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Football Outsiders Playoffs Odds: 49ers Second Best In NFL
During football season, there are times I believe in jinxes and times I try to talk myself out of believing in them. This is one pattern I'll continue to roll with until proven otherwise. For the past two weeks I've posted about the Football Outsiders playoff odds. For the past two weeks the 49ers...
Kansas City Royals Playoff Chances Dropping After Three-Game Losing Streak
After splitting a four-game series with the Indians and getting swept in Texas, the Royals season is looking less and less likely to produce a surprise division winner. Although the Royals are still just 1.5 games back of first, and in possession of a respectable 12-10 record, they now appear to be...
Panthers Watch 2009: Draft Choice Odds
Yea, so the Panthers tough win over the Bucs did absolutely nothing to help their odds of getting a top 3 pick. Really how inconsiderate can they be??? As mentioned before (for those who missed it), in addition to their various unit efficiency ratings, Football Outsiders puts together odds of...
Livan Strikes Out Pujols
I took comfort in this one play. Consider: Albert Pujols OPS: 1.163 Livan Hernandez tRA: 5.28 Albert Pujols K%: 8.8% Livan Hernandez K%: 13.4% Mets Playoff odds (cool standings): 30.9% Mets Playoff odds (BP): 57.3% Mets Playoff odds (BP, PECOTA): 41.6%
May Sweeps
UPDATE: I hadn't noticed this before, but Dave Cameron of Fangraphs has a similiar article up entitled "The NL West Race is Over". Dave points out what kind of record we would need to win the division. "At 20-8, they could play .500 ball the rest of the year and finish with 87 wins. The Giants...
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