HSAC Blog

Over at The Biz of Baseball, Maury Brown provides some excellent analysis of the Forbes Valuations of MLB teams over the past 6 years:
Overall, the most obvious news is owners are making money, and lots of it. Using the overblown cliché, they are hitting the ball out of the park. There may be disparity […]

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In Part I I analyzed Troy Tulowitzki’s 7 year, $45mm contract from both sides of the negotiating table. I came to the conclusion that Tulowitzki was either extremely risk averse, undervalued, or both. But I failed to answer the question - how risk averse is Troy Tulowtizki? My risk aversion estimate was confounded by the […]

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Troy Tulowitzki recently signed a 6 year, $30mm contract with the Colorado Rockies, with a $15mm club option for the 7th year. How much is Tulowitzki’s production worth? Was this a good deal for the Rockies? Was this a good deal for Tulowitzki? For both? The only recent comparable is Grady Sizemore, who the […]

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tangotiger has been kind enough to post our paper, “Improving Major League Baseball Park Factor Estimates” on his blog. You can view the comments and leave your own here.

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Before examining some specific arguments offered by BBWAA members, I would like to make a general comment. Writers tend to rely on MVP Award balloting, Cy Young Award balloting, and Gold Glove balloting when weighing the merits of a particular candidate. I am not sure if this is due to laziness or arrogance.
BBWAA members, after […]

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