The Astros’ 2015 season surprised many, while failing to hold off the Rangers down the stretch in the division. Unlike the Yankees, the Astros’ youth was the driving force of their success. Which is why expectations for the 2016 Astros are sky high. PECOTA puts the Astros with 88 wins atop the AL West. As […]
Day: April 4, 2016
Gregorius, Castro and the five tools of acting
Baseball Prospectus has traditionally been about the evaluation of baseball players more than anything else. In February, Rian Watt eloquently laid out his vision of how intersectionalist writing could be the way forward, but the nuts and bolts of the game will not be ignored, especially by places like BP. What the “nut and bolts” tend […]