Braves, Angels Have Most Heart

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PECOTA since 03
Published 3/11/2008 by MB at Friar Forecast
Nate Silver, responding to a Rick Morrissey article, offers PECOTA’s performance since 2003. The average error on the Pads is 5 and overall it’s like 5.6, so they are a rather normal team, according to PECOTA (i.e., they aren’t too easy or difficult to predict, by this simple average error method, of course). So this year’s projection, now 77 wins, perhaps looks a little more bleak. Let’s say the Padres win 82, 5 more than their projection, and every other team in the NL West notches their projected ‘08 wins minus their ...

PECOTA 2008 Projected MLB Standings Redux - Yankees are still #1
Published 3/12/2008 by Ross at Yankee Stadium Insider Blog
I'm sure all 12 of the loyal NYYSI readers remember this blog post when I pointed out that Baseball Prospectus' infamous PECOTA projections had the AL East Shaping up like this: American League, ranked by projected 2008 record ...

Wednesday Reading for the Wicked Smaht
Published 3/12/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... And across town, Nate Silver Baseball Prospectus has finally—finally!—come up with a  means of using PECOTA to measure which teams have the  most Heart.  He’s no doubt expecting the  thank you note from Murray Chass any day now. ...

TCR Friday Notes
Published 3/14/2008 by Rob G. at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog -
... . I don't care to giveaway all their paid content, but the "red lights" were Geovany Soto, Carlos Zambrano, Sean Marshall, Jon Lieber and Kerry Wood. Also on BP, Nate Silver figures out a way to measure "heart". The Cubs, unsurprisingly, were the second worst at something. ...

This Week's Links (3/10-3/14)
Published 3/14/2008 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
... beat Vanderbilt!? Impossible. SI's Luke Winn refers to this blog as "esteemed". Questionable, but appreciated. This is what I was talking about in the live-blog. I can't do better than AA's title- "Digger Phelps Has No Idea What's Going On". That is even an understatement. Dusty Baker is going to ruin Joey Votto. It's not funny. Okay, maybe a little. Bob Costas hates bloggers. BPro Unfiltered headline: "Braves, Angels Have Most Heart". Scientific evidence follows. Hasheem Thabeet is an ...