Category Archive: Sabermetrics

Jun 08

Calling all Sabergurus!!! Write for TRDM!!!

So yeah, we are at it again.  Back in the fall we added a few new members to our team.  We added a TRDM Minor Leagues as well as SaberMETrics.  As you have noticed the TRDMML has been great, keeping us up to date on all thing in the Mets system with daily reports from …

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Mar 05

Solving Second Base

Coming into camp, perhaps the biggest question mark was who was going to be the Mets everyday second baseman.  There is no shortage of candidates.  At last count, there was Castillo, Murphy, Emaus, Turner, and possibly even Tejada (and don’t forget that Hu and even Willie Harris in a pinch can also play second).  And …

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Feb 24

Why Trading Mike Pelfrey Should be in the Cards

Yesterday brought the news that Adam Wainwright, whose curveball to end the 2006 NLCS is etched in my memory forever, is likely out for the season due to elbow trouble.  According to Baseball Prospectus, the Cardinals’ odds of making the 2011 playoffs dropped from 55% to 43% just because of the injury.  It is safe …

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Feb 17

Video: “Sabermetrics is going to change the Mets in a profound manner”

About Wayne McDonnell – The Clinical Associate Professor of Sports Management at New York University and NYU’s “Business of Baseball” professor, McDonnell is also a contributor to the Sports Business Journal, bizofbaseball.com and the Yankees 2010 Annual. He has appeared on various programs such as SNY’s “Daily News Live,” YES Network’s “Forbes SportsMoney,” NBC’s Nightly …

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Feb 14

Why Mike Pelfrey Isn’t an Ace: What the Stats Say

Mike Pelfrey will get the opening day nod in 2011.  In some ways, this has been a long time coming.  After the Mets drafted Mike with the 9th pick in the 2005 draft, Big Pelf was supposed to be an ace for a long time. And Mike has had his moments.  For most of 2008, …

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Feb 13

We Like Ike: But Should We? What the Stats Say.

With all the questions looming for the Mets as the 2011 season draws closer, perhaps none is more important than whether Ike Davis is going to be an elite first baseman.  Why, you might ask, is this more important that the Beltran/Reyes/Madoff/Johan-related questions?  Well, look at the Free Agent Class for the upcoming offseason.  The …

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Feb 06

On Optimism

In March of 1992, the great Washington Post baseball writer Thomas Boswell wrote: When the Mets are great they think they’re the best ever.  When they’re good, they think they’re great.  When they’re mediocre, they think they’re very good but got stiffed.  And when they’re bad . . . they think if they spend $30 …

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Jan 12

Where the Mets Should Spend their Money

I will preface this article with a few major caveats. First, I have absolutely no idea how much money major league teams, the Mets specifically, allocate to their training staff and overall medical expenses. Second, I have no idea what the actual costs for running major medical studies are. Third, I know very little about …

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Jan 12

Mets Sign Taylor Tankersley: Just Like We Wanted

The Mets have apparently decided to follow my advice and signed LH reliever Taylor Tankersley to a minor-league deal.  Here’s what I wrote when I was still “auditioning” for this job: Finally, for a lefty specialist to replace Feliciano, I would invite Taylor Tankersley to spring training.  The now ex-Marlin is still only 28 and …

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Jan 05

Sweating the Small Stuff: Hu, Capuano and Buchholz, Why The Stats Like Them

The Mets have made three moves in the last two weeks.  They traded pitcher Michael Antonini for Dodgers farmhand Chin-Lung Hu.  Then yesterday word came down that they had signed free agent starter Chris Capuano and free agent right-handed reliever Taylor Buchholz.  I want to briefly take a look at all three moves and hopefully …

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