Factor 12 Leaders Week 2

The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers on 60ft6in.com.   (1) Justin Verlander continued his dominating start to the 2012 season by pitching a complete game win against the Kansas City Royals.  The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner hurled 9IP / […]

Factor12 (F12) Rating Leaders: Week 1

Aroldis Chapman dominated National League batters during the first week of the regular season.  The Cincinnati Reds’ flame-thrower tossed 5IP/ 2H/ 0R/ 0BB/ 10K of 17 total batters faced.  Chapman currently leads all MLB pitchers with a Factor12 Rating of 37.537 after one week of play.   Justin Verlander opened the season with a dominating […]

Introducing The Factor12 Rating

The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers on 60ft6in.com.   F12 consists of the following twelve statistics incorporating every aspect of pitching.   Innings Pitched (IP); Strikeouts Minus Walks (SO-BB); Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP); Earned Run Average (ERA); Walks plus Hits per […]

On the Rebound: Fantasy Baseball Buy Low Candidates for 2012

Many fantasy baseball owners are obsessed with the latest ‘hot prospect’, MVP candidate or a player coming off a monster season. If you like to target these types of players, then expect to pay top dollar at the draft table or auction for Brett Lawrie, Matt Kemp or Justin Verlander. When you consider some of the strongest fantasy baseball […]

Quality Starters: Top Ten Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers for the 2012 Season

There are two schools of thought when it comes to fantasy baseball starting pitchers. The first states that you should grab some quality starters early in your draft (or use keeper spots for holding onto them). The second theory states that starting pitchers are way too inconsistent and therefore you should ignore pitchers until late in […]

Verlander wins AL MLP

Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander was named the 2011 American League MVP today and there has been much discussion surrounding the topic. Finishing in a close second was Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury who posted career highs in batting average, home runs and RBI’s. A close third came Jose Bautista sporting his over 1k […]

Don’t Stop Improvin’: Tigers Seek to Plug Holes

The Detroit Tigers had a year to remember. The season can be looked at from different angles of both good and bad, but after reaching the American League Championship Series for the second time in five years the team knows it can get there again. The Tigers were one of the hottest teams in baseball […]

Tigers win A.L. Central for First Time, Set Sights on Larger Goals

The second half of the Detroit Tigers season hasn’t gone like many anticipated. And that’s a good thing. For the first time since 1987, the Detroit Tigers are division winners.   Exercising the Demons               In order to win the division the Tigers needed to overcome some of the past that has haunted them. […]

The 8th Annual 100 Innings of Baseball Game for ALS

The 8th Annual 100 innings of Baseball game for ALS will be held once again at Adams Field in Quincy, MA over Columbus Day weekend starting at 9:00am on Saturday, 10/08, and continuing for 33+ straight hours, ending sometime Sunday afternoon, 10/09.  Details from prior years, and graphics can be found at www.bostonbaseball.com/100innings.php. Curt Schilling will once […]

Detroit Controls its Own Destiny Heading into Season’s Final Month

After the Detroit Tigers most recent series against the Cleveland Indians ending in a sweep for Detroit, the Tigers are in complete control to win—or lose—the division. Since the All Star Break the Tigers have made moves both on and off the field that has brought excitement, confusion, anger and every feeling in between to […]

Tigers Fans Left Confused At Break

If you’re a Detroit Tigers fan right now you probably don’t know how to feel. On one end of the spectrum your team is actually in first place. On the other, questionable coaching and personnel moves have haunted you on a nightly basis. Most recently, Detroit decided to fire (scapegoat) Rick Knapp after an abysmal […]

BBA 2009 Cy Young Award Ballot

For starters, here is how I added up the numbers, showing you which stats I added more weight to and why. If you only care about who I choose, then you can skip over the next few paragraphs. My Methodology/Madness Wins + (4.00 – ERA) multiplied by 10 + Complete Games + Shutouts + Innings […]

Nick Kappel’s Fantasy Focus: The All-August Free Agent Team

Joe Mauer, Ryan Howard, and Mark Reynolds. Everyone knows their names, and most people know they’ve played exceptionally well in August. What most people don’t know, however, is that Will Venable has batted .311 with six HR and 17 RBI in August. Being able to scour players like Venable from the waiver wire is a […]

Detroit Tigers June Splits

Every season is a different season, however there are trends in baseball. So today we’ll take a look at the career split stats for the current group of Detroit Tigers for the month of June and see at least on some level, what we might expect. Let’s start with the hitters. As you would expect […]

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