Team Offenses

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A few things to check out
Published 1/21/2008 by Jason at MY BASEBALL BIAS
... David Pinto of Baseball Musings is looking at team offenses in MLB and starts with the Yankees today. It’s a great starting point for predicting how many runs they might score this year. ...

We will, we will probably rock you
Published 1/21/2008 by Ben K. at River Ave. Blues
... As we hit the three-week home stretch before pitchers and catchers finally show up, David Pinto has decided to fill the time with some offensive projections. Using his excellent Lineup Analysis Tools and the Tom Tango projections for the Yanks’ lineup, he comes to the conclusion that the Yanks should lead the league in runs scored again. That’s good news for Yankees fans, and despite the doom and gloom some folks have expressed this winter, the team is sitting pretty if the pitching can be half decent. ...

Pinto: Yanks '08 Offense Looks Fine
Published 1/22/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
David Pinto, at Baseball Musings, thinks the Yankees should score 900 runs again this season. If this happens, it will be the third year in a row where the Yankees scored 900+ runs. Since 1990, three seasons in a row of 900+ runs is a rare feat. Here are the teams to reach that mark: 1934-1937 Tigers* 1930-1933 Yankees* 1936-1939 Yankees* 1999-2001 Rockies 2003-2005 Red Sox (* did it for 4 years in a row) Playing around with the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, shows us that those 1930-1933 Yankees may ...

Yankees links
Published 2/5/2008 by Mark Serio at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
... Let's forget about the Yank's potential pitching issues and focus on the good news. The potent offense is back. Here's some quality analysis to quantify the optimism. ...

Projecting the 2008 Yankees
Published 2/6/2008 by Paul SF at YFSF
... To be fair, let's also look at Dave Pinto's calcs for the Marcel and Bill James projections, like we did for the Sox. Pinto inputs a lineup with Damon as the leadoff and Cabrera at No. 9. Since they're projected to have similar numbers, I doubt it made much difference. With Giambi, Marcel projects a slight loss while Bill James sees things much rosier, giving the Yanks 1,004 runs. That's between three and four wins better than 2007. ...

Baseball Today: Saturday, February 9
Published 2/9/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... SAME HERE: Pinto also examines the Yankee offense and concludes that it'll be among the best no matter how new manager Joe Girardi deploys the pieces. ...