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SPECULATOR: "Put me in coach!" (Skills in search of jobs)

Ray

Murphy

May 11, 2012 12:03 AM GMT

This week we highlight some players who, despite possessing interesting skill sets, have not yet found their way into regular playing time.

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SPECULATOR: What if we're wrong? (All-Avoid edition)

Ray

Murphy

May 04, 2012 12:03 AM GMT

What if we're wrong, and the marketplace is right, about our All-Value and All-Avoid teams?

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SPECULATOR: What if we're wrong? (All-Value edition)

Ray

Murphy

April 27, 2012 12:03 AM GMT

What if we're wrong, and the marketplace is right, about our All-Value and All-Avoid teams?

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SPECULATOR: Longshot leaders and award winners, part 2

Ray

Murphy

April 10, 2012 12:04 AM GMT

Continuing our exercise from last week, let's finish up our predictions of 2012's top performers and award winners. This week we'll cover the MVP candidates, and the pitching leaders.

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SPECULATOR: Longshot leaders and award winners, part 1

Ray

Murphy

March 31, 2012 12:03 AM GMT

As we do every year, we close out the pre-season calendar with a look at some possible long-shot league leaders and award winners. As always, our philosophy for this exercise is that anyone can predict an Albert Pujols MVP award or a Felix Hernandez Cy Young campaign. We're not interested in that level of prognostication; we're going to stick our necks out a good bit further.

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SPECULATOR: Searching for 2012's surprise teams

Ray

Murphy

March 21, 2012 1:03 AM GMT

One of our favorite annual pre-season exercises is to take our player projections and see what they can tell us about our expectations at a team level. By looking at the races on a division-by-division basis, we may find some teams (and players) that are not being properly valued in the preseason analysis.

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SPECULATOR: Spring Training "What if"s — NL Edition

Ray

Murphy

February 29, 2012 10:06 AM GMT

We continue our review of some pressing early spring questions, this week covering the National League.

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