pitcher Yu Darvish to a long-term contract. The 6-Year/$126M deal has a $21M AAV and is the biggest contract signed in this unprecedently slow off-season. By committing… Read More ›
Can Outperforming xFIP Be Predicted?
(Wikimedia Commons) by Theo Mackie For nearly as long as baseball has existed, ERA has been the king of pitching statistics among the vast majority of fans. But, as most baseball fans know, Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) has risen to… Read More ›
A Deeper Look at this Historically Slow Offseason
(Wikimedia Commons) by Max Brill This offseason has been one of the slowest, if not the slowest, in history. The top five free agents according to MLB Trade Rumors all remain unsigned, and we are now less than two weeks away… Read More ›
Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep 2018: Do’s and Don’ts
If you are a baseball fan and have not tried fantasy baseball yet, I highly recommend doing so. It’s a lot of fun, and if you are already familiar with the widely successful fantasy football, you can fit in easily…. Read More ›