Kelly was off this week, so I’m picking up where he left off (the promised review of David Price, the Ray’s prized prospect).
By far the consensus #1 draft pick last year, the 22-year-old Price was a commanding presence on the mound at Vanderbilt, standing 6’6”, lanky, but strong at 225 pounds. His arsenal features three […]

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I’m starting off-topic with a trade I received in a 6×6 (Holds, OBP) 2nd-year keeper league (we retain only 5, alas). He sends me D-TRain and Dunn for Rios and Rafael Soriano. I’m not a D-TRain fan (though the nickname’s nicely alliterative with Deee-troit) and I like a potentially dominant if injury-prone closer, but […]

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A few weeks ago I examined the relative depth at 3B, noting the disparity between the top players and the rest of the field—not merely from a talent perspective, but because of their inherent risk due to age, injury, inexperience, and or playing time. Second base holds just as many question marks, yet the situation […]

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Every year it seems like 3B is touted as a deeper position than anything in the latest Paris Hilton sex tapes, while 2B is shallower than, well, Paris Hilton (don’t defend her waxen performance in House of Wax). But maybe it’s time to reconsider.
I’ve examined projections from CHONE, Bill James, ZiPS, CBS, and Marcel (PECOTA’s […]

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