By Peter Schiller
The Starting Rotation
The 2007 Braves rotation was not even close to what the fans in Atlanta have come to expect. Is this the affect of no longer having longtime pitching coach Leo Mazzone or do they just not have the talent that they once had and managed to always maintain? My vote lies [...]

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Pete’s Perspective
By Peter Schiller
The Usual Suspects
The players who supported the Braves offense in past years, did so again in 2007…with a little help from their youth movement. Chipper Jones was his typical offensive self despite trips on the DL due to arm and wrist woes. See his numbers below. The only question I have [...]

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Who was the player that forced the Cincinnati Reds to move Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench (# 5) to 3B?
*check back later this week for the answer to this question!*

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A Position by Position Breakdown of the 2007 Season
By Peter Schiller
Starting Pitchers:
Second year pitcher John Maine might not have been the Met’s first choice as the Ace of their staff, but despite his decline in the second half of 2007, his numbers dictate that he was at least in the running. Maine’s VORP was the [...]

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A Position by Position Breakdown of the 2007 Season
By Peter Schiller
C Paul Lo Duca, who is now a free agent, caught 119 games for the 2007 Mets and was ranked 14th among all major league catchers offensively. He is an average hitter, above average for a catcher & 2007 was no different. He may not [...]

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*In no particular order…
AL Rookie of the Year 2B Dustin Pedroia Boston Red Sox
NL Rookie of the Year 3B Ryan Braun Milwaukee Brewers
 
AL Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia Cleveland Indians
NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy San Diego Padres
 
AL Manager of the Year Eric Wedge Cleveland Indians
NL Manager of the Year Bob Melvin Arizona [...]

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Pete’s Perspective
By Peter Schiller
Fair Warning: This is one of my major league pet peeves!
The use of the modern day bullpen is a sore point with me. In my opinion, this practice is holding baseball back from gaining more widespread popularity. In order to gain more attention, all unnecessary down time needs to be eliminated. It [...]

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By Mishael Schiller
I haven’t had much to say for a while. Why the long silence? Well, I wanted to put some distance between myself and the World Series before commenting on it.
Now that it’s been a couple of weeks, I have something to say. I’ve been knocking around for the last 12 days feeling like [...]

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A preview of the 2008 season
By Peter Schiller
2008 Needs:
If the Phillies want to improve upon their first round appearance in the 2007 playoffs, they have to strengthen their pitching & they need to replace or re-sign Rowand in CF. I would have said that putting speedy Michael Bourn in CF might have been sufficient, but [...]

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A review of the 2007 Phillies & a preview of the 2008 season
By Peter Schiller
The strength of the 2007 Philadelphia Phillies was their offense, but now let’s look at the pitching staff! Then we’ll wrap things up by addressing Philadelphia’s biggest needs going into 2008.
The rating system that I used as the metric for these [...]

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A review of the 2007 Phillies & a preview of the 2008 season
By Peter Schiller
The strength of the 2007 Philadelphia Phillies was their offense, especially from ¾ of their infield!
The rating system that I used as the metric for these rankings are based on a Fantasy Baseball 5X5 Rotisserie rating system (the sum of BA, [...]

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By Peter Schiller
A reader, Pete’s Rose’s Mom, asked the following question in a comment back in October:

    “I’d be interested in learning more about the managers of the 8 teams who made it into the playoffs. How do they compare with one another? What does it take to become a manager let alone a good [...]

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**These statistics and analysis are based on a basic 5×5 rotisserie standpoint.**
Even though he had what some people called an off year, David Ortiz still leads all DH’s in 3 out of the 5 basic categories: BA, HR (tied) & Runs. He was 2nd in RBI’s & in an unofficial stat, he led all [...]

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