Angels owner Arte Moreno addresses team’s payroll, stadium and GM Billy Eppler – Orange County Register Owner Arte Moreno said Monday that the Angels base their budget on their revenue. “Typically for us, we allocate about 50 percent of our revenue towards payroll, but I bust through that every year,” Moreno said. “A small-market team…
DetailsBrewers’ plan is to move Moustakas to second base and keep Shaw at third Really? Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/brewers_plan_is_to_move_moustakas_to_second_base_and_keep_shaw_at_third
DetailsTwitter: Scott Lindholm: Big Contract Performance #MLB Just playing with data, 5+ yr signings of position players 30 or older since around the mid-90s.It’s not collusion. It’s the intersection of data and understanding. pic.twitter.com/CAd4abi5c Scott Lindholm Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/twitter_scott_lindholm_big_contract_performance
DetailsHow the Mariners are using data, biomechanics and technique to build a better catcher – The Athletic How much of Omar Narváez’s inferior defense a product of player development? I guess we are going to find out. Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/how_the_mariners_are_using_data_biomechanics_and_technique_to_build_a_bette
DetailsMLBPA’s Tony Clark calls Rob Manfred’s comments on payroll ‘unconstructive and misleading at best’ – CBSSports.com Of course, building through the farm is the right way. Free agent spending should be a last resort, especially at the top of the market. It’s a way to finish off your team. It’s not a great way to…
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DetailsBanjo Hitter: The Worst Team in PECOTA History? The post Banjo Hitter: The Worst Team in PECOTA History? appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/46956/banjo-hitter-the-worst-team-in-pecota-history/
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Short Relief: Play On Reader, last week in this space, James Fegan, a fine man and colleague whose opinion is to be respected, wrote that Spring Training is “a false liferaft amid a sea of boredom and unwanted college football recruiting updates.” He calls it “lame,” “meaningless,” and “incredibly long.” He is, I’m sorry to…
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