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February 13, 2014

Feature Focus: PECOTA Weighted Means Spreadsheet

by Colin Wyers

How to get all of our preseason player projections in one place.

November 1, 2013

Manufactured Runs: Moments of Transition, Moments of Revelation

by Colin Wyers

Colin thanks and bids farewell to the sabermetric community as he joins the Houston Astros.

October 2, 2013

Playoff Prospectus: NL Wild Card Game Recap: Pirates 6, Reds 2

by Colin Wyers

Pittsburgh's under-the-underdog story continues.

September 19, 2013

Reworking WARP: The Importance of a Living Replacement Level

by Colin Wyers

Why and how replacement level has shifted over time.

September 11, 2013

Reworking WARP: Why We Need Replacement Level

by Colin Wyers

Or why none of the alternatives to replacement level works as well.

September 5, 2013

Reworking WARP: The Uncertainty of Offense, Part Two

by Colin Wyers

How we can acknowledge uncertainty while minimizing it as much as possible.

August 28, 2013

Reworking WARP: The Overlooked Uncertainty of Offense

by Colin Wyers

How accurate can we be when comparing hitters' performance?

BP Unfiltered: 2013 Hitter Uncertainty

by Colin Wyers

A little side note from today's WARP article.

August 27, 2013

Manufactured Runs: Are The Astros Really the Most Profitable Team in History?

by Colin Wyers

No. No they aren't.

August 21, 2013

Reworking WARP: The Series Ahead

by Colin Wyers

What we'll be doing with WARP in the coming weeks, and why.

August 13, 2013

Manufactured Runs: SABR and the Importance of Preserving Sabermetric History

by Colin Wyers

Why knowing what went before will help the sabermetric movement in the future.

August 5, 2013

Manufactured Runs: Biogenesis and Baseball's Post-Human Present

by Colin Wyers

The real danger Biogenesis revealed and the false threat that we shouldn't make this about.

August 2, 2013

Manufactured Runs: SABR Recap: On Motion Trackers, and Exciting Games

by Colin Wyers

Colin reviews two stats presentations from SABR's Friday schedule.

August 1, 2013

Manufactured Runs: The Phillies President Speaks to SABR

by Colin Wyers

A review of the keynote address at this week's SABR convention in Philadelphia.

July 25, 2013

Feature Focus: Daily Hit List

by Colin Wyers

The Hit List Factor and Adjusted Hit List Factor explained.

July 10, 2013

Manufactured Runs: The Mystery of the Missing .500 Teams, Part Two

by Colin Wyers

Have we been underrating big-market, high-payroll teams?

July 5, 2013

Manufactured Runs: Ruben Amaro and the Ryan Howard Reality

by Colin Wyers

The Phillies can survive Ryan Howard's contract, but can they survive the GM who gave it to him?

June 28, 2013

Manufactured Runs: The Mystery of the Missing .500 Teams

by Colin Wyers

If .500 is average, where are all the teams with .500 records?

June 27, 2013

Feature Focus: Player Cards

by Colin Wyers

A walkthrough of all the info available on BP's player cards.

June 20, 2013

Feature Focus: Cot's Contracts and the Compensation Browser

by Colin Wyers

A guided tour of BP's financial tools.