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Tag: Jose Ramirez

Man Crush (The AL version): one from each team

February 24, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball

I have always formed somewhat unhealthy fondness for players across different teams: Jimmy Rollins, Matt LaPorta, Gordon Beckham, Cody Decker, Russell Martin. These are my current beaux: Chicago White Sox: Nick Madrigal I’m a sucker for an on-base guy. Madrigal

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Cleveland Indians: #VoteJoseMVP

September 22, 2020 Ash Day Baseball, Team Contributors

Jose Ramirez is among the most beloved baseball players. His cheeky smile peeks over the top of the dugout railing as he rallies his Indians teammates. He’s the master of Mario Kart, unrivalled on the track. His helmet regularly flies

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Who have been the second-half comeback kids?

September 18, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

After the dog days of the offseason, and then the seemingly never-ending schedule of meaningless Spring Training games, the regular season arrived and demanded the complete attention of the baseball world. By the end of April, the following was true…

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Size doesn’t matter: The vertically-challenged team

January 25, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

What is the ideal body shape for a baseball player? Does size matter? Check out the stars in our “vertically-challenged” team before you decide. When you see Aaron Judge swaggering around like some sort of Adonis, it’s difficult to believe

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Analytics and its effects on the MLB – The Stolen Base

November 3, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

This is the second piece in a series on the effects of analytics on baseball, the first on the bunt can be found here. This time I will be looking at the decline of the stolen base, the involvement of

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Strength of Players Faced and the Impact on Player Output

October 30, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

So the World Series is complete and the Boston Red Sox are champions. The team with the best record over the season won the playoffs, that doesn’t happen often so the usual discussion of the value of the playoffs compared

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I’m Starting To Worry, Jose

October 11, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

It is October, the Indians have once again made the postseason but failed to bring home the coveted World Series title and the ‘curse’ moves on another year. Many of the Indians players didn’t play to their potential in the

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1st Half Vs 2nd Half Comparisons – Hitters

October 4, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Analytics, Baseball, Pinch Hitting

In MVP voting, recency bias is going to be a factor and that can’t be helped. With that in mind, I wondered who were the top performers for the first half of the season vs the second half. Fangraphs has

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How many “On Pace” tweets is Buster Olney on pace to get correct?

May 31, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Buster Olney is the true champion of “On Pace” tweets. If you’re not sure what that means, here his latest one: We’re about a third of the way through the season, and Aaron Judge is on pace for: 176 hits

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Fantasy First Half All-Surprise Team

July 11, 2017 Blake Finney Baseball, Fantasy Baseball

In the spirit of the All-Star game this week; I thought I’d whip up a couple of my own special All-Star teams. First up we have our All-Surprise team, containing some of the fantasy stars who have emerged from their

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