by Sam Waters This post also appeared on baseballanalytics.com here. Let’s get right to the point- Ubaldo Jimenez has been terrible this year. Really, really terrible. Of course, May is usually a little too early to panic about...
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In April, a writer for the Bleacher Report (BR) attempted to critique a new pick value chart for the NFL draft that I created and that HSAC published. There are many legitimate criticisms of my work in that article that are worth...
by Andrew Mooney This post can also be seen on Boston.com here. On the surface, the matchup looks awfully familiar. The Celtics, the league’s best defensive team, meet the explosive Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference...
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by Sam Waters This post can also been on baseballanalytics.org here. Edwin Jackson has had what some might call an up-and-down career to this point. At times tantalizing, at times infuriating, the right-hander has pitched for...
by Ben Blatt The last time we played around with sportswriter analytics, we wondered if we could algorithmically determine the author of a column based on his favorite words (we could). For a followup, I decided to look at the...
by Andrew Mooney You can also read this article on Boston.com here Ah, May 15. That day of universal celebration across Red Sox Nation: Josh Beckett’s birthday. On this merry occasion, Beckett’s mailbox will surely be...
by Sam Waters This post can also be seen on baseballanalytics.org here. Fernando Rodney has been one of this season’s most pleasant surprises in relief, as Mr. Golebiewski noted yesterday. An average to below-average pitcher...
by Anthony Zonfrelli A new phenomenon is just starting to become apparent in the High School basketball circuit – the number of NBA hopefuls that are named Shaquille. Perhaps the most notable of the bunch is Shaquille...
As the draft looms tomorrow night, NFL teams are (hopefully) finalizing their draft boards and trying to make plans for every conceivable contingency. Whether or not they want to trade, and in which direction, is surely one of...