Win a Free Copy of THT 2015!

Have you heard? The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2015 is now available for sale. You can check out the table of contents and read some excerpts from the book. When you finish that you can purchase it from our independent publishing platform, Createspace, in print form, or from Amazon in print or Kindle form.

But wait, there’s more! Because we’re giving folk, and since it’s the beginning of the holiday season and all, we want to give you a chance to win yourself a free copy of the book. Today is your final chance to win a trivia contest based on one of the articles in the book (we also ran contests yesterday and Monday). The first person to post the correct answer in the comments will win a free physical copy of the book (sorry, no free Kindle version). It’s just that simple!

Today’s question comes to us from Matthew Murphy’s article entitled “Teams Capitalize on Antiquated Arbitration System.” In it, Matthew deploys that old standby, the blind player comparison. Here is the comparison table:

Blind RP Comparison, Career Stats, First Time Arbitration Eligible
Player IP K ERA FIP WAR Arb. Salary ($M)
Player A 231.1 315 2.76 3.44 2.1 $3.80
Player B 277.0 309 2.96 3.91 3.0 $1.65
Player C 202.0 270 3.03 2.88 4.2 $1.60

So, the question before you today then, dear reader, is this:

Can you name all three players in the blind comparison?

Good luck! And to our stateside readers, Happy Thanksgiving!





Paul Swydan used to be the managing editor of The Hardball Times, a writer and editor for FanGraphs and a writer for Boston.com and The Boston Globe. Now, he owns The Silver Unicorn Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Acton, Mass. Follow him on Twitter @Swydan. Follow the store @SilUnicornActon.

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40/40club
9 years ago

Clippard, David Robertson & Ernesto Frieri

40/40club
9 years ago
Reply to  40/40club

(Tyler Clippard to clarify)

40/40club
9 years ago
Reply to  40/40club

Frieri is A
Clippard B
Robertson is C

40/40club
9 years ago
Reply to  Paul Swydan

Thanks. And what’s the online version of a bat flip, because that’s what I feel like doing right now!

Walter
9 years ago
Reply to  Paul Swydan

Er, none of these guys went to arbitration?