Red Sox (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Richard Lentz 12.2 Jim Hannan 11.7 Robert Coello 11.0 Anibal Sanchez 11.0 Barry Shollenberger 11.0 Juan Rodriguez 10.9 Jerry Vezendy 10.9 Rafael Betancourt 10.6 Jake Cosart 10.6 Jason Rice 10.6 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey and…

Browns / Orioles (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Luis Lebron 13.4 Armando Benitez 12.9 Steve Dalkowski* 12.5 Brad Pennington* 11.7 Clay Schrader 11.5 Robert Sorrentino* 11.5 Tanner Scott* 11.4 Leonard Scott 11.4 Wilfrido Perez* 11.2 Ryan Meisinger 11.1 Correctly answered by humphreycpa [yop_poll…

Braves (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Craig Kimbrel 14.5 Bradley Roney 12.7 Jason Green 12.4 John Cornely 12.2 Benino Pruneda 11.4 Ryan Buchter* 11.2 Matt Chaffee* 11.2 Tim Spooneybarger 11.0 Ian Thomas* 11.0 Will Fleck 10.8 Correctly answered by humphreycpa [yop_poll id=”6″] Bonus:…

Diamondbacks (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Silvino Bracho 12.6 Jose Valverde 12.3 Mason McCullough 11.9 Luis Ramirez 11.9 Jimmie Sherfy 11.8 Joey Krehbiel 11.7 Seth Simmons 11.7 Trevor Bauer 11.6 Gabriel Moya* 11.6 Andrew Barbosa* 11.1 Correctly answered by humphreycpa [yop_poll id=”5″] Bonus:…

Angels (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Jason Bulger 13.3 Steve Andrade 12.9 Michael Kohn 12.6 Steve Geltz 12.2 Bryan Harvey 12.2 Francisco J. Rodriguez 12.0 Eduar Lopez 11.9 Fabio Martinez 11.9 Mike Holtz* 11.7 Troy Percival 11.7 Darryl Scott 11.7 Correctly answered…

About the Book In “Hardball Retrospective: Evaluating Scouting and Development Outcomes for the Modern-Era Franchises”, I placed every ballplayer in the modern era (from 1901-present) on their original team. Consequently, Reggie Jackson is listed on the Athletics roster for the…

Upon the conclusion of the 2017 World Baseball Classic (the fourth iteration of the tournament which began in 2006), I started to wonder how the rosters would have looked in previous years. Using stricter rules for roster construction (basing all…

Are the standard Rotisserie Baseball categories an accurate way to measure what it takes to put together a winning team in real life? Using Sean Lahman’s baseball database (specifically the totals from the “Teams” file), I imported the following information…

Derek’s (Re)collections My baseball card addiction began in 1984. I picked up a few packs of 1984 Fleer cards at a Little League game, and I was hooked. Each pack contained 15 cards, along with a team logo sticker. I’d…

Would your favorite baseball team make the playoffs if player X had not been traded? Imagine your team’s roster from any particular year. Remove all of the players that your team acquired through trades and free agency. Would you be…