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The Crank Reviews 2007 Expected Win Share Levels Vs. Actual Win Shares
Here , and the Angels were in the top half at +39.28; Casey Kotchman, Orlando Cabrera, and Kelvim Escobar (??) were the overperformers, while Juan Rivera, Shea Hillenbrand (come on!), and Ervin Santana (got me there) were the underperformers. The Dodgers actually slightly outperformed their EWSL from last year, too, which maybe says something about Ned's roster construction; it's odd that ...
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BASEBALL: Age and EWSL, 2004-07
Baseball Crank — ... Rob McMillin notes a "Lake Woebegone effect" in this year's data, in that EWSL underestimated a lot of teams' performances overall - that's a bit of a misunderstanding of ...

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