Sunday, April 03, 2005
Opening Night...
Yankees – Red Sox tonight at 8:00 on ESPN. I’m eagerly looking forward to it.
Sports Illustrated’s Baseball preview issue came out this week. I haven’t had much of a chance to check it out, but they’ve awarded the Phillies fourth place, behind the Mets. Snort. Here is a link to their analysis of the Phillies, which essentially amounts to "the team is the same, but they are hoping to play better under Charlie Manuel". I disagree and note that the team upgraded their pitching staff with Jon Lieber in a big way. SI is a little too dazzled by the Mets big bucks, in my opinion.
I'm encouraged by Baseball Prospectus' predictions for 2005: the Phillies are consistently projected to finish first or second by Prospectus' staff. It is interesting to me that a main-line publication like SI is going with the conventional wisdom that the Mets are improved and an outsider / stat outfit like Prospectus thinks that the Phillies have quietly closed the gap. Sabremetricians should be rooting for the Phillies this year.
Season Preview, Part III tomorrow everyone.
Sports Illustrated’s Baseball preview issue came out this week. I haven’t had much of a chance to check it out, but they’ve awarded the Phillies fourth place, behind the Mets. Snort. Here is a link to their analysis of the Phillies, which essentially amounts to "the team is the same, but they are hoping to play better under Charlie Manuel". I disagree and note that the team upgraded their pitching staff with Jon Lieber in a big way. SI is a little too dazzled by the Mets big bucks, in my opinion.
I'm encouraged by Baseball Prospectus' predictions for 2005: the Phillies are consistently projected to finish first or second by Prospectus' staff. It is interesting to me that a main-line publication like SI is going with the conventional wisdom that the Mets are improved and an outsider / stat outfit like Prospectus thinks that the Phillies have quietly closed the gap. Sabremetricians should be rooting for the Phillies this year.
Season Preview, Part III tomorrow everyone.
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