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Free Agent Fantasy Team: Using Opponent Quality To Predict Roster-Off the Radar
With spring training well under way, and the regular season beginning in 3 weeks, it is time to take another look at the all free agent fantasy team. Since Spring Training numbers mean nothing as far…Read More
Scouting Nestor Molina-Off the Radar
Nestor Molina was acquired by the White Sox in the controversial Sergio Santos trade before the 2012 season, in which the White Sox gave up a solid back of the bullpen reliever for just one prospect,…Read More
Predicting MLB Success from College Players-Off the Radar
The book Moneyball is often misunderstood, usually by people that didn’t read it or think it is about on base percentage. One of the key themes in the book (hint: the key to the book was finding…Read More
Rick Porcello Pitch F/X Scouting Report-Off the Radar
Porcello is coming off a solid and career best year where he had a 93 FIP -. As far as overall strikeouts, walks, and homers, he was virtually the same in 2011 as he was in 2012. Once considered one of…Read More
All Free Agent Fantasy Team Update: ZiPS Projections
Spring Training is here, and teams are playing games against each other. My Free Agent Fantasy team has been finished for a while now, so we have been looking at projections. Since the final ZiPS spreadsheet…Read More
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Scouting Reports on Toru Murata and Jeff Soptic-Off the Radar
Toru Murata A former Japanese Pitching prospect for the Yominuri Giants, in 2009-2010 in the “Ni-Gun”…Read More
Hideki Okajima Joins the Oakland A’s-Off the Radar
The Oakland Athletics have signed Hideki Okajima to a minor league deal. Okajima is a Japanese native…Read More
Out of Options: Jeff Bianchi – Off the Radar
MLB Trade Rumors came out with their list of players that are out of options, and one of the…Read More
Free Agent Fantasy Team Update: Freddy Garcia Expectations-Off the Radar
Many players are reporting to spring training this week (and many have already reported to team facilities),…Read More
Batted Ball Differences in Colorado and Texas-Off the Radar
Elsewhere, I’ve looked at batted ball data to see if we could quantify a Marine Air effect at…Read More
Looking at the Odds of Former Prospects- Off the Radar
Here at Fantasy CPR, I have developed an odds system based purely on empirical probability, using the…Read More
The McNamara Fallacy and Justin Upton-Off the Radar
The Justin Upton trade has sent ripples throughout the baseball communities, especially since it didn’t…Read More
All Free Agent Fantasy Team Update: Rounding Out the Team- Off the Radar
In this edition of the Free Agent Fantasy team, we basically round out the entire teams using all minor…Read More
Deciding Three AL Arbitration Cases-Off the Radar
Previously, I looked at 5 different arbitration cases in the National League and made judgments as to…Read More
MLB Prospects Statistical Analysis-Minor League Odds-Off the Radar
In a previous post on this site, I used basic minor league data from all the 1st baseman to have played…Read More
Deciding 5 NL Arbitration Cases- Off the Radar
As Arbitration filing day was on Friday, teams and players (those that did not already come to a deal)…Read More
Free Agent Fantasy Team Update: Defensive Projections
As I promised last time (when we used offensive and pitching projections), in this update I will do…Read More
Jeanmar Gomez traded to Pittsburgh Pirates-Off the Radar
The Pirates have traded minor league outfielder Quincy Latimore to the Cleveland Indians for pitcher…Read More
Empirical Probability and Odds of Major League Success- Off the Radar
When looking at prospects in the minors, it seems that the hardest thing to project is whether a hitter…Read More
Remaining Left-Handed Minor League Free Agent Pitchers- Off the Radar
Minor League Free Agency is certainly not the sexiest or most notable thing about the baseball off-season,…Read More
Zach Thompson
Fantasy CPR