There’s a lot going on at FanGraphs each week. This week alone we had 43 posts, rolled out two new features, and made a book announcement. So in case you missed something, here were the highlights:
Splits! – Finally, FanGraphs now has splits data dating back to 2002. They include platoon, home/away, monthly, leverage, batted ball, and spray splits.
2010 Second Opinion – By the end of the month we’ll be releasing our first electronic publication, The FanGraphs Second Opinion: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Companion
FanGraphs Audio – Carson Cistulli hosts our very first podcast where we go roundtabling with Dave Cameron, Matt Klaassen, and Erik Manning.
New Contributors – Joe Pawlikowski checks out why teams are avoiding Jermaine Dye and Alex Remington looks at why signing early is what gets you the big bucks.
Split Analysis Galore – Intro | Mauer | Platoon | Weaver | Gagne | Bonds | Hill | Howard | The Minors | Looper
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And on the RotoGraphs Fantasy side of things:
OBP or AVG – Zach Sanders delves into the merits and difficulties of adding On-Base Percentage to your league’s scoring categories.
ADP Values: Center Field Edition – Eno Sarris identifies some of the values to be had at the center field position.
Rzepczynski – David Golebiewski takes a hard look at Marc Rzepczynski and concludes he’s someone to target late in fantasy drafts.
Great job! Any chance we may get “splits’ on the “Leaders” pages in the near future? Would be great to be able to export splits from all players into one file.
vr, Xei