30 Nov
Buster Olney of ESPN recently mentioned that the Marlins were more than interested in holding onto Josh Johnson until the Marlins fall out of contention in 2010. This seems like a viable ploy, even though I do not feel the Marlins will attempt to field a competitive team despite this overture.
Over the weekend though, I [...]
Posted in Analysis, Marlins by: Michael Jong
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30 Nov
This according to Marlins general manager Michael Hill. From Joe Frisaro at MLB.com:
Appearing as a guest on Marlins flagship station 790 The Ticket’s “Hot Stove Show” on Saturday, [GM Michael Hill] was asked if Johnson would be with the team next season.
“Yes, I can say with certainty, yes,” Hill said.
I take that as probably true. [...]
Posted in Marlins, Rants by: Michael Jong
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30 Nov
If you check FanGraphs as often as I do, you may have already seen this, but for the uninitiated, check this out. FanGraphs founder David Appelman has set up an awesome feature inspired by Tom Tango’s Fans Scouting Report, called the 2010 Fan Projections! That’s right, similar to the FSR, we the fans will now [...]
Posted in Marlins, Media by: Michael Jong
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26 Nov
The Maniac is taking a day off today in light of the holiday (and to catch up on some schoolwork). But I wanted to wish a happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers and leave you with my “thanks” as a Marlins fan. As a Marlins fan, perhaps what I am most thankful for is [...]
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25 Nov
I figured I’d share this with everyone, even though I don’t think it is all that significant. I recalculated WAR for all the Marlins position players, mostly using data from FanGraphs. To do this, I calculated the wOBA weights according to Tom Tango’s instructions, took them out of the wOBA totals seen on FanGraphs, and [...]
Posted in Analysis, Marlins by: Michael Jong
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