By Chris Quick on December 12, 2008
You should probably like them a good bit more now: The Royals are closing in on a two-year deal to sign right-hander Kyle Farnsworth as a setup reliever, MLB.com has learned. Also, the Royals announced on Thursday they signed right-hander Doug Waechter as a middle reliever and left-hander Horacio Ramirez as a starter, both to [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged bob howry, bullpen, jeremy affeldt, Kyle Farnsworth, WAR
By Chris Quick on September 30, 2008
Click to enlarge For a more detailed post on WAR, check out Tom Tango’s excellent blog here. He runs through the idea of Wins Above Replacement and lays out some of the math behind the concept. Big thanks to Colin Wyers for his WAR spreadsheet, making this whole process much, much easier. Things to Remember: [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bengie molina, fred lewis, omar vizquel, randy winn, WAR
By Chris Quick on August 12, 2008
A quick post today on Wins Above Replacement and our starting rotation. Tango has a nice post on how to calculate it and some other concepts associated with WAR. WAR is wins above replacement. Replacement is defined very specifically for my purposes: it’s the talent level for which you would pay the minimum salary on [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged barry zito, jonathan sanchez, kevin correia, matt cain, money, starting pitching, tim lincecum, WAR
