Marc Rzepczynski in 2010

Let’s take a look at Marc Rzepczynski, the second year starter that is essentially guaranteed a spot in the rotation due to his 2009 season & Cito’s early spring comments;

Short Statistical History

The southpaw is a strikeout and groundball machine. He’s averaged about a K per inning throughout his pro career. In the minors he forced groundball rates …

2010 Jays Fantasy Baseball Outlook

I know we’re supposed to suck and all this season but the fantasy community is giving the Toronto Blue Jays absolutely no love. Only three players rank within the top 200 (average) for standard 5×5 roto leagues. Here’s a table of the top Jays fantasy players for 2010 from four of the most well known fantasy …

Victor Martinez hitting an even .400

Catcher/firstbaseman Victor Martinez upped his average to .400 last evening, going 4 for 5. I’ve always thought that if anyone has a chance to hit .400 in todays current game its Martinez or Joe Mauer. Oddly enough both are catchers (well sort of).

A strong second half in 2008 forced the Indians to find a spot …

Alex Rios 2009 Keyword: GB Ratio

The Keyword(s) to Alex Rios 2009 success or failure is – Groundball Ratio.

Below is a graph (via fangraphs.com) of Alex Rios batted balls. Take a quick glance at 2006 & 2007 and then focus on the 2008 season.

In 08 we can see that GB % is up considerably vs career norms. 2008 was the first …

Pop-Up King – Mark Ellis

Heading into the beginning of the 2008 season it was readily apparent to anyone watching the A’s/Red Sox Japanese opening series that the A’s had high hopes for Mark Ellis, as he opened the season in the three spot of the order. By the end of the year Ellis hit only 12 HR with a .233 …