The word of the day was injuries as there are a lot of pitchers hitting the injured list through various ailments, and we talk a bit about that on this Dreamcast, along with our praises and thoughts about the Cubs starting this season off strongly against some tough competition (not the Rockies). You can check out the podcast page or just click …
Better Know a Statistic: (K-BB)/PA
I have a confession to make. When I first fell headlong into baseball analysis, I kind of took K/BB as my pet statistic. I loved how it was essentially "luckless": the only things the pitcher couldn't control was the discipline of the batter and the strike zone of the umpire, the two things he can only understand (but never master). …
100 Walks
Here's something interesting I discovered today: Starlin Castro has exactly 100 career walks. Here's the breakdown: 29 in 2010 35 in 2011 36 in 2012 63 in Wrigley Field 6 in Great American (next highest) 55 times with the bases empty 12 times with just a man on first or just a man on second (next highest, tied) 0 times …