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The Chris Taylor team

♦ August 11, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

We like to think that what Chris Taylor is doing this year is kind of unique but is it? Seems like every team in baseball has a player who is doing things he’s never done before.  I decided to run through the league to see if I could build a team of Chris Taylors. This …

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A season of WTF

♦ July 8, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

Besides the Dodgers doing their best imitation of the 1927 Yankees this year has been full of bizarre offensive seasons from players either long given up or simply far exceeding expectations from what had been their previous norms. This is like the 2004 Beltre season but from a baker’s dozen. It won’t include players like Aaron …

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Yes, I voted for Zack Cozart

♦ June 9, 2017 ♦ 2 Comments

It wasn’t even a hard decision. I had hoped it would be but by any account, Zack Cozart has been the best shortstop in baseball this year and thus the vote was easy.   Name wRC+ HR AVG OPS wOBA Off Def WAR ISO Zack Cozart 170 9 0.347 1.042 0.435 17.8 6.9 3.2 0.265 …

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