Archive for the ‘Braves’ Category
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Matthew Carruth made some excellent points in today's Fangraphs article about using BaseRuns as a "sanity check" for a team's performance at this point in the season.
The theory is that you can break runs scored and allowed into their components and remove some of the "noise" in projecting wins based ...
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
The Braves sure know how to finish, don't they? The team made it to the final week of the season in contention and decided they'd had enough drama for one season, so they packed up and went home a week early. The end result: a six-game home losing streak to ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Five. That's the Rockies' magic number this morning after the Braves extended their win streak to six games yesterday. It was a good week picking on the dregs of the NL East, the Mets and Nationals. I'm not going to dwell much on the stats this week, but I'll consider ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
Seven consecutive wins weren't good enough to scare Ryan Howard and the Phillies into prolonging the Braves' continuing status as a contender. The Braves finished last week with a series loss to the Phillies, leaving them 5.5 games out of a playoff spot with 13 to play.
Mathematical elimination could come ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
The Braves' timing is impeccable. They just finished the 5-1 road trip that they really needed to have 2 weeks ago to stay in the playoff race. In reality, the Braves still need a miracle if they're going to reach the playoffs. They're 6.5 games out of the wild card ...
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