Baseball Prospectus 2006: The BP Team of Experts on Baseball Talent - Softcover

Baseball Prospectus Team Of Experts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761139958 ISBN 13: 9780761139959

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, 2006

Synopsis

Fans and fantasy league players, get your inside intelligence from the same source as many Major League front offices—BASEBALL PROSPECTUS.BASEBALL PROSPECTUS 2006 provides unprecedented original performance analysis of over 1,600 players, from stars at the top of their game to prospects vying for Rookie of the Year. It offers:

· In-depth, insightful essays on all 30 Major League Baseball clubs, with no-holds-barred evaluations of at least 50 players per organization
· Baseball Prospectus’s exclusive (and deadly accurate) PECOTA projection system, forecasting the chances that a player will break out,
improve, or collapse
· In-depth features on the true costs of injuries, adventures in win expectancy, the limitations of statistical analysis—plus all our stats
explained!

The Baseball Prospectus team of cutting-edge analysts includes Mark Armour, Andrew Baharlias, Jim Baker, James Click, Clifford J. Corcoran, Clay Davenport, John Erhardt, Gary Gillette, Steven Goldman, Thomas Gorman, Gary Huckabay, Jay Jaffe, Rany Jazayerli, Christina Kahrl, Jonah Keri, Mark McClusky, Dave Pease, Dayn Perry, Nate Silver, and Keith Woolner.

Check out www.baseballprospectus.com for year-round baseball coverage.

About this title

Book Description

It’s the gold standard of statistical guides, lauded by insiders:

“Baseball Prospectus is one of the first things I read every day.”—Theo Epstein, Boston Red Sox General Manager

“Baseball Prospectus has become the standard by which all scouting guides should be measured.”—Billy Beane, Oakland Athletics General Manager

And the outsiders who know:
“If a general manager hasn’t read Baseball Prospectus, he should be fired for incompetence.”—Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball

“The best book of its kind.”—Rob Neyer, ESPN.com

“I never cease to be blown away by the geniuses at Baseball Prospectus.” — Jayson Stark, ESPN

“The best book for preparing for a rotisserie draft.”—USA Today

Packed with statistics, analysis, and attitude, Baseball Prospectus is the essential guide for the 3.4 million serious fantasy baseball players, and the perfect season-long companion for the millions more fans who are looking to understand the inside game. Includes extensive performance analysis of 1,600 players—covering the majors, the minors, top 40 prospects, draft choices, and rookie ball—plus in-depth, insightful essays on all 30 major league clubs and gimlet-eyed evaluations of their top 50 players. With ballpark-adjusted stats, a deadly accurate projection system for forecasting a player’s performance, and more, Baseball Prospectus tells the real story of what happened on the field in 2005 and what it means for 2006.

About the Author

Baseball Prospectus Team of Experts on Baseball Talent includes, among others, Gary Huckabay, the founder of Baseball Prospectus; Chris Kahrl, a sports editor who lives in Washington, D.C.; and Dave Pease, who roots for Ryan Klesko in San Diego. Together, the roster of Baseball Prospectus writers consult to 26 of the 30 major league baseball teams.

Edition details

• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0761139958
• ISBN 13: 9780761139959
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 554