Bill James being hired by the Sox is another sign of the foothold that sabermetrics has gained in baseball's front offices. |
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Part One covered Mike's opinions on topics ranging from his beloved Phillies to sabermetrics to his favorite players and baseball heroes. |
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Bill James, the godfather of baseball sabermetrics, is now working as a consultant for the Boston Red Sox. |
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Much of prospect analysis, no matter what sabermetrics say, is speculation. |
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A good general rule of thumb in sabermetrics is that a shift in 10 runs from one column to the other is worth one win. |
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From sabermetrics to discussions about the Hall of Fame merits of certain players to possible subjects for future articles, we talked about everything under the sun. |
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In this fascinating and fact-filled piece on sabermetrics, Larry Mankhen demonstrates why baseball is still far and away the most interesting sport to write about and debate. |
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As we all know, fielding statistics are the question mark of sabermetrics. |
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He and co-worker Andy Andres, a Boston-area sabermetrics professor, chose which games to work. |
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Not surprisingly, performance of every kind improves when it is monitored, measured and reinforced, whether it is done through sabermetrics or scorecarding. |
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For example, the adoption of sabermetrics by several teams may increase the variations in the efficiency of run production, thereby increasing the minimum inefficiency. |
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