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Tom Hoffarth’s Interview with Derek Bain – Farther Off the Wall

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Tom Hoffarth’s post was updated yesterday to include a Q&A session with yours truly. Follow the link, search on my last name and check it out! https://fartheroffthewall.com/2021/06/23/in-our-book-the-2021-spring-baseball-book-reviews-are-done-but-can-there-be-more/ “Hardball Architects: Volume 1 – American League Teams” received a mention in Tom Hoffarth’s Off the Wall – 30 books in 30 days series with a possibility for … Read more

2019 MLB Predictions

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Predictions for the 2019 MLB Season – please submit your own predictions in the Comments section below! 2019 AL East Winner New York Yankees 2019 AL Central Winner Minnesota Twins 2019 AL West Winner Houston Astros 2019 AL Wild Card 1 Boston Red Sox 2019 AL Wild Card 2 Los Angeles Angels 2019 NL East … Read more

Hall of Fame Voting, WAR as a Rate Stat, and Where David Wright Fits In

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It may seem ridiculous, but David Wright’s career was a lot better than one might think. Arguably the most beloved member of the organization’s history, the Captain of Queens gave the city 11 years of excitement before battling back and neck injuries over his final three seasons. However, given his recent retirement, it is time … Read more

On to Cincinnati

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One of the best parts of Major League Baseball’s Hotstove is watching organizations separate into the two categories of “rebuilding” and “in contention.” Most of the time, those of us outside MLB teams have a pretty solid idea of which team fits where. On the opposite side, very rarely do we see a team that … Read more

Rotisserie vs. Reality

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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 into R Studio in order to explore this question further: Year, League, Team Name, Rank … Read more