Synopses & Reviews
The 2011 Edition of the New York Times bestselling guide"THE BEST BOOK OF ITS KIND."—Rob Neyer, ESPN.com
Now in its sixteenth edition, the Baseball Prospectus annual shows once again how it became the industry leader: the 2011 Edition includes key stat categories, more controversial player predictions, and the kind of wise, witty baseball commentary that makes a phone-book-thick tome worth reading cover to cover.
Baseball Prospectus 2011 provides fantasy players and insiders alike with uncannily prescient PECOTA projections, which Sports Illustrated has called "perhaps the game's most accurate projection model." Still, stats are just numbers if you don't see the larger context, and Baseball Prospectus brings together an elite team of analysts to provide the definitive look at all thirty teams—their players, their prospects, and their managers—to explain away flukes, hot streaks, injury-tainted numbers, park effects, and overrated prospects who won't be able to fool people in the Show like they have down on the farm.
Nearly every Major League team has sought the advice of current or former Prospectus writers, and readers of Baseball Prospectus 2011 will understand what all those fans have been raving about.
"If you're a baseball fan and you don't know what BP is, you're working in a mine without one of those helmets with the lights on it."
—Keith Olbermann
"Witty . . . savvy . . . a rich snapshot of where the game and its reference books are today and where they're going."
—Sports Illustrated
"Baseball Prospectus continues to raise the bar for innovative baseball analysis every year."
—Mark Shapiro, President, Cleveland Indians
"If a general manager hasn't read Baseball Prospectus, he should be fired for incompetence."
—Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball
Baseball Prospectus 2010 correctly predicted:
The collapse of 2009 stars Derek Jeter, Derrek Lee, Adam Lind, Pablo Sandoval, Ben Zobrist, Todd Helton, and Miguel Tejada
Major comebacks for Kelly Johnson, Rickie Weeks, and Aubrey Huff
Breakout seasons from Carlos Santana, Jason Heyward, Mike Stanton, and Pedro Alvarez
That the Cubs' aging, expensive stars would put the team not only out of contention, but into rebuilding mode
That the Mets' injury problems, poor starting pitching, and absence of corner outfield power or a decent catcher would sink them for 2010 (and probably for 2011), leading to a round of firings
That Texas would put a great team on the field, a team well poised to compete for years to come
Synopsis
The bestselling annual baseball preview from the smartest analysts in the businessThe essential guide to the 2011 baseball season is on deck now, and whether you're a fan or fantasy player—or both—you won't be properly informed without it. Baseball Prospectus 2011 brings together an elite group of analysts to provide the definitive look at the upcoming season in critical essays and commentary on the thirty teams, their managers, and more than sixty players and prospects from each team.
- Contains critical essays on each of the thirty teams and player comments for some sixty players for each of those teams
- Projects each player's stats for the coming season using the groundbreaking PECOTA projection system, which has been called ""perhaps the game's most accurate projection model"" (Sports Illustrated)
- From Baseball Prospectus, America's leading provider of statistical analysis for baseball
Now in its sixteenth edition, this New York Times bestselling insider's guide remains hands down the most authoritative and entertaining book of its kind.
Synopsis
The bestselling annual baseball preview from the smartest analysts in the businessThe essential guide to the 2011 baseball season is on deck now, and whether you're a fan or fantasy player—or both—you won't be properly informed without it. Baseball Prospectus 2011 brings together an elite group of analysts to provide the definitive look at the upcoming season in critical essays and commentary on the thirty teams, their managers, and more than sixty players and prospects from each team.
- Contains critical essays on each of the thirty teams and player comments for some sixty players for each of those teams
- Projects each player's stats for the coming season using the groundbreaking PECOTA projection system, which has been called "perhaps the game's most accurate projection model" (Sports Illustrated)
- From Baseball Prospectus, America's leading provider of statistical analysis for baseball
Now in its sixteenth edition, this New York Times bestselling insider's guide remains hands down the most authoritative and entertaining book of its kind.
Table of Contents
Foreword (
Joe Posnanski).
Preface (Steven Goldman).
Tools.
Statistical Introduction, Colin Wyers.
Teams.
Arizona Diamondbacks.
Atlanta Braves.
Baltimore Orioles.
Boston Red Sox.
Chicago Cubs.
Chicago White Sox.
Cincinnati Reds.
Cleveland Indians.
Colorado Rockies.
Detroit Tigers.
Florida Marlins.
Houston Astros.
Kansas City Royals.
Los Angeles Angels.
Los Angeles Dodgers.
Milwaukee Brewers.
Minnesota Twins.
New York Mets.
New York Yankees.
Oakland Athletics.
Philadelphia Phillies.
Pittsburgh Pirates.
St. Louis Cardinals.
San Diego Padres.
San Francisco Giants.
Seattle Mariners.
Tampa Bay Rays.
Texas Rangers.
Toronto Blue Jays.
Washington Nationals.
The Baseball Prospectus Top 101 Prospects, Kevin Goldstein.
Team Name Codes.
PECOTA Leaderboards.
Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Index.