Baseball Musings: Helping and Hurting Defenders

November 13, 2003

Helping and Hurting Defenders

I'm received a number of comments on the probabilistic model of range indicating that people think this system will help answer the question, "How much do pitchers contribute to the hits allowed against them?" One way of looking at this is to look at expected DER. If the expected DER is high, then the pitchers are inducing balls in play that are easy to field. If low, the opposite is true. Here's the team chart sorted on expected DER:

Team	Expected Outs	Expected DER	Actual Outs	Actual DER	DER Difference
Athletics	3122.8	0.714	3112.0	0.712	-0.00247
Mariners	3082.7	0.712	3120.0	0.720	0.00861
Dodgers	2847.6	0.708	2828.0	0.703	-0.00487
Giants	3068.8	0.704	3091.0	0.709	0.00509
Phillies	3079.9	0.703	3073.0	0.701	-0.00158
White Sox	3006.7	0.703	3018.0	0.705	0.00263
Cardinals	3245.3	0.702	3229.0	0.698	-0.00353
Devil Rays	3179.2	0.701	3204.0	0.707	0.00547
Angels	3093.0	0.698	3108.0	0.702	0.00340
Astros	2955.6	0.698	2981.0	0.704	0.00600
Mets	3140.2	0.697	3099.0	0.688	-0.00915
Padres	3016.6	0.696	3009.0	0.695	-0.00174
Diamondbacks	2907.1	0.694	2888.0	0.689	-0.00455
Twins	3200.2	0.694	3226.0	0.699	0.00560
Marlins	3000.8	0.692	2999.0	0.692	-0.00041
Tigers	3324.2	0.692	3283.0	0.683	-0.00857
Pirates	3196.9	0.691	3196.0	0.691	-0.00019
Expos	3057.3	0.691	3066.0	0.693	0.00197
Indians	3155.4	0.690	3190.0	0.698	0.00756
Cubs	2753.7	0.689	2759.0	0.691	0.00133
Royals	3225.4	0.689	3231.0	0.690	0.00119
Braves	3108.9	0.688	3150.0	0.697	0.00909
Orioles	3154.1	0.688	3132.0	0.683	-0.00482
Yankees	3110.6	0.688	3074.0	0.679	-0.00809
Reds	3193.5	0.688	3195.0	0.688	0.00032
Red Sox	3084.2	0.685	3076.0	0.684	-0.00183
Rockies	3190.6	0.684	3163.0	0.678	-0.00593
Brewers	3125.5	0.684	3123.0	0.683	-0.00054
Blue Jays	3092.0	0.678	3106.0	0.681	0.00306
Rangers	3070.3	0.678	3060.0	0.675	-0.00227

As you can see, the pitchers who gave their defense the easiest balls to field belonged to the staff of the Oakland A's. And the Rangers ranking at the bottom show just how bad that pitching staff was. The next step will be to apply this to individual pitchers.

Update: Here's a table of all pitchers with at least 100 balls put in play against them (fieldable balls only). Find your favorite pitcher and see how he did. Notice Gagne was higher than Schmidt, and Schmidt was much higher than Prior.

Update: Looks like I can't put the whole pitcher's table in the entry, so I'm redoing it with all pitchers who have had 200 balls put into play against them. There will be another update when that's done.

Update: Okay, the final table is in place below.

Team	Expected Outs	Expected DER	Actual Outs	Actual DER	DER Difference
Keith Foulke	161.5	0.758	163.0	0.765	0.00697
Julio Mateo	177.0	0.753	180.0	0.766	0.01296
Barry Zito	521.3	0.746	525.0	0.751	0.00527
Jeremi Gonzalez	351.7	0.744	352.0	0.744	0.00067
Turk Wendell	152.8	0.742	155.0	0.752	0.01086
Wilson Alvarez	193.5	0.738	187.0	0.714	-0.02472
Lance Carter	180.9	0.735	183.0	0.744	0.00867
Ricky Stone	186.8	0.732	186.0	0.729	-0.00296
Rheal Cormier	168.4	0.732	177.0	0.770	0.03737
Rick Helling	348.0	0.726	338.0	0.706	-0.02086
Jerome Williams	284.7	0.726	280.0	0.714	-0.01187
Ryan Franklin	488.7	0.725	497.0	0.737	0.01235
Darrell May	482.7	0.724	493.0	0.739	0.01545
Julian Tavarez	200.9	0.723	197.0	0.709	-0.01409
Pat Hentgen	354.1	0.723	360.0	0.735	0.01201
Mark Mulder	404.8	0.720	397.0	0.706	-0.01380
Dan Wright	198.7	0.720	197.0	0.714	-0.00631
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	164.0	0.719	170.0	0.746	0.02613
Claudio Vargas	263.2	0.719	267.0	0.730	0.01033
Oscar Villarreal	206.2	0.718	204.0	0.711	-0.00751
Bartolo Colon	510.0	0.718	511.0	0.720	0.00142
Javier Vazquez	436.6	0.718	427.0	0.702	-0.01583
Kevin Appier	267.8	0.718	269.0	0.721	0.00316
Brian Lawrence	483.0	0.718	480.0	0.713	-0.00451
Hideo Nomo	428.4	0.718	439.0	0.735	0.01769
Jamie Moyer	483.8	0.717	488.0	0.723	0.00622
Aquilino Lopez	149.7	0.716	152.0	0.727	0.01091
Guillermo Mota	198.4	0.716	202.0	0.729	0.01309
Steve Kline	146.8	0.716	151.0	0.737	0.02053
Ron Villone	206.7	0.715	210.0	0.727	0.01130
Jarrod Washburn	470.0	0.715	482.0	0.734	0.01831
Russ Ortiz	457.8	0.715	470.0	0.734	0.01909
Tim Hudson	513.9	0.715	527.0	0.733	0.01820
Garrett Stephenson	395.9	0.715	408.0	0.736	0.02183
Brandon Webb	346.1	0.714	346.0	0.713	-0.00018
Steve Sparks	251.9	0.714	244.0	0.691	-0.02233
Jesus Colome	147.6	0.713	144.0	0.696	-0.01752
Matt Roney	236.7	0.713	239.0	0.720	0.00682
Jake Peavy	392.1	0.713	400.0	0.727	0.01434
Luther Hackman	176.8	0.713	169.0	0.681	-0.03145
Rick Reed	324.9	0.712	316.0	0.693	-0.01952
Matt Morris	370.1	0.712	373.0	0.717	0.00549
Tim Redding	402.0	0.712	396.0	0.701	-0.01070
Jon Garland	426.2	0.711	434.0	0.725	0.01307
Jesse Foppert	221.0	0.711	220.0	0.707	-0.00319
Kerry Wood	338.1	0.710	342.0	0.718	0.00813
Randy Wolf	399.7	0.710	402.0	0.714	0.00403
Steve Trachsel	462.7	0.710	469.0	0.719	0.00960
Jason Schmidt	387.5	0.710	403.0	0.738	0.02841
Tim Worrell	168.2	0.710	160.0	0.675	-0.03454
Roy Oswalt	253.2	0.709	251.0	0.703	-0.00603
Victor Zambrano	395.0	0.709	407.0	0.731	0.02162
Salomon Torres	259.4	0.709	255.0	0.697	-0.01197
Woody Williams	500.3	0.709	494.0	0.700	-0.00891
Johan Santana	289.7	0.708	293.0	0.716	0.00811
Mike Timlin	177.6	0.707	180.0	0.717	0.00971
Chris Spurling	179.6	0.707	180.0	0.709	0.00152
Carlos Silva	198.6	0.707	195.0	0.694	-0.01294
Adam Bernero	302.5	0.707	302.0	0.706	-0.00123
Sterling Hitchcock	189.4	0.707	185.0	0.690	-0.01630
Jose Lima	177.3	0.706	174.0	0.693	-0.01299
Brian Anderson	466.1	0.706	461.0	0.698	-0.00770
Kip Wells	409.2	0.706	421.0	0.726	0.02028
John Halama	265.1	0.705	264.0	0.702	-0.00305
Roger Clemens	423.7	0.705	419.0	0.697	-0.00781
Rob Bell	237.6	0.705	247.0	0.733	0.02801
Brian Meadows	191.0	0.705	184.0	0.679	-0.02582
Odalis Perez	391.1	0.705	381.0	0.686	-0.01828
LaTroy Hawkins	151.5	0.705	148.0	0.688	-0.01623
Kyle Lohse	452.9	0.704	454.0	0.706	0.00164
Matt Herges	161.3	0.704	160.0	0.699	-0.00562
Kevin Millwood	472.6	0.704	470.0	0.700	-0.00382
Juan Rincon	183.1	0.704	190.0	0.731	0.02651
Joaquin Benoit	209.7	0.704	218.0	0.732	0.02773
Dustin Hermanson	152.0	0.704	153.0	0.708	0.00453
Shawn Chacon	296.2	0.704	304.0	0.722	0.01851
Aaron Heilman	145.6	0.703	137.0	0.662	-0.04166
Eric DuBose	157.6	0.703	164.0	0.732	0.02868
Curt Schilling	300.3	0.703	296.0	0.693	-0.01013
Octavio Dotel	144.2	0.703	157.0	0.766	0.06265
Vicente Padilla	452.1	0.703	461.0	0.717	0.01379
Freddy Garcia	425.4	0.703	432.0	0.714	0.01093
Pedro Martinez	338.1	0.703	335.0	0.696	-0.00645
Ted Lilly	378.8	0.703	374.0	0.694	-0.00896
Byung-Hyun Kim	251.6	0.703	255.0	0.712	0.00950
Adam Eaton	384.4	0.703	388.0	0.709	0.00658
Jim Brower	209.4	0.703	214.0	0.718	0.01539
Jason Davis	373.5	0.702	373.0	0.701	-0.00086
Luis Ayala	151.6	0.702	154.0	0.713	0.01124
Jae Weong Seo	439.2	0.702	434.0	0.693	-0.00830
Rocky Biddle	154.2	0.701	154.0	0.700	-0.00112
Tim Wakefield	419.2	0.701	414.0	0.692	-0.00877
Kevin Brown	420.6	0.701	412.0	0.687	-0.01427
Danys Baez	151.3	0.700	157.0	0.727	0.02645
Felix Heredia	191.8	0.700	205.0	0.748	0.04822
Travis Harper	195.0	0.699	194.0	0.695	-0.00358
Kazuhisa Ishii	274.6	0.699	272.0	0.692	-0.00655
Sidney Ponson	476.5	0.699	482.0	0.707	0.00809
Gil Meche	390.5	0.699	401.0	0.717	0.01884
Brandon Duckworth	202.4	0.698	201.0	0.693	-0.00499
Rick White	140.3	0.698	135.0	0.672	-0.02645
Joel Pineiro	445.3	0.698	456.0	0.715	0.01683
D.J. Carrasco	170.3	0.698	166.0	0.680	-0.01755
Aaron Sele	288.2	0.698	287.0	0.695	-0.00296
Michael Tejera	175.9	0.698	173.0	0.687	-0.01134
Damian Moss	388.0	0.698	387.0	0.696	-0.00176
Al Levine	161.8	0.698	167.0	0.720	0.02222
Mark Redman	396.8	0.697	402.0	0.707	0.00912
Jeff Suppan	474.7	0.697	478.0	0.702	0.00479
Zach Day	307.4	0.697	309.0	0.701	0.00368
Nate Cornejo	499.7	0.697	487.0	0.679	-0.01766
Roy Halladay	557.5	0.697	558.0	0.698	0.00066
Kyle Snyder	202.8	0.697	206.0	0.708	0.01110
Runelvys Hernandez	206.9	0.697	213.0	0.717	0.02055
Matt Clement	394.2	0.696	408.0	0.721	0.02436
Brett Tomko	481.1	0.696	467.0	0.676	-0.02047
Chris Reitsma	184.5	0.696	184.0	0.694	-0.00174
Scot Shields	308.3	0.696	310.0	0.700	0.00387
Chad Bradford	151.0	0.696	153.0	0.705	0.00931
Wayne Franklin	427.1	0.696	437.0	0.712	0.01615
Wes Obermueller	158.5	0.695	153.0	0.671	-0.02430
Dave Weathers	178.5	0.695	170.0	0.661	-0.03321
Ismael Valdes	282.6	0.694	277.0	0.681	-0.01386
Esteban Loaiza	439.2	0.694	444.0	0.701	0.00755
Al Leiter	374.7	0.694	369.0	0.683	-0.01048
Jeremy Affeldt	263.5	0.693	261.0	0.687	-0.00662
Oliver Perez	232.3	0.693	226.0	0.675	-0.01872
Dontrelle Willis	313.3	0.693	316.0	0.699	0.00594
Carlos Zambrano	433.8	0.693	439.0	0.701	0.00828
Tom Glavine	428.2	0.693	428.0	0.693	-0.00040
Jorge Sosa	288.2	0.693	289.0	0.695	0.00204
Carl Pavano	441.7	0.692	447.0	0.701	0.00836
Terry Adams	143.3	0.692	138.0	0.667	-0.02539
Denny Stark	199.2	0.692	199.0	0.691	-0.00075
Brad Penny	409.5	0.691	414.0	0.698	0.00753
Josh Beckett	263.8	0.691	255.0	0.668	-0.02298
C.C. Sabathia	414.9	0.690	419.0	0.697	0.00682
Gary Knotts	225.0	0.690	221.0	0.678	-0.01240
Mike Mussina	411.4	0.690	419.0	0.703	0.01280
Ben Sheets	480.1	0.690	482.0	0.693	0.00276
Andy Ashby	171.7	0.690	164.0	0.659	-0.03110
Jeriome Robertson	358.6	0.690	355.0	0.683	-0.00693
Mike Hampton	427.9	0.689	432.0	0.696	0.00658
Mike DeJean	165.4	0.689	159.0	0.663	-0.02651
Aaron Cook	319.0	0.689	306.0	0.661	-0.02809
Terry Mulholland	236.2	0.689	239.0	0.697	0.00825
Jeff D'Amico	408.3	0.688	402.0	0.678	-0.01054
Jeff Weaver	390.0	0.687	361.0	0.636	-0.05102
Derek Lowe	464.1	0.687	469.0	0.694	0.00722
Paul Quantrill	156.4	0.686	166.0	0.728	0.04219
Darren Oliver	417.0	0.686	419.0	0.689	0.00328
Kirk Rueter	362.2	0.685	366.0	0.692	0.00723
Ramon Ortiz	422.2	0.684	422.0	0.684	-0.00027
Wade Miller	364.7	0.684	374.0	0.702	0.01752
Antonio Alfonseca	143.0	0.684	136.0	0.651	-0.03337
Jeff Fassero	168.3	0.684	167.0	0.679	-0.00516
Braden Looper	175.6	0.683	174.0	0.677	-0.00627
Livan Hernandez	474.9	0.683	486.0	0.699	0.01602
Matt Kinney	397.6	0.683	397.0	0.682	-0.00101
Leo Estrella	157.8	0.683	163.0	0.706	0.02256
Ricardo Rodriguez	185.7	0.683	193.0	0.710	0.02682
Wilfredo Ledezma	189.8	0.683	188.0	0.676	-0.00647
Horacio Ramirez	396.8	0.682	405.0	0.696	0.01415
Jason Simontacchi	287.6	0.682	287.0	0.680	-0.00147
Mike Maroth	455.2	0.681	456.0	0.683	0.00119
Danny Graves	410.7	0.681	420.0	0.697	0.01548
Brett Myers	408.3	0.680	405.0	0.675	-0.00548
R.A. Dickey	244.9	0.680	238.0	0.661	-0.01930
Kelvim Escobar	364.6	0.680	356.0	0.664	-0.01599
Greg Maddux	484.9	0.680	496.0	0.696	0.01562
Joe Kennedy	316.9	0.680	303.0	0.650	-0.02977
John Thomson	471.6	0.679	482.0	0.695	0.01504
Tomo Ohka	453.9	0.679	444.0	0.665	-0.01476
Jimmy Haynes	220.4	0.678	214.0	0.658	-0.01970
Casey Fossum	159.9	0.678	161.0	0.682	0.00446
John Lackey	424.9	0.678	425.0	0.678	0.00019
Miguel Batista	405.0	0.677	403.0	0.674	-0.00333
John Burkett	407.7	0.677	410.0	0.681	0.00384
Rodrigo Lopez	327.0	0.677	313.0	0.648	-0.02902
David Wells	498.1	0.677	508.0	0.690	0.01342
Kris Benson	240.9	0.677	233.0	0.654	-0.02221
Chris George	225.2	0.676	227.0	0.682	0.00534
Francisco Cordero	147.4	0.676	147.0	0.674	-0.00195
Joe Mays	312.4	0.676	320.0	0.693	0.01645
Mark Buehrle	521.1	0.676	529.0	0.686	0.01025
Mike Williams	141.9	0.676	145.0	0.690	0.01467
Aaron Harang	171.6	0.676	175.0	0.689	0.01336
Jason Jennings	397.0	0.675	388.0	0.660	-0.01532
Elmer Dessens	394.9	0.675	389.0	0.665	-0.01013
John Riedling	224.8	0.675	222.0	0.667	-0.00832
Kenny Rogers	439.7	0.674	441.0	0.676	0.00202
Mark Prior	366.8	0.674	364.0	0.669	-0.00520
Brad Radke	473.9	0.674	487.0	0.693	0.01860
Kevin Jarvis	212.3	0.674	213.0	0.676	0.00219
Gary Glover	142.8	0.674	139.0	0.656	-0.01815
Ben Weber	173.0	0.673	174.0	0.677	0.00388
Paul Wilson	374.0	0.673	380.0	0.683	0.01088
Justin Speier	143.3	0.673	147.0	0.690	0.01758
Andy Pettitte	432.8	0.672	418.0	0.649	-0.02294
Scott Linebrink	186.6	0.671	190.0	0.683	0.01208
Ryan Dempster	249.7	0.671	241.0	0.648	-0.02347
Jason Johnson	421.8	0.671	422.0	0.671	0.00035
Kris Wilson	168.3	0.670	167.0	0.665	-0.00505
T.J. Tucker	180.7	0.669	184.0	0.681	0.01220
Josh Fogg	323.2	0.669	332.0	0.687	0.01828
Cory Lidle	426.6	0.669	433.0	0.679	0.01002
Andrew Good	143.1	0.669	150.0	0.701	0.03242
Rich Harden	143.0	0.668	142.0	0.664	-0.00490
Tanyon Sturtze	197.6	0.665	199.0	0.670	0.00478
Tommy Phelps	136.4	0.665	137.0	0.668	0.00306
Shane Reynolds	364.8	0.663	374.0	0.680	0.01677
Jake Westbrook	295.0	0.663	306.0	0.688	0.02480
Jose Jimenez	252.4	0.662	243.0	0.638	-0.02461
Jeremy Bonderman	353.4	0.662	349.0	0.654	-0.00815
Randy Johnson	206.4	0.662	198.0	0.635	-0.02690
Billy Traber	234.6	0.661	233.0	0.656	-0.00461
Esteban Yan	140.7	0.661	139.0	0.653	-0.00797
Colby Lewis	269.0	0.659	268.0	0.657	-0.00237
Jason Grimsley	158.8	0.659	155.0	0.643	-0.01584
Doug Davis	237.3	0.657	244.0	0.676	0.01861
Aaron Fultz	134.2	0.655	137.0	0.668	0.01356
Shawn Estes	322.7	0.655	320.0	0.649	-0.00552
Mark Hendrickson	367.2	0.652	371.0	0.659	0.00682
Danny Haren	155.9	0.647	159.0	0.660	0.01285
Ramiro Mendoza	155.0	0.646	150.0	0.625	-0.02071
Mickey Callaway	135.5	0.645	131.0	0.624	-0.02120
Kurt Ainsworth	135.4	0.645	142.0	0.676	0.03155
Omar Daal	217.4	0.643	212.0	0.627	-0.01612
Todd Jones	142.1	0.632	136.0	0.604	-0.02729
Glendon Rusch	264.6	0.630	256.0	0.610	-0.02054

Posted by David Pinto at 10:43 PM | Defense | TrackBack (0)

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ChiSox Daily Mike Lubuda writes about the White Sox.

Shallow Center A blog mostly about the Phillies.

The House that Dewey Built Jeff Kuhn writes about the Red Sox.

SethSpeaks.net A blog by a Twins fan.

Frank's Field of Dreams News about Asian players in the United States.

Jay's Giants Blog William Jay blogging about the Giants.

Baseball Savant Cutting edge baseball news and analysis updated everyday from all aspects of the greatest show on dirt!

Athletics Nation Blogging about the A's.

Red Reporter JD Arney writes about the Reds.

Dominican Players Raul Tavares writes about players from his home country.

The Pearly Gates An Anaheim Angels Blog.

Red Sox Haven Randy Booth on baseball.

Tigers Weblog The Detroit News weblog on the Tigers, written by Tom Gage.

Management by Baseball Jeff Angus writes on how business can learn from baseball.

The View From the Bleachers A Chicago Cubs blog.

Cubs Now! Brian Hipp on the Cubs.

Honest Wagner A Pittsburgh Pirates weblog.

All-Baseball.com A collection of excellent baseball weblogs.

Soxaholix A comic strip blog about the Red Sox.

Most Valuable Network Blogging all 30 teams.

Baseball, Etcetera Andrew Godfrey's baseball blog.

Most Valuable Network, Astros Lisa Gray and others write about the Astros.

fenwayfanatics.com A Boston Red Sox blog.

Balls, Sticks & Stuff A sports blog with an emphasis on baseball.

Phillies Nation Brian Michael writes about the Phillies.

Batgirl Less stats, more sass.

Sabernomics Economic thinking about baseball.

Fire Brand of the American League A blog about the Red Sox.

Ivy Chat Chicago Cubs and other rants.

Baseball Evolution A group website writing about baseball.

The Cubdom.com Byron Clarke blogs about the Cubs.

Red Sox Stats Sabermetric numbers for the Red Sox system.

DRays Bay A blog devoted to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Baseball Analysts Rich Lederer and Bryan Smith combine their baseball expertise into a single site.

Over the Monster A Red Sox blog by Randy Booth.

Viva el Birdos Ghosts of the St. Louis Cardinals past, present, and future.

Black Sox Blog A look at the current and historical teams of the South Side of Chicago.

Redleg Nation A group blog about the Cincinnati Reds.

Barry's Journal Barry Bonds' web log.

Hardball Dollars Keeping track of major league salaries.

Clem's Baseball and it's "Green Cathedrals" The resource for baseball stadiums on the web.

The Baseball Zealot Looking at the game of baseball from all sides of the spectrum .

Was Watching Laconic commentary from a Yankeeland zealot.

Bleed Cubbie Blue A Chicago Cubs blog.

Beaneball A's baseball from the heart of New York City.

The Writers A collection of sports writers express their opinions.

Yard Work What the Baseball Tonight crew would write if it could.

United States of Baseball Peter Handrinos' baseball columns.

Beer Leaguer Alternative veiwpoints on the Philadelphia Phillies.

Red Sox Connection Links to everything Red Sox.

Baseball Pilgrimages Stories of visits to baseball parks.

Fangraphs Multi-year charts of player stats.

Roto Authority Unique fantasy baseball information.

Yanksfan vs. Soxfan A Yankees fan and a Red Sox fan battle it out in the blogosphere.

Sawxblog.com A Red Sox fan writes about the home town team.

Oriole Magic An MVN blog about the Orioles.

The Baltimore Chop Joseph Jackson on the Orioles.

Lookout Landing A Seattle Mariners blog.

Sons of Bart Brush A blog about the Harvard baseball team.

Base Blogging A resource for sports and baseball bloggers.

Three True Outcomes A group blog by on major league baseball.

Cardinals Diaspora A blog for Cardinals fans living away from St. Louis.

Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke? A Pittsburgh fan chronicles life in the Grand Canyon.

Brew Crew Ball A blog about the Milwaukee Brewers.

Getting Paid to Watch Posts by a former trainer for the NY Mets.

The Gas House Gang An historical St. Louis Cardinals Blog.

6-4-2 An Angels/Dodgers double play blog.

El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox Baseball and the Red Sox.

Baseball Etc

Tiger Tales A Detroit Tigers web log.

The Baseball Card Blog A blog about baseball cards.

Sox1Fan A Red Sox blog.

Out of Left Field Another Red Sox blog.

New York Yankees Update A Yankees blog with lots of photos.

Liberty Ball A current and historical Phillies blog.

Crawfish Boxes A Houston Astros blog.

MLB Rumors Clearinghouse News from around the majors.

Roar From 34 A group blog about the Orioles.

Blogging Baseball All-time baseball highlights and real-time commentary.

Rubber Arm A group blog about major league baseball.

Fenway Nation More news about the Red Sox.

Rays of Light A Devil Rays blog.

Fantasy Baseball Chronicle Information for fantasy players.

American Legends A sports blog.

Duffy's Cliff An interactive Red Sox site, featuring a lexicon of the Red Sox.

Oriole Post - The World of Baseball and Beyond An Orioles blog.

DRays Bay A Devil Rays blog.

Mets Heads A blog about the New York Mets.

The Soul of Baseball Joe Posnanski promotes his book on Buck O'Neil and blogs about baseball.

My Baseball Bias A blog about East Coast baseball.

Sports Business Radio Articles and talk about the business of sports.

The Game of Baseball A blog about Major League Baseball.

Baseball Hot Corner Opinionated observations for the thinking fan.

FantasyDope.com Fantasy baseball news.

Peter's Red Sox Forever A Red Sox blog.

Sox Nest Commentary on the Red Sox.

The Big Oz A Florida Marlins blog.

Baseball Reflections Where old school baseball meets sabermetrics.

The Sommer Frieze A Yankees blog.

Fenway Nation A Red Sox fan site.

In-Between Hops A Milwaukee Brewers blog.

Right Field Bleachers Another Milwaukee Brewers blog.

On Baseball and the Reds Another Cincinnati Reds blog.

Crooked Pitch A fantasy baseball blog.

Bless You Boys A Detroit Tigers blog.

Cubs f/x Pitch f/x and the Chicago Cubs.

The Hot Corner

Eephus Pitch Tossing pure junk about New York baseball since 2006.

It Is High, It Is Far, It Is Caught A tribute to John Sterling.

Baseball GB Baseball from a British perspective.

Nick and Nick's Twins Blog A couple of Nicks write on the Twins.

SkyKing162 Baseball with a hint of lime.

Center Field A Red Sox blog.

Empyreal Environs Writing about the Red Sox.

Trophy League Planet Aggregating the baseball blogosphere.

Cardinals Best News Links Aggregating St. Louis Cardinals news.

Zell's Pinstripe Blog A Yankees Blog.

HSAC Blog Official Musings of the Harvard College Sports Analysis Collective.

The Baseball Fix A general baseball blog.

MLB Roundup A baseball video blog.

Fantasy Dope Fantasy Baseball News.

The Cubs Brickyard Hilarious fake news.

Spitting Seeds A blog about Major League baseball.

Infield Chatter A blog covering all aspects of baseball.

The Bronx View A blog and podcast about the Yankees.

Jorge Says No A blog about the Yankees.

Ivy League to MLB Shawn Haviland blogs about his efforts to rise through the Oakland Athletics system.

This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes Blog of a girl who somehow has found a way to balance being a baseball purist with being a New York Yankees fan.

Baseball from Wrigley A Chicago Cubs blog.

Sliding into Home A Yankees blog.

Boras Blog Blogging about Scott Boras.

Injury Tool Fantasy Pitch F/X offers complete information on injuries.

Instapundit Politics and the law. This site inspired me to start blogging.

Rookie Cards Baseball Card grading.

Wild Treasure Treasure hunts through the blogosphere.

San Diego Ticket Finder San Diego Ticket Information.

Prize Sports.net Baseball Collectibles.

Fantasy Sports R Us The #1 Fantasy Baseball Leagues site on the web.

RotoRank - Fantasy Baseball Draft Guides Customized For Any Fantasy Baseball League.