Edgardo Alfonzo spent eight seasons with the New York Mets, leaving his mark on the club with his sound defensive acumen, ability to get on base at a high clip and penchant for coming up big in the clutch. Alfonzo, 44, was signed by the Mets as an amateur free agent out of Venezuela for $10,000 in 1991. The club was fortunate to have signed the then-17-year-old Alfonzo, as he originally tried...
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The analytic movement in Major League Baseball continues to gain further acceptance, as all thirty clubs employ statisticians and analysts to crunch the numbers in order to make better baseball decisions. We’ve witnessed teams alter their methods with the increased amount of data available at their fingertips, which includes defensive alignments, bunting, platoons, and utilizing their best...
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If one were to look up the word ‘consistency’ in the English dictionary, rather than reading the brief text that defines the word, a simple picture would better suffice. In Major League Baseball, it doesn’t take long to envision the player that encompasses this word. This individual exemplified what it meant to be consistent on a day-to-day basis: showing up for each game prepared, ready...
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Fred Lynn’s early success in the major leagues had many thinking he was on a Hall of Fame trajectory. Lynn’s meteoric rise from a three-time collegiate champion at the University of Southern California to winning both the A.L. Rookie of the Year and M.V.P. Awards in 1975 – the first player to take home both pieces of hardware in the same season – made him an instant fan...
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Since 1901, only eleven starting pitchers have posted the following for their respective careers: 250 or more complete games bWAR of 80.0 or greater All eleven are naturally Hall of Fame players, poised with superior arms and the ability to pitch deep into games, something that’s foreign in today’s game due to several factors, including the long commitments and vast contracts...
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