Date:
2019-12-17
The Bob Davids Chapter will be gathering at the Tastee Diner (8601 Cameron St, Silver Spring, MD 20910) at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, for their monthly Hot Stove Dinner.
Society for American Baseball Research – 501(c)3
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Phoenix, Arizona
Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Click here to view this week's newsletter on the web. Here's what we've been up to as of December 14, 2018:
Note: Our first response to our "Favorite Edgar stories" prompt is here! Here is a lovely post by Relusa. Enjoy!
I get it. Everyone has waxed poetic about the 1995 playoff run and how wonderful Edgar Martinez's Game 5 double was. It's been done. Yet, allow me to go back to another moment from that ALDS that has always stood out to me.
The Point University Winter Baseball Camp, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 15, has been postponed due to rainy and cold weather. Possible camp dates after the turn of the new year are being discussed...
The Padres have signed the veteran infielder while they await one of their top prospects.
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The 2018 Rule 5 draft has come and gone, and the Red Sox were once again not involved in the MLB phase. The organization's action came in the Triple-A phase, in which they grabbed right-handed relievers, Anyelo Gomez and Andrew Schwaab, from the Yankees and Tigers organizations, respectively.
Baseball Research Journal, fall 2018, volume 47, #2, page 64
David W. Smith concludes the main culprit is number of pitches, mainly due to the rise in strikeouts and decline on balls in play.
From SABR member Zack Meisel at The Athletic on December 13, 2018:
35,000 FEET IN THE AIR — Airplane mode can go to hell.
When you get word that the Indians are trading away Edwin Encarnacion and Yandy Díaz and are acquiring Carlos Santana...
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From SABR member David Kagan at The Hardball Times on December 10, 2018:
From SABR member David Laurila at FanGraphs on December 13, 2018:
One great thing about the baseball Winter Meetings is that you have access to all 30 managers (this year that number is 29, as the Baltimore Orioles are currently sans a manager).
