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The Beauty That Is Juan Uribe

Before this season started, I quipped the following when the Giants signed Juan Uribe:
If Juan Uribe makes the team, speculation is that he’ll earn about $1M for his services. That contract is paying him like he’s a .25 WAR player, which is about right. I don’t like Juan Uribe as a player but I don’t [...]

Monday Jam-packed News Links!

Good morning on a Monday. I hope everyone had a nice weekend and is strapping in for another work week.
Something I had forgotten about Spring Training  — it’s really long. The games have been going on for a couple of weeks now and yet, we’re still about 20+ days away from Opening Day. Trust me, [...]

Historical WAR: Bonds vs. Mays vs. McCovey

I’m borrowing (stealing) an idea from my fellow blogmate Sky Kalkman over at Beyond the Boxscore. Attached below is a line graph showing the career production, in terms of WAR, for Barry Bonds, Wilie Mays, and Willie McCovey.
(Historical WAR numbers gleaned from BaseballProjection.com)

Note: Since the win values only go back to 1955, Willie Mays is [...]