My First Week At Beyond The Boxscore

Ive contributed a lot to my new home this week. If you havent been over there or havent created an account, what are you waiting for? I mean, youre reading this right now& What Ive written about this week: Carlos Delgado is so obviously not the NL MVP. Heck hes at best the fourth-best option from his own team. And Carlos Beltran, well, he actually a pretty good pick if you disqualify Albert Pujols for some dumb reason. What if RBIs measured real offensive production? Well, for one, you wouldnt see Ryan Howards name on the leader board. Im quite proud of this pseudo-study of pitchers who have posted low ERAs with crappy K/BB ratios over the past five years. As you might expect, its tough to do and even harder to repeat. Thats bad news for Edwin Jackson and Gregory Smith, and I would be shocked not to see Jackson traded this off-season (and maybe even Smith). One of my favorite activities is to pivot-table my way through Justins position player stats. Heres the September 5th version. The Padres pitchers are actually much more to blame for the teams struggles than the hitters. PETCO Park, anyone? And their offense has been just as productive as the Rockies. Bet you didnt expect that, huh? I tracked down five interesting football articles. As mentioned by others, Cliff Lees faced much easier competition this year than most other AL starters, including Roy Halladay. Share This