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January 25, 2013

Purpose Pitches: Remembering Earl

by Christina Kahrl

How Earl Weaver indirectly helped shape Baseball Prospectus and (more directly) gave one of its founders her best day in baseball.

January 11, 2013

The BP Wayback Machine: Bagging on Bagwell

by Christina Kahrl

Character assassination, speculation, a commitment to process... ah, it has to be Hall of Fame season.

September 28, 2012

The BP Wayback Machine: Oops, They Did it Again?

by Christina Kahrl

A closer look at some of the most improbable pennant race comebacks and collapses in baseball history.

May 11, 2012

The BP Wayback Machine: Making Waves in the West

by Christina Kahrl

The Rangers face a difficult decision about extending Josh Hamilton, but the decision to acquire him wasn't easy, either.

March 16, 2012

Extra Innings Excerpt: What is the Effect of the Increase in Strikeouts?

by Christina Kahrl

An examination of how baseball's increasing strikeout rate has impacted the game, torn from the pages of BP's next book.

November 6, 2011

Premium Article Transaction Analysis: May 12-15, 2002

by Christina Kahrl

Losing Manny Ramirez for a quarter of the season isn't automatically a death knell. Pedro Martinez has just one good start against a good opponent this year, but that's the scheduler's fault. I'm hardly off the hook for advancing the claim that he won't make it to ten starts, and if losing Martinez was one of my major theories about what would lay hope low in Beantown, losing Ramirez for a month and a half might make you think I'd peg this as the beginning of the end.

June 24, 2011

Prospectus Perspective: Minnesota Miscasts

by Christina Kahrl

The Twins have been bitten by ineffectiveness and the injury bug this year, but it didn't take a magic 8 ball to foresee some of their season's troubles.

April 1, 2011

Purpose Pitches: A New Delivery

by Christina Kahrl

Something old, something new, but in the end, it's always been about me and you.

March 29, 2011

Premium Article Transaction Analysis: Trading Up from Dickerson to Morgan

by Christina Kahrl

In a remembrance of things past, the daily transaction churn winds down with the end of spring training.

March 27, 2011

BP Unfiltered: Opening Night in Chicago

by Christina Kahrl

Stop by and say hi!

March 23, 2011

Premium Article Transaction Analysis: AL Moves

by Christina Kahrl

It's anything but Kafkaesque that Brent Morel and Brandon McCarthy rank among the winners in camp battles.

March 21, 2011

Purpose Pitches: Hitting the High and Low Notes

by Christina Kahrl

From Luis Castillo and Oliver Perez to a weekend of Cactus action in Cubs camp.

BP Unfiltered: Andrew Cashner's Non-Day

by Christina Kahrl

The leading fifth man's bid to stick gets zeroed out.

March 18, 2011

Transaction Analysis: Junior Circuit Jumble

by Christina Kahrl

Catching up on roster moves from around the American League.

BP Unfiltered: Life After Luis Castillo

by Christina Kahrl

Indignity, meet second base.

March 17, 2011

Premium Article Transaction Analysis: Senior Circuit Shuffling

by Christina Kahrl

Moves from around the National League as teams approach crucial cutdowns.

BP Unfiltered: Cactus Action, Ranger Danger

by Christina Kahrl

Last night's bullpen disaster was no Surprise surprise.

March 16, 2011

Purpose Pitches: Day Seven in Cactus Country

by Christina Kahrl

Back-end rotation heroics for the Cubs and Rockies, plus notes on two developing AL West bullpen quandaries.

March 15, 2011

Premium Article Purpose Pitches: Day 6 in Cactus Country

by Christina Kahrl

Uneven outings for Jake Peavy and Cory Luebke, plus thoughts on the ChiSox bench.

March 13, 2011

BP Unfiltered: Days 4 & 5 in Cactus Country

by Christina Kahrl

Odds and ends from an Arizona weekend.

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