Too many “baseball” people think Moneyball and Athletics GM Billy Beane were all about on-base percentage and once everyone figured out what OBP was Beane and the A’s no longer had a leg up on the rest of baseball. Really, Moneyball and Beane and other smart General Managers around baseball are looking for market inefficiencies; …
Category Archive: Rafael Betancourt
Dec 07
Huston Street traded within division to San Diego Padres
With the emergence of Rafael Betancourt in the last half of the 2011 season the Rockies decided that Huston Street was expendable. The team decided that Betancourt will be their closer in 2012 and that there is no reason to pay a middle reliever $8 million. After the Padres traded away their star closer, Heath …
Aug 08
Digging into the 16 straight losses on Sunday
From ESPN Stats: “Rockies have lost 16 straight games on Sundays. Now tied with 1927-28 and 1960 Phillies for the longest losing streak on Sundays since 1900.” This is obviously just “one of those things” that happens in baseball. I don’t think anyone can really explain it. There are the facts about how high the …
Aug 02
Most painful Rockies losses of 2011
The 2011 season for the Rockies has had too many heartbreaking losses. It seems all too common for Huston Street to allow at least one ball hit to the warning track everytime he comes into a game. Even with the home run he allowed last night the next batter hit one onto the track. Pay …






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