Who Are the Five Tool Players?

Who Are the Five Tool Players?

By Baseball Files on July 11, 2008

Anyone who's listened to baseball for any length of time has surely heard the term, "five tool player." The general consensus these days is that the title is bestowed all too frequently—diluting its meaning—and that so-called five tool players are overvalued.

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The Top 10 Baseball Stories of the Year

The Top 10 Baseball Stories of the Year

By Baseball Files on March 26, 2008

MLB.com's Jim Molony predicts that the baseball season will be full of drama. Here are the ten big stories he expects to see making the biggest splash: 1. This could be the Cubs' year!

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The Secret to Predicting Playoff Teams

The Secret to Predicting Playoff Teams

By Baseball Files on October 3, 2007

New tool computes the chance of teams making the post-season by running a computer simulation millions of times each night. The site covers MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, F1, IRL, Champ Car and Premier League.

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Nationals sign Pokey Reese

By Baseball Files on May 24, 2008

The Nationals' have just signed 2B Pokey Reese to Triple A Columbus. Does this mean that we'll see one Washington's infielders traded? Felipe Lopez, Ronnie Belliard or Cristian Guzman could be on their way of out town. Of the three, Guzman's got the most value as a trading chip. Lopez is consistently inconsistent, and Belliard [...]

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Hot Stove breakdown

By Baseball Files on November 4, 2007

With the World Series behind us (yet another less than seven series) it's time to turn our focus to the off-season trade market: the Hot Stove. Dayn Perry has a thorough article up that breaks down each teams' needs. Rather than read me echo Perry's thoughts, just go check it out. And no, the title [...]

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Trade deadline rumor roundup

By Baseball Files on July 31, 2007

Today's the day! As the non-waiver trade deadline quickly approaches rumors about players being sent packing are flying about furiously. I tend to refer to Ken Rosenthal and MLB Trade Rumors the most during the Hot Stove. Here are the latest and greatest trade rumors: Eric Gagne could be headed to the Mets, while his [...]

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