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Jun. 5th, 2008 @ 02:42 pm 
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 The Cubs lost last evening, ending a 9 game win-streak. Great while it lasted, time to begin another streak. One great statistic is that the Cubbies are leading the league in runs scored - the most important factor toward winning games. I'd like to see that stat hold together for the next few months of the season. They're also leading the NL in BAvg., RBI's, and amazingly if you follow this team, second in BB's. Wow.
I ran across a sweet graphic relating baseball clubs and their win-loss records to their payroll costs. The information can be interpreted from a management perspective as which teams have received the highest return on their player investments. Red lines represent underperforming clubs, Blue lines represent overperforming clubs. The steepness of the lines shows the magnitude of under/over performance relative to club payroll. Click on the image for the full graphic.
A couple additions to this analysis: The season is only 1/3rd complete and therefore undertalented teams may have been a bit lucky, or teams with lots of talent may have been a bit unlucky or plagued with injury. These trends can reverse themselves over a 162 game season. Unbalanced schedules may also have an effect. As an example, the Cubbies have played more of their games at home thus far, and their record on the road is not so stellar.
The Cubs look pretty good here although they've got a pretty expensive payroll to begin with. I always rip the Pirates, but per their unimpressive investment they're not doing to badly although I wouldn't be planning to attend any playoff games just yet. The best teams per dollar: The Rays, the Marlins, and the A's (not a surprise: see Michael Lewis' Moneyball) . The worst teams: the Mariners, Detroit, and the Yanks. What in the hell happened to the Tigers? |
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