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Glenn is a self-proclaimed sabermetrician, whose writing focuses on the statistical and economical aspects of the game. He writes about the Yankees for Bugs&Cranks, as well as, about statistics for Beyond the Boxscore. He also runs his own site, Baseball's Economist. He is currently an Economics major at Lehigh Univeristy, and he hopes to someday turn his Econ degree and blogging experience into a job in baseball operations. You can follow him on twitter @Baseballs_econ

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Matt Joyce’s Platoon Split

I’ve always thought Matt Joyce was an underappreciated player. Joyce plays in Tampa Bay, is only in his fourth season and does not play everyday.  He also has been on the disabled list since June. …Read More

What Happened to the Miami Marlins?

The All-Star break is upon us, and the new-look, new-name, new-stadium, new-high spending Miami Marlins have severely underperformed expectations. Yesterday, the Marlins blew a ninth-inning lead, in another…Read More

Be Wary of xFIP

A couple weeks ago, I wrote a story for Beyond the Box Score, entitled “Be Wary of WAR: A Cautionary Tale“.  That article had nothing to do with conflicting countries and young men giving…Read More

The Curious Case of Edwin Jackson: A Tale of BABIP

I’ve always had a weird obsession with BABIP; I’ve written so many posts about that statistic it even makes my head spin.  Sadly, I still know very little about the inner workings of BABIP, but I…Read More

Stephen Strasburg: How Quickly We Forget

Earlier this week SBNation’s Jeff Sullivan wrote a great article about Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and our appreciation of those young stars.  The point of his piece was to say that we (baseball fans)…Read More

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Does Brendan Ryan have any Value?

The Seattle Mariners’ shortstop Brendan Ryan has the worst batting average (.159) among qualified…Read More

Ernesto Frieri: Effectively Wild??

It took 13 and a third innings, but Ernesto Frieri finally gave up a hit as an Angel; to which he replied,…Read More

Giancarlo Stanton’s Mammoth May

Everyone has been drooling over Josh Hamilton, lately.  Don’t get me wrong his month of May has…Read More

Brandon Beachy: MLB’s ERA Leader

Atlanta Braves’ starter Brandon Beachy currently sits atop the MLB ERA leader board.  This fact will…Read More