mackavenuetigers.com - 18 days ago
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I mentioned last week Baseball Think Factory has posted its projections for the Tigers .
As always, I take projections with a grain of salt, though the better systems (which this usually is pretty reliable) offer nice ballpark guesses of what to expect.
But since this is the first major ...
fangraphs.com - 16 days ago
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Prospect ranking season is here. Top 10 lists
will be arriving shortly and in preparation for that,
we present an intro series looking at some of the players who deserve mentioning but probably will not be appearing on their teams’ Top 10 ...
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A Minor Review of ‘09: Detroit Tigers
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Fun with WAR
Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog —
Over at Mack Avenue Tigers , Kurt is peeking into the future using ZIPS projections from Baseball Think Factory. I'm going to look into past using historical WAR estimates from Sean Smith's Baseball Projection site. In a recent post, I looked at Runs Above Replacement (RAR) for the Tigers in 2008 and 2009. RAR is the estimated total number of runs each player contributed based on everything they did on offense and defense. Every 10 runs is worth roughly one win, so a player like Miguel Cabrera who was 54.6 RAR would be 54.6/10 = 5.5 Wins Above Repacement ...
The Links: Some Detroit Tigers suggestions and
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... from Lynn Henning of the Detroit News ." Nice. Dr. Saturday : Michigan's game against Purdue is make or break. Walkoff Walk : The Daily Show takes aim at at Phillies and Yankees fans. Sporting Blog : Does Manu Ginobili = Michael Vick? Can't Stop the Bleeding : Brett Myers, still a D-bag. Bless You Boys : Anyone want a Tigers Edgar Renteria bobblehead? Winging it in Motown : A collection of random numbers regarding the Red Wings. Mack Avenue Tigers : Some statistical predictions for the 2010 Tigers. Detroit Tiger Weblog : ...
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