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 …

2010 & Ricky Romero

After being labelled a failed prospect, Ricky Romero broke 2009 spring training as a member of the rotation. He was kicking ass and taking names over the first half of the season, compiling a 3.00 ERA, 1.264 WHIP. Injuries, possible fatigue and the creation of ‘the book’ have all been pointed to for his lackluster second half, …

B.J. Ryan’s Demise Over-Blown? Pitch F/X

Today I’m going to look at Pitch F/X, with all apologizes in advance to John Hale over at the great Mockingbird. With the great tools offered by Brooks Baseball its just too easy to access Pitch F/X data these days. All charts, etc from Brooks Baseball.

Moving on, let’s take a look at B.J. Ryan from …

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 …